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García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during El Gallego cruise from La Habana to La Coruña started at 1766-03-25 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748913, In: Jones, Philip D; Wheeler, Dennis A; Können, Gunther P; Koek, Frits B; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; García-Herrera, Ricardo (2007): Climatological observations from ship logbooks between 1750 and 1854 (release 2.1) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.611088

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Related to:
García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2005): CLIWOC: A Climatological Database for the World's Oceans 1750–1854 (and 10 more publications about CLIWOC results in the same volume). Climatic Change, 73(1-2), 1-12ff, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 36.334444 * Median Longitude: -50.722500 * South-bound Latitude: 24.180000 * West-bound Longitude: -80.980000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.430000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.360000
Date/Time Start: 1766-03-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-05-01T13:00:00
Event(s):
El_Gallego_17660325_CORREOS_272B_R2 * Latitude Start: 23.200000 * Longitude Start: -81.400000 * Latitude End: 43.360000 * Longitude End: -8.360000 * Date/Time Start: 1766-03-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-05-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Gallego (Paquebote), Voyage: La Habana - La Coruña, 1st Observer: Capitan
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
Wind directiondddegWind direction (from which the wind is blowing) in whole degrees from: 1-360; 361 = calm, 362 = variable. It is not clear from many logbook entries whether the wind direction has been corrected for the magnetic variation (or declination). To avoid any misunderstanding, all winds from reports that included a valid position in the period 1750-1854 were corrected. All other wind directions are given without being corrected.
Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
DeclinationDecldegIt is generally accepted by the CLIWOC team that the wind directions, reported by the ships officers, were relative to the magnetic North direction. Navigators were well aware of the difference between the true and magnetic north direction, but the compasses (we assumed that the bearing-compasses were mostly used for determining the wind direction) were not always adjusted. Therefore the wind direction has to be corrected. The magnetic declination (or variation, as it is known on board ships) is given for the whole CLIWOC period (1750-1850) for every 5x5 degree square. The number was added to the wind direction to get the true wind direction.
Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAll reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
12 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
13 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
14 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
15 FogFog1 If fog was reported
16 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
17 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
18 HailHail1 If hail was reported
19 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
20 CommentComment
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
542 data points

Data

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State sea descr
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ID
1766-03-26T00:0045NE000000074650
1766-03-27T17:0024.18-80.981635SSEBUEN SEMBLANTE000000074651
1766-03-28T17:0025.50-79.4832012.35NOFRESCO000000074652
1766-03-29T17:0027.17-79.71506.75NEBONANZA000000074653
1766-03-30T17:0029.40-79.901174ESE000000074654
1766-03-31T17:0029.70-78.25412.391.004NFRESCO000000074655
1766-04-01T17:0030.12-77.481376.756.002SEBONANZA Y FRESCOCIELOS MUY OSCUROS000000074656
1766-04-02T17:0030.63-75.4634012.3115.002NNOFRESCO000000074657
1766-04-03T17:0030.67-73.452102.002NHORIZONTES CARGADOS000000074658
1766-04-04T17:0030.42-72.607012.374.002ENEFRESCOCIELOS CON NUBESGRANDE000000074659
1766-04-05T17:0031.13-71.331599.384.001SSEFRESQUITOMUY OSCURO000000074660
1766-04-06T17:0031.82-69.6624996.001OSOTORMENTA000000074661
1766-04-07T17:0031.82-68.012269.3104.001SOFRESQUITO000000074662
1766-04-08T16:0033.87-64.0317612.3105.00-4SFRESCOCIELOS CON NUBES000000074663
1766-04-09T16:0035.03-62.0024312.3122.00-5OSOFRESCOCIELOS NEGROS Y LLOVIENDO POR LA NOCHEGRANDE010000074664
1766-04-10T16:0035.82-59.6817515.4124.00-5SRECIOCIELOS OSCUROSGRANDE000000074665
1766-04-11T16:0036.15-57.5828812.3104.00-5ONOFRESCOCIELOS CON NUBES Y OSCUROSGRANDE000000074666
1766-04-12T16:0036.63-55.882879.386.00-6ONOFRESQUITOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES MUY NEGROS000000074667
1766-04-13T16:0036.63-54.0917415.436.00-6SRECIOCIELOS OSCUROS000000074668
1766-04-14T15:0037.68-52.3116912.3119.00-11SFRESCOCIELOS CARGADOSBELLA000000074669
1766-04-15T15:0038.23-51.8816912.3110.00-11SFRESCOCIELOS CON NUBESBELLA000000074670
1766-04-16T15:0038.35-49.981926.764.00-11SSOBONANCIBLECIELOS CON NEBLINAS001000074671
1766-04-17T15:0038.63-46.0119112.3124.00-12SSOFRESCOCIELOS CON NEBLINASBELLA001000074672
1766-04-18T15:0038.77-43.612136.7104.00-12SOBONANZALLUVIASGRANDE010000074673
1766-04-19T15:0039.37-41.441909.3100.00-13SSOFRESQUITOCIELOS CLAROSGRANDE DEL SO000000074674
1766-04-20T15:0040.27-39.652356.792.00-13OSOBONANCIBLECIELOS NUBLADOS000000074675
1766-04-21T14:0041.12-37.0823415.4150.00-14OSOMUCHOMUCHA000000074676
1766-04-22T14:0040.88-34.45301116.00-14NOGOLPE DE VIENTO Y MAR DURANTE 16 HORAS000000074677
1766-04-23T14:0042.22-31.8430012.3134.00-15NOFRESCOCHUBASCOSGRANDE010000074678
1766-04-24T14:0042.63-28.2932012.3108.00-18NNOFRESCOCIELOS CLAROS000000074679
1766-04-25T14:0043.00-25.2723012.3168.00-18OSOFRESCOTIEMPO CERRADO CON LLUVIASDEL NO010000074680
1766-04-26T13:0043.22-21.3422912.3177.00-19OSOFRESCOHORIZONTES CARGADOS000000074681
1766-04-27T13:0043.43-17.4118416.3179.00-19SSOMUY FUERTECIELO CLARO000000074682
1766-04-28T13:0043.42-14.9820616.3195.00-19SOMUY FUERTECIELOS OSCUROS DE NEBLINA Y LLUVIAS011000074683
1766-04-29T13:0043.40-12.5418416.3192.00-19SSOMUY FUERTECIELOS CLAROS000000074684
1766-04-30T13:0043.37-10.0018412.3168.00-19SSOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CON NEBLINAS0010000a trivial correction was made in this observation74685
1766-05-01T13:0043.36-8.3620612.31-19SOFRESCOHORIZONTES MUY CARGADOS CON CHUBASCOS010000074686