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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 1778-04-14 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748919, 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: 36.317576 * Median Longitude: -52.373333 * South-bound Latitude: 24.670000 * West-bound Longitude: -79.860000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.930000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.000000
Date/Time Start: 1778-04-15T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-05-17T07:00:00
Event(s):
El_Gallego_17780414_CORREOS_272B_R5 * Latitude Start: 23.200000 * Longitude Start: -81.400000 * Latitude End: 43.360000 * Longitude End: -8.360000 * Date/Time Start: 1778-04-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-05-17T00:00:00 * 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
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
12 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
13 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
14 FogFog1 If fog was reported
15 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
16 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
17 HailHail1 If hail was reported
18 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
19 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
519 data points

Data

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Distance [arbitrary units]

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr

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ID
1778-04-15T11:0024.67-79.861196.755.006ESEBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000074844
1778-04-16T11:0027.33-79.231646.7104.006SSEBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CLAROSPICADA000000074845
1778-04-17T11:0028.48-79.303429.363.004NNOFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CARGADOSUN POCO PICADA000000074846
1778-04-18T11:0028.67-79.623610.010.004CALMACALMAHORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000074847
1778-04-19T11:0029.35-78.722290.049.004SOCALMAHORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000074848
1778-04-20T11:0030.07-76.152516.7130.003OSOBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000074849
1778-04-21T11:0030.07-74.77716.757.003ENEBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000074850
1778-04-22T11:0030.77-73.501616.778.003SSEBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CLAROSLLANA000000074851
1778-04-23T11:0031.73-70.2524912.3177.001OSOFRESCOHORIZONTES OFUSCADOSPICADA000000074852
1778-04-24T11:0032.58-67.6224612.3145.00-2OSOFRESCOHORIZONTES ATURBONADOSPICADA000000074853
1778-04-25T10:0033.47-64.9731112.3142.00-4NOFRESCOHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074854
1778-04-26T10:0033.80-64.082446.749.00-4OSOBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CLAROSPICADA000000074855
1778-04-27T10:0034.45-61.593326.7133.00-6NNOBONANCIBLELLANA000000074856
1778-04-28T10:0034.78-60.243912.372.00-6NEFRESCOHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074857
1778-04-29T10:0034.77-58.911299.368.00-6SEFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074858
1778-04-30T10:0036.40-55.8824112.3344.00-7OSOFRESCOHORIZONTES AGUACERADOSLLANA010000074859
1778-05-01T10:0036.87-54.132419.391.00-7OSOFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074860
1778-05-02T10:0037.32-53.6624137.00-7OSOCERRADO CON AGUACEROSPICADA010000074861
1778-05-03T10:0037.67-53.021246.739.00-11SEBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074862
1778-05-04T09:0038.55-50.421007.336.00-13ESEMUY BONANCIBLEHORIZONTES TODOS CARGADOSPICADA000000074863
1778-05-05T09:0039.98-47.373469.3428.00-14NFRESQUITOHORIZONTES TODOS CARGADOSGRANDE000000074864
1778-05-06T09:0040.62-46.211216.768.00-14SEBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES OFUSCADOSPICADA000000074865
1778-05-07T09:0040.80-44.032566.7102.00-14OBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES TODOS CARGADOSPICADA000000074866
1778-05-08T09:0040.90-41.511886.7117.00-15SSOBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074867
1778-05-09T09:0041.08-37.801889.3171.00-15SSOFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CARGADOSCONTRASTADA000000074868
1778-05-10T08:0041.37-34.15277167.00-16ONOHORIZONTES ATURBONADOS Y CON CHUBASCOS010000074869
1778-05-11T08:0041.63-30.99298146.00-17NOHORIZONTES ACHUBASCADOS010000074870
1778-05-12T08:0042.97-27.3429512.3311.00-20NOFRESCOHORIZONTES CARGADOSCONTRASTADA000000074871
1778-05-13T08:0043.38-23.563189.3170.00-20NNOFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CARGADOSCONTRASTADA000000074872
1778-05-14T07:0043.93-20.1127212.3154.00-21ONOFRESCOHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074873
1778-05-15T07:0043.67-16.332046.7166.00-21SOBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES CARGADOSPICADA000000074874
1778-05-16T07:0043.10-13.0020412.3638.00-21SOFRESCOHORIZONTES TODOS CARGADOS DE NIEBLAPICADA001000074875
1778-05-17T07:0043.25-10.002046.7133.00-21SOBONANCIBLEHORIZONTES TODOS CARGADOSLLANA000000074876