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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 Grimaldi cruise from La Coruña to La Habana started at 1766-04-05 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.748969, 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: 26.116591 * Median Longitude: -43.124091 * South-bound Latitude: 18.070000 * West-bound Longitude: -82.290000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.650000 * East-bound Longitude: -11.900000
Date/Time Start: 1766-04-06T07:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-05-25T11:00:00
Event(s):
El_Grimaldi_17660405_CORREOS_272A_R2 * Latitude Start: 43.360000 * Longitude Start: -8.360000 * Latitude End: 23.200000 * Longitude End: -81.400000 * Date/Time Start: 1766-04-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-05-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Grimaldi (Paquebote), Voyage: La Coruña - La Habana, 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
CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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.
10 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.
11 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
12 Present weatherwwWeather description
13 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
14 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
622 data points

Data

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ID
1766-04-06T07:0042.65-11.90499.3132.00-19ENEFRESQUITOSEMBLANTE SERENO000000076537
1766-04-07T07:0040.30-14.37140119.00-18SSE000000076538
1766-04-08T07:0039.30-15.1814075.00-18SSESERENOPICADA DEL NE000000076539
1766-04-09T07:0037.90-16.152796.00-18NESEMBLANTE SERENO Y APACIBLEGORDA DEL N000000076540
1766-04-10T07:0037.05-16.692771.055.00-17ONOCASI CALMAHORIZONTES UN POCO OSCUROS000000076541
1766-04-11T07:0036.67-17.2212.367.00-17NOOFRESCOBASTANTES AGUASBASTANTEPICADA010000076542
1766-04-12T07:0036.13-17.6821079.00-15SOSEMBLANTE OSCURO Y CIELOS MUY CARGADOS000000076543
1766-04-13T07:0036.28-18.0327851.00-15ONOMUCHA TORMENTA DE MAR Y VIENTO. HORIZONTES MUY OSCUROS000000076544
1766-04-14T07:0035.75-17.973024.00-15NESEMBLANTES OSCUROS CON MUCHAS AGUASMUCHA010000076545
1766-04-15T07:0034.80-19.67345101.00-15NDIA NUBLADO CON SEMBLANTE BRISADO000000076546
1766-04-16T07:0033.72-21.17888.00-15NNESERENO CON BRISAS000000076547
1766-04-17T07:0032.60-22.13530.064.00-15ENECALMASERENO000000076548
1766-04-18T08:0031.88-23.085647.00-12ENESERENO Y APACIBLEGORDA000000076549
1766-04-19T08:0030.72-24.8356105.00-12ENESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076550
1766-04-20T08:0029.30-27.0356133.00-12ENESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076551
1766-04-21T08:0028.12-28.7358102.00-10ENESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076552
1766-04-22T08:0027.27-29.702391.056.00-9OSOCASI CALMANUBLADO CON SEMBLANTE SERENO000000076553
1766-04-23T08:0026.13-31.4732985.00-9NNONUBLADO CON SEMBLANTE DE AGUAS010000076554
1766-04-24T08:0025.08-33.73612.6123.00-7ENEABRISADO CON SEMBLANTE SERENOABRISADO CON SEMBLANTE SERENO000000076555
1766-04-25T08:0023.80-35.77612.6134.00-7ENEBRISADO CON SEMBLANTE SERENOBRISADO CON SEMBLANTE SERENO000000076556
1766-04-26T09:0022.98-38.151089.3140.00-5ESEBRISA FRESQUITASEMBLANTE SERENO000000076557
1766-04-27T09:0022.22-40.488712.3136.00-3EBRISA FRESCAHORIZONTES OSCUROS000000076558
1766-04-28T09:0021.38-42.9289145.00-1ENUBLADO CON LOS HORIZONTES OSCUROS000000076559
1766-04-29T09:0020.80-45.2589134.00-1EHORIZONTES ENFOSCADOS CON ALGUNOS CHUBASCOS010000076560
1766-04-30T09:0020.37-47.418912.3131.00-1EBRISA FRESCASERENO000000076561
1766-05-01T09:0019.73-50.0111312.3159.000ESEBRISA FRESCASERENO000000076562
1766-05-02T09:0019.27-52.39113141.000ESEHORIZONTES CARGADOS CON CHUBASQUITOSPOCA010000076563
1766-05-03T10:0019.75-54.33119.002SEESEMBLANTE ATURBONADO CON ALGUNOS CHUBASQUITOSPOCA010000076564
1766-05-04T10:0018.32-56.9192152.002EALGUNOS CHUBASCOS010000076565
1766-05-05T10:0018.45-59.05116124.003ESESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076566
1766-05-06T10:0018.07-60.72161100.003SSESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076567
1766-05-07T10:0018.23-61.7620622.665.003SSOATURBONADOATURBONADO000000076568
1766-05-08T10:0018.37-62.0725122.638.003OSOATURBONADOATURBONADO000000076569
1766-05-09T10:0018.37-62.692753.004NNESEMBLANTE SERENO Y APACIBLE000000076570
1766-05-10T10:0018.50-63.657265.004ENESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076571
1766-05-11T10:0018.57-64.884978.004NEBUEN SEMBLANTE000000076572
1766-05-12T10:0018.83-64.55139115.004SESERENO Y APACIBLE000000076573
1766-05-13T10:0018.75-65.8012.391.004NEEBRISA FRESCA000000076574
1766-05-17T11:0019.77-69.8895173.00SALE DE PUERTO RICO.5E000000076575
1766-05-18T11:0020.23-72.027312.31128.00LLEGA A MONTECRISTI.5ENEBRISA FRESCANUBLADO000000076576
1766-05-21T00:004522.6NEATURBONADO CON MUCHAS AGUASATURBONADO CON MUCHAS AGUASMUCHA010000076577
1766-05-22T11:0022.70-77.395090.005NESEMBLANTE APACIBLE000000076578
1766-05-23T11:0023.22-79.4750101.005NESEMBLANTE SERENO Y APACIBLE000000076579
1766-05-24T11:0023.52-80.8914050.005SESEMBLANTE SERENO Y APACIBLE000000076580
1766-05-25T11:0023.28-82.29501LLEGA A LA HABANA.5NE000000076581