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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 Habana to La Coruña started at 1790-08-15 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749002, 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: 37.972778 * Median Longitude: -53.162500 * South-bound Latitude: 28.580000 * West-bound Longitude: -80.450000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.580000 * East-bound Longitude: -14.370000
Date/Time Start: 1790-08-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1790-09-27T00:00:00
Event(s):
El_Grimaldi_17900815_CORREOS_272A_R14 * Latitude Start: 23.200000 * Longitude Start: -81.400000 * Latitude End: 43.360000 * Longitude End: -8.360000 * Date/Time Start: 1790-08-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1790-09-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Grimaldi (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
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
13 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
596 data points

Data

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Precip descr
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State sea descr
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Hail
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ID
1790-08-16T00:0023NNE000000076494
1790-08-17T00:0024.6545NEBUEN SEMBLANTE000000076495
1790-08-18T00:0035.281139.3ESEFRESQUITO000000076496
1790-08-19T17:0029.05-80.4544N000000076497
1790-08-20T17:0028.58-80.142974ONO000000076498
1790-08-21T17:0029.00-79.36272.64NNECALMOSOLLANA000000076499
1790-08-22T17:0029.42-78.592742.654.004OCALMOSOLLANA000000076500
1790-08-23T17:0030.53-77.242276.792.002SOBONANCIBLEOFUSCADO Y LLUVIOSO000000076501
1790-08-24T17:0030.57-75.672.684.002NEECALMOSOLLANA000000076502
1790-08-25T17:0031.28-75.671152.636.002ESECALMOSOLLANA000000076503
1790-08-26T17:0031.73-75.1927234.002O000000076504
1790-08-27T17:0032.02-74.7520.026.002NCALMA Y VENTOLINAS000000076505
1790-08-28T17:0033.27-72.82203128.000SSOCLARO000000076506
1790-08-29T17:0035.97-70.622239.3143.00-2SOFRESQUITOALGUNOS CHUBASCOSLLANA010000076507
1790-08-30T17:0036.30-68.2224612.3141.00-2OSOFRESCOFUERTE CHUBASCOFUERTELLANA010000076508
1790-08-31T16:0036.43-65.8518120.00-5NNEHORIZONTES VENTOSOSPICADA000000076509
1790-09-01T16:0036.02-64.021890.00-5NNETOLDADO Y LLOVIENDO010000076510
1790-09-02T16:0036.20-63.402656.730.00-5OBONANCIBLECIELOS CLAROSLLANA000000076511
1790-09-03T16:0037.42-61.54218126.00-7SO000000076512
1790-09-04T16:0038.77-58.6932712.3150.00-11NNOFRESCOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES VENTOSOSLLANA000000076513
1790-09-05T16:0039.65-57.122576.786.00-13OBONANCIBLE000000076514
1790-09-06T16:0040.78-55.151676.7117.00-13SBONANCIBLETOLDADOLLANA000000076515
1790-09-07T15:0041.12-51.84166171.00-15SMUY CERRADO DE NEBLINA001000076516
1790-09-08T15:0042.42-48.551899.3145.00-15SSOFRESQUITONEBLINALLANA001000076517
1790-09-09T15:0043.58-46.792276.778.00-21OSOBONANCIBLENEBLINADO. TIEMPO BCB001000076518
1790-09-10T15:0043.20-43.341829.3152.00-21SSOFRESQUITO000000076519
1790-09-11T15:0042.85-40.902107.00-21NNE000000076520
1790-09-12T15:0042.20-39.90516.755.00-17ENEBONANCIBLELLANA000000076521
1790-09-13T15:0042.13-39.34289.348.00-17NEFRESQUITOSUMAMENTE CERRADO000000076522
1790-09-14T14:0041.35-37.29276.761.00-18NEBONANCIBLE000000076523
1790-09-15T14:0041.83-36.241176.760.00-18SEBONANCIBLEPICADA000000076524
1790-09-16T14:0042.65-33.971589.3111.00-22SFRESQUITOLLANA000000076525
1790-09-17T14:0043.20-31.5924815.4109.00-22OMUCHOCERRAZON000000076526
1790-09-18T14:0043.23-28.652269.3129.00-22OSOFRESQUITOLLANA000000076527
1790-09-19T14:0042.60-24.923379.3167.00-23NFRESQUITOLLANA000000076528
1790-09-20T14:0042.55-23.701579.356.00-23SFRESQUITOTOLDADOMAREJADA000000076529
1790-09-21T13:0042.63-20.871579.3126.00-23SFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CERRADOS DE NEBLINASMAREJADA001000076530
1790-09-22T13:0043.17-17.102259.3168.00-23OSOFRESQUITOALGO OFUSCADOLLANA000000076531
1790-09-23T13:0043.32-14.372259.3120.00-23OSOFRESQUITOLLANA000000076532
1790-09-24T00:0045NE000000076533
1790-09-25T00:009012.3EFRESCO000000076534
1790-09-26T00:009012.3EFRESCO000000076535
1790-09-27T00:00ZEZARGA000000076536