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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 Magallanes cruise from La Coruña to La Habana started at 1793-02-08 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749027, 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: 24.198889 * Median Longitude: -42.512222 * South-bound Latitude: 17.900000 * West-bound Longitude: -73.730000 * North-bound Latitude: 44.200000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.370000
Date/Time Start: 1793-02-08T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-03-17T00:00:00
Event(s):
El_Magallanes_17930208_CORREOS_276A_R12 * Latitude Start: 43.360000 * Longitude Start: -8.360000 * Latitude End: 23.200000 * Longitude End: -81.400000 * Date/Time Start: 1793-02-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-03-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Magallanes (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
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
--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
10 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.
11 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.
12 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
13 Present weatherwwWeather description
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:
583 data points

Data

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Date/Time

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Distance [arbitrary units]

Comment
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Decl [deg]
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Wind force descr
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ww
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State sea descr
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Gusts
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Rain
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Fog
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Snow
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Thunder
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Hail
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Sea ice
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ID
1793-02-08T13:0044.20-9.372252.6SE HACE A LA VELA EN LA CORUÑA A LAS 8:00-23OSOFLOJITONUBLADO Y CARGADO POR TODAS PARTESMUY GRUESA DEL NO000000078824
1793-02-09T13:0043.25-10.292479.370.00-23OFRESQUITOCARGADOSGRUESA000000078825
1793-02-10T13:0040.87-12.30236.7164.00-22NEBONANCIBLENUBLOSOSPICADA000000078826
1793-02-11T13:0038.40-14.472312.3175.00-22NEFRESCONUBLADO Y CARGADODEL VIENTO000000078827
1793-02-12T13:0035.55-16.202512.3193.00-20NEFRESCODESPEJADOPROPORCION000000078828
1793-02-13T00:0032.656812.3MADEIRAENEFRESCOPROPORCION000000078829
1793-02-14T00:0029.359012.3ISLA DEL SALVAJEEFRESCOAHUMADO000000078830
1793-02-15T00:009012.3FONDEA EN SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE A LAS 23:30EFRESCOAHUMADO Y FUERTES RAFAGAS DE VIENTOPROPORCION000000078831
1793-02-16T00:0027.23456.71SE HACE A LA VELA A LAS 18:00NEBONANCIBLEABRISADO000000078832
1793-02-17T13:0025.68-19.003446.7148.00-16NBONANCIBLECLAROLLANA000000078833
1793-02-18T13:0025.00-21.92742.6164.00-16EABRISADOPROPORCION000000078834
1793-02-19T14:0024.02-25.00752.6173.00-15EABRISADOPROPORCION000000078835
1793-02-20T14:0023.25-28.307712.3186.00-13EFRESCOAHUMADOPROPORCION000000078836
1793-02-21T14:0022.42-31.645712.3187.00-11ENEFRESCOAHUMADOPROPORCION000000078837
1793-02-22T14:0021.75-35.103612.3195.00-9NEFRESCO Y VARIABLENUBLADO Y CARGADOPICADA000000078838
1793-02-23T15:0021.32-37.9984162.00-6EALGO VARIABLEABRISADOPICADA000000078839
1793-02-24T15:0020.85-41.02849.3171.00-6EFRESQUITOHORIZONTES CARGADOSDEL VIENTO000000078840
1793-02-25T15:0020.53-44.358612.3187.00-4EFRESCOHORIZONTES CARGADOSMAR000000078841
1793-02-26T15:0020.23-47.748812.3192.00-2EFRESCOABRISADOGRUESA000000078842
1793-02-27T15:0018.90-50.65889.3185.00-2EFRESQUITONUBLADO Y ACHUBASCADOGRUESA010000078843
1793-02-28T16:0018.15-53.829012.3189.000EFRESCOTOLDADO, CARGADO Y ACHUBASCADOALBOROTADA010000078844
1793-03-01T16:0017.97-56.25906.7139.000EBONANCIBLENUBLADOGRUESA000000078845
1793-03-02T16:0017.90-59.24916.7170.001EBONANCIBLECARGADO POR TODAS PARTESPROPORCION000000078846
1793-03-03T16:0018.10-60.964612.3BARBUDAAVISTA BARBUDA1NEFRESCOABRISADOPROPORCION000000078847
1793-03-04T16:0019.00-62.68489.3SAN BARTOLOME Y SAN MARTINA LA VISTA DE SAN BARTOLOME Y SAN MARTIN3NEFRESQUITOABRISADOGRUESA000000078848
1793-03-05T16:0018.74-64.41486.73NEBONANCIBLEDESPEJADO Y HORIZONTES AHUMADOSPROPORCION000000078849
1793-03-06T16:0018.48-66.131FONDEA EN PUERTO RICO A LAS 11:303000000078850
1793-03-07T16:0018.48-66.139312.313EFRESCOCONTINUOS CHUBASCOS010000078851
1793-03-08T17:0019.37-68.189412.3130.00SE HACE A LA VELA A LAS 15:004EFRESCODESPEJADOPROPORCION000000078852
1793-03-09T17:0020.28-70.9611712.3VA EN DEMANDA DE MONTECRISTO4ESEFRESCONUBLADO Y AHUMADO000000078853
1793-03-10T17:0020.68-73.739515.4104.00FONDEA EN MONTECRISTO A LAS 14:00 Y SALE A LAS 20:305EMUCHOMUCHA000000078854
1793-03-11T00:00909.3ISLA DE CUBAEFRESQUITOAHUMADO000000078855
1793-03-12T00:0021.78684.6ENEFLOJOCLAROLLANA000000078856
1793-03-13T00:0021.733152.6NOFLOJITOCLAROLLANA000000078857
1793-03-14T00:0036012.3A LAS 15:00 AVISTA LA SILLA DEL GOBERNADORNFRESCODESPEJADOPROPORCION000000078858
1793-03-15T00:004515.4A LAS 13:00 AVISTA CAYO CONFITESNEFRESCACHONAHUMADOPROPORCION000000078859
1793-03-16T00:006812.3A LAS 13:00 AVISTA LAS TETAS DE CAMARIOCAENEFRESCOABRISADOPICADA000000078860
1793-03-17T00:00452.61NEABRISADOMUCHA000000078861