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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 Rey cruise from La Habana to La Coruña started at 1787-03-26 [dataset]. Archivo General de Indias, Seville, Spain, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749158, 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: 37.946596 * Median Longitude: -41.464894 * South-bound Latitude: 29.130000 * West-bound Longitude: -80.320000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.620000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.360000
Date/Time Start: 1787-03-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1787-05-16T07:00:00
Event(s):
El_Rey_17870326_CORREOS_273B_R6 * Latitude Start: 23.200000 * Longitude Start: -81.400000 * Latitude End: 43.360000 * Longitude End: -8.360000 * Date/Time Start: 1787-03-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1787-05-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: El Rey (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
--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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip 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:
643 data points

Data

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Wind force descr
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Precip descr
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Gusts
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Thunder
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Hail
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ID
1787-03-26T00:001131SE HACE A LA VELA A LAS 8:30ESE000000086685
1787-03-27T00:001131ESE000000086686
1787-03-30T00:0027.851132.91ESEMUY FLOJOCIELOS Y HORIZONTES CLAROS000000086687
1787-03-31T11:0029.13-80.321172.9FUERA DEL CANAL DE BAHAMAS4ESEMUY FLOJO000000086688
1787-04-01T11:0029.75-79.4525259.004OSO000000086689
1787-04-02T11:0029.95-77.32227114.002SO000000086690
1787-04-03T11:0029.95-74.982122.002N000000086691
1787-04-04T11:0030.03-74.23472.939.002NEMUY FLOJO000000086692
1787-04-05T11:0030.50-73.92922.932.502EMUY FLOJODESDE LAS 5:00 A LAS 12:00 CALMA000000086693
1787-04-06T11:0030.67-73.6727229.002OA LAS 23:00 CAEN ALGUNOS AGUACEROS010000086694
1787-04-07T11:0030.88-73.4016017.002SSE000000086695
1787-04-08T11:0031.67-71.8213693.001SE000000086696
1787-04-09T11:0032.72-68.73156168.00-2SSE000000086697
1787-04-10T10:0033.60-66.25176132.00-5SVARIABLE000000086698
1787-04-11T10:0034.00-64.07311119.00-5NO000000086699
1787-04-12T10:0033.48-63.158653.00-5E000000086700
1787-04-13T10:0034.92-62.758686.00-5E000000086701
1787-04-14T10:0035.97-60.98107107.00-6ESE000000086702
1787-04-15T10:0036.40-58.00152146.00-6SSE000000086703
1787-04-16T10:0037.06-54.57172174.00-8S000000086704
1787-04-17T09:0037.72-51.07166168.00-14S000000086705
1787-04-18T09:0037.83-49.0216397.00-14S 1/4 SE000000086706
1787-04-19T09:0037.25-45.92169151.00-11S000000086707
1787-04-20T09:0037.30-42.871666.7145.00-11S 1/4 SEBONANCIBLE000000086708
1787-04-21T09:0037.70-39.252996.7171.00-16NOBONANCIBLE000000086709
1787-04-22T08:0039.10-35.272986.7205.00-17NOBONANCIBLE000000086710
1787-04-23T08:0039.74-31.631626.7174.00-18SBONANCIBLE000000086711
1787-04-24T08:0040.39-29.051856.7126.00-18SSOBONANCIBLE000000086712
1787-04-25T08:0041.03-26.971846.7108.00-19SSOBONANCIBLE000000086713
1787-04-26T08:0041.67-25.601616.772.00-19SBONANCIBLE000000086714
1787-04-27T08:0042.32-25.431616.729.00-19SBONANCIBLE000000086715
1787-04-28T08:0042.13-25.0318432.00-19SSOALGUNOS AGUACEROS SIN FUERZASIN FUERZA010000086716
1787-04-29T08:0041.95-24.907111.00-19EALGUNOS AGUACEROS SIN FUERZASIN FUERZA010000086717
1787-04-30T08:0041.93-24.929425.00-19ESEALGUNOS AGUACEROS SIN FUERZASIN FUERZA010000086718
1787-05-01T08:0041.90-24.1513936.00-19SSE000000086719
1787-05-02T08:0042.07-24.2315824.00-19S 1/4 SE000000086720
1787-05-03T08:0042.68-22.7711358.00-22SE000000086721
1787-05-04T07:0043.62-21.1213695.00-22SSE000000086722
1787-05-05T07:0042.98-20.6813627.00-22SSE000000086723
1787-05-06T07:0042.35-20.9211859.00-20SE 1/4 S000000086724
1787-05-07T07:0041.72-21.03932.989.00-20ESEMUY FLOJO000000086725
1787-05-08T07:0041.08-20.73932.9103.00-20ESEMUY FLOJO000000086726
1787-05-09T07:0040.45-20.68932.967.00-20ESEMUY FLOJO000000086727
1787-05-10T07:0039.82-20.08335.00-20NNE000000086728
1787-05-11T07:0041.00-17.63295137.00-20NO000000086729
1787-05-12T07:0041.82-15.85294123.00-21NO000000086730
1787-05-13T07:0043.23-14.30293134.00-22N, NNO, NO000000086731
1787-05-14T07:0043.27-11.78203115.00-22ONO, SO000000086732
1787-05-15T07:0043.40-10.00181MONTE CAYON E ISLA SISARGA (16:00)82.00-22SSO000000086733
1787-05-16T07:0043.36-8.362036.71FONDEA EN LA CORUÑA A LAS 15:00-22SOBONANCIBLEAPARIENCIA DE AGUACERO000000086734