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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 FAIRY cruise from St. Thomas to Barbados started at 1789-03-19 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749263, 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: 0.832812 * Median Longitude: -17.363750 * South-bound Latitude: -4.170000 * West-bound Longitude: -49.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.420000 * East-bound Longitude: 8.000000
Date/Time Start: 1789-03-19T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-04-19T15:00:00
Event(s):
Fairy_17890319_NMM_ADM/L/F117 * Latitude Start: -0.500000 * Longitude Start: 6.210000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1789-03-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-04-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Fairy (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Thomas - Barbados, 1st Observer: Issac George Manley (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 300BM
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
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
11 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.
12 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.
13 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
610 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]
(Wind direction (from which th...)

ff [m/s]
(calculated from the descripti...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)

Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
10 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
11 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
12 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
13 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1789-03-19T11:00-0.278.00252.6ST THOMAS, SW PART OFNBW12-20SSW, NECALM, LIGHT BREEZES, LIGHT WINDSCLOUDY, CLEAR000000093108
1789-03-20T11:00-1.007.921716.7ST THOMASN25W28S25E83.00-20WBS, SBWCALM, LIGHT WINDS, MODERATECLOUDY, CLEAR, CLOUDY000000093109
1789-03-21T12:00-1.577.171842.6ANNABONAENE5-19SBW, SSWMODERATE, LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000093110
1789-03-22T12:00-2.776.331846.7ANNABONAN51E43S51W116.00-19SBW, SSWMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, MODERATESHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY, CLEAR110000093111
1789-03-23T12:00-3.134.672296.7ANNABONAN63E22S73W102.00-19SBW, WSWFRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALES, MODERATECLOUDY, DARK CLOUDY WEATHER000010093112
1789-03-24T12:00-3.982.031859.3ANNABONAN67E130S72W166.00-18SBW, SSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093113
1789-03-25T12:00-4.030.451626.7ANNABONAN71E160S88W95.00-18SMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR000000093114
1789-03-26T12:00-4.17-1.381519.3ANNABONAN74E196S85W110.00-18S SBEMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY, CLEAR000000093115
1789-03-27T12:00-4.07-3.881866.7ANNABONAN77E244N88150.00-17SSE, SSWMODERATECLEAR, CLOUDY000000093116
1789-03-28T12:00-3.95-6.731749.3ANNABONAN88E292N87W151.00-17SSE, SBWMODERATE, FRESH BREEZESCLEAR000000093117
1789-03-29T13:00-3.72-8.651776.7ANNABONAN81E337N84W136.00-14S SBWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDY000000093118
1789-03-30T13:00-3.50-11.221446.7ANNABONAN85E389N85W167.00-14SBW, SSEFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDY000010093119
1789-03-31T13:00-3.38-13.471796.7ANNABONAN84E437N83W135.00-12SBE, SBWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLEAR, CLOUDY000010093120
1789-04-01T13:00-3.67-15.451016.7ANNABONAN84E473S82W119.00-12S ESEFRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALES, NOON MODERATECLOUDY, CLEAR000010093121
1789-04-02T13:00-4.02-17.031966.7ANNABONAN83E506S78W98.00-12SE, SSW1/2WLIGHT AIRS, NOON MODERATECLOUDY000000093122
1789-04-03T13:00-3.63-18.92816.7ANNABONAN83E506N78W112.00-9VARIABLE, S, EFRESH BREEZES, MODERATERAINCLOUDY010000093123
1789-04-04T13:00-3.08-19.40812.6ANNABONAN86E553N46W48.00-9NEBE, EMODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT WINDS, LIGHT AIRS, LIGHT BREEZESRAINCLOUDY010000093124
1789-04-05T13:00-2.00-20.501039.3ANNABONAN88E573N41W86.00-10E ESELIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093125
1789-04-06T13:00-0.72-21.67352.6ANNABONAS88E594N42W102.00-10E NEMODERATE, LIGHT WINDSCLOUDY000000093126
1789-04-07T14:000.40-22.501361.0BARBADOSN71W792N37W84.00-10VARIABLE, SEBSMODERATE, LIGHT AIRSHEAVY RAINCLOUDY010000093127
1789-04-08T14:001.18-23.18609.3BARBADOSN70W744N41W62.00-8SSW, ENECALM, MODERATE, FRESH BREEZESHEAVY RAIN010000093128
1789-04-09T14:001.72-23.78372.6BARBADOSN70W759N49W48.00-8NBE, NEMODERATE, LIGHT WINDSCLOUDY000000093129
1789-04-10T14:002.55-25.17146.7BARBADOSN73W726N59W97.00-9NEBN, NNEMODERATEHEAVY RAIN, SHOWERSCLOUDY110000093130
1789-04-11T14:003.43-27.15149.3BARBADOSN72W682N66W130.00-9NBE, NNEMODERATE, SQUALLY, FRESH BREEZESHEAVY RAINCLOUDY010000093131
1789-04-12T14:005.27-29.40289.3BARBADOSN75W630N50W174.00-6NE, NEBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093132
1789-04-13T14:006.28-32.233919.0BARBADOSN75W576N70W180.00-6NEMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH GALESCLOUDY000000093133
1789-04-14T14:007.87-34.80409.3BARBADOSN78W514N58W182.00-5NEFRESH GALES, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY, CLEAR, CLOUDY000000093134
1789-04-15T14:009.57-37.30519.3BARBADOSN82W458N56W183.00-5NE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093135
1789-04-16T15:0010.02-40.204219.0BARBADOSN83W400N81W176.00-3NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000093136
1789-04-17T15:0010.88-43.10449.3BARBADOSN83W343N74W180.00-1NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093137
1789-04-18T15:0011.72-46.05449.3BARBADOSN85W286N74W181.00-1NEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR, CLOUDY000000093138
1789-04-19T15:0012.42-49.05469.3BARBADOSN88W216N77W180.001NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093139