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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 Barbados to Spithead started at 1789-05-13 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749264, 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: 36.294375 * Median Longitude: -36.128750 * South-bound Latitude: 14.830000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.830000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.400000
Date/Time Start: 1789-05-13T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-06-19T12:00:00
Event(s):
Fairy_17890513_NMM_ADM/L/F117 * Latitude Start: 14.850000 * Longitude Start: -59.680000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1789-05-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-06-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Fairy (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Barbados - Spithead, 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
616 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
Precip descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1789-05-13T16:0014.83-60.17719.3BARBADOSS11E35N11W104.003ENEFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYCLOUDY000000093140
1789-05-14T16:0017.52-60.5718BARBADOSS9E89N6W163.001ENE, NBE1/2EFRESH BREEZES, FRESHCLOUDY000000093141
1789-05-15T16:0020.15-60.83916.7BARBADOSS8E139N5W158.001ENE, EMODERATE, FRESH BREEZES, MODERATERAINCLEAR, CLOUDY010000093142
1789-05-16T16:0022.08-59.721142.6BARBADOSS2W179N30E134.001E ESEMODERATE, LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR, CLOUDY000000093143
1789-05-17T16:0023.50-58.451126.7BARBADOSS5W213N39E111.00-1SEBE, ESELIGHT BREEZES, SQUALLY, FRESH BREEZES, MODERATESHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY110000093144
1789-05-18T16:0024.70-57.701342.6BARBADOSS7W242N39E93.00-1ESE, SELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY000000093145
1789-05-19T16:0025.83-56.071676.7BARBADOSS17W270N47E100.00-2SE, SBEMODERATE BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDY, CLEAR000000093146
1789-05-20T16:0027.32-55.03776.7BARBADOSS23W301N31E104.00-2ESE, EBNLIGHT BREEZES, MODERATECLEAR000000093147
1789-05-21T16:0029.42-55.0316.7BARBADOSS23W342N126.00-5EBN, NBE1/2NMODERATECLEAR000000093148
1789-05-22T16:0030.98-53.65966.7BARBADOSS25W378N40E116.00-5SEBE, EBSFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDY, CLEAR000000093149
1789-05-23T16:0031.90-52.601412.6BARBADOSS18W403N43E81.00-5EBS, SEBSMODERATE, LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000093150
1789-05-24T15:0033.18-49.753396.7FAYALN74E410N61E158.00-10S NBWMODERATE BREEZES, MODERATERAINCLOUDY010000093151
1789-05-25T15:0033.93-47.82919.3FAYALN74E356N65E107.00-10NW, EBSMODERATE, FRESH BREEZESHAZY, DARK CLOUDY WEATHER, CLOUDY000000093152
1789-05-26T15:0035.58-44.4819119.0FAYALN77E294N59E192.00-12SSWMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY010000093153
1789-05-27T15:0036.00-41.453362.6FAYALN77E238N80E111.00-13NW, NBWFRESH GALES, LIGHT WINDSCLOUDY, CLEAR000000093154
1789-05-28T15:0036.98-38.721459.3FAYALN78E193N64E137.00-13N SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093155
1789-05-29T14:0037.70-34.352309.3FAYALN78E93S78E209.00-18SBE, WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093156
1789-05-30T14:0037.88-30.322069.3FAYALN62E86N87E190.00-19SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093157
1789-06-06T14:0040.00-28.201052.6TERCERAS44:41E33N3E101.00-19NEBE, ESE, SEBELIGHT WINDSHAZY000000093158
1789-06-07T14:0041.25-27.251156.7LIZARDN60:28E353N37E101.00-20SEBS, SEMODERATECLOUDY000000093159
1789-06-08T14:0042.30-26.95706.7LIZARDN62:59E337N12E64.00-20SW, E1/2N, EMODERATECLOUDY000000093160
1789-06-09T14:0042.95-26.45116.7LIZARDN64:10E321N29E45.00-23ESE, VARIABLE, NEBNMODERATECLOUDY000000093161
1789-06-10T14:0042.93-24.87116.7LIZARDN62:32E304S89E70.00-23NNE, VARIABLE, NEBNMODERATECLOUDY000000093162
1789-06-11T14:0043.48-23.253622.6LIZARDN62:18E278N65E79.00-23SE, VARIABLELIGHT WINDSCLEAR000000093163
1789-06-12T13:0044.87-20.271019.3LIZARDN63:25E227N57E154.00-23SEBELIGHT WINDS, FRESH BREEZESCLEAR, CLOUDY000000093164
1789-06-13T13:0046.87-16.0215719.0LIZARDN66:38E156N56E214.00-23SFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000093165
1789-06-14T13:0048.50-12.5320019.0LIZARDN73:4E100N55E170.00-25SSE, SWFRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY010000093166
1789-06-15T13:0049.38-10.2315519.0LIZARDN79:57E65N60E105.00-25SFRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY010000093167
1789-06-16T13:0049.68-7.831496.7LIZARDN80:50E33N79E96.00-25S S1/2EMODERATECLOUDY000000093168
1789-06-17T12:0050.00-6.231509.3SCILLYN81:7E13N73E67.00-24SEBE, VARIABLE, S1/2EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093169
1789-06-18T12:0049.85-4.931569.3SCILLYN78:28E141N73E33.00-24SBE1/2E, SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation93170
1789-06-19T12:0049.88-4.401509.3EDDISTONEN11E61S81E37.00-24S S1/2EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000093171