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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 FAVORITE cruise from Newfoundland to St. Pauls Island started at 1766-08-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749288, 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: 46.662857 * Median Longitude: -53.477143 * South-bound Latitude: 45.970000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.620000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.220000 * East-bound Longitude: -51.200000
Date/Time Start: 1766-08-03T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-08-09T16:00:00
Event(s):
Favorite_17660803_NMM_ADM/L/F59 * Latitude Start: 46.700000 * Longitude Start: -52.500000 * Latitude End: 46.930000 * Longitude End: -57.620000 * Date/Time Start: 1766-08-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-08-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Favorite (Sloop), Voyage: Newfoundland - St Pauls Island, 1st Observer: William Hamilton (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 360BM
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 ClearnessClearness
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:
133 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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1766-08-03T15:0047.22-51.2015319.0CAPE RACES11W13S8W28.00-16W, SBE1ST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER FOGGY001000094385
1766-08-04T15:0046.92-51.372990.0CAPE RACES6:05W8S21W20.00-16SWBW, NW1ST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALMFOGGY001000094386
1766-08-05T15:0045.97-51.7276.7CAPE RACEN21W11S14W58.00-16WBN, NNEMODERATECLOUDY, LATTER FOGGY001000094387
1766-08-06T16:0046.63-53.33719.0CAPE ROYN65W65N59W83.00-16NNEFIRST MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESHAZY000000094388
1766-08-07T16:0046.40-53.832996.7CAPE ROYN58W60S55W25.00-16WNW, NWFRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATEHAZY, LATTER CLEAR000000094389
1766-08-08T16:0046.57-55.275219.0CAPE ROYN47W42N80W56.00-16W-ENEFIRST AND LATTER FRESH GALES, MIDDLE MODERATEFIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY, MIDDLE HAZY000000094390
1766-08-09T16:0046.93-57.6235619.0CAPE ROYN3:01W28N77W117.00-15ENE, NBEFIRST AND LATTER FRESH GALES, MIDDLE MODERATEFIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY, MIDDLE HAZY000000094391