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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 Spithead to Madeira started at 1768-10-29 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749290, 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: 41.049167 * Median Longitude: -11.768333 * South-bound Latitude: 32.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -16.240000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.320000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.600000
Date/Time Start: 1768-10-29T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-11-10T13:00:00
Event(s):
Favorite_17681029_NMM_ADM/L/F59 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 32.130000 * Longitude End: -16.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-10-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-11-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Favorite (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Madeira, 1st Observer: William Maltby (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:
240 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)
1768-10-29T12:0049.32-6.6027319.0LIZARDN53E23S53W69.00-20SBW, WNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000094414
1768-10-30T13:0047.67-8.3728319.0LIZARDN42E63S36W123.00-21NWBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000094415
1768-10-31T13:0045.27-10.0529519.0LIZARDN34E115S26W160.00-20NWFRESH GALESFIRST CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY000000094416
1768-11-01T13:0044.15-10.853182.6LIZARDN38E133S27W75.00-20NW, NNWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000094417
1768-11-02T00:001242.6CAPE FINNISTERSW6NWBW, WNW, SEBELIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000094418
1768-11-03T13:0043.82-9.4723919.0CAPE FINNISTERS19E13N19W39.00-20WBSFIRST PART BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESCLOUDY000000094419
1768-11-04T13:0043.47-9.6929519.0CAPE FINNISTERN27E28S16W22.00-20WBS, NWFRESH GALES INTERMIXED WITH SQUALLS000000094420
1768-11-05T13:0041.80-11.321519.0CAPE FINNISTERN47E41S36W124.00-19WNW, NEBNFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, NOON FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000094421
1768-11-06T13:0038.80-13.401619.0CAPE FINNISTERN31E100S28W205.00-18NEBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY000000094422
1768-11-07T13:0036.77-14.49516.7CAPE FINNISTERN31E153S22W134.00-17E, ENEFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEFAIR000000094423
1768-11-08T13:0035.12-15.07176.7CAPE FINNISTERN28E186S16W102.00-17ENE, NEBNMODERATEFAIR000000094424
1768-11-09T13:0033.70-15.67286.7CAPE FINNISTERN27E221S16W108.00-17NEBE, NEMODERATEFAIR000000094425
1768-11-10T13:0032.70-16.24396.7CAPE FINNISTERN27E237S35W51.00-17ENE, NEBEMODERATEFAIR000000094426