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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 FERRET cruise from Spithead to Jamaica started at 1773-02-04 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749306, 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: 27.146207 * Median Longitude: -30.264483 * South-bound Latitude: 16.920000 * West-bound Longitude: -65.540000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.230000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.430000
Date/Time Start: 1773-02-04T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-03-08T16:00:00
Event(s):
Ferret_17730204_NMM_ADM/L/F70A * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 17.700000 * Longitude End: -76.760000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-02-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-03-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Ferret (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Jamaica, 1st Observer: James Rodney (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Caesar (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 286BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
549 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 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1773-02-04T13:0048.23-9.4324819.0LIZARDN58E65S60W170.00-22WSW, WFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095425
1773-02-05T13:0046.22-12.6213719.0CAPE FINISTERS5:10E74S47W177.00-21SBE, SSEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095426
1773-02-06T13:0045.03-14.423626.7PORTO SANCTOS6W238S44W99.00-21VARIABLEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY000000095427
1773-02-07T13:0044.82-14.823626.7PORTO SANCTOS3:43W232S61W27.00-21VARIABLEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY000000095428
1773-02-08T13:0044.08-15.1533922.6PORTO SANCTOS2:56W218S18W46.00-21NW, WSW, SSE, S, SBE, NFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, LATTER HEAVY GALESFIRST PART RAINLATTER GREAT SEA010000095429
1773-02-09T13:0040.52-14.9835222.6PORTO SANCTOS6:33W147S2E214.00-19NBESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY000000095430
1773-02-10T13:0037.75-15.42266.7PORTO SANCTOS8W92S7W116.00-19NBE, NEFIRST PART STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MORE MODERATEFIRST PART RAIN010000095431
1773-02-11T13:0035.88-15.621626.7PORTO SANCTOS11W55S5W112.00-18SSW, SMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000095432
1773-02-12T13:0033.43-15.7736219.0PORTO SANCTOS20W5S3W147.00-18VARIABLEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095433
1773-02-13T13:0030.58-15.93344TENERIFFS11:23W45S3W171.00-16NFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY010000095434
1773-02-14T13:0028.43-17.2735519.0SANCOROTAS77E30S31W137.00-16NBEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN010000095435
1773-02-19T13:0027.27-17.03982.6SANTA CRUZN29E28S29W85.00-15S, ESELIGHT BREEZESFAIR000000095436
1773-02-20T13:0026.45-17.8799TENERIFFN35E50S39W65.00-14NE, ESEFAIR000000095437
1773-02-21T13:0024.82-20.47546.7TENERIFFN45:35E103S55W171.00-14EBS, ENEMODERATECLOUDY000000095438
1773-02-22T14:0023.25-23.22899.3TENERIFFN50E164S58W179.00-12EBSFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095439
1773-02-23T14:0021.43-26.13589.3TENERIFFN51:43E164S56W195.00-10ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095440
1773-02-24T14:0019.75-29.02609.3ANTIGUAS85:17W623S58W193.00-8ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095441
1773-02-25T14:0018.80-32.32609.3ANTIGUAS86:30W561S73W196.00-8ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095442
1773-02-26T14:0018.00-35.27629.3ANTIGUAS87:57W510S74W174.00-6ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095443
1773-02-27T15:0017.83-38.57649.3ANTIGUAS88:28W436S87W188.00-4ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095444
1773-02-28T15:0017.67-41.60416.7ANTIGUAS88:17W389S87W173.00-4NEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR000000095445
1773-03-01T15:0017.63-44.52669.3ANTIGUAS88W326S89W162.00-2ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095446
1773-03-02T15:0017.20-47.12789.3ANTIGUAS88:30W279S79W148.00-1E, EBNFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095447
1773-03-03T15:0016.93-49.32806.7ANTIGUAN89W183S82W123.001EBNMODERATEFAIR000000095448
1773-03-04T15:0016.95-52.23916.7ANTIGUAN89W183W162.001EMODERATEFAIR000000095449
1773-03-05T16:0017.17-55.5571ANTIGUAW122N86W186.003ENEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY000000095450
1773-03-06T16:0017.12-58.96609.3ANTIGUAW57S89W192.004NEBEFRESH BREEZESFAIR000000095451
1773-03-07T16:0016.92-61.507219.0RODONDOW21S85W142.004ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095452
1773-03-08T16:0017.08-65.546119.0ANTIGUAE71S88W193.005NEBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095453