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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 FLORIDA cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Port Egmont started at 1766-10-25 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749317, 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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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: -37.977037 * Median Longitude: -52.435556 * South-bound Latitude: -50.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.680000 * North-bound Latitude: -24.500000 * East-bound Longitude: -43.330000
Date/Time Start: 1766-10-25T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-11-20T16:00:00
Event(s):
Florida_17661025_PRO_ADM_51/3838 * Latitude Start: -23.370000 * Longitude Start: -43.120000 * Latitude End: -51.350000 * Longitude End: 60.000000 * Date/Time Start: 1766-10-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-11-20T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Florida (Storeship), Voyage: Rio De Janeiro - Port Egmont, Falkland Islands, 1st Observer: Robert Deans (Captain), Company: Royal Navy
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
519 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
17 
Precip descr
18 
State sea descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1766-10-25T15:00-24.50-43.89326.7RIO JANEIRON24E33S24W99.009E, NNEMODERATERAINCLOUDY010000095837
1766-10-26T15:00-25.15-43.431896.7RIO JANEIRON6:27E43S33E47.009WBS, SMODERATERAINCLOUDY010000095838
1766-10-27T15:00-25.88-44.1117819.0RIO JANEIRON16:42W60S56E80.009SW, SBEFRESH GALESA GREAT SWELL FROM THE SOUTHWARDCLOUDY000000095839
1766-10-28T15:00-26.33-43.399919.0RIO JANEIRON3W61S25W48.009ESE, VARIABLE, EFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095840
1766-10-29T15:00-27.22-43.33772.6RIO JANEIRON2E84S22W57.009NE, ENELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY000000095841
1766-10-30T15:00-29.32-44.291129.3RIO JANEIRON9:9E128S22W136.0011EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000095842
1766-10-31T15:00-31.18-45.44229.3RIO JANEIRON14E169S28W127.0011ENE, NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000095843
1766-11-01T15:00-33.00-46.993619.0RIO JANEIRON19E211S36W135.0013NNEFRESH GALES000000095844
1766-11-02T15:00-34.63-48.411419.0CAPE BLANCOS50W391S36W122.0014NNE, NFRESH GALESRAIN010000095845
1766-11-03T15:00-35.28-49.213611.0CAPE BLANCOS50:26W373S45W55.0014N, SSE, CALMLIGHT AIRSTAKEN ABACK WITH THE WIND TO THE SOUTHWARDHAZY000000095846
1766-11-04T15:00-35.58-49.892739.3CAPE BLANCOS50W361S62W39.0014SE, CALM, WBSFRESH BREEZES, AT 7AM CALM, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000095847
1766-11-05T15:00-36.15-50.76599.3CAPE BLANCOS50W344S51W55.0014SW, NEFRESH BREEZES, AT 7AM CALM, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000095848
1766-11-06T16:00-37.60-52.583439.3CAPE BLANCOS50:39W302S45W123.0017E, NE, NWBNFRESH BREEZES, AT 7AM CALM, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY010000095849
1766-11-07T16:00-38.00-53.192762.6CAPE BLANCOS50:38W289S51W38.0017NW, WBSLIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000095850
1766-11-08T16:00-38.17-53.032422.6CAPE BLANCOS51:26W273S36E12.0017SBW, SWLIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER000000095851
1766-11-09T16:00-38.87-53.543109.3CAPE BLANCOS59W273S30W44.0017SSW, CALM, WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000095852
1766-11-10T16:00-40.48-55.643559.3CAPE BLANCOS54:2W228S45W137.0017NW, NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY000000095853
1766-11-11T16:00-42.20-57.0124219.0CAPE BLANCOS58:30W190S31W120.0017NWBN, SWFRESH GALESCLEAR000000095854
1766-11-12T16:00-43.30-57.0123822.6CAPE BLANCOS62:12W166S66.0019SWBS, SBW, SW1/2SSSTRONGFRESH GALES, AT 4 STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLEAR000000095855
1766-11-13T16:00-44.93-58.563006.7CAPE BLANCOS71:56W144S34W118.0019NW, WBNMODERATECLEAR000000095856
1766-11-14T16:00-46.03-59.2926719.0CAPE BLANCOS79:46W128S25W73.0019WNW, WSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095857
1766-11-15T16:00-46.68-58.1622219.0CAPE BLANCOS86W142S50W61.0019SSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000095858
1766-11-16T16:00-47.70-58.492016.7CAPE BLANCON85:24W133S13W63.0021SW, SMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000095859
1766-11-17T16:00-48.00-59.893366.7CAPE BLANCON81:40W115S72W60.0021S, WNW, NWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000095860
1766-11-18T16:00-48.88-61.212466.7PORT EGMONTS41W60S45W76.0021NWBN, SWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000095861
1766-11-19T16:00-49.62-62.342806.7PORT EGMONTS39:17W45S45W62.0021WNW, WBSMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY000000095862
1766-11-20T16:00-50.70-62.6829119.0PORT EGMONTS61W27S11W67.0021WBS, SW, WFRESH GALESHAZY000000095863