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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 Porto Praya to Port Egmont started at 1768-11-22 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749321, 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: -22.745417 * Median Longitude: -36.692917 * South-bound Latitude: -38.930000 * West-bound Longitude: -44.450000 * North-bound Latitude: -0.120000 * East-bound Longitude: -24.990000
Date/Time Start: 1768-11-22T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-12-15T15:00:00
Event(s):
Florida_17681122_PRO_ADM_51/3838 * Latitude Start: 14.860000 * Longitude Start: -23.500000 * Latitude End: -51.350000 * Longitude End: 60.000000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-11-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-12-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Florida (Storeship), Voyage: Porto Praya - Port Egmont, Falkland Islands, 1st Observer: George Teer (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 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
458 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1768-11-22T14:00-0.12-24.991306.7PORTO PRAYAN4E304SWBS96.00-5SEBE, SEMODERATEFAIR WEATHER000000096041
1768-11-23T14:00-1.77-26.091309.3PORTO PRAYAN9E340S33W119.00-5SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096042
1768-11-24T14:00-3.67-27.501229.3PORTO PRAYAN11E380S35W140.00-2SE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096043
1768-11-25T14:00-5.93-28.5211119.0PORTO PRAYAN13E435S27W151.00-2SEBE, ESEFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096044
1768-11-26T14:00-8.33-29.6511219.0PORTO PRAYAN14E483SSW1/2W160.00-1ESEFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096045
1768-11-27T14:00-10.67-30.7910019.0PORTO PRAYAN16E535SSW1/4W158.00-1ESE, EBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096046
1768-11-28T14:00-12.83-31.69906.7PORTO PRAYAN15E580SSW141.000EBS, EMODERATEFAIR WEATHER000000096047
1768-11-29T14:00-14.95-32.59926.7PORTO PRAYAN17E625SSW138.002EMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000096048
1768-11-30T14:00-17.33-33.604719.0PORTO PRAYAN17E678SSW155.002E, NEFRESH GALESFIRST PART RAINFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR WEATHER010000096049
1768-12-01T14:00-17.33-33.602519.0PORTO PRAYAN17E678S24W155.002NE, NNEFRESH GALESFAIR WEATHER000000096050
1768-12-02T14:00-19.83-34.8427PORTO PRAYAN17E736SSW1/4W163.004NE, NNEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY010000096051
1768-12-03T14:00-22.28-36.0511719.0PORTO PRAYAN19E826SWBS124.004NE, SE, ESEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096052
1768-12-04T15:00-26.23-38.52756.7PORTO PRAYAN19E870SSW1/2W148.007ESE, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATEHAZY WEATHER000000096053
1768-12-05T15:00-27.70-39.39546.7PORTO PRAYAN19E903SSW1/2W100.009NEMODERATECLEAR WEATHER000000096054
1768-12-06T15:00-29.40-40.671229.3PORTO PRAYAN20E943SWBS122.009NE, ENE, ESEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE HAZY WEATHER010000096055
1768-12-07T15:00-31.90-42.429919.0PORTO PRAYAN21E1000SSW3/4W175.009EBS, EFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096056
1768-12-08T15:00-34.25-44.258019.0PORTO PRAYAN21E1055S33W71.0012ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096057
1768-12-09T15:00-35.77-44.022376.7PORTO PRAYAN20E1080S8E90.0012ENE, NNE, NW, SWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR WEATHER000000096058
1768-12-10T15:00-35.67-44.0222619.0PORTO PRAYAN20E1078N6.0012SWBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096059
1768-12-11T15:00-36.67-43.242379.3PORTO PRAYAN19E1092S32E71.0012SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096060
1768-12-12T15:00-36.93-43.12576.7PORTO PRAYAN19E1098S20E17.0012SW, VARIABLE, NEMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER000000096061
1768-12-13T15:00-38.93-44.452959.3PORTO PRAYAN19E1132S22W110.0014NW, WBNFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER CLEAR WEATHER000000096062
1768-12-14T15:00-38.80-43.1023922.6PORTO PRAYAN19E1136S73E42.0014W, SWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY WEATHER000000096063
1768-12-15T15:00-38.60-43.5228419.0PORTO PRAYAN19E1133N31W24.0014SW, WFRESH GALESHAZY WEATHER000000096064