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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 FOWEY cruise from Madeira to Charlestown started at 1767-10-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749334, 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: 24.616087 * Median Longitude: -52.759565 * South-bound Latitude: 21.270000 * West-bound Longitude: -77.040000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.530000 * East-bound Longitude: -33.690000
Date/Time Start: 1767-10-03T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-10-26T00:00:00
Event(s):
Fowey_17671003_NMM_ADM/L/F205 * Latitude Start: 32.130000 * Longitude Start: -16.570000 * Latitude End: 31.830000 * Longitude End: -77.920000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-10-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-10-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Fowey (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Madeira - Charlestown, 1st Observer: Mark Robinson (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G 508BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
434 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1767-10-03T14:0022.33-33.69406.7MADEIRAN55:05E361S64W92.00-5E, ENE, NEMODERATEHAZY WEATHER000000096668
1767-10-04T14:0022.17-35.34406.7MADEIRAN57:16E387S84W93.00-5E-NEMODERATEHAZY WEATHER000000096669
1767-10-05T14:0022.08-36.60856.7MADEIRAN58:43E408S86W71.00-5E, NE, EMODERATESMALL RAINHAZY WEATHER010000096670
1767-10-06T14:0021.27-36.703611.0MADEIRAN59:07E408NW10.00-5E, CALMLIGHT AIRS AND CALMS000000096671
1767-10-07T14:0021.85-36.773611.0MADEIRAN58:47E413SW20.00-5VARIABLE, CALMLIGHT AIRS AND CALMS000000096672
1767-10-08T14:0021.85-37.14966.7MADEIRAN58:47E417W20.00-5CALM, NNE, EBSMODERATECLOUDY000000096673
1767-10-09T15:0021.80-39.39876.7MADEIRAN61:21E452S88E125.00-3EMODERATECLOUDY000000096674
1767-10-10T15:0021.67-41.72989.3MADEIRAN63:25W492S87E130.00-3EBSFRESH BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAINHAZY110000096675
1767-10-11T15:0021.67-44.80889.3MADEIRAN66:01E541W170.00-2E, N, EFRESH BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAINHAZY110000096676
1767-10-12T15:0021.78-47.891019.3MADEIRAN68:22E590S88W172.000EBSFRESH BREEZESSOME RAINCLOUDY010000096677
1767-10-13T15:0022.22-50.8010119.0LIZARDN70:46E634N81W164.000EBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLSLIGHTNINGRAIN010010096678
1767-10-14T16:0022.60-52.7413519.0LIZARDN78W110.000EBS, VARIABLE, SEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLSHEAVY RAIN010000096679
1767-10-15T16:0022.97-54.359019.0LIZARDWBN1/2N92.000VARIABLE-EFRESH GALES AND SQUALLSHEAVY RAIN010000096680
1767-10-16T16:0023.25-55.5911319.0LIZARDWBN1/2N70.000SEBE, CALM, N, ESEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLSHEAVY RAIN010000096681
1767-10-17T16:0024.08-57.791146.7LIZARDWNW130.001EBS-ESEMODERATERAINCLOUDY010000096682
1767-10-18T16:0024.95-59.94696.7LIZARDN66W128.001ESE-ENEMODERATERAINCLOUDY010000096683
1767-10-19T16:0025.83-63.304719.0LIZARDN74W190.002ENE-NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY000000096684
1767-10-20T16:0027.67-66.275619.0LIZARDN55W192.000NE, NEBEFRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY010000096685
1767-10-21T17:0029.37-68.751146.7LIZARDN52W167.001NE, ESEMODERATEHAZY000000096686
1767-10-22T17:0030.20-70.82136LIZARDN65W118.001ESE, SESQUALLYLIGHTNINGRAIN010010096687
1767-10-23T17:0030.73-72.103621.0LIZARDN64W73.001VARIABLESQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT AIRSRAIN010000096688
1767-10-24T17:0031.30-73.943621.0LIZARDWNW100.002VARIABLESQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT AIRSRAIN010000096689
1767-10-25T17:0032.53-77.04231.0LIZARDN64W175.000NNESQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT AIRSRAIN010000096690
1767-10-26T00:0032.40451.0SOUTH CAROLINAN64WEBN, NE, ENE, NESQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT AIRSRAIN010000096691