García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during GANGES cruise from Cork to Barbados started at 1794-10-26 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749372, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 28.905806 * Median Longitude: -27.749677 * South-bound Latitude: 13.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.520000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.650000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.570000
Date/Time Start: 1794-10-26T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-11-25T16:00:00
Event(s):
Ganges_17941026_NMM_ADM/L/G8 * Latitude Start: 50.630000 * Longitude Start: -10.420000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1794-10-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-11-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Ganges (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cork - Barbados, 1st Observer: William Truscott (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 74G 1656BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 15 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 16 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 17 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 18 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 19 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 20 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 21 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 22 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 23 | Comment | Comment | ||||
| 24 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
589 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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 Comment | 24 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794-10-26T13:00 | 49.65 | -9.57 | 313 | 6.7 | CAPE CLEAR | N15W | 14 | S31W | 57.00 | -25 | WNW, NW, NNW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATE | FIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | a trivial correction was made in this observation | 98858 | |
| 1794-10-27T13:00 | 49.13 | -11.03 | 301 | 9.3 | CAPE FINISTERE | S11E | 128 | S32W | 108.00 | -25 | NWBW, NWBN | FIRST AND MIDDLE PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE PART SMALL RAIN | LATTER CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98859 | |
| 1794-10-28T13:00 | 46.62 | -13.18 | 325 | 12.3 | CAPE FINISTERE | S37E | 95 | S30W | 174.00 | -24 | NBW | STRONG BREEZES | MIDDLE AND LATTER SHOWERS OF RAIN | FIRST PART CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98860 | |
| 1794-10-29T13:00 | 44.28 | -15.02 | 280 | PORTO SANCTO | S6W | 227 | S30W | 160.00 | -24 | NWBW | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES | FIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98861 | |||
| 1794-10-30T13:00 | 42.23 | -16.27 | 293 | 9.3 | ST MARYS | S52W | 171 | S24W | 135.00 | -22 | NNW, NW | FIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98862 | ||
| 1794-10-31T13:00 | 40.78 | -16.85 | 338 | 2.6 | PORTO SANCTO | S2E | 157 | S21W | 225.00 | -22 | N | LIGHT BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98863 | ||
| 1794-11-01T13:00 | 40.70 | -17.07 | 23 | 1.0 | PORTO SANCTO | S4E | 142 | S13W | 48.00 | -22 | SSE, NE | LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98864 | |||
| 1794-11-02T13:00 | 39.75 | -17.57 | 159 | 6.7 | PORTO SANCTO | S9E | 137 | S61W | 35.00 | -21 | SWBW, NWBW, S | MODERATE | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98865 | ||
| 1794-11-03T13:00 | 37.33 | -18.90 | 318 | PORTO SANCTO | S24E | 95 | S24W | 157.00 | -20 | NNW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLY | FIRST AND MIDDLE HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98866 | |||
| 1794-11-04T13:00 | 35.93 | -19.63 | 3 | 2.6 | PORTO SANCTO | S41E | 79 | S23W | 90.00 | -20 | NWBW, W, NNE | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98867 | |||
| 1794-11-05T13:00 | 34.40 | -19.23 | 205 | 9.3 | PORTO SANCTO | S58E | 54 | S12E | 94.00 | -20 | W, WBS, SW | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | FIRST PART CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98868 | ||
| 1794-11-06T13:00 | 32.97 | -18.50 | 239 | 6.7 | PORTO SANCTO | NW | 4 | -20 | NW, NNW, WBS | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE | MIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN | FIRST PART CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98869 | |||
| 1794-11-07T13:00 | 31.70 | -17.42 | 319 | 2.6 | MADEIRA | NNE | 18 | -19 | NNE, NNW | LIGHT BREEZES | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98870 | ||||
| 1794-11-08T13:00 | 30.53 | -18.78 | 27 | 9.3 | PALMA | S25E | 42 | S45W | 100.00 | -18 | NE | FIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST PART PLEASANT, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98871 | ||
| 1794-11-09T13:00 | 29.05 | -20.78 | 72 | 9.3 | PALMA | S81E | 56 | S49W | 142.00 | -18 | E | FRESH BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98872 | ||
| 1794-11-10T14:00 | 27.67 | -22.65 | 73 | FERO | N88E | 98 | S50W | 130.00 | -17 | E | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN | FIRST PART PLEASANT, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98873 | ||
| 1794-11-11T14:00 | 26.68 | -24.92 | 64 | 9.3 | ST ANTHONY | S | 191 | S62W | 125.00 | -15 | EBN | FIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN | FIRST PART CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98874 | |
| 1794-11-12T14:00 | 25.97 | -26.30 | 75 | 2.6 | ST ANTHONY | S9E | 179 | S63W | 93.00 | -15 | NE, E | LIGHT BREEZES | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98875 | ||
| 1794-11-13T14:00 | 24.90 | -27.92 | 32 | 6.7 | ST ANTHONY | S20E | 167 | S54W | 108.00 | -13 | ENE, NE | MODERATE BREEZES | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98876 | ||
| 1794-11-14T14:00 | 23.63 | -29.75 | 77 | 2.6 | ST ANTHONY | S35E | 158 | S53W | 127.00 | -13 | E | FIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT BREEZES | MIDDLE SHOWERS | FIRST PART FAIR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98877 | |
| 1794-11-15T14:00 | 22.43 | -31.78 | 79 | 2.6 | MADEIRA | N50:59E | 320 | S54W | 120.00 | -11 | E | LIGHT BREEZES | PLEASNANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98878 | ||
| 1794-11-16T14:00 | 21.13 | -33.52 | 81 | 6.7 | ST ANTHONY | S64E | 180 | S51W | 123.00 | -9 | E | MODERATE | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98879 | ||
| 1794-11-17T14:00 | 19.67 | -36.02 | 59 | 9.3 | ST JAGO | S73E | 255 | S58W | 166.00 | -9 | ENE | FRESH BREEZES | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98880 | ||
| 1794-11-18T15:00 | 18.47 | -38.28 | 62 | 9.3 | BRAVA | S74W | 268 | S61W | 149.00 | -7 | NE, ENE | FRESH BREEZES | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98881 | ||
| 1794-11-19T15:00 | 17.00 | -40.67 | 40 | 9.3 | BRAVA | S74W | 268 | S57W | 162.00 | -5 | NE | FIRST AND LATTER PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE SHOWERS OF RAIN | FIRST AND LATTER PLEASANT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98882 | |
| 1794-11-20T15:00 | 15.55 | -43.67 | 65 | 9.3 | BARBADOS, SOUTH PART | S82W | 346 | S59W | 170.00 | -3 | ENE | FRESH BREEZES | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98883 | ||
| 1794-11-21T15:00 | 14.55 | -45.52 | 87 | 9.3 | BARBADOS, SOUTH PART | S84W | 243 | S66W | 145.00 | -3 | E | FRESH BREEZES | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98884 | ||
| 1794-11-22T15:00 | 13.53 | -48.13 | 89 | 9.3 | BARBADOS, SOUTH PART | S88W | 228 | S68W | 160.00 | -1 | E | FIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLS | MIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN AT TIMES | FIRST PART FAIR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98885 | |
| 1794-11-23T15:00 | 13.23 | -51.02 | 89 | 9.3 | BARBADOS, SOUTH PART | S89W | 176 | S83W | 152.00 | -1 | EBN, E | FRESH BREEZES | PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98886 | ||
| 1794-11-24T16:00 | 13.35 | -53.77 | 91 | 9.3 | BARBADOS, SOUTH PART | S88W | 120 | N87W | 157.00 | 1 | E | FRESH BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98887 | ||
| 1794-11-25T16:00 | 13.27 | -56.52 | 80 | 9.3 | BARBADOS, SOUTH PART | S88W | 65 | S88W | 161.00 | 1 | EBN | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | FIRST AND MIDDLE PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98888 |