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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 GOSPORT cruise from Annabona to Barbados started at 1755-05-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749446, 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: 4.266111 * Median Longitude: -28.874444 * South-bound Latitude: -3.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.600000 * North-bound Latitude: 13.500000 * East-bound Longitude: 4.070000
Date/Time Start: 1755-05-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-06-22T16:00:00
Event(s):
Gosport_17550518_NMM_ADM/L/G76 * Latitude Start: -1.580000 * Longitude Start: 4.070000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1755-05-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-06-22T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Gosport (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Annabona - Barbados, 1st Observer: Richard Edwards (Captain), 2nd Observer: Max Jacobs (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 678BM
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:
690 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)
1755-05-18T12:00-1.584.071186.7ANNABONAS85:40E31N85:40W93.00-17SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000102977
1755-05-19T12:00-1.972.921526.7ANNABONAN84:20E54S71:30W73.00-17SBEWBN5MODERATECLOUDY0000000102978
1755-05-20T12:00-2.451.591436.7ANNABONAN79:15E81S69:45W85.00-15SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000102979
1755-05-21T12:00-3.12-0.5615419.0ANNABONAN77:00E127S72:45W132.00-15SBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000102980
1755-05-22T12:00-3.05-3.4817819.0ANNABONAN81:31E183N88:42W174.00-13SBWFRESH GALESGREAT SWELL FROM THE SHAZY0000000102981
1755-05-23T12:00-3.12-5.7517819.0ANNABONAN82:50E227S88:17W133.00-13SBWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102982
1755-05-24T13:00-3.20-8.1816919.0ANNABONAN83:43E277S88:02W146.00-11SFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000102983
1755-05-25T13:00-3.20-10.7616919.0ANNABONAN85:30E328W155.00-11SFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102984
1755-05-26T13:00-3.07-12.9118319.0ANNABONAN85:45E369N86:27W130.00-8SBWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102985
1755-05-27T13:00-3.03-15.4018319.0ANNABONAN86:22E420N89:00W149.00-8SBWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102986
1755-05-28T13:00-3.03-17.4816119.0ANNABONAN86:42E462W125.00-8SBEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102987
1755-05-29T13:00-2.87-19.7315219.0ANNABONAN87:22E508N85:40W135.00-6SSEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102988
1755-05-30T13:00-2.87-22.3314019.0ANNABONAN87:26E557W156.00-6SEBSFRESH GALESHAZY0000000102989
1755-05-31T14:00-3.13-24.811109.3ANNABONAN87:18E609S84:15W149.00-3ESEFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000102990
1755-06-01T14:00-1.30-27.23869.3ANNABONAS89:22E662N52:45W180.00-4EFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000102991
1755-06-02T14:000.53-28.581119.3ANNABONAS86:18E692N42:45W150.00-2ESEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000102992
1755-06-03T14:001.50-29.35432.6ANNABONAS84:52E715N48:30W81.00-2SEBS, VARIABLE, NEMODERATE, INTERMIXED WITH CALMS, 9 LIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000102993
1755-06-04T14:002.88-30.171116.7ANNABONAS84:54E742N40:00W109.00-2NE, SE, ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000102994
1755-06-05T14:004.00-31.40436.7ANNABONAS81:29E769N47:30W98.00-2SEBS, NEMODERATELIGHTNING IN THE NE QTRCLOUDY0000100102995
1755-06-06T14:004.80-31.501332.6ANNABONAS80:10E817N40:00W65.00-2NE, SELITTLE WINDSRAINYCLOUDY0100000102996
1755-06-07T14:005.28-32.6745ANNABONAS80:29E786N72:00W91.00-1EBS, NESQUALLYRAIN0100000102997
1755-06-08T14:006.18-33.893419.0ANNABONAS79:19E850N59:45W104.00-1NEBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000102998
1755-06-09T14:007.60-35.40556.7ANNABONAS77:53E895N49:41W133.00-1NEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000102999
1755-06-10T14:008.68-36.713319.0ANNABONAS75:05E925N56:15W117.00-1NEBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000103000
1755-06-11T15:0010.02-38.46566.7ANNABONAS76:07E977N57:00W147.000NEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000103001
1755-06-12T15:0011.68-40.324519.0ANNABONAS74:49E1023N22:13W160.000NEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000103002
1755-06-13T15:0012.68-42.496719.0ANNABONAS74:20E1075N67:45W159.00-1ENEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000103003
1755-06-14T15:0013.03-44.584619.0ANNABONAS74:47E1123E34N146.001NEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000103004
1755-06-15T15:0012.92-46.884619.0ANNABONAS75:33E1171W1/4S155.001NEFRESH GALESRAINHAZY0100000103005
1755-06-16T15:0013.50-49.117019.0ANNABONAS75:36E1222N77:00W156.002ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000103006
1755-06-17T15:0013.30-50.789219.0ANNABONAS76:13E1259W1/4S120.002EFRESH GALESLIGHTNING IN THE SW QTRCLOUDY0000100103007
1755-06-18T15:0013.30-52.219219.0ANNABONAS76:40E1292W1/4S106.002EFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000103008
1755-06-19T16:0013.22-53.967119.0ANNABONAS77:05E1334W123.003ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000103009
1755-06-20T16:0013.22-55.588219.0ANNABONAS77:27E1373W115.003EBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000103010
1755-06-21T16:0013.22-56.808219.0ANNABONAS77:43E1402W93.003EBNFRESH GALESHAZY0000000103011
1755-06-22T16:0013.03-58.608319.0ANNABONAS78:00E1445S84:30W124.004EBNFRESH GALESHAZY0000000103012