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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 Gouverneur Elsevier cruise from Kust van Guinea to Pampus started at 1854-08-29 [dataset]. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, De Bilt, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749458, 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: 17.229231 * Median Longitude: -18.322462 * South-bound Latitude: -1.030000 * West-bound Longitude: -37.300000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.750000 * East-bound Longitude: 3.850000
Date/Time Start: 1854-08-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1854-11-08T00:00:00
Event(s):
Gouverneur_Elsevier_18540829_O_REIS_16_P157-158 * Date/Time Start: 1854-08-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1854-11-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Gouverneur Elsevier, Voyage: Kust Van Guinea - Pampus, 1st Observer: A. Van Der Harst (Kapitein)
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
10 GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
11 CommentCommentAny remark, found in the logbook on this particular day, about any biological item
12 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.
13 Wind scale referenceWind scale ref#Name of, or reference to the wind scale that has been used
14 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.
15 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
16 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
17 Present weatherwwWeather description
18 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
19 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
20 Cloud typeCloud type
21 ClearnessClearness
22 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
23 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
24 FogFog1 If fog was reported
25 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
26 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
27 HailHail1 If hail was reported
28 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
29 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1219 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Landmark

Bearing

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Watch
10 
Glasses
11 
Comment
12 
Decl [deg]
13 
Wind scale ref [#]
14 
Wind dir descr
15 
Cur dir descr
16 
Wind force descr
17 
ww
18 
Precip descr
19 
State sea descr
20 
Cloud type
21 
Clearness
22 
Gusts
23 
Rain
24 
Fog
25 
Snow
26 
Thunder
27 
Hail
28 
Sea ice
29 
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1854-10-25T14:0041.18-27.1722315.4VM8-257WZWS01, NO7W001000000103629
1854-10-26T14:0042.12-25.4726819.0VM8-258ZWTW, WNWS018W01W211100000103630
1854-10-27T14:0043.80-22.6724215.4VM8-287W7V010000000103631
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1854-11-02T12:0049.75-6.00109.31VM8-245NNO, NOTN5V04, V010000000103637
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1854-11-04T00:003159.31VM85NW5MESTIGE (?) LUCHT0000000103639
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1854-11-06T00:000.01VM8STILV010000000103641
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1854-11-08T00:001VM80000000103643