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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 GRAFTON cruise from Cork to Halifax started at 1757-06-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749461, 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: 43.773200 * Median Longitude: -50.276000 * South-bound Latitude: 42.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.530000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -38.500000
Date/Time Start: 1757-06-09T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1757-07-04T16:00:00
Event(s):
Grafton_17570609_NMM_ADM/L/G207 * Latitude Start: 50.630000 * Longitude Start: -10.420000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1757-06-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1757-07-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Grafton (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cork - Halifax, 1st Observer: Charles Holmes (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Osborne (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 68G 1414BM
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:
484 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)
1757-06-09T15:0043.62-38.5020919.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN66E436N62W73.00-16WSW, SWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000104309
1757-06-11T15:0043.55-41.0520926.8OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN73E458N62W65.00-16WSW, SWFRESH GALES. HARD GALESCLOUDY0000000104310
1757-06-12T15:0044.87-42.063626.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN75E465N78W44.00-16VARIABLEHARD GALES, LATTER MODERATERAIN0100000104311
1757-06-13T15:0044.13-43.753622.6OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN72E493S59W84.00-16VARIABLEFRESH GALES, LATTER LITTLE WINDHAZY0000000104312
1757-06-14T15:0044.60-45.012096.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN71E513N63W61.00-16SWFIRST CALM, REST MODERATETHICK FOGFIRST FAIR0010000104313
1757-06-15T15:0044.58-45.582776.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN75E510N54W30.00-16SW, WSW, WNWMODERATE0010000104314
1757-06-16T15:0044.58-45.803610.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN74E514S26W21.00-16W, NNW, CALMFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALMFIRST PART FOGMIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0010000104315
1757-06-17T15:0044.87-46.502096.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN75E520N63W37.00-16WSW, SWMODERATELATTER FOGFAIR0010000104316
1757-06-18T15:0045.27-47.802096.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN76E532N66W60.00-16SWMODERATETHICK FOGFAIR0010000104317
1757-06-19T15:0046.00-48.832206.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN78E542NW63.00-16SW, WSW, SWBWMODERATETHICK FOGFAIR0010000104318
1757-06-20T15:0045.27-48.503626.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN76E549S17E46.00-16VARIABLEMODERATETHICK FOG TILL 7PM THEN CLEAR. AT 6AM FOG AGAIN0010000104319
1757-06-21T15:0044.87-49.3823219.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN75E560S58E45.00-16NNW, CALM, WSWFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALESMIDDLE FOGFIRST AND LATTER PARTS HAZY0010000104320
1757-06-22T15:0044.08-49.6123219.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN74E571S12W48.00-16WSWFRESH GALESTHICK FOG0010000104321
1757-06-23T15:0043.08-49.5023219.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN72E578S05E60.00-16WSWFRESH GALESTHICK FOGSOME RAIN0110000104322
1757-06-24T15:0042.82-49.3020919.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN72E583S14E37.00-16SWFRESH GALESTHICK FOG0010000104323
1757-06-25T15:0042.23-50.361926.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN72E600S73W50.00-11SW, W, SSWMODERATESOMETIMES FOGHAZY0010000104324
1757-06-26T15:0042.47-50.68214OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN73E613N72W45.00-11SSW, CALM, SWVARIABLESOMETIMES FOGSOMETIMES RAIN0110000104325
1757-06-27T16:0042.47-53.0018119.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN73E640W104.00-10SW, SBWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000104326
1757-06-28T16:0042.55-54.835319.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN74E654N87W82.00-15S, SSW, SW, ENEFRESH GALESLATTER RAINHAZY0100000104327
1757-06-29T16:0042.67-55.53532.6OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN74E662N77W32.00-15CALM, ENELITTLE WIND SOMETIMES CALMRAINHAZY0100000104328
1757-06-30T16:0043.25-57.81416.7OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN76E688N72W114.00-15ENE, NE, NEBEMODERATEFAIR0000000104329
1757-07-01T16:0043.13-59.7832319.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN75E703S85W79.00-15NE, NBE, NNWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000104330
1757-07-02T16:0042.87-60.913610.0OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN76E721WSW1/2S55.00-15N, NNW, CALMFRESH GALES, LATTER CALMFAIR0000000104331
1757-07-03T16:0043.12-61.301432.6OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN76E728N49W23.00-15CALM, E, SSEFIRST PART CALM, THEN LITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000104332
1757-07-04T16:0043.38-61.533002.6OLD HEAD OF KINSALEN77E735N36W20.00-15ESE, SSE, CALM, NWLIGHT WINDS, MIDDLE CALMFAIR0000000104333