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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 GUERNSEY cruise from St. Johns to Spithead started at 1767-11-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749495, 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: 48.136667 * Median Longitude: -28.226667 * South-bound Latitude: 47.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -49.020000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.520000
Date/Time Start: 1767-11-01T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-11-15T13:00:00
Event(s):
Guernsey_17671101_NMM_ADM/L/G190 * Latitude Start: 47.670000 * Longitude Start: -52.270000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-11-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-11-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Guernsey (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St John'S Newfoundland - Spithead, 1st Observer: James Chads (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Cartwright (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 853BM
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 ClearnessClearness
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
279 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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1767-11-01T15:0047.23-49.0226519.0CAPE SPEARS81W49S81E147.00-16WBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000105798
1767-11-02T15:0047.37-45.4226419.0CAPE SPEARS86W97N84E146.00-17WBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000105799
1767-11-03T15:0047.50-41.7525919.0CAPE SPEARS89W147N88E153.00-22WBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000105800
1767-11-04T15:0047.47-38.8217419.0CAPE SPEARS89W187S89E121.00-17NW, SBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000105801
1767-11-05T14:0048.25-34.9718122.6CAPE SPEARS88W236N78E162.00-22SSWSTRONG GALES AND HARD SQUALLS0000000105802
1767-11-06T14:0048.37-31.742729.3CAPE SPEARS86W283N87E134.00-21SSW, WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000105803
1767-11-07T14:0048.22-29.57359.3CAPE SPEARS86W311S84E84.00-21WNW, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000105804
1767-11-08T14:0047.72-28.953619.3CAPE SPEARS89W319S33E46.00-21NEBE, CALMFIRST LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000105805
1767-11-09T14:0047.87-27.4919319.0CAPE SPEARS88W338N81E60.00-21CALM, SWBSFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES0000000105806
1767-11-10T14:0048.57-22.9519319.0CAPE SPEARS86W396N77E186.00-21SWBSFRESH GALES0000000105807
1767-11-11T13:0048.68-19.602836.7CAPE SPEARS86W440N87E130.00-21NWBWFRESH GALES AM MODERATE0000000105808
1767-11-12T13:0048.08-17.092836.7CAPE SPEARS88W475S77E166.00-21NWBWFRESH GALES AM MODERATE0000000105809
1767-11-13T13:0048.20-15.521706.7CAPE SPEARS88W495N84E63.00-21NWBW, SBWFIRST FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATE0000000105810
1767-11-14T13:0048.92-11.992836.7CAPE SPEARS86W540N73E147.00-21SWBS, NWBW,MODERATECLEAR0000000105811
1767-11-15T13:0049.60-8.522946.7CAPE SPEARS84W585N73E137.00-21NWMODERATECLEAR0000000105812