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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 HERCULES cruise from Batavia to Nagepatnam started at 1755-08-01 [dataset]. Gemeentearchief Amsterdam, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749572, 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: -1.572188 * Median Longitude: 82.569688 * South-bound Latitude: -9.380000 * West-bound Longitude: 76.060000 * North-bound Latitude: 10.750000 * East-bound Longitude: 100.600000
Date/Time Start: 1755-08-01T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-09-01T07:00:00
Event(s):
Hercules_17550801_GAA_BIBLIOTHEEK_M951_53 * Latitude Start: -6.100000 * Longitude Start: 106.860000 * Latitude End: 10.830000 * Longitude End: 80.000000 * Date/Time Start: 1755-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-09-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Hercules, Voyage: Batavia - Nagepatnam, 1st Observer: J. 'T Hart (3E Waak), Company: VOC, Other ship information: GEBOUWD IN 1743 IN ZEELAND
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
--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
GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 Cloud typeCloud type
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
587 data points

Data

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Date/Time

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Longitude

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Watch

Glasses

Course
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Distance [arbitrary units]
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Decl [deg]
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Wind dir descr
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Wind force descr
14 
ww
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Precip descr
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State sea descr
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Cloud type
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Clearness
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Gusts
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Rain
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Fog
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Snow
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Thunder
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Hail
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Sea ice
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ID
1755-08-01T05:00-7.00100.60896.7VM8WZW30.50-1OFRISSE EN GEMENE MARSZEILSKOELTETRAVATIGE LUCHTMET REGENOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHT0100000110358
1755-08-02T05:00-8.8798.58434.6VM8WZW32.50-2O-NOVARIABELE ONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHT0100000110359
1755-08-03T06:00-8.8896.73434.6VM8W27.50-2O-NOVARIABELE ONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHT0100000110360
1755-08-04T06:00-9.3895.28880.0VM8W21.00-2NO-OONGESTADIGE MARSZEILSKOELTE TOT STILSTIJVE TRAVADEREGENHOGE ZEE0100000110361
1755-08-05T06:00-9.3893.731116.7VM8W21.00-2ZO-OZOFRISSE MARSZEILSKOELTETRAVADIGMET REGEN0100000110362
1755-08-06T06:00-9.3891.301004.6VM8W36.00-1OZO-OTZGEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEER0000000110363
1755-08-07T06:00-9.3888.931006.7VM8W35.00-1OZO-OTZFRISSE ONGESTADIGE MARSZEILSKOELTE EN BRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENACHTIG0100000110364
1755-08-08T06:00-9.3086.3010010.0VM8W39.00-1OTZFRISSE ONGESTADIGE GEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEREGEN0100000110365
1755-08-09T06:00-9.3283.831124.9VM8WTN36.50-1O-OZOFRISSE EN ONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEER0000000110366
1755-08-10T07:00-9.3881.271346.7VM8W39.00-1ZOFRISSE EN ONGESTADIGE MARSZEILSKOELTESTIJVE BUIENMET REGEN1100000110367
1755-08-11T07:00-9.1778.641346.7VM8W40.00-1ZZO-ZOFRISSE EN ONGESTADIGE MARSZEILSKOELTEBUIENMET REGEN1100000110368
1755-08-12T07:00-8.8276.281444.6VM8W36.00-2ZO-ZOTZGEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERMET SOMSTIJDS REGEN0100000110369
1755-08-13T07:00-6.7276.351574.6VM8N31.50-1Z-ZZOGEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENBETROKKEN LUCHT0100000110370
1755-08-14T07:00-5.1276.422024.6VM8N27.00-1ZZWLABBERE EN GEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEEROPKLARENDE LUCHT0000000110371
1755-08-15T07:00-3.9077.163142.6VM8NOTN18.00-1NNW-NWLABBER EN ONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEEROPKLARENDE LUCHT0000000110372
1755-08-16T07:00-3.7377.15554.6VM8NTW6.25-1NO-NOTOLABBERE EN GEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEEROPKLARENDE LUCHT0000000110373
1755-08-17T07:00-3.3777.071572.6VM8NNW6.25-1OZO-ZZOLABBER EN STILMOOI WEER0000000110374
1755-08-18T07:00-2.0776.831574.6VM8NTW 1/2 W17.00-1ZZW-ZZOLABBERE BRAMZEILSKOELTE EN ONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENBUIEN1100000110375
1755-08-19T07:00-0.7276.451574.6VM8NTW 1/2 W23.00-1ZZOLABBER BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEER0000000110376
1755-08-20T07:000.6376.351791.0VM8NTW12.00-1ZW-ZVARIABELGOED WEERREGENBUIEN1100000110377
1755-08-21T07:002.4576.062354.9VM8NTW28.00-1WZW-ZWTWFRISSE BRAMZEILSKOELTEDROOG WEER0000000110378
1755-08-22T07:004.1376.132526.7VM8N27.00-1WZW 1/2 WMARSZEILSKOELTEDROOG WEER0000000110379
1755-08-23T07:005.3776.202476.7VM8N22.00-1W-WZWFRISSE MARSZEILSKOELTE EN BRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT0000000110380
1755-08-24T07:006.2077.972484.9VM8ONO28.000WZWFRISSE EN GEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTETRAVADIG WEERMET REGENDIKKE VERSTOPTE LUCHT0100000110381
1755-08-25T07:006.3579.662704.9VM8O24.000WZW-WLABBER TOT FRISSE EN GEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEERHELDERE LUCHT0000000110382
1755-08-26T07:006.1081.832704.9VM8OTN 1/2 N23.000WZW-WFRISSE EN GEMENE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEER0000000110383
1755-08-27T07:007.2382.371352.6VM8NNO 1/2 O15.500ZW-ZOLABBER EN STILMOOI WEER0000000110384
1755-08-28T07:007.6282.123602.6VM8NNW12.000Z-NLABBER EN STILMOOI WEER0000000110385
1755-08-29T07:007.9382.251350.0VM8NTO4.500WZW-ZOLABBER TOT DOODSTILMOOI WEER0000000110386
1755-08-30T07:009.0281.752934.6VM8NNW21.500WNWLABBERE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEER0000000110387
1755-08-31T07:009.8080.802034.6VM8NW19.000ZW-ZZWLABBERE BRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEER0000000110388
1755-09-01T07:0010.7579.84100000000110389