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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 HEUREUX cruise from Spithead to Surinam started at 1801-02-15 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749582, 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: 26.385152 * Median Longitude: -27.742727 * South-bound Latitude: 6.550000 * West-bound Longitude: -52.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.170000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.170000
Date/Time Start: 1801-02-15T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-03-23T16:00:00
Event(s):
Heureux_18010215_NMM_ADM/L/H92 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 6.550000 * Longitude End: -52.920000 * Date/Time Start: 1801-02-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-03-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Heureux (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Surinam, 1st Observer: Loftus Otway Bland (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 22G 598BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
620 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 
State sea descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1801-02-15T12:0049.17-6.174322.6LIZARDN37E24WSW1/2W163.00-25ENESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000111123
1801-02-16T13:0048.08-9.674222.6USHANTN83E65S65W155.00-26ENESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0001000111124
1801-02-17T13:0047.03-10.87449.3CAPE FINISTERES10E87S38W102.00-24ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000111125
1801-02-18T13:0044.13-12.03219.3CAPE FINISTERES58E48S15W180.00-24NEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY AND STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000111126
1801-02-19T13:0042.00-13.00226.7CAPE FINISTEREN73E59S18W135.00-23NEFRESH BREEZES, AM MORE MODERATECLOUDY, AM FAIR0000000111127
1801-02-20T13:0040.12-13.682819.3MADEIRAS19W154S16W103.00-23NWBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000111128
1801-02-21T13:0038.63-13.182472.6MADEIRAS31W114S15W88.00-23WBS, VARIABLE, WLIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000111129
1801-02-22T13:0037.42-12.832276.7MADEIRAS36W110S72E75.00-21VARIABLE, NNW, WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000111130
1801-02-23T13:0035.83-13.252946.7MADEIRAS43W82S12W98.00-21N, NWBW, NWMODERATESWELL FROM THE NWFAIR0000000111131
1801-02-24T13:0034.83-14.502726.7MADEIRAS44W56S45W85.00-21WNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000111132
1801-02-25T13:0033.58-16.9226.7MADEIRAS22S58W140.00-21E, NNEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000111133
1801-03-02T13:0031.20-18.82716.7MADEIRAN48E33S42W100.00-19S, EMODERATEFINE WEATHER0000000111134
1801-03-03T13:0028.97-20.501169.3MADEIRAS82E43S38W142.00-19SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000111135
1801-03-04T13:0028.33-21.771849.3ST CRUIXE105S64W87.00-19SSWFRESH BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM THE SOUTHWARD0000000111136
1801-03-05T14:0027.20-23.301426.7BARBADOESS67W735S50W105.00-16VARIABLE, SSEMODERATEFAIR0000000111137
1801-03-06T14:0026.10-24.301536.7BARBADOESS67W702S48W98.00-16SSE, SBEMODERATEFAIR0000000111138
1801-03-07T14:0025.08-25.871196.7BARBADOESS69W666S48W100.00-16SEMODERATEFAIR0000000111139
1801-03-08T14:0023.80-27.53766.7BARBADOESS70W643S50W120.00-14EMODERATEFINE WEATHER0000000111140
1801-03-09T14:0022.60-29.077612.3BARBADOESS72W610S50W112.00-14EFRESH TRADESFAIR WEATHER0000000111141
1801-03-10T14:0021.42-30.757812.3BARBADOESS73W586S50W110.00-12EFRESH TRADE WINDS0000000111142
1801-03-11T14:0020.72-32.33676.7BARBADOESS74W543S65W100.00-12EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000111143
1801-03-12T14:0020.05-34.00806.7BARBADOESS74W509S66W100.00-10EMODERATEFAIR0000000111144
1801-03-13T14:0019.17-35.75696.7BARBADOESS75W465S62W102.00-10EBNMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000111145
1801-03-14T15:0017.90-37.72726.7SURINAMS77W435S56W135.00-7E, EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000111146
1801-03-15T15:0016.80-39.47859.3SURINAMS54W372S56W120.00-5EMODERATE TRADEFINE WEATHER0000000111147
1801-03-16T15:0015.87-41.03856.7SURINAMS54W338S58W105.00-5EMODERATEHAZY0000000111148
1801-03-17T15:0014.92-43.281106.7SURINAMS52W305S63W127.00-3ESEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000111149
1801-03-18T15:0013.83-44.20879.3SURINAMS62W120.00-3EFINE MODERATE TRADEHAZY0000000111150
1801-03-19T15:0012.38-46.701336.7SURINAMS52W208S42W119.00-2SEFINE BREEZES, AM MODERATE BREEZESAM FAIR0000000111151
1801-03-20T15:0010.85-48.07909.3SURINAMS58W169S41W122.000VARIABLE, EMODERATE TRADEHAZY WEATHER0000000111152
1801-03-21T15:009.00-50.15686.7SURINAMS58W113S42W150.000ENEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000111153
1801-03-22T15:007.15-51.88709.3SURINAMS69W64S43W152.002ENEFINE TRADE0000000111154
1801-03-23T16:006.55-52.92719.3SURINAMS74W42S60W75.003ENEFINE TRADE0000000111155