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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 HIND cruise from Halifax to Nassau started at 1799-12-13 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749591, 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: 32.673636 * Median Longitude: -70.514545 * South-bound Latitude: 25.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -77.550000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.330000 * East-bound Longitude: -62.870000
Date/Time Start: 1799-12-13T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-03T17:00:00
Event(s):
Hind_17991213_NMM_ADM/L/H157 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 26.050000 * Longitude End: -76.380000 * Date/Time Start: 1799-12-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-03T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Hind (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Halifax - Nassau, Bahamas, 1st Observer: Joseph Larcom (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 597BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
430 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 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1799-12-13T16:0043.33-62.87192.6CAPE SABLEN87W38S21E73.00-15NW, N, NEBNPM FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY, AM CLEAR0000000111444
1799-12-14T16:0040.40-64.873619.0SANDY HOOK LIGHTHOUSEW139S26W207.00-9ENE, NEPM FRESH BREEZES, STRONG BREEZES, AM STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, NOON FRESH GALESPM SNOWHEAVY SWELL FROM NECLOUDY0001000111445
1799-12-15T16:0039.38-65.833622.6SANDY HOOK LIGHTHOUSEN81W132S35W75.00-9N, NNW, WBS, W, VARIABLEPM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLOUDY0000000111446
1799-12-16T16:0037.33-66.472996.7SANDY HOOKN62W131S17W132.00-5W, VARIABLE, NWBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000111447
1799-12-17T16:0036.98-66.083626.7CAPE CHARLESW145S37E30.00-5SW, WSW, VARIABLEPM SQUALLY, AM STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, NOON MODERATEAM HARD RAIN, CONSTANT RAINCLOUDY0100000111448
1799-12-18T16:0036.08-66.3032112.3SW PT OF BERMUDAS22E81S11W53.00-5VARIABLE, NWBNAM FRESH BREEZES, STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINHEAVY SWELL FROM WPM HAZY0100000111449
1799-12-19T17:0035.83-68.103621.0CAPE HENRYN80W97S83W87.00-3NBE, NBW, VARIABLEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMSPM RAIN AT TIMES0100000111450
1799-12-20T17:0036.13-68.6032319.0SW PT OF CAPE HATTERAS SHOALSS78W120N51W30.00-3WSW, VARIABLE, NWBNPM STRONG BREEZES, AM FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000111451
1799-12-21T17:0034.80-69.851669.3CAPE HATTERASW91S37W101.00-3WBN, NW, NBW, ENE, SE, SBEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHEAVY SWELL FROM NWCLOUDY0000000111452
1799-12-22T17:0033.67-70.1331215.4CAPE LOOK OUT SHOALSN84W87S12W67.00-3SW, WNW, NWPM FRESH BREEZES, STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, AM FRESH GALES, SQUALLY, NOON MODERATE GALESAM RAINPM CLOUDY, AM CLOUDY, NOON CLEAR0100100111453
1799-12-23T17:0033.25-69.581326.7SW PT OF BERMUDAS76E89S47E36.00-3W, NBW, N, VARIABLE, SEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRS, NOON MODERATECLOUDY0000000111454
1799-12-24T17:0033.10-68.583129.3SW PT OF BERMUDAS74E66S79E50.00-3SE, VARIABLE, WSW, NWPM FRESH BREEZES, STRONG BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000111455
1799-12-25T17:0031.00-69.3831515.4SW PT OF BERMUDAN73E82S16W149.000W, WNW, NWPM MODERATE, FRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, NOON MODERATE GALESAM PLEASANT WEATHERCLOUDY0000000111456
1799-12-26T17:0029.95-70.803386.7HOLE IN THE WALLS57W147S50W96.000W, NW, NNWMODERATECLEAR0000000111457
1799-12-27T17:0029.12-71.803626.7HOLE IN THE WALLS61W122S47W72.000ENE, SE, VARIABLEPM LIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALM, AM MODERATEAM CLEAR0000000111458
1799-12-28T17:0028.22-72.981159.3HOLE IN THE WALLS63W89S48W84.002NE, VARIABLE, SSE, ESEPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESPM RAINPM CLOUDY, AM CLEAR0100000111459
1799-12-29T17:0027.95-74.153626.7HOLE IN THE WALLS60W72S72W66.002ESE, SE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000111460
1799-12-30T17:0027.83-76.373626.7HOLE IN THE WALLS35W40S85W118.002SSW, VARIABLEMODERATEPM CLEAR, AM CLOUDY0000000111461
1799-12-31T17:0026.97-76.673199.3HOLE IN THE WALLS49W25S16W56.004SBW, NW, WBN, NWFRESH BREEZES, PM SQUALLY, NOON FRESH BREEZESAM CLOUDY, NOON CLEAR0000000111462
1800-01-01T17:0025.70-77.55512.6NASSAU TOWNS17W13S33W87.006NWBW, VARIABLE, NEPM FRESH BREEZES, LIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY, CLEAR0000000111463
1800-01-02T17:0026.08-77.031629.3HOLE IN THE WALLN81W11S81E34.004ENE, VARIABLE, SSEPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESAM RAINPM CLEAR, AM CLOUDY0100000111464
1800-01-03T17:0025.72-77.333626.7NASSAUS29W15S47W21.004WSW, WBN, VARIABLEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, SQUALLY, NOON MODERATEPM RAINCLOUDY0100000111465