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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 Quebec to Cork started at 1781-12-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749593, 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: 51.312353 * Median Longitude: -19.620000 * South-bound Latitude: 48.870000 * West-bound Longitude: -32.260000 * North-bound Latitude: 53.330000 * East-bound Longitude: -11.620000
Date/Time Start: 1781-12-01T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-12-17T13:00:00
Event(s):
Hind_NMM_ADM/L/H116 * Latitude Start: 48.750000 * Longitude Start: -63.100000 * Latitude End: 50.630000 * Longitude End: -10.420000 * Date/Time Start: 1781-12-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-12-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Hind (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Quebec - Cork, 1st Observer: William Young (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Hand (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G 508BM
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:
330 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)
1781-12-01T14:0048.87-32.262919.3CAPE CLEARN80E290N68E159.00-24SW, SSW, NWPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYPM HAZY0000000111234
1781-12-02T14:0050.15-28.492019.3CAPE CLEARN84E237N65E161.00-24NNW, N, SWFRESH BREEZESPM RAINAM CLEAR0100000111235
1781-12-03T14:0051.13-26.043149.3CAPE CLEARE201N57E110.00-24NBW, WBN, NNWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYAM RAIN0100000111236
1781-12-04T14:0051.65-23.422911.0CAPE CLEARS88E166N75E101.00-24NBW, SBW, NWPM FRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRSPM RAINAM CLEAR0100000111237
1781-12-05T13:0052.33-21.6915619.0CAPE CLEARS82E143N55:30E78.00-24S, SBW, SPM FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000111238
1781-12-06T13:0052.25-18.841792.6CAPE CLEARS80E110S87E105.00-24NNE, SEBS, SSWPM MODERATE, AM LITTLE WINDPM RAINCLOUDY0100000111239
1781-12-07T13:0053.33-19.2297CAPE CLEARS70E119N12W66.00-27ESE, ESE, SEBEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYPM FOGGYPM RAIN0110000111240
1781-12-08T13:0052.83-19.5186CAPE CLEARS75E120S18:45W32.00-27EBS, E, ESEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYAM RAINPM CLOUDY0100000111241
1781-12-09T13:0052.68-18.21412.6CAPE CLEARS75E104N71E201.00-27NE, SSW, ENEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZES AND CALMSAM RAINCLOUDY0100000111242
1781-12-10T13:0053.15-17.26143CAPE CLEARS67E94N51E44.00-26SSE, SBE, SBEPM MODERATE BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY1100000111243
1781-12-11T13:0051.95-17.561349.3CAPE CLEARS82E94S9W73.00-24SE, SEBE, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000111244
1781-12-12T13:0050.78-17.691009.3CAPE CLEARN84E98S4W70.00-24SE, ESE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESAM RAINPM CLOUDY0100000111245
1781-12-13T13:0049.82-17.861009.3CAPE CLEARN73E105S6W61.00-24SE, ESE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESAM RAINPM HAZY0100000111246
1781-12-14T13:0049.82-16.491112.6CAPE CLEARN70E95E50.00-24SW, SSW, SBE, SEPM LIGHT AIRS, AM LIGHT BREEZESPM RAINAM CLOUDY0100000111247
1781-12-15T13:0050.25-14.891456.7CAPE CLEARN71E65S27E195.00-24SBW, SBEPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM MODERATEPM HAZY, AM CLOUDY0000000111248
1781-12-16T13:0050.50-12.492816.7CAPE CLEARN63E35N81E93.00-23WBN, WSW, N, NWBWPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEPM HAZY, AM FAIR0000000111249
1781-12-17T13:0050.82-11.622702.6CAPE CLEARN64E22N60E39.00-23NNW, SW, SSW, WNWPM LIGHT AIRS, AM LITTLE WINDPM CLOUDY, AM CLEAR0000000111250