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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 HORNET cruise from Barbados to Spithead started at 1780-01-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749724, 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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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: 40.816522 * Median Longitude: -32.150870 * South-bound Latitude: 25.350000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.740000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.500000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.300000
Date/Time Start: 1780-01-09T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-01-31T12:00:00
Event(s):
Hornet_17800109_NMM_ADM/L/H166 * Latitude Start: 14.850000 * Longitude Start: -59.680000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-01-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-01-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Hornet (Sloop), Voyage: Barbados - Spithead, 1st Observer: Edward Edwards (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 300BM
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 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
444 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 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1780-01-09T16:0025.35-61.74349.3BARBADOSS9:12E249N39:10E81.000SE VARIABLE, NW, NEBNFRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLEAR WEATHER, MIDDLE CLOUDY0000000113213
1780-01-10T16:0026.92-61.24113BARBADOSS6:14E276N18:10E99.000NE, ENE, EBN, ESEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY WEATHER0000000113214
1780-01-11T16:0028.94-59.223629.3BARBADOSS2:07W312N45:00E162.00-2ESE, SEBE, SE, VARIABLEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART CLEAR WEATHER0100000113215
1780-01-12T16:0030.15-56.942216.7BARBADOSS14:36W360N57:28E156.00-4SSE, SWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR WEATHER0000000113216
1780-01-13T16:0031.96-53.92227BARBADOSS16:20W408N57:50E201.00-4SW, SW1/2WFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER SQUALLYLIGHTNING IN THE NW QUARTERLATTER SOME RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY WEATHER0100100113217
1780-01-14T15:0033.16-50.243296.7BARBADOSS24:30W448N68:38E210.00-9WSW, NW, NNWFRESH BREEZE AND SQUALLY, AM MORE MODERATEHEAVY SEA IN THE LATTER PART0000000113218
1780-01-15T15:0034.43-46.863286.7BARBADOSS30:25W488N65:30E201.00-10NNWFRESH GALE AND SQUALLY WEATHER, AT 8 MORE MODERATE WEATHERRAIN AT TIMES0100000113219
1780-01-16T15:0036.35-44.483286.7BARBADOSS32:12W544N48:36E174.00-10NNWFRESH GALE AND SQUALLY WEATHER, AT 8 MORE MODERATE WEATHERRAIN AT TIMES0100000113220
1780-01-17T15:0038.33-41.99278BARBADOSS35:40W616N47:37E189.00-15SW, WNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLIGHTNING AT TIMESRAIN AT TIMES0100100113221
1780-01-18T15:0040.37-39.0631119.0BARBADOSS36:04W696N49:22E189.00-15SW, SSE, SW, WNW, NWBNFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH GALESMIDDLE LIGHTNINGMIDDLE HEAVY RAINFIRST PART CLEAR WEATHER, LATTER CLOUDY0100100113222
1780-01-19T14:0041.65-35.632776.7BARBADOSS37:40W728N66:40E192.00-16SW, NNW, WNWLATTER MODERATE BREEZESHEAVY SQUALLS OF RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER CLEAR WEATHE1100000113223
1780-01-20T14:0043.17-31.81228BARBADOSS42:12W802N62:44E198.00-20WSWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY0100100113224
1780-01-21T14:0044.63-28.532289.3BARBADOSS42:10W864N60:48E183.00-20WNW, WSWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY WEATHERCLOUDY0000000113225
1780-01-22T14:0046.25-24.25272BARBADOSS43:12W928N61:18E213.00-21WBS, WNWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINFIRST PART CLEAR WEATHER0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation113226
1780-01-23T13:0047.31-20.612BARBADOSS45:00W976N67:44E156.00-21WBN, NBW, N, NBE, NNESQUALLYRAIN0100000113227
1780-01-24T13:0047.12-19.213616.7BARBADOSS45:52W992S80:58E60.00-21NNE, VARIABLE, NE, CALMFIRST PART SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000113228
1780-01-25T13:0048.69-16.1831426.8BARBADOSS47:21W1052N51:12E162.00-24NWBN, NNWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLY, AM IT BLEW A HARD GALE OF WINDFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000113229
1780-01-26T13:0048.74-12.292926.7BARBADOSS49:18W1104N86:48E162.00-23NBW, NW, NNW, NWFIRST PART HARD GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER, MIDDLE MORE MODERATE, LATTER MODERATE INCLINABLE TO CALMHAIL AND SLEET AT TIMES0101010113230
1780-01-27T13:0048.76-10.961681.0BARBADOSS50:12W1120S50:12W90.00-23SSW, SBE, VARIABLE, SBWLIGHT AIRS WITH SQUALLS AT TIMESRAINCLOUDY0100000113231
1780-01-28T13:0048.53-8.0736219.0BARBADOSS52:20W1158S52:20W159.00-23VARIABLEFRESH GALESHAZY WEATHER0000000113232
1780-01-29T12:0049.11-6.2620326.8BARBADOSS53:30W1169S53:30W69.00-22SWHARD GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHERTHICK FOGGY WEATHER0010000113233
1780-01-30T12:0049.36-5.6821419.0BARBADOSS54:12W1164S54:12W312.00-22SWBWFRESH GALESTHICK HAZY WEATHER0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation113234
1780-01-31T12:0049.50-4.302486.7BARBADOSS54:00W1162S54:00W54.00-22WNW, NW, WNW, WFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000113235