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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 HOUND cruise from Annabona to Uk started at 1768-04-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749729, 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: 19.949851 * Median Longitude: -23.038657 * South-bound Latitude: -4.600000 * West-bound Longitude: -38.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.570000 * East-bound Longitude: 4.920000
Date/Time Start: 1768-04-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-07-02T12:00:00
Event(s):
Hound_17680425_NMM_ADM/L/H174 * Latitude Start: -1.580000 * Longitude Start: 4.070000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-04-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-07-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Hound (Sloop), Voyage: Annabona - Uk, 1st Observer: Thomas Male (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Jenkins (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G. 268BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
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:
1312 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1768-04-25T00:00-1.03459.3ST THOMASNBE1/2E20VARIABLE, WBN, W, NEMODERATE, THEN FRESH BREEZESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINHAZY, THEN CLEAR0100100113643
1768-04-26T00:00-1.701809.3ANNA BONANBW5SBW, SSW, SFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000113644
1768-04-27T12:00-2.334.921519.3ANNA BONAN40E22S40W66.00-18SBW, SBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000113645
1768-04-28T12:00-2.973.741529.3ANNA BONAN52E48S62W81.00-17S, SBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000113646
1768-04-29T12:00-3.982.291646.7ANNA BONAN53E83S58W186.00-16SBE, SBW, SFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESFIRST AND MID CLEAR, LATTER FAIR0000000113647
1768-04-30T12:00-4.170.571646.7ANNA BONAN62E114S84W104.00-16SSW, SBW, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000113648
1768-05-01T12:00-4.32-1.351646.7ANNABONAN68E150S86W126.00-16SBW, SMODERATEFAIR0000000113649
1768-05-02T12:00-4.57-3.451329.3ANNABONAN71E192S83W126.00-14SBE, SSE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM THE SECLOUDY0000000113650
1768-05-03T12:00-4.53-5.451666.7ANNABONAN75E232N89W120.00-14SE, SMODERATESWELL FROM THE SECLOUDY0000000113651
1768-05-04T12:00-4.60-7.451326.7ANNABONAN76E272S88W120.00-14S, SEBSMODERATESWELL FROM THE SFAIR0000000113652
1768-05-05T13:00-4.53-8.951236.7ANNABONAN78E300W1/2N90.00-12SSE, SEMODERATEFAIR0000000113653
1768-05-06T13:00-4.30-10.961126.7ANNABONAN80E340N83W123.00-12SEBEMODERATEFAIR0000000113654
1768-05-07T13:00-4.03-12.951036.7ANNABONAN82E379N82W120.00-10ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000113655
1768-05-08T13:00-4.03-14.701256.7ANNABONAN83E414W105.00-10SEMODERATEFAIR0000000113656
1768-05-09T13:00-4.03-16.461146.7ANNABONAN83E449N72W106.00-10SEBEMODERATEFAIR0000000113657
1768-05-10T13:00-3.57-17.961066.7ANNABONAN84:59E473N72W94.00-7SEBE, ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000113658
1768-05-11T13:00-2.60-19.431286.7ANNABONAN87:45E505NWBW106.00-7EBS, SEMODERATEFAIR0000000113659
1768-05-12T13:00-1.75-20.661166.7ANNABONAN88:30E527N55W90.00-8SEBEMODERATESWELL FROM THE SEFAIR0000000113660
1768-05-13T13:00-0.88-21.83936.7ANNABONAN88E550N53W87.00-8SE, EBSMODERATEFAIR0000000113661
1768-05-14T14:00-0.32-22.561086.7ANNABONAS87:15E!563NW62.00-5EBS, ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000113662
1768-05-15T14:001.25-23.05961.0ANNABONAS84:32E577N19W89.00-5SEBE, ESE, EBSFIRST AND LATTER LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE SQUALLYRAINFAIR0100000113663
1768-05-16T14:002.43-23.701416.7ANNABONAS82:20E592N29W81.00-5ESE, SEBSMODERATEFAIR0000000113664
1768-05-17T14:003.30-24.16362ANNABONAS80:51E604NNW1/2W59.00-6VARIABLEFIRST MODERATE, MID AND LATTER SQUALLYHEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000113665
1768-05-18T14:004.30-24.701520.0ANNABONAS79:10E617NNW1/2W68.00-6ENE, SEBS, SSEFIRST AND LATTER CALM, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZESHEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000113666
1768-05-19T14:004.57-24.863620.0ANNABONAS78:45E622N31W19.00-6VARIABLEFIRST SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALMHEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000113667
1768-05-20T14:004.93-25.003620.0ANNABONAS78:08E626N20W23.00-6VARIABLEFIRST SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALMHEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000113668
1768-05-21T14:006.17-25.76396.7S76:17E647N32W87.00-6NEBN, ENE, NEMODERATESWELL FROM THE NECLOUDY0000000113669
1768-05-22T14:007.50-26.53389.3S74:22E668N30W92.00-7NEBE, NEBN, NEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000113670
1768-05-23T14:008.47-27.73299.3S73:19E696N51W92.00-5NE, NEBNFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000113671
1768-05-24T14:009.82-28.31636.7S71:33E715N23W88.00-5NEBE, ENEMODERATERAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000113672
1768-05-25T14:0010.80-29.31406.7S70:36E741NW83.00-5NEBN, NNE, NEMODERATERAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000113673
1768-05-26T14:0011.90-30.26409.3S69:30E766N40W86.00-5NEBE, NEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000113674
1768-05-27T14:0013.02-30.80626.7S68:17E784NNW1/2W73.00-6NE, NEBE, ENEFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYRAINSWELL FROM THE NECLOUDY0100000113675
1768-05-28T14:0014.50-31.40626.7S66:26E800N21W96.00-6ENEMODERATECLOUDY0000000113676
1768-05-29T14:0016.27-31.86506.7S64:19E820NBW1/4W109.00-6EBN, ENE, NEBEFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000113677
1768-05-30T14:0018.10-32.43499.3S62:22E845NBW1/2W114.00-7NEBEFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM THE NEFAIR0000000113678
1768-05-31T14:0019.77-33.13856.7S60:48E872N22W108.00-5EBN, ENE, EMODERATEFIRST HAZY, MID AND LATTER FAIR0000000113679
1768-06-01T14:0021.50-33.51856.7ANNABONAS59E893NBW106.00-5EBN, EBS, EMODERATECLOUDY0000000113680
1768-06-02T14:0023.23-34.00616.7ANNABONAS57:20E917NBW1/2W107.00-7EBN, NEBE, ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000113681
1768-06-03T14:0024.80-34.36616.7ANNABONAS55:52E937NBW96.00-7ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000113682
1768-06-04T14:0026.03-34.63616.7ANNABONAS54E953NBW75.00-7EBN, ENEFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYRAINFAIR0100000113683
1768-06-05T14:0027.40-35.10946.7ANNABONAS53:37E975NBW1/2W86.00-7ENE, EBN, EBSMODERATEFAIR0000000113684
1768-06-06T14:0028.25-35.26810.0ANNABONAS52:51E985NBW52.00-9EBN, ENE, NEBE, EFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALMRAINFIRST FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0100000113685
1768-06-07T14:0028.87-35.33810.0ANNABONAS52E992NBW27.00-9ESE, EFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALMRAINFIRST FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0100000113686
1768-06-08T14:0029.05-35.361601.0ANNABONAS51:55E997N1/2W21.00-9SSE, SBW, S, SBELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000113687
1768-06-09T14:0030.03-35.552396.7ANNABONAS51:16E1008N3/4W61.00-9SWBW, WSWMODERATEFAIR0000000113688
1768-06-10T14:0031.60-36.052506.7ANNABONAS50:06E1032NBW96.00-9WBSMODERATEFAIR0000000113689
1768-06-11T14:0033.13-36.633626.7ANNABONAS49:64E1057N17W96.00-11VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000113690
1768-06-12T15:0034.82-37.7621519.0ANNABONAS48:11E1089NNW1/4W112.00-10WSW, SWFIRST AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND HARD SQUALLS, MIDDLE MODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000113691
1768-06-13T15:0036.88-38.1226019.0ANNABONAS46:29E1118N4W124.00-10SWBS, SW, WFIRST AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND HARD SQUALLS, MIDDLE MODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000113692
1768-06-14T15:0037.57-37.873020.0ANNABONAS45:37E1114NNE1/4E46.00-13SW, NWFIRST AND LATTER CALM, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRSTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINCLOUDY0100100113693
1768-06-15T15:0037.83-37.582011.0ANNABONAS45:05E1114NE3/4E27.00-13SSE, SWBSLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMRAIN0100000113694
1768-06-16T14:0039.13-36.092226.7ANNABONAS42:51E1109NE110.00-14SWBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000113695
1768-06-17T14:0040.05-34.972226.7ANNABONAS41:12E1031N47E81.00-14SWBWMODERATEHAZY0000000113696
1768-06-18T14:0041.43-33.20279ANNABONAS38:40E1100N46E120.00-14SWBW, WBS, WNWFIRST MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000113697
1768-06-19T14:0042.75-31.49252ANNABONAS36:14E1097N46E115.00-18WNW, WBN, WSQUALLY0000000113698
1768-06-20T14:0043.93-30.14286ANNABONAS34:12E1100N44E97.00-18WNW, NWBWFIRST AND MID MODERATESMALL RAINFIRST AND MID CLOUDY, LATTER THICK HAZY0100000113699
1768-06-21T14:0045.43-28.202076.7ANNABONAS31:28E1101N46E124.00-18W, SWBW, SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000113700
1768-06-22T14:0047.03-25.262966.7ANNABONAS27:55E1098NBE3/4E162.00-19WSW, WBN, NWFIRST AND MIDDLE STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE0000000113701
1768-06-23T13:0047.73-22.462266.7ANNABONAS25:02E1087ENE1/4E126.00-22NWBN, W, WSWFIRST AND MIDDLE STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE0000000113702
1768-06-24T13:0048.20-19.99237ANNABONAS22:47E1002N75E110.00-22SSW, WBSSQUALLYRAIN0100000113703
1768-06-25T13:0048.85-18.983626.7ANNABONAS21:12E1067N50E60.00-22VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000113704
1768-06-26T13:0049.03-18.3336219.0ANNABONAS20:49E1082N71E34.00-22VARIABLEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINHEAVY SEA FROM NE0100000113705
1768-06-27T13:0049.38-16.5931719.0ANNABONAS18:33E1073N75E77.00-21NNE, N, NNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYHEAVY SEA FROM NE0000000113706
1768-06-28T13:0049.48-14.052836.7ANNABONAS16:06E1061N87E106.00-21NWBN, NWBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000113707
1768-06-29T13:0049.35-11.182046.7ANNABONAS13:23E1045N86E120.00-21SSW, SBW, SWFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000113708
1768-06-30T13:0049.42-8.881706.7ANNABONAS11:03E1038N87E95.00-21SWBW, SWBS, SSW, SBWMODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000113709
1768-07-01T12:0049.57-7.04160ANNABONAS9:07E1031N84E81.00-20SBW, SSW, SSQUALLYRAIN0100000113710
1768-07-02T12:0049.30-4.002616.7S6:34E10231E3/4S108.00-20S, W, WBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000113711