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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 INDIA cruise from St. Helena to Rotterdam started at 1836-06-18 [dataset]. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, De Bilt, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749777, 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: 4.051250 * Median Longitude: -20.817083 * South-bound Latitude: -14.680000 * West-bound Longitude: -33.880000 * North-bound Latitude: 21.970000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.950000
Date/Time Start: 1836-06-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1836-07-11T14:00:00
Event(s):
India_18360618_B_REIS_14_P231 * Latitude Start: -15.890000 * Longitude Start: -5.750000 * Latitude End: 51.900000 * Longitude End: 3.930000 * Date/Time Start: 1836-06-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1836-07-11T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: India, Voyage: St Helena - Rotterdam
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
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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.
10 Wind scale referenceWind scale ref#Name of, or reference to the wind scale that has been used
11 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.
12 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
13 Present weatherwwWeather description
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 Cloud typeCloud type
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:
404 data points

Data

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ID
1836-06-18T12:00-14.68-6.95796.7VM8-224OTZ40000000115142
1836-06-19T13:00-13.18-8.429312.3VM8-206OZO6W00, W101010000115143
1836-06-20T13:00-11.83-10.37936.7VM8-204OZO40000000115144
1836-06-21T13:00-10.27-11.45939.3VM8-205OZO5H00 (DD1)0000000115145
1836-06-22T13:00-8.92-13.089512.3VM8-186OZO60000000115146
1836-06-23T13:00-7.25-15.339512.3VM8-186OZO6V030000000115147
1836-06-24T13:00-4.98-17.0895VM8-18OZOV04H000000000115148
1836-06-25T13:00-2.67-18.95759.3VM8-155O50000000115149
1836-06-26T13:00-0.12-20.531199.3VM8-165ZO5H010000000115150
1836-06-27T13:002.42-21.671646.7VM8-164Z4W20V04, V100100000115151
1836-06-28T13:004.38-22.071646.7VM8(DD1)-164Z4W00 (DD1)1000000115152
1836-06-29T13:005.95-22.252546.7VM8-164W4V030000000115153
1836-06-30T13:007.45-21.672772.6VM8-162WNW2W20V10, V030100000115154
1836-07-01T13:008.78-20.981182.6VM8-172ZO2W00 (DD1)V03 (DD1)1000000115155
1836-07-02T13:009.03-21.73842.6VM8-172OTZ2V03, V04, V100000000115156
1836-07-03T13:0010.25-22.402532.6VM8-172W2V10, V030000000115157
1836-07-04T14:0010.90-22.73532.6VM8-152ONO2W200100000115158
1836-07-05T14:0011.05-23.0786.7(DD1)-154NNO4V030000000115159
1836-07-06T14:0011.97-25.52306.7VM8-154NO40000000115160
1836-07-07T14:0013.33-27.074012.3VM8-166NOTO6V04H010000000115161
1836-07-08T14:0015.58-29.133112.3VM8-146NO6V05 (DD1)0000000115162
1836-07-09T14:0017.77-30.783012.3VM8-156NO6V05 (DD1)0000000115163
1836-07-10T14:0020.30-32.50416.7VM8-154NOTO4H00 (DD1)0000000115164
1836-07-11T14:0021.97-33.88436.7VM8-134NOTO40000000115165