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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 INSPECTOR cruise from Spithead to Barbados started at 1793-12-30 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749820, 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: 28.768108 * Median Longitude: -29.807568 * South-bound Latitude: 13.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.900000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.770000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.870000
Date/Time Start: 1793-12-30T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-02-04T16:00:00
Event(s):
Inspector_17931230_NMM_ADM/L/J65 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1793-12-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-02-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Inspector (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Barbados, 1st Observer: William Bryer (Captain), 2nd Observer: Michael Halliday (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 306BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
647 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1793-12-30T13:0050.57-8.8711022.6LANDS ENDS76E39N76W118.00-25SBW, SBE, SEPM MODERATE, AM STRONG GALESAM RAINPM CLOUDY0100000119458
1793-12-31T13:0050.77-9.4521122.6CAPE CLEARN58E20N73W22.00-25NEBN, ENE, SWBWSTRONG GALES WITH HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN0100000119459
1794-01-01T13:0049.13-11.70110CAPE CLEARN28E51S44W121.00-25NEBN, ENE, SEPM HARD GALES0000000119460
1794-01-02T13:0047.95-13.37539.3USHANTN84E110S45W93.00-26NNE, NW, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000119461
1794-01-03T13:0046.65-14.403596.7USHANTN70E133S28W88.00-24VARIABLE, S, NNEMODERATECLOUDY0000000119462
1794-01-04T13:0046.27-15.121792.6S52W38.00-24SBW, S, SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000119463
1794-01-05T13:0045.93-15.821566.7S55W36.00-24SSW, VARIABLE, SMODERATE BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAIN1100000119464
1794-01-06T13:0044.13-17.383596.7S32W127.00-24NE, NNEMODERATE BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAIN1100000119465
1794-01-07T13:0041.95-18.12249.3S14W135.00-21NEBE, NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000119466
1794-01-08T13:0039.68-18.87479.3S14W141.00-21NE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000119467
1794-01-09T13:0036.93-18.85259.3USHANTW97S13W170.00-20NEBE, NEFRESH BREEZES WITH FREQUENT SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000119468
1794-01-10T13:0035.43-20.22366.7USHANTN65W86SW3/4S112.00-20VARIABLE, NNW, NEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000119469
1794-01-11T13:0034.30-20.823186.7USHANTN49W87S31W58.00-20WBN, NNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000119470
1794-01-12T13:0032.62-21.98261USHANTN29W103S30W117.00-20NNW, NWBN, WBNPM FRESH BREEZESAM RAINY0100000119471
1794-01-13T14:0030.17-23.8828719.0USHANTN10W140S33W178.00-17N, NEBE, NWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000119472
1794-01-14T14:0027.82-25.73176.7FERROE142S341/2W171.00-17NE, NEBNPM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AM MODERATE0000000119473
1794-01-15T14:0026.35-27.33756.7ST ANTONIOS15E190S44W122.00-15EMODERATECLOUDY0000000119474
1794-01-16T14:0025.10-28.65436.7ST ANTONIOS241/2E175S431/2W104.00-13VARIABLE, SE, NEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000119475
1794-01-17T14:0024.15-30.8013319.0ST ANTONIOS38E181S64W132.00-13SSE, S, SEBSMODERATE, AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLEAR0000000119476
1794-01-18T14:0024.05-31.8213322.6ST ANTONIOS43E193S84W56.00-13VARIABLE, WBS, SEBSSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000119477
1794-01-19T14:0023.18-31.1823519.0ST ANTONIOSE172S34W63.00-13SW, WSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000119478
1794-01-20T14:0022.70-30.6321219.0BARBADOSS71W588S46E43.00-13VARIABLE, SE, SWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000119479
1794-01-21T14:0022.33-30.602142.6BARBADOSS72W587S04E22.00-11W, WSW, SWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000119480
1794-01-22T14:0022.05-30.732141.0BARBADOSS721/2W585S23E18.00-11VARIABLE, SBE, SWINCLINABLE TO CALM0000000119481
1794-01-23T14:0021.03-32.02686.7BARBADOSS73W552S52W100.00-11VARIABLE, ESE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000119482
1794-01-24T14:0019.75-33.95816.7BARBADOSS75W517S54W134.00-9EBS, ENE, EMODERATEFAIR0000000119483
1794-01-25T14:0018.72-35.78816.7BARBADOSS76W468S59W122.00-9EBN, EMODERATEFAIR0000100119484
1794-01-26T15:0018.07-38.08736.7S74W136.00-7NE, EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000119485
1794-01-27T15:0017.62-40.4850WBS140.00-7ENE, NEBEMODERATE, AM SQUALLYRAINFAIR0100000119486
1794-01-28T15:0017.35-43.00879.3S82W146.00-3EBN, EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000119487
1794-01-29T15:0016.55-45.15876.7S69W134.00-3EMODERATECLOUDY0000000119488
1794-01-30T15:0015.95-47.22766.7S73W125.00-3EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000119489
1794-01-31T15:0015.35-49.52679.3S75W138.00-1ENEFRESH BREEZES WITH FLYING SQUALLS AT TIMES0000000119490
1794-02-01T15:0014.23-51.87679.3S64W152.00-1ENEFRESH BREEZES WITH FLYING SQUALLS AT TIMESRAIN AT TIMES0100000119491
1794-02-02T16:0013.27-54.1280S66W143.001EBNFAIR WEATHER0000000119492
1794-02-03T16:0013.20-56.4780S88W138.001EBNFAIR WEATHER0000000119493
1794-02-04T16:0013.12-58.9082S88W142.003ENE, E, EBNAT NOON SQUALLYAT NOON RAINFAIR WEATHER0100000119494