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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 JANUS cruise from Antigua to Spithead started at 1782-08-02 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749870, 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: 40.172157 * Median Longitude: -44.601569 * South-bound Latitude: 19.480000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.450000 * North-bound Latitude: 51.370000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.500000
Date/Time Start: 1782-08-02T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-09-21T13:00:00
Event(s):
Janus_17820802_NMM_ADM/L/J17 * Latitude Start: 17.000000 * Longitude Start: -60.500000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1782-08-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-09-21T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Janus (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Antigua - Spithead, 1st Observer: William O'Hara (Captain), 2nd Observer: Francis Mcgie (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 879BM
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:
964 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)
1782-08-02T16:0019.48-63.45826.7VIRGIN GORDAS7E19N7W57.003EBNMODERATECLEAR0000000123355
1782-08-03T16:0020.53-63.1893VIRGIN GORDAS4W41N13E61.003ESQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNING0000100123356
1782-08-04T16:0021.25-62.92936.7VIRGIN GORDAS7W68N11E81.003ESE, EMODERATECLEAR0000000123357
1782-08-05T16:0023.83-62.83816.7VIRGIN GORDAS6W91N43E68.002EBNMODERATECLEAR0000000123358
1782-08-06T16:0024.82-62.05906.7VIRGIN GORDAS14:10W147N9E107.000EMODERATECLEAR0000000123359
1782-08-07T16:0026.10-62.27792.6BERMUDAN26W128N8:45E83.000EBNLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123360
1782-08-08T16:0027.22-61.75902.6BERMUDAS19W133N18E75.000ELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123361
1782-08-09T16:0028.05-61.303622.6BERMUDAN25:10W96N24:40E54.00-3VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123362
1782-08-10T16:0029.55-59.801102.6BERMUDAN66:50W75N30:56E103.00-3ESELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123363
1782-08-11T16:0030.62-59.151212.6BERMUDAN47:57W78N30:56E80.00-3SEBELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123364
1782-08-12T16:0032.10-58.271212.6BERMUDAN41W85N29:36E86.00-3SEBELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123365
1782-08-13T16:0033.15-57.671292.6LIZARDN66E846N31:20E80.00-6SELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123366
1782-08-14T16:0033.95-56.831052.6LIZARDN67E828N41:40E65.00-8ESELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123367
1782-08-15T16:0034.20-56.671382.6LIZARDN67:24E820N32:10E49.00-8SEBSLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000123368
1782-08-16T16:0035.07-57.003621.0LIZARDN68:20E812N8:12E49.00-8VARIABLELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000123369
1782-08-17T16:0035.43-56.67371.0LIZARDN69E810N7:14E39.00-8NELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMFAIR0000000123370
1782-08-18T16:0035.58-56.503071.0LIZARDN70:120E800N39:14E34.00-8NWLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMFAIR0000000123371
1782-08-19T16:0036.33-55.831051.0LIZARDN70E795N64:10E30.00-8ESELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMFAIR0000000123372
1782-08-20T16:0037.90-54.3336219.0LIZARDN71:03E748N39:20E109.00-12VARIABLEMODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000123373
1782-08-21T16:0039.82-52.551469.3LIZARDN73:20E708N31:10E133.00-12SSEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000123374
1782-08-22T15:0042.00-50.6736219.0LIZARDN76E660N38:20E165.00-13VARIABLEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000123375
1782-08-23T15:0042.17-50.4236222.6LIZARDN76:02E650N38:00E14.00-13VARIABLEMODERATE, THEN STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLEAR0000000123376
1782-08-24T15:0043.08-49.0836222.6LIZARDN75:58E616N56:30E76.00-18VARIABLESTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000123377
1782-08-25T15:0043.25-48.83612.6LIZARDN77:30E616N54:30E23.00-18EBNLIGHT BREEZESFOGGY0010000123378
1782-08-26T15:0043.33-48.603622.6LIZARDN76:10E603N53:10E43.00-18VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFOGGY0010000123379
1782-08-27T15:0043.58-48.772071.0LIZARDN77:30E587N56:15E54.00-18SWLIGHT AIRSFOGGY0010000123380
1782-08-28T15:0043.27-48.332302.6LIZARDN74:55E580N56:30E24.00-18WSWLIGHT BREEZESFOGGY0010000123381
1782-08-29T15:0043.33-47.173622.6LIZARDN78:00E579N58:25E43.00-19VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFOGGY0010000123382
1782-08-30T15:0043.60-47.333622.6LIZARDN75:50E572N74:00E52.00-19VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFOGGY0010000123383
1782-08-31T15:0043.83-46.952292.6LIZARDN77:55E560N67:24E80.00-19WSWLIGHT BREEZESFOGGY0010000123384
1782-09-01T15:0043.60-47.273626.7LIZARDN78E500N70:25E55.00-19VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000123385
1782-09-02T15:0043.43-46.9536222.6LIZARDN77:55E480N59:24E20.00-19VARIABLESTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000123386
1782-09-03T15:0043.77-45.357122.6CAPE CLEARN71:24E439N81:48E60.00-19ESTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000123387
1782-09-04T15:0044.02-44.0022922.6LIZARDN77:21E510S74:10E57.00-19WSWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000123388
1782-09-05T15:0045.05-41.002966.7CAPE CLEARN72:12E406N65:12E146.00-19NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000123389
1782-09-06T14:0046.08-37.172739.3CAPE CLEARN69:53E374N59:04E115.00-20WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123390
1782-09-07T14:0047.20-35.172959.3CAPE CLEARN74:59E328N63:00E148.00-20NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123391
1782-09-08T14:0047.92-32.722919.3CAPE CLEARN76:26E287N64:52E107.00-24NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123392
1782-09-09T14:0048.25-30.722019.3CAPE CLEARN76:29E259N76:25E80.00-24SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123393
1782-09-10T14:0049.08-27.722249.3CAPE CLEARN78.17E217N67:24E129.00-24WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123394
1782-09-11T14:0050.35-25.381569.3CAPE CLEARN84:02E188N50:43E115.00-24SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123395
1782-09-12T14:0051.23-24.521349.3CAPE CLEARN86:38E163N32:16E63.00-24SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123396
1782-09-13T14:0050.42-24.631009.3CAPE CLEARN25:83E174S6:48W39.00-24SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123397
1782-09-14T14:0049.80-24.58449.3CAPE CLEARS80:08E173S2E17.00-24ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000123398
1782-09-15T14:0049.22-23.623219.0CAPE CLEARN75:27E162S57E62.00-24NEBEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000123399
1782-09-16T13:0049.80-21.0033619.0CAPE CLEARN76:33E133N75:33E131.00-24NFRESH GALESHAZY0000000123400
1782-09-17T13:0050.58-18.7822419.0CAPE CLEARN81:39E96N65:06E94.00-24WSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000123401
1782-09-18T13:0050.53-16.4336219.0CAPE CLEARS76:56E57N61:20E24.00-24VARIABLEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000123402
1782-09-19T13:0050.33-17.00362CAPE CLEARS75:44E65N76:56E67.00-24VARIABLESQUALLYRAIN0100000123403
1782-09-20T13:0051.37-13.00362CAPE CLEARS86:52E8N70:42E158.00-24VARIABLESQUALLYRAIN0100000123404
1782-09-21T13:0050.33-10.50191SCILLYS82:07E46S53:00E101.00-23SWBSRAINFOGGY0100000123405