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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 JUPITER cruise from Mauritius to Table Bay started at 1796-11-26 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749927, 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: -30.509677 * Median Longitude: 36.032258 * South-bound Latitude: -37.100000 * West-bound Longitude: 22.100000 * North-bound Latitude: -20.880000 * East-bound Longitude: 54.500000
Date/Time Start: 1796-11-26T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-12-26T11:00:00
Event(s):
Jupiter_17961126_NMM_ADM/L/J149 * Latitude Start: -20.100000 * Longitude Start: 57.410000 * Latitude End: -34.430000 * Longitude End: 16.950000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-11-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-12-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Jupiter (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Mauritius - Table Bay, 1st Observer: George Losack (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 1044BM
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:
583 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)
1796-11-26T08:00-20.8854.501201.0AQUILLISS65W655W58.00-15SELIGHT AIRS SOMETIMES CALM0000000126881
1796-11-27T08:00-21.8252.58989.3AQUILLISS64W621S62W123.00-15ENE, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000126882
1796-11-28T09:00-22.6851.571141.0AQUILLISS66W598S48W78.00-21SELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000126883
1796-11-29T09:00-23.5850.031142.6AQUILLISS67W571S49W76.00-21SELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000126884
1796-11-30T09:00-25.2748.50472.6AQUILLISS68W523S46W149.00-21ENELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000126885
1796-12-01T09:00-25.8248.583626.7AQUILLISS70W520S50W34.00-21VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126886
1796-12-02T09:00-26.6546.821356.7AQUILLISS70W488S62W106.00-23SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000126887
1796-12-03T09:00-28.3544.48879.3AQUILLISS79W431S49W161.00-26ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000126888
1796-12-04T09:00-28.5042.23131AQUILLISS71W394S86W128.00-27SSESQUALLYFLYING SHOWERS OF RAIN1100000126889
1796-12-05T09:00-28.6340.901762.6AQUILLISS71W39S83W73.00-27SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000126890
1796-12-06T09:00-28.7740.071761.0AQUILLISS69W357S80W45.00-27SSWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000126891
1796-12-07T09:00-28.8039.531871.0AQUILLISS69W344S86W30.00-27SWBSLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000126892
1796-12-08T09:00-29.0738.531762.6AQUILLISS68W331S74W50.00-27SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000126893
1796-12-09T09:00-29.9837.533566.7AQUILLISS71W307S43W78.00-27NNEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126894
1796-12-10T10:00-30.6035.903551.0AQUILLISS71W277S74W92.00-28NNELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000126895
1796-12-11T10:00-30.8034.001756.7AQUILLISS70:27W239S83W100.00-28SSWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126896
1796-12-12T10:00-31.6231.631756.7AQUILLISS70W201S68W131.00-28SSWMODERATE BREEZES0000000126897
1796-12-13T10:00-32.0730.721752.6AQUILLISS72W183S59W53.00-28WNW, SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000126898
1796-12-14T10:00-32.9330.502536.7AQUILLISS77W175S11W53.00-28SW, WBNMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126899
1796-12-15T10:00-33.7030.1019719.0AQUILLISS81W161S24W51.00-28WNW, SWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFLYING SHOWERS OF RAIN1100000126900
1796-12-16T10:00-33.0329.422086.7AQUILLISS73:52W154N45W61.00-28SWBWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126901
1796-12-17T10:00-33.8729.831636.7AQUILLISS82:40W155S45W58.00-28SBWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126902
1796-12-18T10:00-34.2529.081976.7AQUILLISS18:28W148S60W47.00-28SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126903
1796-12-19T10:00-34.3328.333626.7AQUILLISS85:18W130S78W51.00-28VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000126904
1796-12-20T10:00-34.4227.0319822.6AQUILLISS85:6W108S85W57.00-27WNW, SWSTRONG GALES WITH HARD SQUALLSRAIN0100000126905
1796-12-21T10:00-35.5226.003622.6AQUILLISS81:41W93S36W90.00-27VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000126906
1796-12-22T10:00-34.7825.1020922.6AQUILLISS89:12W74N45W63.00-27SWBWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000126907
1796-12-23T10:00-35.3324.602436.7AQUILLISN81:26W71S45W46.00-27NW, NWBW, WMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126908
1796-12-24T10:00-36.6523.9326622.6AQUILLISN85:46W70S22W86.00-27WNWSTRONG GALESCLEAR0000000126909
1796-12-25T10:00-37.1022.882886.7AQUILLISN43:14W67S62W58.00-27NWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000126910
1796-12-26T11:00-36.0022.1022222.6AQUILLISN52:14W38N30W77.00-26WSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000126911