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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 KENNINGTON cruise from Madeira to Barbados started at 1770-11-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.749956, 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: 21.145833 * Median Longitude: -36.815833 * South-bound Latitude: 12.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.300000 * East-bound Longitude: -19.500000
Date/Time Start: 1770-11-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1770-12-08T16:00:00
Event(s):
Kennington_17701114_NMM_ADM/L/K6 * Latitude Start: 32.130000 * Longitude Start: -16.570000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1770-11-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1770-12-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Kennington (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Madeira - Barbados, 1st Observer: Peter Clarke (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G 437BM
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:
475 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)
1770-11-14T00:002039.3MADEIRANEBE8VARIABLE, CALM, SSWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MID VARIABLE, LATTER CLOUDY0000000127950
1770-11-15T13:0032.30-19.5036219.0MADEIRAN88E36S88W108.00-15VARIABLEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000127951
1770-11-16T13:0031.65-20.7836219.0MADEIRAN76:37E63S60W76.00-15VARIABLEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLATTER CLOUDY0000000127952
1770-11-17T14:0030.20-22.521009.3MADEIRAN63:40E98SW123.00-13S, SBE, ESEFRESH BREEZESLIGHTNINGRAIN0100100127953
1770-11-18T14:0029.13-24.421226.7MADEIRAN56:40E144SW139.00-13SEMODERATESHOWERS OF RAINFAIR1100000127954
1770-11-19T14:0026.70-26.421021.0MADEIRAN53:29E191SW149.00-11ESELIGHT AIRSRAINHAZY0100000127955
1770-11-20T14:0025.57-27.673621.0MADEIRAN52:30E223SW1/4W96.00-9ESE, NNE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSLIGHTNING AT TIMESRAINHAZY0100100127956
1770-11-21T14:0025.07-28.233621.0MADEIRAN51:30E235SW1/2W44.00-9ESE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000127957
1770-11-22T14:0024.60-28.733621.0MADEIRAN51:28E249SW39.00-9N, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALM0000000127958
1770-11-23T14:0023.95-29.453511.0MADEIRAN51E268SW54.00-9NWBW, NLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000127959
1770-11-24T14:0022.98-30.77366.7MADEIRAN51:06E299SW82.00-9NEMODERATEFAIR0000000127960
1770-11-25T14:0021.65-32.57396.7MADEIRAN51E341S49W131.00-6NEMODERATEFAIR0000000127961
1770-11-26T14:0020.55-34.33396.7MADEIRAN51:38E381S53W127.00-6E, NEMODERATEFAIR0000000127962
1770-11-27T14:0019.48-36.7084MADEIRAN53E428S65W150.00-6EFIRST FRESH BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAINFIRST CLOUDY, MID AND LATTER HAZY1100000127963
1770-11-28T15:0018.52-38.531311.0MADEIRAN53:56E470S64W120.00-4NE, SELIGHT AIRSLIGHTNING AT TIMESCLEAR0000100127964
1770-11-29T15:0018.18-39.301091.0MADEIRAN54E483S65W47.00-4SSE, CALM, ESELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000127965
1770-11-30T15:0017.98-41.57176MADEIRAN56:21E519S84W128.00-4E, VARIABLE, SFIRST AND MID SQUALLYSHOWERS OF RAIN1100000127966
1770-12-01T15:0017.63-42.60666.7MADEIRAN56:53E539S79W60.00-2S, ENEMODERATEHAZY0000000127967
1770-12-02T15:0017.18-43.78681.0MADEIRAN57:20E563S67W74.000ENELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000127968
1770-12-03T15:0016.30-45.853626.7MADEIRAN57:54E605S76W130.000VARIABLEFIRST AND LATTER MODERAET, MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFAIR0000000127969
1770-12-04T15:0015.33-48.28916.7MADEIRAN58:37E654S67W155.001EMODERATEFAIR0000000127970
1770-12-05T15:0013.93-50.75576.7BARBADOSS84W159SWBW164.001NEBEMODERATEFAIR0000000127971
1770-12-06T16:0013.17-56.25716.7BARBADOSW112S72W152.003ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000127972
1770-12-07T16:0012.20-56.88726.7BARBADOSW58W154.004EBN, ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000127973
1770-12-08T16:0013.25-57.70726.7BARBADOSW23S84W104.004ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000127974