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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 La Capriciense cruise from St. Domingue to Rochefort started at 1790-11-24 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750084, 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: 35.369259 * Median Longitude: -43.527037 * South-bound Latitude: 24.680000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.420000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.000000
Date/Time Start: 1790-11-24T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1790-12-22T00:00:00
Event(s):
La_Capriciense_17901124_COTE_4/JJ/33 * Latitude Start: 24.900000 * Longitude Start: -73.240000 * Latitude End: 45.920000 * Longitude End: -1.800000 * Date/Time Start: 1790-11-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1790-12-22T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Capriciense (Fragata), Voyage: St Domingue - Rochefort, 1st Observer: De Boubé (Capitan)
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.
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
10 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
11 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
12 FogFog1 If fog was reported
13 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
14 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
15 HailHail1 If hail was reported
16 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
17 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
323 data points

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

Comment

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr

Wind force descr

Precip descr
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ID
1790-11-24T17:0024.68-74.1294DÉPART4AU E0000000133998
1790-11-25T17:0025.67-73.34944AU EVARIABLE ET PRESQUE CALME0000000133999
1790-11-26T17:0026.28-69.951383AU SE ET S 1/4 SEVARIABLE0000000134000
1790-11-27T17:0026.30-68.752963AU ONO ET N0000000134001
1790-11-28T16:0025.47-66.57241AU NNE0000000134002
1790-11-29T16:0026.00-66.30461AU AU NE ET ENE0000000134003
1790-11-30T16:0026.52-65.92691AU ENE ET NE0000000134004
1790-12-01T16:0027.12-65.60241AU NNE ET NE0000000134005
1790-12-02T16:0029.23-63.4089-1AU E, ESE ET S0000000134006
1790-12-03T16:0030.87-58.65177-3AU S ET SSO0000000134007
1790-12-04T16:0031.52-54.64198-5AU SSO ET ONOBEAUCOUP DE PLUIE0100000134008
1790-12-05T15:0031.93-50.24218-7AU SO0000000134009
1790-12-06T15:0032.55-46.90213-12AU SO ET N0000000134010
1790-12-07T15:0031.98-44.35126-9AU SE0000000134011
1790-12-08T15:0033.77-42.37122-13AU SE0000000134012
1790-12-09T15:0035.42-39.60122-13AU SE0000000134013
1790-12-10T14:0037.95-36.37140-18DU SE AU SSE0000000134014
1790-12-11T14:0040.53-33.87185-18DU S AU SSOVARIABLE0000000134015
1790-12-12T14:0041.67-32.40229-19AU OSO0000000134016
1790-12-13T14:0042.68-30.0891-22AU ESE , S ET OVARIABLE0000000134017
1790-12-14T14:0044.28-26.97270-23DU O AU ONO0000000134018
1790-12-15T14:0046.05-22.53244-23DU O AU O 1/4 SO0000000134019
1790-12-16T13:0047.33-16.56247-23AU O, NNO ET N 1/4 NO0000000134020
1790-12-17T13:0047.32-12.12315-23DU N AU NNO0000000134021
1790-12-18T12:0047.33-6.87316-22AU NNO ET ONO0000000134022
1790-12-19T12:0047.10-3.76316-22DU NO AU NNO0000000134023
1790-12-20T12:0047.42-3.00226-22AU OSO, SO, ET ONO0000000134024
1790-12-21T00:00248AU OSO, O, ET ONO0000000134025
1790-12-22T00:00338AU NNO, O ET OSO0000000134026