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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 Desirée cruise from Martinique to Rochefort started at 1788-02-18 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750114, 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
Project(s):
Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 35.138333 * Median Longitude: -40.331667 * South-bound Latitude: 15.600000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.340000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.270000
Date/Time Start: 1788-02-18T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-04-05T00:00:00
Event(s):
La_Desirée_17880218_COTE_4/JJ/35 * Latitude Start: 14.690000 * Longitude Start: -60.570000 * Latitude End: 45.920000 * Longitude End: -1.800000 * Date/Time Start: 1788-02-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-04-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Desirée, Voyage: Martinique - Rochefort, 1st Observer: M. de Remond (Capitan)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2 LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3 LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4 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.
5 Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6 --1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
7 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
8 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.
9 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.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
12 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
13 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
494 data points

Data

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Date/Time		2 
Latitude		3 
Longitude		4 
dd [deg]		5 
ff [m/s]		6 
-		7 
Comment		8 
Decl [deg]		9 
Wind dir descr		10 
Wind force descr		11 
ww		12 
Precip descr		13 
State sea descr		14 
Gusts		15 
Rain		16 
Fog		17 
Snow		18 
Thunder		19 
Hail		20 
Sea ice		21 
ID
1788-02-18T16:0015.60-61.67516.71APAREILLÉ3AU NE 1/4 EJOLY FRAISCOUVERTPLUIE DE TEMPS EN TEMPSGROSSE0100000134842
1788-02-19T00:00459.3DU NNE AU NEBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU GROSSE0000000134843
1788-02-20T16:0018.42-62.34926.72DU E 1/4 NE AU EJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU HOULEUSE0000000134844
1788-02-21T16:0020.50-61.941344.62DU ESE AU SE 1/4 EPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU HOULEUSE0000000134845
1788-02-22T16:0021.72-61.171604.62DU SE AU SSEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU HOULEUSE0000000134846
1788-02-23T16:0023.03-61.092256.70DU SO 1/4 S AU SOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134847
1788-02-24T16:0023.82-59.043184.60AU NO 1/4 NPETITE FRAISCOUVERT ET BRUMEUXTRÉS HOULEUSE0000000134848
1788-02-25T16:0024.00-58.343577.30DU NO 1/4 N AU N 1/4 NOTRÉS PETITE FRAISTRÉS HOULEUSE0000000134849
1788-02-26T16:0024.27-58.022730.00AU O 1/4 NOCALMEBEAU TEMPSTRÉS HOULEUSE0000000134850
1788-02-27T16:0025.50-57.172684.6-2DU ONO AU O ET OSOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134851
1788-02-28T16:0027.15-55.892916.7-2DU O AU ONOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSTRÉS HOULEUSE0000000134852
1788-02-29T16:0028.60-54.642689.3-5DU O AU O 1/4 NOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSGROSSE0000000134853
1788-03-01T16:0030.78-52.742629.3-5AU O 1/4 SOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSGROSSE0000000134854
1788-03-02T15:0032.67-50.7526015.4-10DU ONO AU OGROS FRAISCOUVERTTRÉS GROSSE0000000134855
1788-03-03T15:0033.75-48.5526015.4-10DU ONO AU OGROS FRAISCOUVERTTRÉS GROSSE0000000134856
1788-03-04T15:0035.68-46.672829.3-11DU O AU ONO ETOSOBON FRAISCOUVERTGROSSE0000000134857
1788-03-05T15:0037.68-44.642339.3-15DU SO AU OSOBON FRAISCOUVERTGROSSE0000000134858
1788-03-06T15:0039.12-41.902329.3-16AU OSOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134859
1788-03-07T15:0040.40-39.142999.3-16DU ONO AU NOBON FRAISCOUVERTPLUIEUN PEU GROSSE0100000134860
1788-03-08T14:0041.48-36.792976.7-18DU O AU NO ET AU NNOJOLIE FRAISCOUVERTUN PEU GROSSE0000000134861
1788-03-09T14:0043.20-34.272274.6-21DU NO AU OSOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134862
1788-03-10T14:0044.08-30.171816.7-22AU SSOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU GROSSE0000000134863
1788-03-11T14:0044.83-26.842036.7-22DU O AU SOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134864
1788-03-12T14:0045.73-23.342516.7-22DU O AU O 1/4 NOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134865
1788-03-13T13:0046.08-19.442929.3-23DU NNO AU NOBON FRAISCOUVERTBELLE0000000134866
1788-03-14T13:0046.82-15.841809.3-23DU NO AU SSOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU GROSSE0000000134867
1788-03-15T13:0046.65-13.392709.3-23DU O AU ONOBON FRAISCOUVERTUN PEU GROSSE0000000134868
1788-03-16T13:0047.65-12.343364.6-24AU N ET AU N 1/4 NEPETITE FRAISCOUVERTUN PEU GROSSE0000000134869
1788-03-17T13:0048.17-9.143334.6-24DU N 1/4 NO ET ONOPETITE FRAISCOUVERTTRÉS HOULEUSE0000000134870
1788-03-18T12:0048.40-7.422479.3-23DU O 1/4 NO AU OBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000134871
1788-03-19T12:0048.37-5.272701-23DU NO AU ONOVARIABLECOUVERT0000000134872
1788-04-04T00:003609.31DEPARTDU NBON FRAIS0000000134873
1788-04-05T00:003606.71AU NJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000134874