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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 Flore cruise from Brest to Cádiz started at 1771-10-29 [dataset]. Nederlands Instituut voor Wetenschappelijke Inform, Amsterdam, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750161, 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: 39.641667 * Median Longitude: -8.276667 * South-bound Latitude: 36.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -10.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.320000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.170000
Date/Time Start: 1771-10-29T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1771-11-19T12:00:00
Event(s):
La_Flore_17711029_NIWI-F-1581 * Latitude Start: 48.220000 * Longitude Start: -4.760000 * Latitude End: 36.070000 * Longitude End: -6.730000 * Date/Time Start: 1771-10-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1771-11-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Flore, Voyage: Brest - Cadiz, 1st Observer: Verduin de La Crenne (Luitenant), Other ship information: EXTRACT UIT: VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI EN 1771 ET 1772 EN DIVERSES PARTIES DE L'EUROPE, DE L'AFRIQUE ET DE L'AMERIQUE, PARIS, 1778. F_1581 DEEL 1.
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
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
Present weatherwwWeather description
10 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
11 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
12 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
13 FogFog1 If fog was reported
14 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
15 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
16 HailHail1 If hail was reported
17 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
18 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
272 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr

Wind force descr

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State sea descr
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Gusts
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Rain
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Fog
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Snow
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Thunder
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ID
1771-10-29T12:0048.32-5.172-21NNW-NNE0000000137164
1771-10-30T12:0045.92-7.39259.3-20NNE-NEBON FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137165
1771-10-31T13:0043.52-9.61709.3-20ESE-EBON FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137166
1771-11-01T13:0042.75-9.7370-20SSE-E0000000137167
1771-11-02T00:0042.46361SE-S-SSW-CALME0000000137168
1771-11-03T00:0042.54361WSW-SSW-CALMEGRAINS1000000137169
1771-11-04T00:001800.0SW-SCALME0000000137170
1771-11-05T00:002036.7ENE-ES-SSWPETIT FRAIS0000000137171
1771-11-06T13:0039.70-10.502749.3-19W-WNWBON FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137172
1771-11-07T00:0038.172250.0WSW-SWCALME0000000137173
1771-11-08T13:00-10.101800.0SSW-CALME-ESE-SCALME0000000137174
1771-11-09T00:0037.501139.3SE-ESEBON FIRE0000000137175
1771-11-10T00:0036.9313515.4ESE-SEGR FRAIS0000000137176
1771-11-11T13:0036.22-10.50959.3-18SE-ESEBON FRAIS0000000137177
1771-11-12T00:0037.3813515.4SEGRAND FRAIS0000000137178
1771-11-13T13:0036.90-9.212300.0-18SSW-WSWCALMIFFANT0000000137179
1771-11-14T13:0036.58-8.25727.3-18N-ECALME TRES-PETIT FRAIS0000000137180
1771-11-15T00:0036.76113NE-E-ESE0000000137181
1771-11-16T13:0036.12-7.847215.4-18S-EGRAND FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137182
1771-11-17T12:0036.00-7.417215.4-18EGRAND FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137183
1771-11-18T12:0036.99-7.132076.7-18W-SWCALME PETIT FRAIS0000000137184
1771-11-19T12:0036.68-6.58727.3-18WSW-N-ETRES-PETIT FRAIS0000000137185