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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 Tenerife to W Afrika started at 1772-01-04 [dataset]. Nederlands Instituut voor Wetenschappelijke Inform, Amsterdam, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750163, 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: 21.782857 * Median Longitude: -17.528571 * South-bound Latitude: 14.940000 * West-bound Longitude: -18.150000 * North-bound Latitude: 28.380000 * East-bound Longitude: -16.100000
Date/Time Start: 1772-01-04T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-01-15T13:00:00
Event(s):
La_Flore_17720104_NIWI-F-1581 * Latitude Start: 29.280000 * Longitude Start: -17.560000 * Latitude End: 14.940000 * Longitude End: -17.400000 * Date/Time Start: 1772-01-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-01-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Flore, Voyage: Tenerife - W Afrika, 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
GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
10 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
11 FogFog1 If fog was reported
12 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
13 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
14 HailHail1 If hail was reported
15 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
16 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
147 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr

Wind force descr

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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Hail
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Sea ice
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ID
1772-01-04T13:0028.38-16.10-160000000137198
1772-01-05T00:0028.142036.7SSWJOLI FRAIS0000000137199
1772-01-06T00:0026.242706.7WSW-WJOLI FRAIS0000000137200
1772-01-07T00:0025.401801.0W-SW-SFOIBLE0000000137201
1772-01-08T13:00-16.211806.7W-CALME-SW-SJOLI FRAIS/PETIT0000000137202
1772-01-09T13:0024.70-16.781886.7-15S-SSWPETIT FRAIS0000000137203
1772-01-10T00:0024.621806.7SSW-SBON/JOLI FRAIS0000000137204
1772-01-11T13:0024.15-18.041890.0-14WSW-SSWCALMIFFANT0000000137205
1772-01-12T13:0022.97-18.093112.3-14CALME-NEBON FRAIS/FRAICHIFFANT0000000137206
1772-01-13T13:0020.08-18.15569.3-12NE1/4N-ENEBON FRAIS0000000137207
1772-01-14T13:0017.26-18.14349.3-11E-NEBON FRAIS0000000137208
1772-01-15T13:0014.94-17.40326.7-13ENE-NEBON/PETIT/JOLI FRAIS0000000137209