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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 Caribean to St. Johns started at 1772-05-01 [dataset]. Nederlands Instituut voor Wetenschappelijke Inform, Amsterdam, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750167, 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: 32.278636 * Median Longitude: -67.615000 * South-bound Latitude: 19.930000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.470000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.580000 * East-bound Longitude: -56.150000
Date/Time Start: 1772-05-01T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-05-26T16:00:00
Event(s):
La_Flore_17720501_NIWI-F-1581 * Latitude Start: 19.930000 * Longitude Start: -72.460000 * Latitude End: 47.670000 * Longitude End: -52.270000 * Date/Time Start: 1772-05-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-05-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Flore, Voyage: Caribean - St Johns, 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
State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
297 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

Decl [deg]

Wind dir descr

Wind force descr

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
1772-05-01T17:0019.93-72.461186.75SSE-ESEPETIT FRAIS0000000137237
1772-05-05T00:0019.88459.3ENE-NEBON FRAIS0000000137238
1772-05-06T17:0021.13-73.87966.76ENE-EJOLI FRAIS0000000137239
1772-05-07T17:0022.22-74.471416.76ESE-SEJOLI FRAIS0000000137240
1772-05-08T17:0023.80-73.872085SE-SSW0000000137241
1772-05-09T17:0024.53-73.27506.75SW-N-NEPETIT FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137242
1772-05-10T17:0024.98-73.88506.75NNE-NEJOLI FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137243
1772-05-11T17:0026.42-74.30539.35NNE-NE1/4EBON FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137244
1772-05-12T17:0028.78-74.11936.73ENE-EJOLI FRAIS0000000137245
1772-05-13T17:0029.91-73.91269.33NW-N-NNEJOLI/BON FRAIS0000000137246
1772-05-14T17:0030.29-72.77263NNEPAR GRAINS0000000137247
1772-05-15T17:0030.32-71.632041NNE-CALME-SSW0000000137248
1772-05-16T17:0030.68-70.252266.71SSW-SWJOLI FRAIS0000000137249
1772-05-17T17:0031.76-68.872046.71SW-SSWPETIT/JOLI FRAIS0000000137250
1772-05-18T16:0033.54-66.921996.7-4SW-SSWJOLI FRAIS0000000137251
1772-05-19T16:0035.47-64.632899.3-4WSW-WNWBON FRAISMER GROSSE0000000137252
1772-05-20T16:0037.17-62.152201.0-5WNW-SWPUIS BON FRAIS PREFQEU CALME0000000137253
1772-05-21T16:0039.53-60.582159.3-10SWBON FRAIS0000000137254
1772-05-22T16:0040.32-59.013280.0-10N-NNWBON FR CALMIFFANT0000000137255
1772-05-23T16:0042.49-57.703056.7-10WNW-NWJOLI FRAIS0000000137256
1772-05-24T16:0044.67-56.27296.7-16E-NEPETIT/JOLI FRAIS0000000137257
1772-05-25T16:0045.61-56.1576.7-16NNEPETIT FRAIS0000000137258
1772-05-26T16:0046.58-56.46526.7-16NNE-ENEJOLI FRAIS0000000137259