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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 Graciense cruise from St. Pierre to Martinique started at 1789-10-08 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750181, 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: 27.725217 * Median Longitude: -50.120870 * South-bound Latitude: 14.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.070000 * North-bound Latitude: 44.100000 * East-bound Longitude: -45.320000
Date/Time Start: 1789-10-08T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-10-30T16:00:00
Event(s):
La_Graciense_17891008_COTE_4/JJ/33 * Latitude Start: 45.980000 * Longitude Start: -56.230000 * Latitude End: 14.690000 * Longitude End: -60.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1789-10-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1789-10-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Graciense (Fregate), Voyage: St Pierre - Martinique, 1st Observer: M. de Vaugiraud (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.
Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
12 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
13 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
14 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
15 FogFog1 If fog was reported
16 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
17 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
18 HailHail1 If hail was reported
19 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
20 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
314 data points

Data

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State sea descr
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Gusts
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Rain
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Snow
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Thunder
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Sea ice
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ID
1789-10-08T16:0044.10-53.67252DEPART-18AU O ET ONOBRUMEUXHOULEUSE0000000137697
1789-10-09T15:0042.47-52.202569.3-14DU NO AU O ET NNOBON FRAISPAR GRAINS0000000137698
1789-10-10T15:0041.13-51.0076-14DU ENE AU E ET SEVARIABLEPLUVIEUXBELLE0000000137699
1789-10-11T15:0040.77-48.901899.3-14DU S AU SSOBON FRAISPAR GRAINSHOULEUSE0000000137700
1789-10-12T15:0039.60-49.271666.7-14AU SJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000137701
1789-10-13T15:0035.08-48.322604.6-10AU O ET ONOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000137702
1789-10-14T15:0033.45-48.07283-10AU ONOBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000137703
1789-10-15T15:0032.75-47.62350-10DU NO AU NVARIABLEFORT BELLE0000000137704
1789-10-16T15:0033.45-48.072604.6-10AU O ET ONOPETITE FRAIS0000000137705
1789-10-17T15:0032.15-47.15285-8DU O AU ONO ET DU O AU OSOTRÉS BEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000137706
1789-10-18T15:0030.08-46.772176.7-8AU SO ET OSOJOLIE FRAISGRAINSBELLE1000000137707
1789-10-19T15:0029.00-45.85156.7-8DU N AU NNE ET ENEJOLIE FRAISFORT BEAU TEMPS0000000137708
1789-10-20T15:0026.82-45.322879.3-6DU O AU ONOBON FRAISHOULEUSE0000000137709
1789-10-21T15:0025.77-45.372646.7-6DU OJOLIE FRAISCOUVERTBELLE0000000137710
1789-10-22T15:0023.25-45.67332-6AU NNO ET AU N ET NNEVARIABLECOUVERT0000000137711
1789-10-23T15:0021.15-46.10866.7-4AU EJOLIE FRAISGRAINSTRÉS BELLE1000000137712
1789-10-24T15:0018.20-48.09436.7-2AU NEJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000137713
1789-10-25T15:0015.77-50.44450AU NE0000000137714
1789-10-26T15:0014.88-50.041130DU SE AU ESEFORT BEAU TEMPS0000000137715
1789-10-27T16:0014.30-54.97911AU EBEAU TEMPS0000000137716
1789-10-28T16:0014.47-58.15489.33DU ENE AU NEBON FRAISFORT BEAU TEMPS0000000137717
1789-10-29T16:0014.45-60.67933AU EBELLEFORT BEAU TEMPS0000000137718
1789-10-30T16:0014.59-61.072613DU NE AU NNEBEAU TEMPS0000000137719