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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 Loire cruise from Martinique to Brest started at 1788-08-11 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750195, 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: 37.442571 * Median Longitude: -42.062571 * South-bound Latitude: 17.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.190000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.620000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.440000
Date/Time Start: 1788-08-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-09-19T00:00:00
Event(s):
La_Loire_17880811_COTE_4/JJ/32 * Latitude Start: 14.690000 * Longitude Start: -60.570000 * Latitude End: 48.220000 * Longitude End: -4.760000 * Date/Time Start: 1788-08-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-09-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Loire (Gabarre), Voyage: Martinique - Brest, 1st Observer: De Castellane La Valette (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)
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
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.
10 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.
11 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
12 Present weatherwwWeather description
13 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
14 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
585 data points

Data

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State sea descr
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Snow
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Thunder
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Hail
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ID
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1788-08-13T00:00901.0DU NE AU E ET DU SE AU NEFAIBLE ET VARIABLEPAR GRAINS, SOMBRÉ0000000138523
1788-08-14T16:0017.12-62.19489.33DU ENE AU NEBON FRAISGRAINSPLUIE1100000138524
1788-08-15T16:0018.97-61.501372AU SE ET AU ESEVARIABLESOMBRÉBELLE0000000138525
1788-08-16T16:0020.90-61.091159.32DU E AU ESEBON FRAISCOUVERT, PLUVIEUX ET PETITE GRAINS0000000138526
1788-08-17T16:0022.72-60.571139.30AU ESE ET AU EBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138527
1788-08-18T16:0024.75-60.301356.70DU E AU SEJOLIE FRAIS ET INEGALORAGEUX, SOMBRÉ0000000138528
1788-08-19T00:0090AU E ET SEVARIABLE0000000138529
1788-08-20T16:0028.58-59.908712.3-3AU EFRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138530
1788-08-21T16:0029.88-60.47654.62.00-3AU ENEPETITE VENTBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138531
1788-08-22T16:0030.00-59.90201.212.00-3DU NE AU NNETRÉS FAIBLEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138532
1788-08-23T16:0030.52-60.456531.00-3DU NE AU ENETRÉS INEGALBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138533
1788-08-24T16:0030.68-60.49421.050.00-3AU NEPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138534
1788-08-25T16:0031.08-60.491321.059.00-3AU SEPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPS0000000138535
1788-08-26T16:0031.73-60.271321.25.00-3DU SETRÉS FAIBLEBEAU TEMPS0000000138536
1788-08-27T16:0033.28-58.5919612.3-7AU SSOFRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138537
1788-08-28T16:0033.93-57.22262-8AU O ET DU NO AU NNOFAIBLE, INEGALHOULEUSE0000000138538
1788-08-29T16:0034.32-57.522631.030.00-7DU OSO AU OFAIBLEBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000138539
1788-08-30T16:0035.20-55.9921729.00-8AU SO ET AU OJOLIE FRAIS, INEGALBEAU TEMPS0000000138540
1788-08-31T15:0036.52-52.372150.054.00-10AU SO,SSOCALMEPETITE GRAINS0000000138541
1788-09-01T15:0037.95-49.9023457.00-14AU OSO, SINEGALASSEZ BEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138542
1788-09-02T15:0039.90-46.972100.035.00-15AU SOCALME PLATBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000138543
1788-09-03T15:0041.50-43.8023314.00-15AU OSOFORT RAFALLESPLUVIEUX. PAR GRAINS0000000138544
1788-09-04T15:0042.82-40.742049.318.00-21AU SO ET DU O AU ONOBON FRAISPLUVIEUX. PAR GRAINS0000000138545
1788-09-05T15:0043.82-37.672949.331.00-21DU ONO AU NOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000138546
1788-09-06T14:0044.60-34.752726.71.00-21AU ONOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSUN PEU HOULEUSE0000000138547
1788-09-07T14:0045.90-31.752039.314.00-22AU SO ET ONOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000138548
1788-09-08T14:0045.98-29.052265.00-22AU OSOJOLIE FRAIS, INEGALPLUVIEUX. PAR GRAINS0000000138549
1788-09-09T14:0046.28-26.852936.7-22DU ONO AU NOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000138550
1788-09-10T14:0046.68-24.942931.032.00-22AU NOPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000138551
1788-09-11T13:0047.18-21.252029.3-23AU SOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000138552
1788-09-12T13:0047.50-17.643356.7-26AU N ET NOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000138553
1788-09-13T13:0047.98-15.403356.7-25AU N ET NNEJOLIE FRAIS ET INEGALPETITE GRAINS0000000138554
1788-09-14T13:0048.45-12.902000.0-25AU SO ET SSOCALME0000000138555
1788-09-15T13:0048.62-9.791796.740.00-24AU SSO ET ONOJOLIE FRAISGRAINS1000000138556
1788-09-16T12:0048.50-6.972706.7-23AU ONOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPSCREUSE0000000138557
1788-09-17T12:0048.18-7.071359.340.00-23DU S AU SSEBON FRAISGRAINS1000000138558
1788-09-18T12:0048.47-5.443151.0-23AU NNOPRESQUE CALMEBEAU TEMPS0000000138559
1788-09-19T00:001584.6151.00A 3 HS MOUILLÉ DANS LA BAYE DE BRESTAU SSE ET ESEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000138560