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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 Lourde cruise from Basse Terre to Brest started at 1785-12-28 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750198, 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: 34.605833 * Median Longitude: -41.345417 * South-bound Latitude: 19.530000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.370000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.650000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.890000
Date/Time Start: 1785-12-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1786-01-24T00:00:00
Event(s):
La_Lourde_17851228_COTE_4/JJ/35 * Latitude Start: 15.970000 * Longitude Start: -61.770000 * Latitude End: 48.220000 * Longitude End: -4.760000 * Date/Time Start: 1785-12-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1786-01-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: La Lourde, Voyage: Basse Terre - Brest, 1st Observer: Dulou (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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
13 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
363 data points

Data

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ID
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1785-12-29T00:0045DU NNE AU NEVARIABLE0000000138628
1785-12-30T00:00456.7AU NEJOLIE FRAIS0000000138629
1785-12-31T16:0019.53-62.70483DU ENE AU NEVARIABLE0000000138630
1786-01-01T16:0020.67-63.3734.63DU NE 1/4 E AU NPETITE FRAISBELLE0000000138631
1786-01-02T16:0020.98-63.34612.33DU N AU N 1/4 NEFRAICHEUR0000000138632
1786-01-03T16:0021.93-62.222724.62DU SO AU OPETITE FRAIS0000000138633
1786-01-04T16:0023.45-60.452480.00AU OSOCLAME PLATTRÉS GROSSE0000000138634
1786-01-05T16:0024.98-58.502936.70DU NO AU ONOJOLIE FRAISGROSSE0000000138635
1786-01-06T16:0026.48-56.75291-2DU NO AU ONOVARIABLETRÉS GROSSE0000000138636
1786-01-07T16:0028.73-54.502209.3-5DU SOBON FRAIS0000000138637
1786-01-08T16:0029.55-53.102656.7-5DU OJOLIE FRAISGROSSE0000000138638
1786-01-09T15:0030.13-52.29-60000000138639
1786-01-10T15:0031.62-49.592196.7-6AU SOJOLIE FRAISPLUIE0100000138640
1786-01-11T15:0033.73-46.692379.3-11DU NO AU OSOBON FRAIS0000000138641
1786-01-12T15:0035.38-43.592379.3-11DU OSOBON FRAIS0000000138642
1786-01-13T15:0037.58-40.3923215.4-16DU OSOGRAND FRAIS0000000138643
1786-01-14T14:0039.00-37.2929815.4-17DU NOGRAND FRAIS0000000138644
1786-01-15T14:0040.53-34.441869.3-17DU S AU SSOBON FRAIS0000000138645
1786-01-16T14:0041.43-31.803204.6-18DU NO AU NNOPETITE FRAIS0000000138646
1786-01-17T14:0042.80-29.972499.3-21AU OBON FRAIS0000000138647
1786-01-18T14:0044.00-24.50293-22DU NNO AU NOVARIABLEBEAU TEMPS0000000138648
1786-01-19T13:0045.77-20.652489.3-22DU OBON FRAIS0000000138649
1786-01-20T13:0046.67-16.59203-22DU OSO AU SOBEAU TEMPS ET CLAIRTRÉS GROSSE0000000138650
1786-01-21T13:0048.65-13.392686.7-25DU SO AU ONOJOLY FRAISGROSSE0000000138651
1786-01-22T13:0048.53-9.292016.7-24DU OSO AU SOJOLY FRAIS0000000138652
1786-01-23T12:0048.42-6.89180-23DU O AU SSOVARIABLE0000000138653
1786-01-24T00:002031DU O AU SSOVARIABLEBRUMEUXBELLE0000000138654