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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 LAIMABLE cruise from Cork to Barbados started at 1799-11-27 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750294, 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: 28.130213 * Median Longitude: -25.691489 * South-bound Latitude: 13.170000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.180000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.530000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.420000
Date/Time Start: 1799-11-27T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-17T00:00:00
Event(s):
LAimable_17991127_NMM_ADM/L/A251 * Latitude Start: 50.630000 * Longitude Start: -10.420000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1799-11-27T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-01-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: L'Aimable (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cork - Barbados, 1st Observer: Henry Raper (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 782BM
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
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
11 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.
12 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.
13 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
977 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]
(Wind direction (from which th...)

ff [m/s]
(calculated from the descripti...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)

Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
10 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
11 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
12 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
13 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
Precip descr
15 
State sea descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1799-11-27T13:0050.53-9.42756.7CAPE CLEARN20W15S25W67.00-26SEBS, EBSFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATECLOUDY0000000143444
1799-11-28T13:0049.23-10.581092.6CAPE FINISTERES9E129S31W80.00-26ENE, SEMODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESHAZY, AM CLEAR0000000143445
1799-11-29T13:0048.92-10.87986.7CAPE FINISTERES11E123S30W22.00-26ENE, W, SEBEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000143446
1799-11-30T13:0048.88-10.632676.7CAPE FINISTERES9E121S77E11.00-26SW, SWBS, VARIABLE, WNWLIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEHAZY, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000143447
1799-12-01T13:0048.88-10.503626.7CAPE FINISTERES10E119S4W30.00-26NNW, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATECLOUDY, AT NOON HAZY0000000143448
1799-12-02T13:0046.88-12.0331419.0CAPE FINISTERENBE89S27W116.00-24NEBN, NNWFRESH BREEZES, AM HARD GALES AT NOON FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYAT NOON A HEAVY SWELL FROM THE NWCLOUDY0000000143449
1799-12-03T13:0044.93-13.33326.7CAPE FINISTERES55E72S25W131.00-24NNW, NEBEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AT 8 MODERATE BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESA HEAVY SWELL FROM THE NORTHWARDAT 8 CLEAR0100000143450
1799-12-04T13:0043.83-13.972916.7CAPE FINISTERES73E73S25W62.00-24N, NNW, NWMODERATECLEAR0000000143451
1799-12-05T13:0041.62-15.432939.3CAPE FINISTEREN75E97S26W147.00-22NNW, NWFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESAT NOON A HEAVY SWELL FROM THE SWCLOUDY0000000143452
1799-12-06T13:0040.43-15.33230.0MADEIRASBW159S30W78.00-22NEBE, N, NEFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON CALM, AT 8 LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, AT 8 CLEAR0000000143453
1799-12-07T13:0040.57-16.772931.0MADEIRAS4W162N69W17.00-22VARIABLE, SW, WNW, NWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000143454
1799-12-08T13:0039.57-16.502719.3MADEIRASBW142S12E60.00-22NWBW, WNWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000143455
1799-12-09T13:0038.97-16.0722619.0MADEIRAS16W131S28E43.00-22WSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000143456
1799-12-10T13:0036.77-17.48699.3MADEIRAS85S27E146.00-21NEBE, ELIGHT AIRS, AT 8 FRESH BREEZESAM A HEAVY SWELL FROM THE NWCLOUDY, AT HAZY0000000143457
1799-12-11T13:0034.72-18.923189.3MADEIRAS29W52S30W144.00-20NW, NNWFRESH GALES, AT 8 FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000143458
1799-12-12T00:0032.373389.3PORTO SANCTOSW8NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000143459
1799-12-13T00:0033.472031.0PORTO SANCTOSEBSVARIABLE, S, SSWCALM, AT 4 LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMCLEAR0000000143460
1799-12-14T13:0033.52-16.772272.6MADEIRA, E-ENDS14N41.00-21VARIABLE, WBS, WSWLIGHT AIRS, AT 4 LIGHT BREEZESAT 4 RAINCLOUDY, AT 4 HAZY0100000143461
1799-12-15T13:0033.67-16.5324919.0MADEIRA, E-ENDS14W17N13W44.00-21WBS, NWBW, WFRESH GALESCLOUDY, AM HAZY0000000143462
1799-12-16T13:0033.63-16.0228319.0MADEIRA, E-ENDS38W20N22E40.00-21NW, NWBWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000143463
1799-12-17T00:0031512.3PORTO SANCTONNE5NWBN, NWSTRONG BREEZESHAZY0000000143464
1799-12-18T13:0031.25-17.553199.3WEST END OF MADEIRAN5E25S31W121.00-19NNE, NNWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143465
1799-12-19T13:0031.38-18.27492.6PALMAS20E58S35W64.00-19NE, ENEMODERATE, AT NOON LIGHT BREEZESFAIR, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000143466
1799-12-20T00:003622.6PALMASBE10VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, AT MIDNIGHT LIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000143467
1799-12-21T13:0029.17-18.18269.3BARBADOSS67E820N64W42.00-19WNW, NELIGHT AIRS, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESCLEAR, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000143468
1799-12-22T13:0029.37-18.653626.7BARBADOSS27W826N64W29.00-19VARIABLEMODERATEHAZY0000000143469
1799-12-23T13:0028.05-18.653629.3BARBADOSS69W813S79.00-19VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000143470
1799-12-24T13:0026.27-20.073219.3FARON52E49S29W123.00-17NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000143471
1799-12-25T13:0025.03-20.883436.7FARON45E77S31W82.00-17NW, NMODERATECLOUDY0000000143472
1799-12-26T13:0023.85-21.632986.7FARON41E103S30W82.00-17N, NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000143473
1799-12-27T13:0022.78-22.33286.7FAROS39E127S31W73.00-17NEMODERATECLEAR0000000143474
1799-12-28T14:0021.25-23.62316.7FARON32E165S37W118.00-14NEMODERATECLEAR0000000143475
1799-12-29T14:0019.83-24.631109.3FAROS30E202S37W109.00-14SEBEMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000143476
1799-12-30T14:0019.02-25.721322.6BARBADOSS86E659S47W73.00-14ENE, ESE, SEBSMODERATE BREEZES, AT NOON LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000143477
1799-12-31T14:0018.25-26.78541.0BARBADOSS85:55W639S52W77.00-14SSE, ENELIGHT AIRS, AM LIGHT AIRSCLEAR, AM CLOUDY0000000143478
1800-01-01T14:0018.35-26.171211.0BARBADOSS80W632N79W21.00-14S, WBS, SELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000143479
1800-01-02T14:0017.98-27.932582.6BARBADOSS81:08W620S63W45.00-12NWBW, WFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY, AT NOON CLEAR0000000143480
1800-01-03T14:0017.23-29.103166.7BARBADOSS82:11W593S55W74.00-10NNW, NE, NWBNMODERATE, AT NOON MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000143481
1800-01-04T14:0016.22-31.28589.3BARBADOSS83:54W563S64W139.00-10ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000143482
1800-01-05T14:0015.67-33.77712.6BARBADOSS84:09W504S78W146.00-8EBNFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000143483
1800-01-06T14:0015.32-36.332629.3BARBADOSS84W457S80W150.00-8WFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143484
1800-01-07T15:0015.02-38.732659.3BARBADOSS84W409S81W141.00-5WFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143485
1800-01-08T15:0014.88-41.422659.3BARBADOSS84W356S86W157.00-5WFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143486
1800-01-09T15:0014.63-43.803629.3BARBADOSS84:34W307S83W140.00-3VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000143487
1800-01-10T15:0014.43-45.882616.7BARBADOSS83W258S84W122.00-3W1/2SMODERATEFAIR0000000143488
1800-01-11T15:0014.15-48.232696.7BARBADOSS85W223S83W140.00-1WMODERATEFAIR0000000143489
1800-01-12T15:0013.77-50.482809.3BARBADOSS86W178S80W155.00-1WBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143490
1800-01-13T15:0013.63-52.372589.3BARBADOSS87W138S83W112.00-1WBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143491
1800-01-14T16:0013.32-54.673629.3BARBADOSS86E97S84W135.001VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143492
1800-01-15T16:0013.30-56.052719.3BARBADOSS87W72S84W80.001WFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143493
1800-01-16T16:0013.17-57.182716.7BARBADOSS88W50S84W68.001WMODERATECLEAR0000000143494
1800-01-17T00:003389.3BARBADOSNBS9NNWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000143495