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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 LAMBITION cruise from Rochefort to Fort Royal started at 1764-06-14 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750298, 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
Project(s):
Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 30.059032 * Median Longitude: -30.138065 * South-bound Latitude: 14.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.070000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.030000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.340000
Date/Time Start: 1764-06-14T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-07-15T16:00:00
Event(s):
LAmbition_17640614_COTE_4/JJ/22 * Latitude Start: 45.920000 * Longitude Start: -1.800000 * Latitude End: 14.590000 * Longitude End: -61.070000 * Date/Time Start: 1764-06-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-07-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: L'Ambition, Voyage: Rochefort - Fort Royal, 1st Observer: De Cumont (Capitan)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2 LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3 LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4 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.
5 Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6 LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
7 BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
8 --1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
9 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
10 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.
11 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.
12 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
13 Present weatherwwWeather description
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
422 data points

Data

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Date/Time		2 
Latitude		3 
Longitude		4 
dd [deg]		5 
ff [m/s]		6 
Landmark		7 
Bearing		8 
-		9 
Comment		10 
Decl [deg]		11 
Wind dir descr		12 
Wind force descr		13 
ww		14 
Precip descr		15 
State sea descr		16 
Gusts		17 
Rain		18 
Fog		19 
Snow		20 
Thunder		21 
Hail		22 
Sea ice		23 
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1764-06-14T12:0046.03-3.3444.6DEPART DE ROCHEFORT POUR LA MARTINIQUE-19DU N AU NNEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000143608
1764-06-15T13:0044.42-9.88-19TRÉS VARIABLEBRUMEUXGROSSE0010000143609
1764-06-15T13:0045.07-8.0344.6-19DU N AU NNEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPS0000000143610
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1764-06-20T13:0043.08-14.6720616.3-19DU SSO AU SOTRÉS GROS FRAISBRUMEUXGROSSE0010000143614
1764-06-21T13:0042.23-15.28298-17DU SE AU NOTRES VARIABLE ET GROS FRAISMALÉ DE GRAINS1000000143615
1764-06-22T13:0041.05-16.2364.6-17DU SO AU NNEPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000143616
1764-06-23T13:0039.38-17.60296.7-16AU NEJOLY FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000143617
1764-06-24T13:0037.32-19.473009.3-15DU NE AU NOBON FRAISBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000143618
1764-06-25T13:0035.98-20.90278-15DU NNO AU ONOVARIABLEPEU GROSSE0000000143619
1764-06-26T13:0034.23-21.8234516.3-15DU ONO AU NTRÉS GROS FRAISMALÉ DE GRAINSPLUIE1100000143620
1764-06-27T13:0032.87-22.222784.6-15DU NO AU ONOPETITE FRAISGROSSE ET HOULEUSE0000000143621
1764-06-28T14:0031.63-23.15114.6-12DU NNO AU NNEPETITE FRAISBELLE0000000143622
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1764-07-01T14:0028.30-29.7080-10DU NE AU EMALÉ DE GRAINSPLUIE1100000143624
1764-07-02T14:0027.18-31.6337-8AU NEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000143625
1764-07-03T14:0026.03-33.6839-6AU NEBEAU TEMPS0000000143626
1764-07-04T14:0024.88-35.9562-6AU ENEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000143627
1764-07-05T15:0023.52-38.45409.3-5AU NEBON FRAISMALÉ DE GRAINS1000000143628
1764-07-06T15:0022.02-40.5287-3AU EBEAU TEMPS0000000143629
1764-07-07T15:0020.63-42.8789-1AU E ET ESEMALÉ DE GRAINSPLUIE1100000143630
1764-07-08T15:0019.05-45.4811215.4-1AU ESEGROS FRAISPAR GRAINS1000000143631
1764-07-09T15:0017.00-47.709215.42AU EGROS FRAISGROSSE0000000143632
1764-07-10T15:0016.10-50.35479.32AU NEBON FRAIS0000000143633
1764-07-11T15:0014.37-52.07474.62AU NEPETITE FRAISCLAPOLEUSE0000000143634
1764-07-12T16:0014.23-54.80934.63AU EPETITE FRAIS0000000143635
1764-07-13T16:0014.40-57.30939.33AU EBON FRAISGROSSE0000000143636
1764-07-14T16:0014.50-60.27944AU EVARIABLESPAR GRAINS1000000143637
1764-07-15T16:0014.59-61.079414AU EPAR GRAINSPLUIE1100000143638