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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 LAMPHITRITE cruise from Brest to St. Domingue started at 1774-03-11 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750302, 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: 27.997333 * Median Longitude: -33.024667 * South-bound Latitude: 19.620000 * West-bound Longitude: -66.750000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.240000
Date/Time Start: 1774-03-11T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-04-09T16:00:00
Event(s):
LAmphitrite_17740311_COTE_4/JJ/39 * Latitude Start: 48.220000 * Longitude Start: -4.760000 * Latitude End: 24.900000 * Longitude End: -73.240000 * Date/Time Start: 1774-03-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-04-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: L'Amphitrite, Voyage: Brest - St Domingue, 1st Observer: De Réals (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
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
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 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:
421 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

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Landmark

Bearing

Comment

Decl [deg]
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Wind dir descr
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Precip descr
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State sea descr
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Gusts
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Rain
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Fog
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Snow
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Thunder
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Hail
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Sea ice
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ID
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1774-04-03T15:0019.78-51.97909.30DU E ET AU ENEBON FRAISBELLE0000000143913
1774-04-04T16:0019.73-54.77696.71DU E AU ENEBON PETITE FRAISBELLE0000000143914
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1774-04-07T16:0019.82-62.521394.64DU ESE AU SEPETITE FRAISBELLE0000000143917
1774-04-08T16:0019.62-64.49946.74DU ESE AU EBON PETITE FRAISBELLE0000000143918
1774-04-09T16:0019.62-66.75944AU E ET AU SVARIABLE0000000143919