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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 LANCASTER cruise from Teneriffe to Halifax started at 1758-04-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750333, 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: 31.934286 * Median Longitude: -61.011905 * South-bound Latitude: 28.430000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 40.300000 * East-bound Longitude: -55.120000
Date/Time Start: 1758-04-08T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1758-04-28T16:00:00
Event(s):
Lancaster_17580408_NMM_ADM/L/L15 * Latitude Start: 29.280000 * Longitude Start: -17.560000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1758-04-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1758-04-28T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lancaster (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Teneriffe - Halifax, 1st Observer: Robert Man (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Buckner (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 66G 1478BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
393 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1758-04-08T16:0028.67-55.1226719.0SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS89:13E675N31W75.00-3WFRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM NW0000000144241
1758-04-09T16:0028.70-56.302676.7SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS87:36E680N87W16.00-3WMODERATEHAZY0000000144242
1758-04-10T16:0028.43-55.801102.6SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS89:40E688S59W32.00-3WNW, CALM, ESELITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000144243
1758-04-11T16:0029.42-56.80278SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS88:02E709N42W86.00-3S, WBNVARIABLE WEATHERGREAT QUANTITY OF RAIN0100000144244
1758-04-12T16:0029.50-57.95431.0SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS87:57E738W5N68.00-2NELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000144245
1758-04-13T16:0029.70-59.522231.0SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS87:42E748NW3/4W82.00-2SSE, SWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000144246
1758-04-14T16:0029.68-59.77268SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS87:46E761W1S13.00-2WSQUALLY0000000144247
1758-04-15T16:0028.87-60.3731322.6SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS89:1E769S32W58.00-2NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000144248
1758-04-16T16:0028.63-60.853136.7SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS89:23E779S61W36.00-2NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000144249
1758-04-17T16:0028.92-60.973626.7SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS88:57E782N17W15.00-2VARIABLEMODERATELARGE SWELL FROM NECLOUDY0000000144250
1758-04-18T16:0029.77-61.502466.7SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS87:44E793N29W57.00-2S, WSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000144251
1758-04-19T16:0030.15-62.05436.7SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS87:11E794N51W37.00-2NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000144252
1758-04-20T16:0031.18-63.03456.7SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS86:21E811N58W72.000NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000144253
1758-04-21T16:0032.22-63.9045SOUTH END OF TENERIFFS84:22E820N22W93.000NEVARIABLE0000000144254
1758-04-22T16:0032.77-64.203566.7BURMUDASS60W11N60E34.00-4ENE, CALM, NMODERATECLOUDY0000000144255
1758-04-23T16:0032.97-64.203626.7BURMUDASS46:41E14N12.00-4VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000144256
1758-04-24T16:0034.37-64.502666.7BURMUDASS7:09W36N10W86.00-4WMODERATECLOUDY0000000144257
1758-04-25T16:0037.33-64.50266BURMUDASS2:45W97N178.00-4WVARIABLE WEATHER0000000144258
1758-04-26T16:0039.12-64.2830719.0BURMUDASS3:30W132N1/2E108.00-8NWFRESH GALESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHAZY0000100144259
1758-04-27T16:0040.30-63.2130719.0BURMUDASS9:11W165N35E87.00-8NWFRESH GALESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHAZY0000100144260
1758-04-28T16:0039.92-62.4330622.6BURMUDASS14:1W153S59E41.00-9NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000144261