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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 Spithead to Leeward Islands started at 1758-12-26 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750334, 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: 34.484762 * Median Longitude: -23.608095 * South-bound Latitude: 22.980000 * West-bound Longitude: -37.620000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.300000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.730000
Date/Time Start: 1758-12-26T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1759-01-15T15:00:00
Event(s):
Lancaster_17581226_NMM_ADM/L/L15 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 22.980000 * Longitude End: -37.620000 * Date/Time Start: 1758-12-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1759-01-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lancaster (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Leeward Islands, 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 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:
397 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)
1758-12-26T13:0048.65-8.731846.7SCILLYN61E53S61W160.00-19SSE, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000144262
1758-12-27T13:0049.17-11.55296SCILLYN79:53E86N79W116.00-19SW, NWMODERATE, 9AM SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000144263
1758-12-28T13:0049.30-12.3534119.0SCILLYN82E93N75W33.00-19NFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000144264
1758-12-29T13:0046.00-15.00343SCILLYN59:37E152S29W121.00-18NSQUALLYSHOWERS OF HAIL AND RAIN1100010144265
1758-12-30T13:0043.28-16.6034319.0SCILLYN49:51E205S22W181.00-18NFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000144266
1758-12-31T13:0040.67-18.024119.0SCILLYN44:3E258S22W170.00-15NEBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000144267
1759-01-01T13:0039.00-18.80306.7SCILLYN41:36E291S21W102.00-15NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000144268
1759-01-02T13:0037.37-19.603016.7SCILLYN39:28E323S20W108.00-14NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000144269
1759-01-03T13:0036.68-19.883016.7SCILLYN38:40E340SSW1/2W46.00-14NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000144270
1759-01-04T13:0035.97-20.773622.6SCILLYN38:45E362S40W67.00-14VARIABLELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000144271
1759-01-05T13:0034.44-22.463622.6SCILLYN39:50E421S44W106.00-14VARIABLELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000144272
1759-01-06T14:0032.92-24.141122.6SCILLYN40:10E421S44W106.00-12CALM, NNE, SEBELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000144273
1759-01-07T14:0031.40-25.8012422.6SCILLYN39:52E483SW3/4S184.00-11SELITTLE WIND, AT NOON STRONG GALESFAIR0000000144274
1759-01-08T14:0028.60-28.1812619.0SCILLYN39:24E552SW3/4S208.00-9SEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000144275
1759-01-09T14:0025.80-30.5012819.0SCILLYN39:07E624SW3/4S208.00-7SEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000144276
1759-01-10T14:0025.27-31.401512.6SCILLYN39:34E640S58W60.00-7NE, SSELITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000144277
1759-01-11T14:0025.18-31.581732.6SCILLYN39:41E644S62W11.00-7CALM, SLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000144278
1759-01-12T14:0024.68-32.32382.6SCILLYN39:28E659S53W51.00-7SBE, W, NELITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000144279
1759-01-13T14:0023.70-34.202192.6SCILLYN41:29E701S66W146.00-6EBN, SWLITTLE WINDSWELL FROM NCLOUDY0000000144280
1759-01-14T14:0023.12-36.271746.7SCILLYN42:22E727S67W91.00-6SW, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000144281
1759-01-15T15:0022.98-37.621766.7SCILLYN43:28E743S84W73.00-4SMODERATECLOUDY0000000144282