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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 LARK cruise from Antigua to Spithead started at 1769-07-02 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750349, 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: 36.002571 * Median Longitude: -46.855714 * South-bound Latitude: 19.370000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.080000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.770000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.840000
Date/Time Start: 1769-07-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-08-06T13:00:00
Event(s):
Lark_17690702_NMM_ADM/L/L34 * Latitude Start: 17.000000 * Longitude Start: -60.500000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1769-07-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-08-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lark (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Antigua - Spithead, 1st Observer: John Falkingham (Captain), 2nd Observer: William James (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 646BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 CommentComment
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
681 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
Comment
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1769-07-02T00:0017.671019.31ENE-EBSFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000144977
1769-07-03T16:0019.37-61.731046.7BARBUDAS3W31N2E92.003ENE-EBSMODERATESOME RAINHAZY0100000144978
1769-07-04T16:0020.88-61.68936.7BARBUDAS2W63N2E96.003NEBE-EMODERATESOME RAINHAZY0100000144979
1769-07-05T16:0022.03-62.08712.6BARBUDAS4:04E85N18W73.003NE, ENELIGHT BREEZESRAIN0100000144980
1769-07-06T16:0023.28-61.73114BARBUDAS1E105N15E63.001ENE, ESESQUALLYRAIN0100000144981
1769-07-07T16:0024.57-61.31114BARBUDAS4W133N18E89.001ESESQUALLYRAIN0100000144982
1769-07-08T16:0025.83-60.931146.7BARBUDAS5:53W159N15E79.001ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000144983
1769-07-09T16:0027.45-60.26916.7BARBUDAS8:21W191N22E99.001EMODERATEFAIR0000000144984
1769-07-10T16:0028.97-60.03886.7BARBUDAS8:14W221N8E91.00-2EMODERATEFAIR0000000144985
1769-07-11T16:0029.50-60.09772.6BARBUDAS7:28W233N6W38.00-2ENE, EBNLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000144986
1769-07-12T16:0029.95-59.93362BARBUDAS7:59W240N24E22.00-2VARIABLESQUALLYRAIN0100000144987
1769-07-13T16:0030.71-60.59776.7BARBUDAS4:40W262N27W79.00-2NE-EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000144988
1769-07-14T16:0031.47-60.81771.0BARBUDAS2:27W268N28W102.00-2NE-EBNLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation144989
1769-07-15T16:0031.93-60.31431.0BARBUDAS5:21W279N43E38.00-2NNW-NELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000144990
1769-07-16T16:0032.97-59.53406.7BARBUDAS7:43W300N35E75.00-5WNW-NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000144991
1769-07-17T16:0033.43-59.531082.6BARBUDAS7:25W311N31.00-5NE-ESELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000144992
1769-07-18T16:0034.43-58.941082.6BARBUDAS8:44W331N27E65.00-5NE-ESELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000144993
1769-07-19T16:0035.55-57.641412.6BARBUDAS11:49W357N46E95.00-5SBW, SEBSLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000144994
1769-07-20T16:0036.13-55.612426.7BARBUDAS16:37W380N68E116.00-6S-WSWMODERATELIGHTNINGCLOUDY0000100144995
1769-07-21T16:0037.00-53.341979.3BARBUDAS21:18W409N67E129.00-6NBW-SSWFRESH BREEZESRAIN0100000144996
1769-07-22T16:0037.42-52.563546.7BARBUDAS23:01W414E1/4N41.00-6WBS, NMODERATEHEAVY RAIN0100000144997
1769-07-23T15:0037.57-50.961462.6BARBUDAS25:38W438N64E91.00-12WSW, SSELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000144998
1769-07-24T15:0038.50-48.332479.3BARBUDAS29:57W471N72E125.00-12SW, WSW, WBSFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000144999
1769-07-25T15:0038.93-46.741689.3BARBUDAS32:10W492N73E95.00-12WSW-SFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000145000
1769-07-26T15:0040.25-43.641579.3BARBUDAS35:02W546N58E179.00-12SBEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000145001
1769-07-27T15:0041.62-40.0316719.0BARBUDAS38:12W603N66E194.00-13SFRESH GALESHAZY0000000145002
1769-07-28T14:0042.80-36.5916219.0BARBUDAS40:50W656N68E182.00-18SFRESH GALESHAZY0000000145003
1769-07-29T14:0043.82-32.7618519.0BARBUDAS43:11W715ENE198.00-18SBW, SSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000145004
1769-07-30T14:0045.17-28.8318519.0BARBUDAS45:28W774ENE1/4E200.00-18SBW, SSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000145005
1769-07-31T14:0046.35-25.2918419.0BARBUDAS47:04W829N69E178.00-19SSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000145006
1769-08-01T13:0047.42-22.112062.6LIZARDN75:53E214N64E158.00-19SSW, SWLIGHT BREEZESLARGE SWELL FROM THE NWCLOUDY0000000145007
1769-08-02T13:0047.62-21.433169.3LIZARDN76E205N7532.00-22NW, NNWFRESH BREEZESRAINYTHICK0100000145008
1769-08-03T13:0048.28-18.731699.3SCILLYN76:29E147ENE131.00-22SSW, SWBW, SBWFRESH BREEZESRAINYTHICK0100000145009
1769-08-04T13:0049.45-15.28214SCILLYN81:57E98ENE163.00-22SWBWTHICK FOG0010000145010
1769-08-05T13:0049.67-11.7617019.0SCILLYN83:12E50N82E166.00-21SW-SBWFRESH GALESTHICK HAZY0000000145011
1769-08-06T13:0049.77-8.8429419.0SCILLYN65:46E14E140.00-21SW-NWFRESH GALESTHICK HAZY0000000145012