García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during LAUNCESTON cruise from Halifax to Plymouth started at 1769-09-07 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750354, 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):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 46.534375 * Median Longitude: -27.991875 * South-bound Latitude: 42.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.780000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.920000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.000000
Date/Time Start: 1769-09-07T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-10-08T12:00:00
Event(s):
Launceston_17690907_NMM_ADM/L/L53 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1769-09-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-10-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Launceston (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Halifax - Plymouth, 1st Observer: Robert Kerr (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Hunter (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 678BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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 speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 15 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 16 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 17 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 18 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 19 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 20 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 21 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 22 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 23 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 24 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 25 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
603 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1769-09-07T16:00 | 42.00 | -61.78 | 59 | CAPE SAMBRO | N59E | 55 | S31E | 63.00 | -9 | E, ENE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145337 | |||||
| 1769-09-08T16:00 | 42.00 | -59.20 | 306 | 6.7 | CAPE SAMBRO | N59W | 80 | N85E | 136.00 | -9 | NE, N, NW | FIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | FIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145338 | |||
| 1769-09-09T16:00 | 42.72 | -57.10 | 164 | 9.3 | CAPE SAMBRO | N78E | 104 | N73E | 90.00 | -16 | NW, SSW, S | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FAIR, LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145339 | |||
| 1769-09-10T16:00 | 43.60 | -53.65 | 209 | 9.3 | CAPE SAMBRO | N82W | 143 | N75E | 168.00 | -16 | SBW, SWBS, SW | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145340 | |||
| 1769-09-11T15:00 | 43.87 | -51.58 | 6 | 6.7 | CAPE SAMBRO | N86W | 172 | N86E | 93.00 | -17 | SW, NBE, NNE | MODERATE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145341 | |||
| 1769-09-12T15:00 | 43.50 | -49.65 | 62 | 6.7 | CAPE SAMBRO | N85W | 199 | S75E | 76.00 | -17 | NE, NBE, EBN | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145342 | |||
| 1769-09-13T15:00 | 42.65 | -47.96 | 73 | 6.7 | CAPE SAMBRO | N82W | 231 | S53E | 86.00 | -17 | EBN, NE, E | FIRST PARTS LITTLE WINDS, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE | FIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145343 | |||
| 1769-09-14T15:00 | 43.77 | -47.10 | 118 | 9.3 | CAPE SAMBRO | N85W | 239 | N32E | 75.00 | -17 | E, ESE, SEBS, SE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZES | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLEAR, LATTER FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145344 | |||
| 1769-09-15T15:00 | 44.00 | -45.65 | 343 | 22.6 | CAPE SAMBRO | N87W | 272 | N75E | 64.00 | -17 | SE, S, NBW, N | MOST PART STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145345 | ||||
| 1769-09-16T15:00 | 44.40 | -42.65 | 287 | 22.6 | CAPE SAMBRO | W1/4N | 310 | N83E | 124.00 | -17 | NBW, NWBN, NWBW | STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145346 | ||||
| 1769-09-17T15:00 | 44.60 | -39.08 | 298 | 22.6 | CAPE SAMBRO | W1/4S | 360 | N85E | 160.00 | -17 | NW, WNW, NW | STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145347 | ||||
| 1769-09-18T14:00 | 44.58 | -35.83 | 297 | 19.0 | LIZARD | N77E | 420 | N86E | 140.00 | -18 | NW | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145348 | |||
| 1769-09-19T14:00 | 45.00 | -33.90 | 207 | 9.3 | LIZARD | N73E | 387 | N85E | 85.00 | -18 | SW, NWBW, SW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, THEN FRESH BREEZES | LARGE SWELL FROM NW | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145349 | ||
| 1769-09-20T14:00 | 45.72 | -30.93 | 5 | 2.6 | LIZARD | N76E | 350 | N76E | 130.00 | -18 | SW, SSW, VARIABLE, SWBW, NNE | FIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZES | FIRST PART THUNDER AND LIGHTNING | FIRST PART HARD RAIN | MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145350 | |
| 1769-09-21T14:00 | 45.78 | -29.06 | 241 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N75E | 328 | N87E | 76.00 | -18 | NNE, NWBN, WBS | MODERATE BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145351 | |||
| 1769-09-22T14:00 | 46.42 | -25.58 | 296 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N75E | 237 | N76E | 158.00 | -19 | WSW, W, NW | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE | LATTER FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145352 | |||
| 1769-09-23T14:00 | 46.87 | -22.96 | 330 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N75E | 235 | N78E | 111.00 | -19 | NWBW, WSW, NBW | MODERATE | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145353 | |||
| 1769-09-24T13:00 | 47.87 | -21.20 | 259 | 19.0 | LIZARD | N78E | 199 | N55E | 92.00 | -22 | NBW, WBS, WBN | FIRST PART LITTLE WINDS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES | LARGE SWELL FROM N | MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145354 | ||
| 1769-09-25T13:00 | 48.00 | -19.97 | 124 | 2.6 | LIZARD | N79E | 180 | N75E | 57.00 | -22 | NW, NNE, SEBS | FIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LITTLE WINDS | FIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145355 | |||
| 1769-09-26T13:00 | 49.00 | -17.92 | 237 | 19.0 | LIZARD | N83E | 153 | N64E | 92.00 | -22 | SE, WSW, WBS | FIRST PART LITTLE WINDS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145356 | |||
| 1769-09-27T13:00 | 49.50 | -14.42 | 237 | 19.0 | CAPE CLEAR | N73E | 114 | N82E | 146.00 | -22 | WSW, SWBS, WBS | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145357 | ||||
| 1769-09-28T13:00 | 49.35 | -11.17 | 238 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N79E | 58 | S84E | 134.00 | -21 | WBS | MODERATE BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145358 | |||
| 1769-09-29T13:00 | 49.17 | -8.41 | 24 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N66E | 28 | S85E | 107.00 | -21 | WBS, NBE, NE | FIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE | MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145359 | |||
| 1769-09-30T12:00 | 49.73 | -7.48 | 103 | 6.7 | SCILLY | N74E | 16 | N13E | 32.00 | -21 | CALM, E, SEBE | FIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE | MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145360 | |||
| 1769-10-01T13:00 | 49.73 | -7.58 | 114 | SCILLY | N61E | 8 | N76E | 22.00 | -21 | SEBE, SE | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145361 | |||||
| 1769-10-02T13:00 | 49.92 | -7.68 | 80 | 6.7 | SCILLY | EBS1/2S | 9 | N74E | 19.00 | -21 | SE, SEBE, EBS | MODERATE BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145362 | |||
| 1769-10-03T13:00 | 49.00 | -8.24 | 69 | 19.0 | SCILLY | N29E | 19 | N23W | 54.00 | -21 | ESE, EBS, E | FRESH GALES THE MOST PART | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145363 | |||
| 1769-10-04T13:00 | 49.00 | -7.98 | 24 | 6.7 | SCILLY | N12E | 17 | N67E | 17.00 | -21 | EBN, NE | MODERATE BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145364 | |||
| 1769-10-05T13:00 | 49.45 | -8.24 | 47 | 6.7 | SCILLY | N16W | 11 | N46E | 26.00 | -21 | NEBN, E, ENE | MODERATE BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145365 | |||
| 1769-10-06T13:00 | 49.25 | -8.93 | 24 | 19.0 | SCILLY | N43W | 19 | S71E | 32.00 | -21 | NEBE, NE | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145366 | ||||
| 1769-10-07T12:00 | 49.37 | -6.86 | 24 | 19.0 | SCILLY | N54W | 20 | N69E | 13.00 | -21 | NEBN, NE | FIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH GALES | LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145367 | |||
| 1769-10-08T12:00 | 49.28 | -6.00 | 13 | 6.7 | LIZARD | N32E | 16 | S85E | 35.00 | -21 | NBE, NEBN | MODERATE BREEZES | FAIR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145368 |