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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 Le Furet cruise from Saint Pierre-Terre Neuve to Brest started at 1787-12-01 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750370, 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: 46.305625 * Median Longitude: -33.672500 * South-bound Latitude: 44.620000 * West-bound Longitude: -55.250000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.550000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.320000
Date/Time Start: 1787-12-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1787-12-18T00:00:00
Event(s):
Le_Furet_17871201_COTE_4/JJ/12 * Date/Time Start: 1787-12-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1787-12-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Le Furet (L'Aviso), Voyage: Saint Pierre-Terre Neuve - Brest, 1st Observer: M. Du Beaulieu (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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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.
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.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
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:
276 data points

Data

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State sea descr
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Gusts
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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
1787-12-01T00:0046.682031DEPART DE ST. PIERRE DE NIQUELON POUR BRESTAU SSO ET O ET ONOVARIABLEBEAU TEMPS0000000146216
1787-12-02T16:0046.10-52.7023015.4-18DU SSE AU OSO ET SEGRAND FRAISPAR GRAINSPETITE PLUIETRÉS GROSSE0100000146217
1787-12-03T16:0046.07-55.251409.3-18AU SSE ET SO ET ONOBON FRAISCOUVERTPLUIEGROSSE0100000146218
1787-12-04T15:0045.50-52.002969.3-19AU NO ET NNO ET N ET NNEBON FRAISCOUVERTPLUIEGROSSE0100000146219
1787-12-05T15:0045.30-49.7549.3-19AU NNE ET AU ENEBON FRAISCOUVERTPLUIE0100000146220
1787-12-06T15:0045.68-46.202504.6-20DU NNO AU O ET NO ET NNEPETITE FRAISBRUME EPAISSEPETITE PLUIETRÉS GROSSE0100000146221
1787-12-07T15:0045.48-45.04315.4-20AU NNE ET NNO ET NGRAND FRAISCOUVERT ET BRUME EPAISSEPLUIEEXTREMEMENT GROSSE0100000146222
1787-12-08T15:0045.98-41.293409.3-20AU N ET NNO ET NOBON FRAISCOUVERT ET BRUMEUXPETITE PLUIEGROSSE0100000146223
1787-12-09T14:0044.62-36.692726.7-21AU ONOJOLIE FRAISPAR GRAINSPLUIE PAR INTERVALLESUN PEU HOULEUSE0100000146224
1787-12-10T14:0044.83-33.542949.3-21AU NO ET SSOBON FRAISASSEZ BEAU TEMPSGROSSE0000000146225
1787-12-11T14:0045.60-30.642036.7-22AU SO ET SSOJOLIE FRAISBEAU TEMPS. PAR GRAINSGROSSE PLUIEHOULEUSE. GROSSE0100000146226
1787-12-12T14:0045.93-26.092719.3-22AU ONO ET OSOBON FRAISCOUVERTPLUIE PAR INTERVALLESGROSSE0100000146227
1787-12-13T13:0046.82-21.592480.0-22AU O ET ONOCALMEBEAU TEMPS. ASSEZ PAR GRAINSBELLE0000000146228
1787-12-14T13:0048.03-17.692454.6-25AU O ET OSOPETITE FRAISBEAU TEMPSCLAPOLEUSE0000000146229
1787-12-15T13:0048.25-13.972686.7-25AU ONO ET OSOJOLIE FRAISCOUVERTBEAUCOUP DE PLUIEGROSSE0100000146230
1787-12-16T13:0048.15-10.001799.3-24AU SSO ET OSOBON FRAISCOUVERTPLUIEGROSSE0100000146231
1787-12-17T12:0048.55-6.322709.3-23AU ONO ET OSOBON FRAISCOUVERT ET BRUMEUXGROSSE0000000146232
1787-12-18T00:002481AU OSO0000000146233