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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 Rhinoceros cruise from Louisbourg to Rochefort started at 1755-12-20 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750382, 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: 44.025556 * Median Longitude: -31.207222 * South-bound Latitude: 41.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -54.320000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.530000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.350000
Date/Time Start: 1755-12-20T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1756-01-13T00:00:00
Event(s):
Le_Rhinoceros_17551220_COTE_4/JJ/9 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 45.920000 * Longitude End: -1.800000 * Date/Time Start: 1755-12-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1756-01-13T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Le Rhinoceros (Fregatte), Voyage: Louisbourg - Rochefort, 1st Observer: M. Large (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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
13 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
14 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
15 FogFog1 If fog was reported
16 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
17 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
18 HailHail1 If hail was reported
19 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
20 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
266 data points

Data

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ID
1755-12-20T16:0044.10-54.3223315.4-15DU O AU OSOGROS FRAIS0000000147234
1755-12-21T15:0043.65-50.4527715.4-16DU O AU ONO VARIABLE AU NOGROS FRAIS0000000147235
1755-12-22T15:0043.00-49.792915.4-16DU NO AU NE PASSANT PAR LE SEGROS FRAIS0000000147236
1755-12-23T15:0043.60-47.991879.3-16DU SSE AU SSOBON FRAIS0000000147237
1755-12-24T15:0043.05-44.2230015.4-15DU SO AU NOGROS FRAIS0000000147238
1755-12-25T15:0042.87-39.8530015.4-15DU ONO AU NOGROS FRAISPAR GRAINS VIOLENTSGROSSE0000000147239
1755-12-26T14:0042.82-36.72539.3-15DU NO AU ENE PASSANT PAR LE NBEAU FRAIS0000000147240
1755-12-27T14:0041.88-34.99339.3-12DU ENE AU NEBEAU FRAISPAR GRAINS0000000147241
1755-12-28T14:0041.20-34.171014.6-12DU NE AU ESEPETITE FRAIS0000000147242
1755-12-29T14:0042.40-31.891676.7-13DU SE AU SJOLIE FRAIS0000000147243
1755-12-30T14:0043.57-28.552099.3-16AU SOBEAU FRAIS0000000147244
1755-12-31T14:0043.80-24.7925415.4-16DU SO AU OGROS FRAIS0000000147245
1756-01-01T14:0044.32-23.75294.6-16AU NE ET NNEPETITE FRAIS0000000147246
1756-01-02T13:0044.83-20.672319.3-17DU SSO AU OSOBEAU FRAIS0000000147247
1756-01-03T13:0046.12-16.3727615.4-17DU OSO AU ONOGROS FRAIS0000000147248
1756-01-04T13:0046.60-11.7932115.4-17DU ONO AU NNOGROS FRAIS0000000147249
1756-01-05T13:0047.12-8.0732115.4-17DU NNO VARIABLE AU OSOGROS FRAIS0000000147250
1756-01-06T12:0047.53-3.352979.3-18DU O AU NOBEAU FRAISTRÉS BEAU TEMPS0000000147251
1756-01-07T00:0024815.41MOUILLÉ DANS LE SSODU ONO AU OSOGROS FRAIS0000000147252
1756-01-13T00:002489.31APAREILLÉ ET MOUILLÉ AU ROCHEFORTDU E AU OSOBEAU FRAIS0000000147253