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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 LEXPERIMENT cruise from Terre Neuve to Brest started at 1788-09-22 [dataset]. Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales, Paris, France, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750438, 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: 47.013077 * Median Longitude: -32.136923 * South-bound Latitude: 44.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.100000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -8.520000
Date/Time Start: 1788-09-22T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-10-05T13:00:00
Event(s):
Experiment_17880922_COTE_4/JJ/10 * Latitude Start: 45.620000 * Longitude Start: -56.100000 * Latitude End: 48.220000 * Longitude End: -4.760000 * Date/Time Start: 1788-09-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-10-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: L'Experiment, Voyage: Terre Neuve - Brest, 1st Observer: La Riviere (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
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
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 CommentComment
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
185 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...)

Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)

Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)

Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)

Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
10 
ww
(Weather description)
11 
Precip descr
12 
State sea descr
13 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
14 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
15 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
16 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
17 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
18 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
19 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
20 
Comment
21 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1788-09-22T16:0045.62-56.10230APAREILLÉ-18AU OSO ET ESEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000149596
1788-09-23T16:0044.83-54.12297-18AU NO ET NO 1/4 NCOUVERTTRÉS GROSSE0000000149597
1788-09-24T15:0044.75-51.24296-19AU NO ET AU NNOCOUVERTGROSSE0000000149598
1788-09-25T15:0045.38-46.89228-20AU OSOBEAU TEMPSHOULEUSE0000000149599
1788-09-26T15:0046.75-42.422270.0-21AU OSOCALMEBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000149600
1788-09-27T15:0047.72-37.92222-26AU OSO ET ONOBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation149601
1788-09-28T14:0047.72-32.07222-26AU OSO ET O 1/4 NOCOUVERTPETITE PLUIEGROSSE0100000149602
1788-09-29T14:0047.75-29.42267-26AU ONOBRUMEUXHOULEUSE0000000149603
1788-09-30T00:00273AU O 1/4 NO ET OSOBEAU TEMPS0000000149604
1788-10-01T13:0047.67-20.52223-26AU OSO ET O 1/4 SOBEAU TEMPSBELLE0000000149605
1788-10-02T13:0047.78-16.52245-25AU O ET ONOCOUVERTHOULEUSE0000000149606
1788-10-03T13:0048.30-12.92223-25AU OSO ET ONOCOUVERTHOULEUSE0000000149607
1788-10-04T13:0048.47-9.12156-24AU S ET SSO ET SOPAR GRAINS ET PLUVIEUXHOULEUSE0000000149608
1788-10-05T13:0048.43-8.52179-24AU SSOCOUVERT ET PLUVIEUXHOULEUSE0000000149609