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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 LILLY cruise from Halifax to Bermuda started at 1800-10-26 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750448, 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: 35.147857 * Median Longitude: -66.892143 * South-bound Latitude: 31.600000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.870000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.850000 * East-bound Longitude: -62.970000
Date/Time Start: 1800-10-26T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-11-08T16:00:00
Event(s):
Lilly_18001026_NMM_ADM/L/L55 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 32.180000 * Longitude End: -63.300000 * Date/Time Start: 1800-10-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-11-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lilly (Sloop), Voyage: Halifax - Bermuda, 1st Observer: Joseph Spear (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 200BM
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
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
11 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.
12 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.
13 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
265 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)

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 
Precip descr
15 
State sea descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1800-10-26T16:0042.85-62.9723322.6CAPE SABLEN72W39S11E102.00-15W, WNW, WSWPM FRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG GALESPM CLOUDY0000000150224
1800-10-27T16:0040.65-64.77250NANTUCKETN86W70S32W151.00-9NE, ESE, N, WBSPM FRESH BREEZES, AT 6 SQUALLY0000000150225
1800-10-28T16:0039.75-65.251419.0CAPE HATTERASS62W191S28W48.00-9N, NNEPM STRONG GALES, AM FRESH GALESPM CLEAR, AM CLOUDY0000000150226
1800-10-29T16:0039.03-66.08146.7CAPE HATTERASS64W173S42W58.00-9NE, NNEPM FRESH BREEZES, AT 9 MORE MODERATE0000000150227
1800-10-30T16:0037.12-67.27406.7WRECK HILLS23E106S25W133.00-5E, NEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEAM CLEAR0000000150228
1800-10-31T17:0036.40-68.50426.7WRECK HILLS45E88S30W124.00-3E, NEMODERATECLEAR0000000150229
1800-11-01T17:0033.35-68.873626.7WRECK HILLS72E73S18W125.00-3VARIABLEMODERATE, AT 5 FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEAM CLEAR0000000150230
1800-11-02T17:0031.72-68.1068WRECK HILLN79E5S23E107.000ENEPM LIGHT BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000150231
1800-11-03T17:0031.60-67.67349.3WRECK HILLN76E48S72E27.000NEBNAM FRESH BREEZESAM CLOUDY0000000150232
1800-11-04T17:0032.05-67.923622.6WRECK HILLN85E52N27W30.000NBE, VARIABLE, NEBE, VARIABLEPM FRESH BREEZES, AT 4 STRONG GALES, AT NOON LIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000150233
1800-11-05T17:0031.82-68.12686.7WRECK HILLN84E56S26W22.000VARIABLE, ENEPM LIGHT AIRS, AT NOON MODERATEAM RAINA HEAVY SWELLPM CLOUDY, AM CLOUDY0100000150234
1800-11-06T17:0031.65-67.82119.3WRECK HILLN77E53S77E15.000SW, NBEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH GALES, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESAM RAINPM CLOUDY, AT NOON HAZY0100000150235
1800-11-07T16:0032.05-67.13432.6WRECK HILLN84E41N53E43.00-2N, NEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE, AT NOON LIGHT BREEZESPM CLEAR, AM CLOUDY, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000150236
1800-11-08T16:0032.03-66.023586.7WRECK HILLNEBE5E57.00-2NPM LIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEPM CLEAR, AT NOON CLEAR0000000150237