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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 LIVELY cruise from Boston to Spithead started at 1773-10-20 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750474, 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: 45.721364 * Median Longitude: -45.011364 * South-bound Latitude: 41.280000 * West-bound Longitude: -67.060000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.800000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.890000
Date/Time Start: 1773-10-20T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-11-10T13:00:00
Event(s):
Lively_17731020_NMM_ADM/L/L159 * Latitude Start: 41.980000 * Longitude Start: -67.060000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-10-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-11-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lively (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Boston - Spithead, 1st Observer: George Talbot (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Hutt (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G 433BM
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:
420 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)
1773-10-20T16:0041.98-67.063719.0BOSTON LIGHTHOUSEN79W59S79E169.00-8NEFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000150642
1773-10-21T16:0041.28-65.5736219.0BOSTON LIGHTHOUSEN73W83S56E75.00-8VARIABLEFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000150643
1773-10-22T16:0041.55-65.773622.6BOSTON LIGHTHOUSEN75W78N29W18.00-8VARIABLELITTLE WIND0010000150644
1773-10-23T16:0041.45-63.943626.7BOSTON LIGHTHOUSEN79W109S85E69.00-8VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000150645
1773-10-24T16:0042.05-62.36826.7BOSTON LIGHTHOUSEN86W130N61E75.00-8SE, EMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000150646
1773-10-25T16:0043.08-59.242109.3BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES86W161N69E173.00-15W, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000150647
1773-10-26T16:0042.77-56.92746.7BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES88W204N79E105.00-16EMODERATESHOWERS OF RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY1100000150648
1773-10-27T16:0042.93-56.423626.7BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES87W210N85E25.00-16VARIABLEMODERATESHOWERS OF RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY1100000150649
1773-10-28T16:0043.17-55.743626.7BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES86W221N67E34.00-16VARIABLEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE CALMCLOUDY0000000150650
1773-10-29T16:0044.63-52.721429.3BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES81W266N57E161.00-16WNW, SSEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000150651
1773-10-30T15:0045.23-50.992536.7BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES79W294N64E82.00-17WFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000150652
1773-10-31T15:0045.92-49.762539.3BOSTON LIGHTHOUSES80W209N70E55.00-17E, SW, NW, NE, WFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000150653
1773-11-01T15:0045.35-45.7135319.0BOSTONS81W366N81E166.00-18N, NBW, NBEFRESH GALESDRIZZLING RAINHAZY0100000150654
1773-11-02T15:0046.50-43.273319.3BOSTONS78W401N57E128.00-18NW, WNW, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000150655
1773-11-03T15:0048.42-39.822029.3BOSTONS75W447NE1/2E181.00-23SWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000150656
1773-11-04T14:0050.80-36.5119119.0BOSTONS71W502N46E207.00-23S, SBE, SSE, NW, SWBSFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER HEAVY GALES WITH VIOLENT SQUALLS OF WINDLATTER SQUALLS OF RAIN1100000150657
1773-11-05T14:0050.70-33.0429219.0BOSTONS72W549N88E156.00-23NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000150658
1773-11-06T14:0049.75-27.4729222.6BOSTONS76W619S75E221.00-23NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYSOME RAIN0100000150659
1773-11-07T13:0049.75-22.0429222.6BOSTONS79W692S83E221.00-23NNW, NWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYSOME RAINGREAT SWELL FROM NW0100000150660
1773-11-08T13:0049.73-16.5429319.0LIZARDN87E124N83E203.00-23W, NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000150661
1773-11-09T13:0049.33-11.4731622.6LIZARDN80E69S83E207.00-22NNWSTRONG GALES WITH HEAVY SQUALLSHEAVY SQUALLS OF RAIN1100000150662
1773-11-10T13:0049.50-7.8929319.0LIZARDN66E23S86E155.00-22N, NW, NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000150663