Not logged in
PANGAEA.
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science

García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during LIVERPOOL cruise from Simons Bay to St. Helena started at 1764-07-23 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750485, 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

Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.

RIS CitationBibTeX CitationShow MapGoogle Earth

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: -23.226154 * Median Longitude: 7.146154 * South-bound Latitude: -32.620000 * West-bound Longitude: -2.380000 * North-bound Latitude: -16.070000 * East-bound Longitude: 16.190000
Date/Time Start: 1764-07-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-08-06T00:00:00
Event(s):
Liverpool_17640723_NMM_ADM/L/L168 * Latitude Start: -33.380000 * Longitude Start: 17.270000 * Latitude End: -15.890000 * Longitude End: -5.750000 * Date/Time Start: 1764-07-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-08-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Liverpool (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Simons Bay - St Helena, 1st Observer: John Okes (Captain), 2nd Observer: Martin Waghorn (1st Officer/Master), 3rd Observer: Daniel Robert Lemon (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 586BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 CommentComment
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
282 data points

Data

Download dataset as tab-delimited text — use the following character encoding:


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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
Comment
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1764-07-23T00:00-33.802939.3CAPE GOOD HOPESSE1/2S8FROM, N -THE WNWMODERATE, NOON FRES BREEZESSWELL FROM SW (NOON LARGE)CLOUDY, NOON HAZY0000000151099
1764-07-24T11:00-32.6216.191179.3CAPE GOOD HOPES49E47N49W140.00-18NBW-SEFRESH BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESHAZY0100000151100
1764-07-25T11:00-30.9714.571166.7CAPE GOOD HOPES83E75NW1/2N128.00-19SSE, SEMODERATE BREEZESFOLLOWING SWELLCLOUDY0000000151101
1764-07-26T11:00-29.8213.261396.7CAPE GOOD HOPES46E123N43W91.00-19SSW, SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY, AT NOON FAIR0000000151102
1764-07-27T11:00-27.7311.3215219.0CAPE GOOD HOPES44E177N39W160.00-17SSE, SEBS, SBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLY AND FRESH BREEZES, AT 4 FRESH GALES WHICH I TAKE TO BE THE TRUE SE TRADECLOUDY0000000151103
1764-07-28T11:00-26.609.891526.7CAPE GOOD HOPES?127N38W160.00-17SBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000151104
1764-07-29T11:00-24.437.8914112.3CAPE GOOD HOPEE282S38W165.00-17SSEA BRISK GALEMODERATE WEATHER0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation151105
1764-07-30T12:00-21.436.3214212.3CAPE GOOD HOPEE333N38W152.00-16SSEA STEADY GALEMODERATE WEATHERFOLLOWING SWELL0000000151106
1764-07-31T12:00-20.335.421422.6CAPE GOOD HOPE350N48W67.00-16SSEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST PART FAIR0000000151107
1764-08-01T12:00-19.104.691422.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES48E395N31W60.00-16SSELITTLE WINDSCLOUDY0000000151108
1764-08-02T12:00-18.072.671082.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES48E395N47W49.00-16WBS, SEBN(!)LITTLE WINDSCLOUDY0000000151109
1764-08-03T12:00-18.072.671306.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES48E395N47W94.00-16SEBSMODERATE BREEZESWESTERN SWELLCLOUDY0000000151110
1764-08-04T12:00-16.700.3916612.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPE3E474N58W154.00-14SA BRISK GALE THE FIRST AND LATTER PART0000000151111
1764-08-05T12:00-16.07-2.3814419.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPE3E474N77W160.00-14SSEA FRESH GALEHOLLOW SWELL FROM SSECLOUDY0000000151112
1764-08-06T00:0018019.01SFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000151113