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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 LIZARD cruise from Halifax to Berwick started at 1777-01-20 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750494, 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: 46.079286 * Median Longitude: -33.818571 * South-bound Latitude: 41.670000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.410000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.730000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.960000
Date/Time Start: 1777-01-20T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1777-02-16T12:00:00
Event(s):
Lizard_17770120_NMM_ADM/L/L161 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 49.700000 * Longitude End: -5.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1777-01-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1777-02-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lizard (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Halifax - Berwick, 1st Observer: Philip Hancorne (1st Officer/Master), 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
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 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
538 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 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1777-01-20T16:0044.17-61.413119.3CAPE SAMBROUGHN45W31S45E93.00-15NW, SSW, NWBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151284
1777-01-21T16:0043.60-61.181656.7CAPE SAMBROUGHN39W47S25E49.00-15NNW, NW, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000151285
1777-01-22T16:0042.87-59.013002.6CAPE SAMBROUGHN59W66S65E107.00-15NNW, NWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151286
1777-01-23T16:0042.50-59.585822.6CAPE SAMBROUGHN55W73S39W51.00-10SEBE, NBW, ENESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000151287
1777-01-24T16:0041.83-58.4835022.6CAPE SAMBROUGHN59W101S45E62.00-10NBE, N, NSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN AND HAIL0100010151288
1777-01-25T16:0041.73-55.653496.7CAPE SAMBROUGHN55W135S87E130.00-11NBE, NFIRST FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST CLOUDY, MID AND LATTER CLEAR0000000151289
1777-01-26T16:0041.67-53.75346.7CAPE SAMBROUGHN59W152S88E83.00-11VARIABLE, SEBS, NEFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000151290
1777-01-27T15:0042.03-52.251339.3CAPE SAMBROUGHN69W169N70E65.00-13VARIABLE, SSE, SEBSFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000151291
1777-01-28T15:0042.23-49.252809.3CAPE SAMBROUGHN70W205N89E140.00-13WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151292
1777-01-29T15:0042.68-47.66519.3CAPE SAMBROUGHN72W220N70E79.00-17SSW, ENEFRESH BREEZESFIRST HAZY, MID CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000151293
1777-01-30T15:0043.37-45.531739.3CAPE SAMBROUGHN74W251N68E109.00-18WBS, NNE, SBWFRESH BREEZESFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000151294
1777-01-31T15:0044.22-43.58271.0CAPE SAMBROUGHN82W282N60E102.00-18VARIABLE, NBW, NEFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MID AND LATTER LIGHT AIRSTHICK RAINCLOUDY0000000151295
1777-02-01T15:0044.28-39.2531919.0CAPE SAMBROUGHN87E331N68E159.00-19VARIABLE, NNWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALESDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000151296
1777-02-02T14:0046.00-36.933199.3CAPE SAMBROUGHS89W367N67E110.00-19VARIABLE, SEBS, NNWFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MID CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY0000000151297
1777-02-03T14:0047.02-32.831959.3CAPE SAMBROUGHS86W420N68E165.00-19SWBSFRESH BREEZESRAINFIRST THICK WEATHER, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000151298
1777-02-04T14:0048.00-28.911909.3CAPE SAMBROUGHS84W480N70E170.00-24W, NW, SWBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYSHOWERS OF RAIN1100000151299
1777-02-05T14:0049.10-26.833269.3CAPE SAMBROUGHS82W510N75E90.00-24VARIABLE, EBN, NBWFRESH BREEZESDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000151300
1777-02-06T14:0048.97-24.80670.0CAPE SAMBROUGHS82W505S49E85.00-24NNE, EFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID FRESH GALES, LATTER CALMDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000151301
1777-02-07T13:0048.97-20.882470.0CAPE SAMBROUGHS83W561E157.00-23NNE, WCALMDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000151302
1777-02-08T13:0049.08-18.083602.6CAPE SAMBROUGHS84W593N85E108.00-23NBE, NEBN, NNECALM THEN LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151303
1777-02-09T13:0049.20-14.833602.6CAPE SAMBROUGHS85W641N87E135.00-23N, NNEFIRST AND MID LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000151304
1777-02-10T13:0049.28-10.751121.0LIZARDN89E75N88E147.00-23SSW, SELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000151305
1777-02-11T13:0049.35-9.252929.3LIZARDN89E54N80E71.00-23E, EBN, NWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000151306
1777-02-12T13:0049.73-9.03566.7LIZARDN88E50N67E25.00-23E, EBNFIRST AND MID FRESH RBEEZES, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000151307
1777-02-13T13:0049.73-8.10456.7LIZARDN88E45N89E30.00-23NE, NEBE, ENEFIRST AND MID FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000151308
1777-02-14T12:0049.58-6.75466.7LIZARDN87E36S85E29.00-22NE, NEBE, ENEFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000151309
1777-02-15T12:0049.33-6.41579.3LIZARDN85E29S66E30.00-22NBE, NE, EBNFIRST FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MID LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000151310
1777-02-16T12:0049.70-5.962319.0LIZARDN10E9N80E41.00-22ENE, NNE, NEFRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000151311