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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 LOISEAU cruise from Spithead to Table Bay started at 1796-08-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750497, 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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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: -4.069574 * Median Longitude: -5.324681 * South-bound Latitude: -33.650000 * West-bound Longitude: -25.520000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.200000 * East-bound Longitude: 16.620000
Date/Time Start: 1796-08-16T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-11-17T11:00:00
Event(s):
LOiseau_17960816_NMM_ADM/L/L285 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: -34.430000 * Longitude End: 16.950000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-08-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-11-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: L'Oiseau (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Table Bay, 1st Observer: George Stephens (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Brice (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 38G 913BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
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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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1796-08-16T12:0049.20-6.70216.7S51W66.00-24SE, NEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000151341
1796-08-17T13:0047.55-8.931099.3S42W134.00-26SEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000151342
1796-08-18T13:0045.48-9.88779.3S13W134.00-24EBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000151343
1796-08-19T13:0043.47-10.48779.3CAPE FINNISTERS56E21S12W124.00-24EBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000151344
1796-08-20T13:0041.08-12.50239.3FUNCHALS24W182S32W169.00-22NEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000151345
1796-08-21T13:0039.03-13.72469.3FUNCHALS22W140S32W126.00-22ENEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000151346
1796-08-22T13:0036.98-15.88256.7FUNCHALS13W18S37W154.00-20NEPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000151347
1796-08-23T13:0035.12-17.43256.7FUNCHALS6:30E50S34W136.00-20NEPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000151348
1796-08-24T13:0033.55-18.50256.7FUNCHALS52E30S29W108.00-20NEPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000151349
1796-08-25T13:0032.22-19.70272.6FUNCHALS79E43S37W102.00-18NELIGHT BREEZES0000000151350
1796-08-26T13:0030.18-20.33276.7FUNCHALN48:30E73S15W126.00-18NEMODERATEFINE0000000151351
1796-08-27T13:0027.73-20.258319.0S23W166.00-18EBSFRESH GALEHAZY0000000151352
1796-08-28T13:0025.35-21.508419.0ST ANTONIAS20W153S25W154.00-17EBSFRESH GALEHAZY0000000151353
1796-08-29T14:0022.87-22.883012.3ST ANTONIAS17W119S27W168.00-15NEFRESH TRADEHAZY0000000151354
1796-08-30T14:0020.37-24.32316.7ST ANTONIAS8W65S24W104.00-14NEMODERATEFINE0000000151355
1796-08-31T14:0018.98-24.45316.7ST ANTONIAS10W37S34W101.00-14NEMODERATEHAZY0000000151356
1796-09-01T14:0017.37-25.52336.7ST ANTONIAS73E15S32W111.00-12NEMODERATEFINE0000000151357
1796-09-02T14:0015.68-25.23786.7PORT PRAYAS65E37S9E103.00-12EMODERATEFINE0000000151358
1796-09-03T14:0013.92-24.4278FUEGON3W21S24E116.00-12EFRESHFINE0000100151359
1796-09-04T14:0012.88-24.10786.7S17E65.00-12EMODERATEPLEASANT0000000151360
1796-09-05T14:0010.90-23.02576.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES40:561201S28E135.00-11ENEMODERATEPLEASANT0000000151361
1796-09-06T14:0010.15-23.023622.6S36.00-11VARIABLELIGHT WINDSFINE0000000151362
1796-09-07T14:009.65-22.873622.6TRINIDADAS12E600S11E48.00-11VARIABLELIGHT WINDSFINE0000000151363
1796-09-08T13:008.12-22.172356.7S24E101.00-13WSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000151364
1796-09-09T13:007.43-21.30362S51E72.00-12VARIABLEVARIABLEHEAVY RAIN0100000151365
1796-09-10T13:006.88-19.872136.7S69E89.00-12SWMODERATECLOUDYHEAVY SW SWELL0000000151366
1796-09-11T13:005.73-19.17213S31E83.00-12SWVARIABLEMUCH RAIN0100000151367
1796-09-12T13:005.15-17.78168CAPE MEGURADOS80E130S66E90.00-12SVARIABLEMUCH RAIN0100000151368
1796-09-13T13:004.78-16.581656.7CAPE MEGURADOS74E108S72E76.00-15SMODERATECLOUDY0000000151369
1796-09-14T13:004.28-15.971656.7ST HELENAS26E450S48E50.00-15SMODERATECLOUDY0000000151370
1796-09-15T13:003.25-12.231636.7ST HELENAS26E423S36E80.00-17SMODERATEFINE0000000151371
1796-09-16T13:002.37-11.001646.7ST HELENAS15:39E379S55E91.00-16SMODERATEFINE0000000151372
1796-09-17T13:001.33-9.502096.7ST HELENAS12E353S51E99.00-16SWMODERATEFINE0000000151373
1796-09-18T13:000.77-7.902096.7ST HELENAS70E336S72E101.00-16SWMODERATEFINE0000000151374
1796-09-19T12:000.35-6.302076.7ST HELENAS2E327S76E99.00-18SWMODERATEFINE0000000151375
1796-09-20T12:00-0.15-5.102072.6ST HELENAS2W321S80E74.00-18SWLIGHT BREEZECLOUDY0000000151376
1796-09-21T12:00-0.13-4.032072.6ST HELENAS6W316S72E67.00-18SWLITTLE WINDFINE0000000151377
1796-09-22T12:00-0.48-2.602076.7ST HELENAS11:37W315S73E88.00-18SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000151378
1796-09-23T12:00-0.70-0.752066.7ST HELENAS23W329S82E93.00-19SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000151379
1796-09-24T12:00-1.371.652066.7ST HELENAS21:53W313S53E67.00-19SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000151380
1796-09-25T12:00-1.652.732056.7ST HELENAS30:33W331S75E67.00-20SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000151381
1796-09-26T12:00-1.981.321616.7ST HELENAS26:45W312S77W87.00-19SMODERATECLOUDY0000000151382
1796-09-27T12:00-2.331.103622.6ST HELENAS26:38W304S33W25.00-19VARIABLELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000151383
1796-09-28T12:00-2.821.923622.6ST HELENAS30:09W303S59E57.00-19VARIABLELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000151384
1796-09-29T12:00-3.130.901842.6ST HELENAS27:20W287S72W64.00-19SSWLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000151385
1796-09-30T12:00-4.071.722066.7ST HELENAS32W279S41E75.00-19SWMODERATEFINE0000000151386
1796-10-01T12:00-4.882.422066.7ST HELENAS36:12W275S41E65.00-19SWMODERATEFINE0000000151387
1796-10-02T12:00-5.353.072056.7ST HELENAS39:29W273S54E48.00-20SWMODERATEFINE0000000151388
1796-10-03T12:00-5.703.132056.7ST HELENAS40W269S50E88.00-20SWMODERATEFINE0000000151389
1796-10-04T12:00-5.703.673622.6S60E42.00-20VARIABLELITTLE WINDFINE0000000151390
1796-10-05T12:00-6.123.102052.6ST HELENAS41:41W262S54W42.00-20SWLITTLE WINDFINE0000000151391
1796-10-06T12:00-6.602.321612.6ST HELENAS40:29W245S57W55.00-19SLITTLE WINDFINE0000000151392
1796-10-07T12:00-6.701.551616.7ST HELENAS32W234S84W47.00-19SMODERATECLOUDY0000000151393
1796-10-08T12:00-7.230.671166.7ST HELENAS36W215S59W62.00-19SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000151394
1796-10-09T12:00-7.92-0.851276.7ST HELENAS31:16W187S50W64.00-19SEBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000151395
1796-10-10T12:00-8.98-1.531399.3ST HELENAS30:24W160S32W77.00-19SSEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000151396
1796-10-11T12:00-9.97-2.231399.3ST HELENAS30:22W137S35W73.00-19SSEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000151397
1796-10-12T12:00-10.60-2.781416.7ST HELENAS29W121S41W51.00-17SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000151398
1796-10-13T12:00-11.23-3.701186.7ST HELENAS23:39W102S41W187.00-17SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000151399
1796-10-14T12:00-12.65-4.401189.3ST HELENAS22:43W70S26W95.00-17SEFRESH BREEZEFINE0000000151400
1796-10-15T12:00-14.03-5.101189.3ST HELENAS28W40S27W94.00-17SEFRESH BREEZECLOUDY0000000151401
1796-10-16T12:00-15.60-5.601189.3ST HELENAS33W7S18W99.00-17SEFRESH BREEZEFINE0000000151402
1796-10-17T12:00-17.12-6.631189.3ST HELENAS33:10E28S34W110.00-17SEFRESH BREEZEFINE0000000151403
1796-10-18T12:00-18.50-6.881196.7ST HELENAN21:33E55S10W85.00-16SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000151404
1796-10-19T12:00-20.17-6.573621.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES57:02E526S10E102.00-16VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALM0000000151405
1796-10-20T12:00-20.85-6.173621.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES57:49E512S29E41.00-16VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALMHEAVY SW SWELL0000000151406
1796-10-21T12:00-21.23-6.003621.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES58:19E504S23E25.00-16VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALMHEAVY SW SWELL0000000151407
1796-10-22T12:00-21.35-6.071199.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES52:37E504S28W8.00-16SEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000151408
1796-10-23T12:00-22.50-6.971196.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES61:38E504S36W85.00-16SEMODERATEFINESWELL ABATED0000000151409
1796-10-24T12:00-23.93-7.47989.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES69:45E497S18W90.00-15ESEFIRST MODERATE LATTER FRESH BREEZESFINE0000000151410
1796-10-25T12:00-26.15-7.47649.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES69:28E475S133.00-15EBNFRESH BREEZESFINEHEAVY SEA0000000151411
1796-10-26T12:00-28.05-6.73319.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES73:18E437S19E121.00-14NEFRESH BREEZESFINEHEAVY SEA0000000151412
1796-10-27T12:00-29.28-4.93319.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES75:15E408S52E121.00-14NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDYSMOOTH WATER0000000151413
1796-10-28T12:00-30.18-2.90311.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES76:31E368S62E119.00-14NELIGHT AIRS AND CALM0000000151414
1796-10-29T12:00-30.77-1.603622.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES77:22E340S62E74.00-17VARIABLELITTLE WINDVARIABLE0000000151415
1796-10-30T12:00-29.82-1.23118CAPE OF GOOD HOPES72:10E304S53E105.00-17SEFIRST FRESH BREEZESHAZY AND FINE0000000151416
1796-10-31T12:00-31.001.75736.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES76E287S21E76.00-17EMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151417
1796-11-01T12:00-31.472.483622.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES77:15E273S53E47.00-17VARIABLELIGHT WINDSVARIABLE0000000151418
1796-11-02T12:00-32.082.833621.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES79:33E264S26E42.00-20VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALMVARIABLE AND FINE0000000151419
1796-11-03T12:00-32.503.87251.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES80:40E244S65E60.00-20NELIGHT AIRS AND CALMVARIABLE AND FINE0000000151420
1796-11-04T12:00-32.625.152966.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES80:21E228S84E69.00-19NWMODERATEPLEASANT0000000151421
1796-11-05T12:00-32.857.152966.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES80:04E189S82E103.00-19SW, NWPLEASANT BREEZEFINE0000000151422
1796-11-06T11:00-33.179.471699.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES79:50E149S81E120.00-22SBWFRESH BREEZE AND SQUALLY0000000151423
1796-11-07T11:00-32.3211.621589.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES63:59E121S75E116.00-22SE, SFRESH BREEZE AND SQUALLY0000000151424
1796-11-08T11:00-31.5813.3214519.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES55:29E102N63E96.00-24SBEFRESH GALECLOUDY0000000151425
1796-11-09T11:00-30.6314.6514519.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES39:18E99N50E88.00-24SBEFRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLSCLOUDYRAIN0100000151426
1796-11-10T11:00-30.4015.803626.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES22:56E88N71E64.00-24VARIABLEFIRST FRESH GALES LATTER MODERATEHEAVY SW SWELL0000000151427
1796-11-11T11:00-30.6516.553622.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES22:42E83S68E41.00-24VARIABLELITTLE WINDVARIABLE AND FINESWELL MODERATING0000000151428
1796-11-12T11:00-31.1516.002019.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES48:49E101S68E79.00-24SWFIRST LITTLE WIND, LATTER SQUALLY, ENDS FRESH BREEZESFINE THEN FAIRRAIN0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation151429
1796-11-13T11:00-31.2814.92362CAPE OF GOOD HOPES42:15E86S82E60.00-24VARIABLEVARIABLECLOUDYCONFUSED SEA0000000151430
1796-11-14T11:00-31.4215.521562.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES38:01E78S76E35.00-24WBS, SLITTLE WINDFINEHEAVY SW SWELL0000000151431
1796-11-15T11:00-32.8515.882469.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES51:49E53S12E91.00-24WFRESH BREEZEVERY FINESWELL CONTINUES0000000151432
1796-11-16T11:00-33.1016.323629.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES51E38S55E32.00-24VARIABLEFRESH BREEZEVERY FINE0000000151433
1796-11-17T11:00-33.6516.6215619.0CAPE TOWNS74:12E30S65W78.00-24SFRESH GALEHEAVY SWELLHAZY0000000151434