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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 Achean to Simons Bay started at 1798-07-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750502, 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: -11.397059 * Median Longitude: 73.386863 * South-bound Latitude: -30.720000 * West-bound Longitude: 33.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 5.520000 * East-bound Longitude: 93.800000
Date/Time Start: 1798-07-25T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1798-09-17T10:00:00
Event(s):
LOiseau_17980725_NMM_ADM/L/L285 * Latitude Start: 5.830000 * Longitude Start: 95.000000 * Latitude End: -33.380000 * Longitude End: 17.270000 * Date/Time Start: 1798-07-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1798-09-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: L'Oiseau (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Achean - Simon'S Bay, 1st Observer: Samuel Hood Linzee (Captain), 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:
957 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 
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)
1798-07-25T06:005.3093.0325012.3ACHEANN82:30E34S79W104.002WSWSTRONG BREEZESHEAVY RAIN0100000151594
1798-07-26T06:005.5292.052729.3ACHEANS77:30E71N77W60.002WFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000151595
1798-07-27T06:004.4593.021439.3ACHEANN70E54S38E84.002SE1/2SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151596
1798-07-28T06:004.0793.321486.7ACHEANN60E52S36E29.002SEBSLIGHT AIRS, MODERATE BREEZESRAIN0100000151597
1798-07-29T06:003.9092.881311.0COCOS ISLS70E56S40E14.002SE1/2ELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000151598
1798-07-30T06:003.6293.221652.6COCOS ISLS74E48SE1/2S21.002SBE1/2ELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000151599
1798-07-31T06:003.4093.801486.7COCOS ISLS76E37S61E27.002SEBSMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000151600
1798-08-01T06:002.9393.002382.6COCOS ISLE50S56E50.002SWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151601
1798-08-02T06:002.7391.822446.7COCOS ISLN87:30E72S78E72.002SWBW1/2WMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000000151602
1798-08-03T06:001.9392.581656.7COCOS ISLN71E62S44E66.002SBE1/2EMODERATE AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000151603
1798-08-04T06:001.1093.42148RODRIGUESS55W735S45E70.002SEBSSQUALLYRAIN0100000151604
1798-08-05T06:000.0093.801436.7RODRIGUESS56:5W724S33E42.002SE1/2SMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151605
1798-08-06T06:000.0093.502271.0RODRIGUESS57:00W722S33W33.002SWCALM THEN LIGHT AIRS0000000151606
1798-08-07T06:00-0.2593.282160.0RODRIGUESS56:41W720S42W20.002SWBSLIGHT AIRS INCLINBALE TO CALMCLEAR0000000151607
1798-08-08T06:00-0.9292.472550.0RODRIGUESS57:30W696S51W63.002WBS1/2SCALM AND VARIABLE WINDS0000000151608
1798-08-09T06:00-2.1792.432506.7RODRIGUESS56:28W664S1W75.002WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000151609
1798-08-10T06:00-2.2593.002616.7RODRIGUESS58:11W656S16W54.002WBSFRESH BREEZES THEN MODERATE BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FORM S0000000151610
1798-08-11T06:00-2.4391.6023812.3RODRIGUESS57:15W638S73W52.002SWBWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151611
1798-08-12T06:00-2.6291.332941.0RODRIGUESS58W648S55W20.001WNWLIGHT AIRS AND CALMCLOUDY0000000151612
1798-08-13T06:00-3.9192.472491.0RODRIGUESS57:30W696S51W63.001WSWMODERATE BREEZES THEN LIGHT AIRSCLOUDYHEAVY RAINS0100000151613
1798-08-14T06:00-4.3091.271811.0RODRIGUESS60:41W628S16W64.001SMODERATE BREEZES THEN LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMRAIN0100000151614
1798-08-15T06:00-4.9090.872150.0RODRIGUESS61:16W615S34W43.001SWBSCALMHEAVY SWELL FROM ESE0000000151615
1798-08-16T06:00-5.2390.681.0RODRIGUESS61:39W590S28W23.001LIGHT BREEZES THEN LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMHEAVY SWELL FROM ESECLEAR0000000151616
1798-08-17T06:00-5.9290.172042.6RODRIGUESS62W590S38W51.001SSWMODERATE BREEZE AND SQUALLY THEN LIGHT BREEZEHEAVY SWELLHAZY0000000151617
1798-08-18T06:00-7.8089.271976.7RODRIGUESS64:24W550S25W124.000SBW1/2WMODERATE BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDYRAIN0100000151618
1798-08-19T06:00-7.7889.332140.0RODRIGUESS64:51W559N76E4.000SWBSCALMHEAVY SWELL FROM ESE0000000151619
1798-08-20T06:00-8.6288.732480.0RODRIGUESS65:54W542S36W62.000WSWCALMHEAVY SWELL FROM SSW0000000151620
1798-08-21T06:00-10.5785.812369.3RODRIGUESS67:41W474S56W210.000SWBWSTRONG BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000151621
1798-08-22T06:00-12.4383.631139.3RODRIGUESS69:45W419S49W170.000ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151622
1798-08-23T07:00-14.1381.231569.3RODRIGUESS72:12W363S54W173.00-2SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151623
1798-08-24T07:00-15.5877.7016712.3RODRIGUESS73:31W289S67W226.00-2SBESTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151624
1798-08-25T07:00-17.2073.9315512.3RODRIGUESS76:20W210S66W243.00-3SSESTRONG BREEZE0000000151625
1798-08-26T07:00-19.0069.7015112.3RODRIGUESS83:35W122S66W270.00-7SSESTRONG BREEZECLOUDY0000000151626
1798-08-27T08:00-20.3365.3014812.3RODRIGUESN75:25W52S72W255.00-10SSESTRONG BREEZECLOUDY0000000151627
1798-08-28T08:00-19.9761.6010112.3FRANCES80W78N84W222.00-12ESESTRONG BREEZECLOUDY0000000151628
1798-09-02T08:00-21.4854.67989.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES67:53W691S56W70.00-15ESEFRESH BREEZES0000000151629
1798-09-03T08:00-22.1853.803621.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES68:32W666S51W67.00-15VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000151630
1798-09-04T09:00-23.5051.602041.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES69:47W616S51W15.00-21SWLIGHT AIRSRAIN0100000151631
1798-09-05T09:00-24.4749.083622.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES69:25W570S69W162.00-21VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000151632
1798-09-06T09:00-25.4047.651142.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES70:16W535S53W99.00-21SELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000151633
1798-09-07T09:00-27.3744.75672.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES72:30W473S56W211.00-23ELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000151634
1798-09-08T09:00-28.3342.082219.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES73:13W426S70W170.00-27WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151635
1798-09-09T09:00-29.0740.332092.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES73:34W383S68W119.00-27SWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151636
1798-09-10T10:00-29.3735.633629.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES70:43W310S85W195.00-28VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000151637
1798-09-11T10:00-30.0434.502536.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES71:12W277-28WBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151638
1798-09-12T10:00-30.7233.371752.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES73:31W263W75.00-28SSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151639
1798-09-13T10:00-29.9533.213552.6-28NNELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151640
1798-09-14T10:00-29.1833.053622.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES80:53W181S49W57.00-28VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000151641
1798-09-15T10:00-28.2834.472652.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES89:49W165S28W95.00-28WNWLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000151642
1798-09-16T10:00-26.7334.2521012.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES88W137N82W107.00-26SWBWSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000151643
1798-09-17T10:00-25.8235.05642.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN89:17W91S74W176.00-26ELIGHT BREEZES0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation151644