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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 LYNX cruise from Spithead to Antigua started at 1772-11-13 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750537, 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
Project(s):
Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 24.290800 * Median Longitude: -35.039600 * South-bound Latitude: 16.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.150000 * North-bound Latitude: 42.780000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.250000
Date/Time Start: 1772-11-13T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-12-07T16:00:00
Event(s):
Lynx_17721113_NMM_ADM/L/L273 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 17.000000 * Longitude End: -60.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1772-11-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-12-07T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lynx (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Antigua, 1st Observer: Alexander Scott (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 208BM
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1 DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2 LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3 LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4 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.
5 Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6 LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
7 BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
8 Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
9 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 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
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
478 data points

Data

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1 
Date/Time		2 
Latitude		3 
Longitude		4 
dd [deg]
(Wind direction (from which th...)		5 
ff [m/s]
(calculated from the descripti...)		6 
Landmark
(Name of first landmark)		7 
Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)		8 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)		9 
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 
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)
1772-11-13T13:0042.78-10.25256.7PORTLANDN42E207S41W106.00-20NNE, NEFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEFIRST PART RAIN0100000154798
1772-11-14T13:0040.37-12.68609.3PORTLANDN41E269S38W184.00-19NE, EBNFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH BREEZES, AT 10 STRONG GALESAT 10 RAINLATTER FAIR WEATHER, AT NOON CLOUDY0100000154799
1772-11-15T13:0037.27-13.881719.0PORTLANDN37E331S17W193.00-17EBN, NE, NEBNFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH GALESLATTER FAIR WEATHER, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000154800
1772-11-16T13:0035.38-17.181719.0PORTLANDN39E389S46W163.00-17NBE, NEBNTHESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154801
1772-11-17T13:0033.60-19.871819.0PORTLANDN41E450S51W172.00-16NBE, NEBNTHESE 24 HOURS FRESH GALESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154802
1772-11-18T13:0031.35-22.121919.0PORTLANDN40E503S40W178.00-15NEBN1PM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER, AT NOON FRESH GALESAT NOON FAIR0000000154803
1772-11-19T14:0029.68-23.4321PORTLANDN41E551S43W137.00-13NNE, NEBNFIRST PART FRESH GALESFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000154804
1772-11-20T14:0028.10-25.471006.7PORTLANDN11E593S40W125.00-13NE, E, ESETHESE 24 HOURS MODERATE WEATHER WITH SQUALLS AT TIMES, AT NOON MODERATEAT NOON FAIR0000000154805
1772-11-21T14:0026.37-27.48786.7PORTLANDN41E642S46W150.00-12E, SE, ETHESE 24 HOURS MODERATE WEATHER WITH SQUALLS AT TIMES, AT NOON MODERATEAT NOON FAIR0000000154806
1772-11-22T14:0024.88-29.451256.7PORTLANDN42E689S50W139.00-10SBE, SEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER CLOUDY, AT NOON FAIR0000000154807
1772-11-23T14:0023.83-31.05916.7DESCADAS74W561S54W110.00-10EBSFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER CLOUDY, AT NOON FAIR0000000154808
1772-11-24T14:0022.53-32.451036.7DESCADAS76W533S45W110.00-10SE, ESETHESE 24 HOURS MODERATETHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154809
1772-11-25T14:0021.22-34.28959.3DESCADAS78W494S52W130.00-6SEBE, ESE, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER0000000154810
1772-11-26T14:0020.67-35.701292.6DESCADAS79W467S67W86.00-6SEBE, SETHESE 24 HOURS LIGHT BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154811
1772-11-27T15:0019.88-37.75862.6DESCADAS80W427S68W125.00-4SEBE, EBN, ETHESE 24 HOURS LIGHT BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154812
1772-11-28T15:0018.95-40.531099.3DESCADAS82W374S70W169.00-4E, ESETHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY WEATHER0000000154813
1772-11-29T15:0018.10-43.02889.3DESCADAS84W324S70W150.00-2ETHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY WEATHER0000000154814
1772-11-30T15:0017.45-45.33899.3DESCADAS85W279S73W138.00-1ETHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY WEATHER0000000154815
1772-12-01T15:0017.02-47.121126.7DESCADAS87W248S76W106.00-1ESEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLY, AT NOON MODERATELATTER LIGHTNINGLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FAIR, AT NOON HAZY WEATHER0100100154816
1772-12-02T15:0016.23-49.231256.7DESCADAN89W204S69W131.001ESE, SEBEMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000154817
1772-12-03T15:0016.40-50.93692.6DESCADAS89W171N84W99.001ESE, VARIABLE, ENEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER LITTLE WINDLATTER RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY0100000154818
1772-12-04T16:0016.28-53.151046.7DESCADAS89W129S87W129.003EBN, EBSMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER, AT NOON FAIR0000000154819
1772-12-05T16:0016.28-55.57829.3DESCADAN89W82W140.003EBN, ENE, EBNTHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154820
1772-12-06T16:0016.23-57.9272DESCADAN89W89S89W136.004EBN, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR0100000154821
1772-12-07T16:0016.42-60.15836.7DESCADAS37W5N84W111.004EBNTHESE 24 HOURS MODERATETHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154822