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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 Yarmouth to Antigua started at 1774-06-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750539, 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: 31.146897 * Median Longitude: -28.496897 * South-bound Latitude: 16.550000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.040000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.450000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.500000
Date/Time Start: 1774-06-14T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-07-22T16:00:00
Event(s):
Lynx_17740614_NMM_ADM/L/L273 * Latitude Start: 48.730000 * Longitude Start: -7.500000 * Latitude End: 17.000000 * Longitude End: -60.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1774-06-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-07-22T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Lynx (Sloop), Voyage: Yarmouth - Antigua, 1st Observer: Alexander Scott (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 208BM
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 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
Size:
564 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 
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)
1774-06-14T13:0048.73-7.5016922.6LIZARDN51E39S51W116.00-22W, SBE, SBWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER STRONG GALESFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000154858
1774-06-15T13:0049.45-9.5219219.0LIZARDN60E68N64W94.00-22SBW, SWBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER0000000154859
1774-06-16T13:0049.30-10.072716.7FINISTERES3E123N71W24.00-22WSW, WBS, WNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PART STRONG GALES, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY WEATHER, LATTER FAIR0000000154860
1774-06-17T13:0048.03-10.853166.7FINISTERES9E98SSW81.00-22WNW, NNWTHESE 24 HOURS BREEZESRAIN0100000154861
1774-06-18T13:0047.17-11.052276.7FINISTERES13E82S9W53.00-21NW, WSWTHESE 24 HOURS BREEZESRAIN0100000154862
1774-06-19T13:0045.72-10.202279.3FINISTERES9E154S23E74.00-21SWBW, WSWTHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY AT TIMESTHESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY WEATHER0000000154863
1774-06-20T13:0043.35-11.502839.3FINISTERES83E26SSW144.00-21NWBWTHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY AT TIMESTHESE 24 HOURS CLOUDY WEATHER0000000154864
1774-06-21T13:0040.92-13.533309.3MADEIRAS21W175S32W170.00-19NBWFRESH BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000154865
1774-06-22T13:0038.73-14.103419.3MADEIRAS24W129S10W144.00-19NTHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154866
1774-06-23T13:0036.57-14.503539.3MADEIRAS32W91S10W117.00-18NBETHESE 24 HOURS FRESH BREEZESTHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154867
1774-06-24T13:0034.83-14.8356.7PORTO SANCTOS20W35S10W105.00-18NNEMODERATEFAIR WEATHER0000000154868
1774-07-04T00:001356.7MADEIRANNE8CALM, NE, SEFIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZE, AT NOON MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY WEATHER, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR WE0000000154869
1774-07-05T13:0031.17-18.92986.7MADEIRAN55E41S55W124.00-15ESE, SE, ESELIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATEFAIR WEATHER0000000154870
1774-07-06T13:0030.23-20.77986.7MADEIRAN53E80S55W120.00-15ESEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR WEATHER0000000154871
1774-07-07T14:0029.05-22.921006.7MADEIRAN54E127S58W131.00-13ESEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR WEATHER0000000154872
1774-07-08T14:0027.50-25.52436.7MADEIRAN55E180S56W165.00-13NEBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR WEATHER0000000154873
1774-07-09T14:0026.57-28.57586.7MADEIRAN59E236S70W174.00-10ENEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR WEATHER0000000154874
1774-07-10T14:0025.77-31.1769MADEIRAN61E284S68W151.00-10EBNFIRST PART MODERATEFIRST PART DRIZZLING RAINFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0100000154875
1774-07-11T14:0024.98-33.7271MADEIRAN63E331S71W146.00-8EBNFIRST PART MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0000000154876
1774-07-12T14:0024.40-36.1471MADEIRAN64E376S75W137.00-8EBNFIRST PART MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0000000154877
1774-07-13T15:0023.88-38.6273MADEIRAN66E421S77W140.00-6EBNFIRST PART MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0000000154878
1774-07-14T15:0023.03-40.94736.7DISEADAS71W394S68W138.00-6EBNMODERATERAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY WEATHER, AT NOON FAIR WEATHER0100000154879
1774-07-15T15:0022.33-42.92666.7DISEADAS71W354S69W18.00-2ENETHESE 24 HOURS MODERATETHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154880
1774-07-16T15:0021.43-44.90886.7DISEADAS73W313S63W124.00-2ETHESE 24 HOURS MODERATETHESE 24 HOURS FAIR WEATHER0000000154881
1774-07-17T15:0020.40-47.05776.7DISEADAS76W266WSW137.00-2EBNMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000154882
1774-07-18T15:0019.47-49.42796.7DISEADAS73W215SW1/2W146.000EBNMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000154883
1774-07-19T15:0018.70-51.67796.7DISEADAS75W165S70W136.000EBNMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER, AT NOON FAIR0000000154884
1774-07-20T16:0017.67-53.27806.7DISEADAS81W136SWBW110.001EBNMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000154885
1774-07-21T16:0017.33-55.20716.7ANTIGUAS88W122S80W113.003ENEMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000154886
1774-07-22T16:0016.55-57.041166.7DISEADAS89W72S66W116.003NEBE, ESEMODERATEFAIR WEATHER0000000154887