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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 MACQUEEN cruise from Downs to Bengal started at 1826-02-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750570, 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: -1.177767 * Median Longitude: 9.570874 * South-bound Latitude: -40.020000 * West-bound Longitude: -29.030000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.600000 * East-bound Longitude: 85.220000
Date/Time Start: 1826-02-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1826-05-23T06:00:00
Event(s):
Macqueen_18260210_NMM_LOG/C/71 * Latitude Start: 47.720000 * Longitude Start: -5.280000 * Latitude End: 20.120000 * Longitude End: 88.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1826-02-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1826-05-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Macqueen, Voyage: Downs Uk - Bengal, 1st Observer: James Walter (Captain), Company: EIC
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
12 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
13 ClearnessClearness
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1445 data points

Data

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ID
1826-02-10T12:0050.60-0.17891-24SE, E, ESEFIRST PART A LIGHT BREEZE AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER INCREASINGFINE WEATHER0000000156220
1826-02-11T12:0049.67-4.431336.71-25SE, SSETHROUGHOUT A PLEASANT BREEZESFINE WEATHER0000000156221
1826-02-12T12:0049.10-5.702456.7-25WFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS A STRONG BREEZE, LATTER MODERATEA HEAVY SWELL THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156222
1826-02-13T12:0049.10-7.1020019.0-25SWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS A MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER PART A FRESH GALE0000000156223
1826-02-14T13:0049.45-7.571536.7-27SFIRST PART A HARD GALE, MIDDLE PART CALM, LATTER A PLEASANT BREEZEMIDDLE PART A HEAVY SEAFINE WEATHER0000000156224
1826-02-15T13:0049.35-9.8224319.0-27SBE, SSW, WA FRESH GALES THROUGHOUT WITH SQUALLSDRIZZLING RAIN IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART0100000156225
1826-02-16T13:0049.17-10.051989.3-27NW, SWFIRST PART HARD SQUALLS, MIDDLE VARIABLE, LATTER A FRESH BREEZE0000000156226
1826-02-17T13:0048.81-9.632096.7-27SWBWFIRST PART A HARD GALE, MIDDLE AND LATTER MORE MODERATE WITH SQUALLSRAIN AND HAIL AT TIMES0100010156227
1826-02-18T13:0048.45-9.222887.3-27NBW, NWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS HARD SQUALLS, LATTER AN INCREASING BREEZEFIRST AND MIDLE HAILA HEAVY SWELL THROUGHOUT0000010156228
1826-02-19T13:0048.10-8.8028819.0-27NWFIRST PART A MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER A FRESH GALE WITH CONSTANT SQUALLSDRIZZLING RAIN AT TIMES0100000156229
1826-02-20T13:0047.74-8.382212.6-27W, WSWFIRST PART A FRESH GALE, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER A LIGHT BREEZEA CONFUSED SWELL THROUGHOUTLATTER HAZY WEATHER0000000156230
1826-02-21T13:0047.38-7.9721112.3-25SW, NNW, S, SWBWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS VARIABLE, LATTER PART STRONG BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000156231
1826-02-22T13:0047.88-9.7022115.4-27SW, WSWA MODERATE GALE THROUGHOUTA HEAVY SEACLOUDY WEATHER0000000156232
1826-02-23T13:0046.57-9.622239.3-25WSWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLSRAINA HEAVY SWELL FROM THE SW0100000156233
1826-02-24T13:0044.83-10.32268-25NW, NNW, N, WNWFIRST PART A FRESH BREEZE, MIDDLE AND LATTER VARIABLEA HEAVY SWELL THROUGHOUT0000000156234
1826-02-25T13:0042.93-10.373626.7-25WBN, VARIABLEA MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156235
1826-02-26T13:0041.23-12.20456.7-23NW, ENEA MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUTA HEAVY SWELL FROM NW0000000156236
1826-02-27T13:0039.52-14.33-23FIRST AND MIDDLE PART WIND AT NE, LATTER PART DRAWING ROUNDFINE WEATHER0000000156237
1826-02-28T13:0038.18-16.201352.6-23NW, SSEA LIGHT BREEZE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156238
1826-03-01T13:0036.87-16.881136.7-22SBE, SEA MODERATE BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156239
1826-03-02T13:0034.83-18.053626.7-22VARIABLEA MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156240
1826-03-03T13:0033.98-19.021472.6-22SBEA LIGHT BREEZE THROUGHOUTHAZY WEATHER0000000156241
1826-03-04T13:0033.68-18.873621.0-22VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND CALMS THROUGHOUT0000000156242
1826-03-05T13:0032.67-19.331361.0-22WBS, NNE, SE, SSELIGHT VARIABLE AIRS THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156243
1826-03-06T13:0031.55-20.181262.6-20SEBSA LIGHT BREEZE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156244
1826-03-07T13:0030.55-20.70252.6-20VARIABLE, NEA LIGHT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156245
1826-03-08T13:0028.67-21.232952.6-20NEBN, NWA LIGHT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156246
1826-03-09T13:0027.15-21.482292.6-19NW, VARIABLE, WSWA LIGHT BREEZES THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156247
1826-03-10T13:0025.48-21.503302.6-19NWBW, NBWA LIGHT BREEZE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156248
1826-03-11T14:0023.17-22.7012.3-18A STEADY TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156249
1826-03-12T14:0021.83-23.43296.7-16NEA LIGHT TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156250
1826-03-13T14:0020.22-24.32296.7-16NEA LIGHT TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156251
1826-03-14T14:0018.15-25.582912.3-16NEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART A LIGHT TRADE, LATTER A FRESH TRADEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FINE, LATTER CLOUDY0000000156252
1826-03-15T14:0014.03-25.803012.3-15NEA FRESH TRADE THROUGHOUTHAZY WEATHER0000000156253
1826-03-16T14:0011.90-25.00429.3-14NEBEA PLEASANT TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156254
1826-03-17T14:009.67-24.63316.7-14ENE, NEMODERATEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156255
1826-03-18T14:008.63-22.5296.7-14NNEA LIGHT TRADE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156256
1826-03-19T13:007.35-21.523456.7-15NNW, NMODERATEFINE WEATHER0000000156257
1826-03-20T13:005.08-20.471912.3-15NE, NEBE, NEBNA STEADY TRADE THROUGHOUTHAZY WEATHER0000000156258
1826-03-21T13:002.72-19.87306.7-15NW, NEA MODERATE BREEZE AND LIGHT SQUALLS IN THE FIRST PARTA SWELL FROM THE SW0000000156259
1826-03-22T13:000.98-19.372556.7-15WSW, WFIRST AND LATTER PART A MODERATE BREEZE, MIDDLE LIGHT VARIABLE AIRSMIDDLE RAIN0100000156260
1826-03-23T13:00-0.87-18.682332.6-15VARIABLE, WSWLIGHT VARIABLE BREEZES THROUGHOUTMUCH RAIN IN THE FIRST PART0100000156261
1826-03-24T13:00-2.67-18.222676.7-14VARIABLE, WBNA MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUTRAIN AT TIMES0100000156262
1826-03-25T13:00-3.25-18.731109.3-14SSW, SBE, SEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART A LIGHT BREEZE, LATTER A MODERATE TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156263
1826-03-26T13:00-5.22-19.02311.0-14NEFIRST AND LATTER PART LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLE, MIDDLE A STEADY BREEZE0000000156264
1826-03-27T13:00-7.05-20.5312112.3-14SEFIRST PART A LIGHT BREEZE, MIDDLE AND LATTER A FRESH TRADEFINE WEATHER0000000156265
1826-03-28T13:00-9.78-21.781219.3-14SSE, SEA PLEASANT TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156266
1826-03-29T14:00-12.35-22.7011312.3-11SEBEA STEADY TRADE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156267
1826-03-30T14:00-14.43-23.53806.7-10ESE, EA LIGHT TRADE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156268
1826-03-31T14:00-16.40-23.22916.7-10EBSA LIGHT TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156269
1826-04-01T14:00-18.68-24.1212612.3-9SEBE, SEA STEADY TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156270
1826-04-02T14:00-19.77-25.0813712.3-9E, SEBSFIRST AND MIDDLE PART VARIABLE, LATTER PART STRONG BREEZEFIRST AND MIDDLE HARD RAINLATTER FAIR0100000156271
1826-04-03T14:00-22.05-26.3712612.3-9SEBS, SEA FRESH TRADE THROUGHOUT WITH HARD SQUALLSRAIN IN THE MIDDLE PART0100000156272
1826-04-04T14:00-24.28-28.0013012.3-5SEFRESH TRADE WITH SQUALLSRAIN IN THE MIDDLE PARTCLOUDY0100000156273
1826-04-05T14:00-26.95-29.0310812.3-5SE, ESEA FRESH TRADE THROUGHOUTCLOUDY WEATHER0000000156274
1826-04-06T14:00-30.10-28.62766.7-3EBS, EBNA PLEASANT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156275
1826-04-07T14:00-31.98-26.77386.7-7ENE, NEA MODERATE BREEZEFINE WEATHER0000000156276
1826-04-08T14:00-33.58-26.46130-5NE, SEMIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER HARD RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY0100000156277
1826-04-09T14:00-35.18-26.151646.7-5E, SEBE, SBEA MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUT WITH SQUALLSRAIN IN THE FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTA HEAVY SWELL FROM THE SWFINE WEATHER0100000156278
1826-04-10T14:00-35.23-23.081986.7-5S, SSWFIRST PART A STRONG BREEZE, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156279
1826-04-11T13:00-35.57-20.853306.7-8SW, NNWFIRST PART A MODERATE BREEZE, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRS, LATTER PART MODERATE BREEZESFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156280
1826-04-12T13:00-35.93-16.923046.7-11N, NNW, NWA PLEASANT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156281
1826-04-13T13:00-36.45-12.303629.3-15VARIABLEA FRESH BREEZEHEAVY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT1000000156282
1826-04-14T13:00-35.43-8.371659.3-15SA FRESH BREEZE THROUGHOUT WITH HARD SQUALLS AT TIMES0000000156283
1826-04-15T12:00-35.77-5.632076.7-18SBE, SWMODERATE BREEZES WITH PASSING SQUALLSLIGHT RAIN0100000156284
1826-04-16T12:00-35.90-2.38204-21SWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS A MODERATE BREEZE, LATTER LIGHT AND VARIABLEA CONFUSED SWELL0000000156285
1826-04-17T12:00-36.83-0.72247.3-21S, N, NEFIRST PART A LIGHT BREEZE, MIDDLE VARIABLE LIGHT AIRS, LATTER INCREASING BREEZE0000000156286
1826-04-18T12:00-37.753.533169.3-22N, NNWA FRESH BREEZE THROUGHOUT WITH LIGHT SQUALLS IN THE LATTER PART0000000156287
1826-04-19T11:00-38.838.102122.6-25N, SWBWFIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH BREEZES WITH PASSING SQUALLS, LATTER A LIGHT BREEZEFIRST AND MIDDLE SMALL RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY0100000156288
1826-04-20T11:00-39.4311.833026.7-25NW, WNW, NWBNA MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUTTHICKLATTER LIGHT RAINFIRST PART HAZY0100000156289
1826-04-21T11:00-40.0215.553569.3-27NE, NBE, NNEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE BREEZE, LATTER A FRESH BREEZE WITH HARD SQUALLSLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE FINE WEATHER0100000156290
1826-04-22T11:00-39.7220.3319719.0-28SWA FRESH GALE WITH PASSING SQUALLSRAINA HEAVY FOLLOWING SEA IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PART0100000156291
1826-04-23T10:00-38.7825.072189.3-30WSWFIRST PART A HARD GALE, MIDDLE MORE MODERATE, LATTER A FRESH BREEZEFIRST PART A HEAVY SEA RUNNING, LATTER A HEAVY SWELL0000000156292
1826-04-24T10:00-39.0529.23151.0-30N, NELIGHT AIRSFINE WEATHER0000000156293
1826-04-25T10:00-38.8232.68147.3-31NW, NNE, NEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART VARIABLE LIGHT BREEZE, LATTER AN INCREASING BREEZEFINE WEATHER0000000156294
1826-04-26T09:00-38.6037.581732.6-30SSWFIRST PART A FRESH BREEZE, MIDDLE AND LATTER A LIGHT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156295
1826-04-27T09:00-39.4337.982856.7-30NNE, NNW, NWA PLEASANT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156296
1826-04-28T09:00-39.6043.003089.3-30NNWA FRESH BREEZEFINE WEATHER0000000156297
1826-04-29T09:00-39.0748.4530912.3-29NNWA STRONG BREEZECLOUDY WEATHER0000000156298
1826-04-30T09:00-39.3751.781962.6-29NNW, SWFIRST PART A FRESH BREEZE WITH SQUALLS, LATTER A LIGHT BREEZERAIN IN THE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTLATTER A HEAVY SWELLMIDDLE AND LATTER FINE WEATHER0100000156299
1826-05-01T08:00-39.1556.622319.3-28N, WBSFRESH BREEZE AND PASSING SQUALLSRAIN THROUGHOUT0100000156300
1826-05-02T08:00-38.0861.22221-27NW, WSWFIRST PART A FRESH BREEZE, MIDDLE PART INCREASING WITH HEAVY SQUALLS0000000156301
1826-05-03T08:00-37.0764.852606.7-21WBNA PLEASANT BREEZEA HEAVY SWELL FROM THE WESTFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156302
1826-05-04T07:00-35.8268.63251-19WNW, WFIRST PART A FRESH BREEZE WITH SLIGHT SQUALLSFIRST PART RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE0100000156303
1826-05-05T07:00-34.3372.17251-19WFIRST AND MIDDLE PART A FRESH BREEZE, LATTER VARIABLEA HEAVY SWELL FROM THE WEST0000000156304
1826-05-06T07:00-33.6773.722522.6-18WA LIGHT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156305
1826-05-07T07:00-32.2876.233259.3-13WBS, NBW, NNWFIRST PART A LIGHT BREEZE, MIDDLE AND LATTER A FRESH BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156306
1826-05-08T07:00-29.5878.733036.7-12WSW, NWA PLEASANT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156307
1826-05-09T07:00-26.7379.851946.7-9W, S, SSWA PLEASANT BREEZEFINE WEATHER0000000156308
1826-05-10T07:00-23.6879.88709.3-9SSE, ESE, E, EBNA PLEASANT TRADEFINE WEATHER0000000156309
1826-05-11T07:00-20.5380.22362-6E, VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART A STEADY TRADE, LATTER PART VARIABLE WITH SQUALLSRAIN0100000156310
1826-05-12T07:00-17.3780.551329.3-3E, SEA VARIABLE TRADE THROUGHOUTRAIN IN THE FIRST PART0100000156311
1826-05-13T07:00-13.9879.087612.3-3EBNA FRESH TRADEFINE WEATHER0000000156312
1826-05-14T07:00-10.0580.578912.3-2EA STEADY TRADE THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156313
1826-05-15T07:00-6.5380.831019.30EBSA PLEASANT TRADEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156314
1826-05-16T07:00-3.5281.501356.70ESE, SEA PLEASANT BREEZEFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156315
1826-05-17T07:00-1.5082.121369.31S, SEFIRST PART VARIABLE WITH SQUALLS, MIDDLE AND LATTER A STEADY BREEZEFIRST PART HARD RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER FINE WEATHER0100000156316
1826-05-18T06:000.7282.721816.71ESE, ESE, SSE, SMIDDLE AND LATTER PART A PLEASANT BREEZEFIRST PART RAINFINE WEATHER0100000156317
1826-05-19T06:002.9483.222502.62SSE, SE, SSW, WSWLIGHT VARIABLE WINDS THROUGHOUTRAIN IN THE LATTER PART0100000156318
1826-05-20T06:005.1784.002279.32SSW, SWA STEADY MONSOONFINE WEATHER THROUGHOUT0000000156319
1826-05-21T06:009.0885.2222712.32SWA FRESH MONSOON THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156320
1826-05-22T06:0012.1585.051829.32WBS, SA STEADY MONSOONFINE WEATHER0000000156321
1826-05-23T06:0015.4585.0018212.32WSW, SA FRESH MONSOON THROUGHOUTFINE WEATHER0000000156322