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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 MAGICIENNE cruise from Antigua to New York started at 1782-08-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750586, 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: 30.079000 * Median Longitude: -59.298500 * South-bound Latitude: 19.030000 * West-bound Longitude: -66.140000 * North-bound Latitude: 39.930000 * East-bound Longitude: -53.070000
Date/Time Start: 1782-08-18T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-09-06T16:00:00
Event(s):
Magicienne_17820818_NMM_ADM/L/M16B * Latitude Start: 17.000000 * Longitude Start: -60.500000 * Latitude End: 40.670000 * Longitude End: -74.040000 * Date/Time Start: 1782-08-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1782-09-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Magicienne (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Antigua - New York, 1st Observer: William Scott (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 967BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
384 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1782-08-18T16:0019.03-53.07799.3BERMUDAN11W269N12W116.000E-EBNFINE BREEZEHAZY0000000158972
1782-08-19T16:0020.90-53.80909.3BERMUDAN8W237N21W118.000ENE-EFINE BREEZESOME SHOWERS OF RAIN1100000158973
1782-08-20T16:0022.20-54.39689.3BERMUDAN6W208N22W90.000EBN-ENEFIRST AND LATTER FINE BREEZES, MIDDLE SQUALLYRAINCLEAR0100000158974
1782-08-21T16:0023.55-55.07886.7BERMUDAN4W175N26W89.00-2ESE, EBS, EMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000158975
1782-08-22T16:0024.77-55.55666.7BERMUDAN153N22W78.00-2NE-ENEFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MID A FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MID CLOUDY0000000158976
1782-08-23T16:0025.98-56.12992.6BERMUDAN4E129N23W80.00-2EBN-EBSFIRST AND MID A FINE BREEZE, LATTER LIGHT BREEZES AND FINECLOUDY0000000158977
1782-08-24T16:0026.63-56.552912.6BERMUDAN8E114N28W47.00-2ESE, SSE, WNWLIGHT BREEZESSOME SHOWERS OF RAIN1100000158978
1782-08-25T16:0027.77-56.893112.6BERMUDAN13E97N23W70.00-4WBN, SW, NWFIRST AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MID CLOUDY0000000158979
1782-08-26T16:0028.43-57.85422.6BERMUDAN26E87N50W66.00-3NBW, NNE, NELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000158980
1782-08-27T16:0029.42-58.75429.3BERMUDAN41E81N34W73.00-3NEFIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZESSOME RAINFINE0100000158981
1782-08-28T16:0030.75-59.64769.3BERMUDAN64E76N33W92.00-3ESE-EBNFINE BREEZECLEAR0000000158982
1782-08-29T16:0031.83-60.501109.3BERMUDAN82E82N34W79.00-3E, SE, ESEFIRST AND LATTER FINE BREEZE, LATTER FINE GALECLOUDY AND HAZY0000000158983
1782-08-30T16:0032.48-61.02426.7SANDY HOOKN21W170N36W47.00-3NNW-NEFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATESOME SQUALLS OF RAINHAZY1100000158984
1782-08-31T16:0033.20-61.60849.3SANDY HOOKN20W153N35W55.00-6ENE-EFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FINE GALESCLOUDY0000000158985
1782-09-01T16:0034.47-62.243626.7SANDY HOOKN19W126N25W80.00-6SE, VARIABLEFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000158986
1782-09-02T16:0036.32-62.99362SANDY HOOKN22W90N18W118.00-4ESE, VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE FINE BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYSOME SQUALLS OF RAIN THEN HEAVY RAINCLOUDY1100000158987
1782-09-03T16:0037.70-63.84826.7SANDY HOOKN17W58N26W87.00-8ENE-EFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR GALES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MID CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY0000000158988
1782-09-04T16:0037.62-66.14371.0SANDY HOOKN19W59S71E15.00-8EBS, E, NEFIRST MODERATE, MIDDLE CALM, LATTER LIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000158989
1782-09-05T16:0038.60-65.342176.7SANDY HOOKN6E38N34E69.00-8E, SE, SWFIRST CALM, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND LATTER HAZY, MID CLEAR0000000158990
1782-09-06T16:0039.93-64.62716.7SANDY HOOKN10E11N21E87.00-8SWBW, NNE, EBNFIRST AND FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST HAZY, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000158991