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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 MAGNANIME cruise from Annabona to St. Helena started at 1781-09-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750588, 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: -6.513571 * Median Longitude: 2.440000 * South-bound Latitude: -16.070000 * West-bound Longitude: -5.930000 * North-bound Latitude: -1.630000 * East-bound Longitude: 8.130000
Date/Time Start: 1781-09-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-10-15T12:00:00
Event(s):
Magnanime_17810918_NMM_ADM/L/M206 * Latitude Start: -1.580000 * Longitude Start: 4.070000 * Latitude End: -15.890000 * Longitude End: -5.750000 * Date/Time Start: 1781-09-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-10-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Magnanime (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Annabona - St Helena, 1st Observer: Charles Woolsey (Captain), 2nd Observer: Philip Tubb Stevenson (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 64G 1369BM
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
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:
529 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
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)
1781-09-18T12:00-1.635.351736.7ANNABONAN78E13S78W40.00-18SSW, SBWFIRST FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATECLEAR0000000159065
1781-09-19T12:00-2.156.032186.7ANNABONAN25W8-18SSW, SW, SWBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000159066
1781-09-20T12:00-2.676.702076.7ANNABONAN31W27S31E82.00-18SSW, SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000159067
1781-09-21T12:00-3.327.323626.7ANNABONAN36W45S43E54.00-18WSW, VARIABLENW0.75MODERATECLOUDY0000000159068
1781-09-22T12:00-3.807.322636.7ANNABONAN30W53S29.00-18SSW, WBNMODERATECLEAR0000000159069
1781-09-23T12:00-4.087.323626.7ANNABONAN30W60S18.00-18WSW, VARIABLE,MODERATECLEAR0000000159070
1781-09-24T11:00-4.258.131846.7ANNABONAN38W70S89E50.00-19WBN, WBS, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000159071
1781-09-25T11:00-4.378.131846.7ANNABONAN29W88S7.00-19SWBW, WSW, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000159072
1781-09-26T11:00-4.828.133622.6ANNABONAN38W79S27.00-19SW, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES AND CALM0000000159073
1781-09-27T12:00-5.077.021739.3ST HELENAS49W337S77W68.00-18S, SSW, SBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000159074
1781-09-28T12:00-5.137.381626.7ST HELENAS50W340S80W22.00-18SMODERATECLOUDY0000000159075
1781-09-29T12:00-4.806.181626.7ST HELENAS46W336N74W74.00-18SWBW, SWBS, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000159076
1781-09-30T12:00-4.625.421626.7ST HELENAS45W330N79W60.00-18SSW, SWBS, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000159077
1781-10-01T12:00-4.754.201736.7ST HELENAS41W299S84W74.00-18SSW, SWBS, SBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000159078
1781-10-02T12:00-5.053.453626.7ST HELENAS40W288S68W48.00-18SBW, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159079
1781-10-03T12:00-5.332.633626.7ST HELENAS37W269S71W52.00-18VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159080
1781-10-04T12:00-5.581.903626.7ST HELENAS36W253S70W46.00-17SSW, SBE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159081
1781-10-05T12:00-6.001.033626.7ST HELENAS34W243S64W58.00-17SE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159082
1781-10-06T12:00-6.270.003626.7ST HELENAS31W229S76W66.00-17S, SBE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159083
1781-10-07T12:00-6.92-1.083626.7ST HELENAS27W205S59W76.00-17SBW, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159084
1781-10-08T12:00-7.80-2.123626.7ST HELENAS24W182S37W67.00-17SE, VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000159085
1781-10-09T12:00-8.85-2.783626.7ST HELENAS23W157S32W74.00-15SE, VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000159086
1781-10-10T12:00-9.82-3.621436.7ST HELENAS20W133S41W76.00-15SEBS, SSEMODERATEFAIR0000000159087
1781-10-11T12:00-10.82-4.223629.3ST HELENAS18W111S31W70.00-15SE, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000159088
1781-10-12T12:00-11.88-4.673629.3ST HELENAS16W87S23W70.00-15VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000159089
1781-10-13T12:00-12.80-5.203626.7ST HELENAS12W67S31W63.00-14VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159090
1781-10-14T12:00-13.73-5.703626.7ST HELENAS5W47S28W64.00-14VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159091
1781-10-15T12:00-16.07-5.933626.7ST HELENAS6W129.00-14VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000159092