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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 MAIDSTONE cruise from Spithead to Lisbon started at 1780-03-11 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750595, 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: 46.214211 * Median Longitude: -11.501579 * South-bound Latitude: 38.770000 * West-bound Longitude: -16.730000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.700000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.630000
Date/Time Start: 1780-03-11T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-03-29T13:00:00
Event(s):
Maidstone_17800311_NMM_ADM/L/M29 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-03-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-03-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Maidstone (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Lisbon, 1st Observer: William Parker (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 586BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
361 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1780-03-11T12:0049.68-4.63293START POINTN56E161S56W47.00-22WBS, S, NWPM LIGHT BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000159399
1780-03-12T12:0049.70-7.401699.3SCILLYN37E53S74W108.00-22SW, NBW, SBWPM FRESH BREEZES, AT 1AM SQUALLY, AT 10 FRESH BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000159400
1780-03-13T13:0048.83-8.303269.3SCILLYN46E32S58W41.00-23W, WSW, NBWPM FRESH GALES, AT 8 CALM, 4AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYPM CLEAR0000000159401
1780-03-14T13:0049.50-9.362136.7SCILLYN79E47N59W79.00-23SW, WSW, SWBWPM FRESH GALES, AT 6 SQUALLY, AT NOON MORE MODERATEAT NOON A VERY GREAT SEAPM CLEAR0000000159402
1780-03-15T13:0048.30-10.4322522.6SCILLYN56E59S9W68.00-23NWBN, NW, WNW, W, WSWPM SQUALLY, AT 8 STRONG GALESPM RAIN0100000159403
1780-03-16T13:0047.43-10.15249SCILLYN41E71S13E52.00-21WBN, WNW, WPM STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYPM RAIN0100000159404
1780-03-17T13:0047.62-10.15270SCILLYNE66N11W-23WBN, WBS, WNWPM STRONG GALESAT 7 RAINPM CLOUDY, AT 7 VERY HAZY0100000159405
1780-03-18T13:0048.15-10.5223626.8SCILLYN55E62N24W37.00-23WSW, WNW, WBSPM FRESH BREEZES, AT 8 STRONG GALES, AT NOON VERY STRONG GALES4AM RAINPM HAZY, NOON HAZY0100000159406
1780-03-19T13:0047.50-10.3827022.6USHANTN74E74S8E38.00-23W, WBS, WNWPM STRONG GALES, AM BLOWING HARD, AT NOON STRONG GALESPM HAZY0000000159407
1780-03-20T13:0048.17-11.55225USHANTN85E86N50E62.00-23W, SWBS, WSWPM STRONG GALES, AT 8 SQUALLYPM HAZY0000000159408
1780-03-21T13:0047.40-12.70249USHANTN78E106SW65.00-21NW, NNW, WPM STRONG GALES, AT 3AM SQUALLYPM HAZY0000000159409
1780-03-22T13:0046.32-13.733170.0CAPE FINISTERES43E85S33W79.00-21NNW, NNWPM MODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZES, AT 8AM MODERATE, NOON CALMPM CLEAR0000000159410
1780-03-23T13:0045.47-15.331599.3CAPE FINISTERES61E93S53W84.00-21SSW, SSE, SPM CALM TILL 4 THEN A BREEZE, AT 12 SQUALLY, AT 8AM FRESH BREEZES8AM CLEAR0000000159411
1780-03-24T13:0044.77-16.731930.0CAPE FINISTERES74E106S54W73.00-21WNW, NNW, SWBSPM MODERATE, AT 9 STRONG GALES, 6AM MORE MODERATE, AT 9 CALMPM RAIN0100000159412
1780-03-25T13:0043.88-16.1218219.0CAPE FINISTERES82E94S29E55.00-21SW, SWBS, SSWPM CALM TILL 2 SPRUNG UP A BREEZE, AT 12 FRESH GALESAT 12 RAINSEA SETTING FROM THE NWPM HAZY0100000159413
1780-03-26T13:0043.00-14.3520422.6CAPE FINISTEREN87W69SEBE1/4E90.00-21SWBS, SWPM STRONG GALES, AT 6AM STRONG GALESPM RAINAT 6AM HAZY0100000159414
1780-03-27T13:0042.88-13.77193CAPE FINISTEREN84E60S73E26.00-21SW, WSW, SWBSPM STRONG GALESPM RAIN0100000159415
1780-03-28T13:0040.70-12.402396.7CAPE FINISTEREN39E65S25E144.00-20W, WBSPM FRESH GALES, AT 8 FRESH GALES, AT 12 SQUALLY, AT 8 MODERATEAT 8 FAIR0000000159416
1780-03-29T13:0038.77-10.532396.7CAPE ROXANTS86E19S54E143.00-20SWBW, WBSPM FRESH BREEZES, AT HALF PAST 8 MODERATEPM CLEAR, AT HALF PAST 8 FAIR0000000159417