García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during MEDEA cruise from Madras to Table Bay started at 1783-09-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750656, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -18.224545 * Median Longitude: 58.751136 * South-bound Latitude: -35.900000 * West-bound Longitude: 17.430000 * North-bound Latitude: 10.930000 * East-bound Longitude: 88.250000
Date/Time Start: 1783-09-09T07:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-10-23T00:00:00
Event(s):
Medea_17830909_NMM_ADM/L/M157 * Latitude Start: 12.100000 * Longitude Start: 80.500000 * Latitude End: -34.430000 * Longitude End: 16.950000 * Date/Time Start: 1783-09-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-10-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Medea (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Madras - Table Bay, 1st Observer: Erasmus Gower (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 593BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | - | - | 1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances) | |||
| 10 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 11 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 12 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 14 | Current direction description | Cur dir descr | Direction of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to. | |||
| 15 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 16 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 17 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 18 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 19 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 20 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 21 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 22 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 23 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 24 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 25 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 26 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 27 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
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Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 - (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 Cur dir descr (Direction of the current. Thi...) | 15 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...) | 16 ww (Weather description) | 17 Precip descr | 18 State sea descr | 19 Clearness | 20 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 21 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 22 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 23 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 24 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 25 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 26 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 27 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
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| 1783-09-09T07:00 | 10.93 | 80.25 | 226 | FORT ST GEORGE | N27W | 50 | S26E | 110.00 | 1 | SW | SQUALLY | SHOWERS OF RAIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163698 | ||||||
| 1783-09-10T07:00 | 8.90 | 81.33 | 237 | TRINCOMALEE | S79W | 2 | 1 | S30E | 146.00 | 1 | SWBS, SW, SWBW | SQUALLY | SHOWERS OF RAIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163699 | |||||
| 1783-09-11T07:00 | 8.20 | 82.30 | 362 | 6.7 | TRINCOMALEE | N75W | 52 | S16E | 58.00 | 1 | VARIABLE | MODERATE | VERY CONFUSED SWELL | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163700 | ||||
| 1783-09-12T06:00 | 6.47 | 84.25 | 226 | DUNDERHEAD | S84W | 82 | S47E | 138.00 | 1 | SSW, SWBS, SW | UNSETTLED | FREQUENT SHOWERS OF RAIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163701 | ||||||
| 1783-09-13T06:00 | 4.57 | 86.33 | 226 | DUNDERHEAD | N75:54W | 122 | S38E | 143.00 | 1 | SW | UNSETTLED | FREQUENT SHOWERS OF RAIN | SEA HIGH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163702 | |||||
| 1783-09-14T06:00 | 2.63 | 87.73 | 226 | DUNDERHEAD | N62W | 156 | S27E | 135.00 | 1 | SW | UNSETTLED | FREQUENT SHOWERS OF RAIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163703 | ||||||
| 1783-09-15T06:00 | 0.85 | 88.03 | 260 | DUNDERHEAD | N57W | 190 | S28E | 123.00 | 1 | SW, SWBW, WBS | UNSETTLED | FREQUENT SHOWERS OF RAIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163704 | ||||||
| 1783-09-16T06:00 | -1.02 | 88.25 | 260 | DUNDERHEAD | N46W | 218 | S7E | 113.00 | 1 | SW-WBS | SQUALLY | RAIN | CONFUSED SEA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163705 | |||||
| 1783-09-17T06:00 | -3.12 | 88.13 | 270 | DUNDERHEAD | N39W | 248 | S3W | 127.00 | 0 | SW-W | SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163706 | ||||||
| 1783-09-18T06:00 | -5.38 | 87.43 | 270 | DUNDERHEAD | N28W | 280 | S17W | 143.00 | 0 | SWBW, WBS, W | SQUALLY | HARD RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163707 | ||||||
| 1783-09-19T06:00 | -5.55 | 87.38 | 0.0 | DUNDERHEAD | N28W | 282 | S11W | 10.00 | 0 | CALM | SHOWERS OF RAIN | CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163708 | ||||||
| 1783-09-20T06:00 | -6.47 | 86.77 | 362 | DUNDERHEAD | N24W | 286 | S33W | 66.00 | 0 | CALM, VARIABLE | UNSETTLED | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163709 | ||||||
| 1783-09-21T06:00 | -7.92 | 85.73 | 362 | MAURITIUS | N64:15W | 563 | S34W | 110.00 | -1 | VARIABLE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163710 | |||||||
| 1783-09-22T06:00 | -8.83 | 85.00 | 362 | 6.7 | MAURITIUS | S65W | 543 | S45W | 67.00 | -1 | VARIABLE | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163711 | |||||
| 1783-09-23T07:00 | -10.50 | 82.25 | 157 | 12.3 | MAURITIUS | S66W | 450 | S58W | 193.00 | -1 | SEBE-SSE | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163712 | |||||
| 1783-09-24T07:00 | -12.22 | 78.98 | 157 | 12.3 | MAURITIUS | S67W | 404 | S62W | 220.00 | -1 | SSE | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163713 | |||||
| 1783-09-25T07:00 | -13.70 | 75.05 | 154 | 12.3 | MAURITIUS | S67W | 326 | S62W | 195.00 | -4 | SSE | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163714 | |||||
| 1783-09-26T07:00 | -15.37 | 70.98 | 130 | 12.3 | DIEGO RAYS | S59:49W | 171 | S60W | 205.00 | -5 | SE | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163715 | |||||
| 1783-09-27T07:00 | -17.12 | 68.95 | 141 | 12.3 | DIEGO RAYS | S65W | 120 | S59W | 204.00 | -5 | SEBS | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163716 | |||||
| 1783-09-28T08:00 | -18.58 | 66.52 | 148 | 12.3 | DIEGO RAYS | S65W | 63 | S59W | 164.00 | -10 | SSE | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163717 | |||||
| 1783-09-29T08:00 | -20.20 | 63.33 | 136 | 12.3 | MAURITIUS | N59:30W | 77 | S65W | 204.00 | -10 | SEBS | FRESH TRADE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163718 | |||||
| 1783-09-30T08:00 | -21.65 | 60.63 | 66 | 9.3 | POINT DAUPHIN | S75W | 275 | S61W | 174.00 | -13 | SEBE, EBS, EBN | MODERATE TRADE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163719 | |||||
| 1783-10-01T08:00 | -22.97 | 58.63 | 52 | 2.6 | POINT DAUPHIN | S78W | 224 | S53W | 130.00 | -16 | ENE | SET S | LIGHT BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163720 | ||||
| 1783-10-02T08:00 | -24.47 | 56.03 | 50 | 19.0 | POINT DAUPHIN | S85W | 183 | S58W | 170.00 | -19 | NE, ENE | FIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES | FIRST PART HAZY, LATTER CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163721 | |||||
| 1783-10-03T08:00 | -24.92 | 55.28 | 362 | POINT DAUPHIN | S88W | 168 | S58W | 51.00 | -19 | VARIABLE | THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, UNSETTLED | HARD RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163722 | ||||||
| 1783-10-04T08:00 | -24.88 | 54.35 | 185 | 1.0 | POINT DAUPHIN | S88W | 156 | N88W | 53.00 | -19 | SSW | LIGHT AIRS | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163723 | |||||
| 1783-10-05T08:00 | -25.12 | 53.23 | 196 | 1.0 | POINT DAUPHIN | S89W | 132 | S78W | 65.00 | -19 | SSW, SWBS | LIGHT AIRS | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163724 | |||||
| 1783-10-06T09:00 | -26.67 | 50.13 | 137 | 19.0 | POINT DAUPHIN | N63W | 60 | S60W | 185.00 | -21 | SBW, S, SSE | FRESH GALES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163725 | |||||
| 1783-10-07T09:00 | -28.12 | 47.18 | 65 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S75W | 508 | S61W | 180.00 | -25 | ESE-E | FRESH GALES | SWELL FROM SW | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163726 | ||||
| 1783-10-08T09:00 | -29.10 | 43.70 | 43 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S76:19W | 443 | S72W | 200.00 | -25 | ENE | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163727 | |||||
| 1783-10-09T09:00 | -30.22 | 40.60 | 64 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S76:51W | 377 | S68W | 275.00 | -26 | ENE-E | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163728 | |||||
| 1783-10-10T09:00 | -30.80 | 38.33 | 64 | 6.7 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S78W | 335 | S73W | 122.00 | -26 | E, SE, E | MODERATE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163729 | |||||
| 1783-10-11T10:00 | -32.28 | 35.57 | 64 | 9.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S81W | 295 | S58W | 167.00 | -26 | E, SE, E | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163730 | |||||
| 1783-10-12T10:00 | -33.70 | 32.37 | 19 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S86W | 231 | S62W | 178.00 | -26 | ENE, NE | FRESH GALES | SEA VERY SMOOTH | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163731 | ||||
| 1783-10-13T10:00 | -33.88 | 31.35 | 222 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S86:45W | 214 | S76W | 56.00 | -26 | NNE, WNW, WSW | THUNDER AND LIGHTNING, UNSETTLED | GREAT DEAL OF RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163732 | ||||||
| 1783-10-14T10:00 | -33.13 | 30.35 | 267 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S82W | 196 | N47W | 70.00 | -26 | W, WSW, WNW | UNSETTLED | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163733 | ||||||
| 1783-10-15T10:00 | -33.12 | 29.35 | 222 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S88W | 177 | S88W | 52.00 | -26 | WNW-WSW | UNSETTLED | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163734 | ||||||
| 1783-10-16T10:00 | -32.97 | 28.75 | 361 | 0.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S80W | 173 | N75W | 35.00 | -26 | SSW, SW, CALM | FIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER CALM | FIRST PART CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163735 | |||||
| 1783-10-17T10:00 | -33.92 | 26.50 | 31 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | S85W | 127 | S65W | 131.00 | -25 | SSE, ESE, EBN, NEBE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLEAR, LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163736 | |||||
| 1783-10-18T10:00 | -34.95 | 24.60 | 256 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N84W | 102 | S58W | 118.00 | -25 | NEBE, NNW, WNW, WBN | FRESH GALES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163737 | |||||
| 1783-10-19T10:00 | -35.13 | 23.77 | 358 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N81:45W | 90 | S77W | 48.00 | -25 | VARIABLE, CALM, N, NNE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LITTLE WIND AND CALM, LATTER FRESH GALES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163738 | ||||||
| 1783-10-20T10:00 | -35.65 | 22.52 | 110 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N74W | 84 | S64W | 71.00 | -25 | NBE, NNW, WNW, SW, SE | FIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER SQUALLY | MIDDLE AND LATTER UNSETTLED | FIRST PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163739 | |||||
| 1783-10-21T11:00 | -35.90 | 19.43 | 146 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N32W | 53 | S65W | 151.00 | -23 | SBW, SSE, NE, VARIABLE, SBE | FRESH GALES | GREAT SWELL FROM S | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163740 | ||||
| 1783-10-22T11:00 | -34.90 | 17.43 | 114 | 19.0 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N63W | 11 | N64W | 131.00 | -21 | SE, SSE, ENE, SE | FRESH GALES | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163741 | |||||
| 1783-10-23T00:00 | -34.42 | 362 | 2.6 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | ESE | 3 | 1 | SE, ESE, SE, VARIABLE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER LITTLE WIND | LATTER FOGGY | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS HAZY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163742 |