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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 Melville Castle cruise from Java Head to The Downs started at 1788-02-22 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750707, 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: -1.682174 * Median Longitude: 9.069739 * South-bound Latitude: -37.670000 * West-bound Longitude: -39.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.230000 * East-bound Longitude: 105.000000
Date/Time Start: 1788-02-22T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-06-18T13:00:00
Event(s):
Melville_Castle_17880222_NMM_CLU/11 * Latitude Start: -6.070000 * Longitude Start: 105.770000 * Latitude End: 47.720000 * Longitude End: -5.280000 * Date/Time Start: 1788-02-22T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1788-06-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Melville Castle, Voyage: Java Head - Downs, 1st Observer: Philip Dundas (Captain), Company: EIC, Other ship information: 806BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
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 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
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Data

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Date/Time

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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 
ww
(Weather description)
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 
Comment
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ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
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1788-02-25T05:00-11.95100.48123S46W156.00-1SE, SEBECLOUDY0000100165488
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1788-02-27T06:00-14.1794.53144S67:30W192.00-2SE, SEBE, SEBS0000000165490
1788-02-28T06:00-15.2891.57133S67:30W186.00-2ESE, SELATTER SQUALLYCLOUDY1000000165491
1788-02-29T06:00-16.2889.07111S67:30W156.00-2SE, ESECLOUDY0000000165492
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1788-03-06T07:00-19.3375.9328S76W160.00-6NNE, N, NEBNLATTER SQUALLYCLOUDY1000000165498
1788-03-07T07:00-19.8074.43354S64W94.00-6NNW, NEBE, ENE, NSQUALLYSMALL RAINCLOUDY1100100165499
1788-03-08T07:00-20.9271.03127S68E207.00-8SSE, SESQUALLYRAINHAZY1100000165500
1788-03-09T07:00-22.0867.5713812.3S68W210.00-8SE, SSE, SEBSFRESH TRADE SQUALLYPLEASANT WEATHERSMALL RAINFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER CLOUD1100000165501
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1788-03-12T08:00-23.6059.87108S73W131.00-16SSE, SEBS, EBS, SEBEFAIR0000000165504
1788-03-13T08:00-24.4857.6297S71W130.00-16SEBE, ESE, NEBE, ESEMIDDLE SMALL RAINFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0100000165505
1788-03-14T08:00-25.3255.02353S75W146.00-18NNE, N, VARIABLE, NWBN, NBESQUALLYLATTER RAINCLOUDY1100000165506
1788-03-15T08:00-25.7053.57308S66W86.00-18NW, NNW, NBW, NWBNFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLEAR0000000165507
1788-03-16T09:00-27.1551.85317S48W125.00-21NWBN, WNW, NWBW, NNWMIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000165508
1788-03-17T09:00-27.6350.43280S70W75.00-24NWBN, N, NBW, NWBWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000165509
1788-03-18T09:00-28.0348.58302S75W101.00-24NNW, NNE, NBE, NWBN0000000165510
1788-03-19T09:00-28.0546.1720W128.00-25ENE, NE, SSW, SBE, NESQUALLYMIDDLE RAIN1100000165511
1788-03-20T09:00-28.6743.37133S78W151.00-25SEBS, SEBE, ESE, SSECLOUDY0000000165512
1788-03-21T09:00-29.2341.4797S76W103.00-27ESE, SSW, SWBS, SEBESMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000165513
1788-03-22T09:00-30.0338.70187S71W152.00-27S, SSE, SEBS, SWBSSQUALLY AT TIMESFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY1000000165514
1788-03-23T10:00-31.1335.65108S69W168.00-27ESE, EBS, SECLOUDY0000000165515
1788-03-24T10:00-31.6832.7774S70W157.00-27E, EBSLATTER SMALL RAINFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0100000165516
1788-03-25T10:00-33.5729.9363S58W169.00-27ESE, EBN, ENE, ECLEAR0000000165517
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1788-03-27T10:00-35.3324.1264S86W101.00-26EBS, ENE, N, W, EHAZY0000000165519
1788-03-28T10:00-34.7723.38312LANDNEBE30N70W38.00-26NE, WBN, NWBN, NNWFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER FAIR0000000165520
1788-03-29T10:00-36.0223.73289S11E87.00-26WNW, WBN, WNW, NWSQUALLY AT TIMESFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY1000000165521
1788-03-30T10:00-37.3323.87255S7E53.00-26WNW, NWBW, WBNCLOUDY0000000165522
1788-03-31T10:00-36.9022.50280N68W71.00-24SW, SWBW, SSE, NWBWCLOUDY0000000165523
1788-04-01T11:00-37.4720.75111S68W90.00-24S, NNW, NBW, SEDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000165524
1788-04-02T11:00-37.6720.75292S13.00-24NWBN, NWBW, NWSQUALLYRAINCLOUDY1100100165525
1788-04-03T11:00-36.1721.07314N10E85.00-24NWBW, NW, WBN, NNWSQUALLY AT TIMESRAINCLOUDY1100000165526
1788-04-04T11:00-35.4220.90291N12W38.00-24NWBN, SSW, WBS, NWCLOUDY0000000165527
1788-04-05T11:00-33.9517.80111N52W114.00-24SSE, SEBS, WBS, SEFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165528
1788-04-06T11:00-31.5216.00258N41W199.00-23SW, SSW, SSE, WBNCLOUDY0000000165529
1788-04-07T11:00-29.0012.93146N45W225.00-23SSE, SBECLOUDY0000000165530
1788-04-08T11:00-26.9010.40137N45W189.00-21SBE, SSECLOUDY0000000165531
1788-04-09T11:00-25.208.75148N42W133.00-21SEBS, SE, SBECLOUDY0000000165532
1788-04-10T11:00-24.177.6780N42W88.00-21SEBS, SBE, S, EBSFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000165533
1788-04-11T12:00-23.086.25184N50W102.00-19S, SEBS, SE, SSWFAIR0000000165534
1788-04-12T12:00-21.854.45127N53W124.00-19SBE, SBW, SSE, SEBSFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165535
1788-04-13T12:00-20.782.88139N53W109.00-19SEBS, SSEFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165536
1788-04-14T12:00-19.721.2796N51W118.00-17SBE, SEBS, ESE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation165537
1788-04-15T12:00-18.43-0.13118N49W105.00-17SBE, ESE, SSW, SEBS, SECLOUDY0000000165538
1788-04-16T12:00-16.83-1.8796N46W138.00-17SE, SEBE, SE, ESECLOUDY0000000165539
1788-04-17T12:00-15.98-4.70120ST HELENAWNW6-15SEBS, SE0000000165540
1788-04-21T12:00-14.65-6.9864ASCENSIONN47W198N45W96.00-15SE, SEBE, ESE, EBNCLOUDY0000000165541
1788-04-22T13:00-13.70-7.92145ASCENSIONN48W171N42W81.00-13ESE, SEBS, SE, SSEFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165542
1788-04-23T13:00-12.57-9.03100ASCENSIONN49W140N42W97.00-13SSE, SEBS, SE, ESEFAIR0000000165543
1788-04-24T13:00-11.38-11.40144ASCENSIONN51W110N42W90.00-14SBE, SSEFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165544
1788-04-25T13:00-9.83-11.48144ASCENSIONN57W68N42W120.00-14SE, ESE, SSEFIRST PART FAIR, REMAINDER CLOUDY0000000165545
1788-04-26T13:00-8.27-12.95113ASCENSIONN77W29N41W133.00-11SE, SEBS, SE, SEBEFAIR0000000165546
1788-04-27T13:00-6.73-14.22101ASCENSIONS8W25N38W122.00-12SE, ESE, SE, ESECLOUDY0000000165547
1788-04-28T13:00-5.27-15.40101N37W118.00-12SE, SEBE, ESECLOUDY0000000165548
1788-04-29T13:00-3.93-16.48101N38W106.00-12SSE, SEBS, SBE, ESE0000000165549
1788-04-30T13:00-2.12-18.00159N41W139.00-10SSE, SBW, SBECLOUDY0000000165550
1788-05-01T13:00-0.13-18.75193N22W120.00-10SWBS, WSW, SBW, SSWCLOUDY0000000165551
1788-05-02T13:001.37-18.85215N5W70.00-10NNW, WBN, WBS, SWVARIABLE AND SQUALLYCLOUDY1000000165552
1788-05-03T13:002.78-18.97214N4W97.00-11SWBS, SSW, SBW, SWCLOUDY0000000165553
1788-05-04T13:004.60-18.75203N6E119.00-11SSW, WNW, WBS, SWBSVARIABLE AND SQUALLYSMALL RAINCLOUDY1100000165554
1788-05-05T13:006.47-18.42237N9E124.00-11WBS, WBN, NW, NNW, WSWSQUALLYRAINCLOUDY1100100165555
1788-05-06T13:007.32-17.67315N35E78.00-11NBW, NNW, NWBNCLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000165556
1788-05-07T13:007.48-17.653490.0N6E14.00-11NNE, NW, NNW, NCALMSFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER HAZY0000000165557
1788-05-08T13:007.47-18.50304ISLE OF MAYN24W171N88W50.00-11NW, N, NEBE, NWLATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST PART FAIR1100100165558
1788-05-09T13:007.93-20.3522ISLE OF MAYN13W150N75W115.00-12NNE, NBE, NEBNSQUALLY AT TIMESCLOUDY1000000165559
1788-05-10T13:008.43-21.9711ISLE OF MAYN1W136N81W97.00-12NBE, N, NNW, NNECLOUDY0000000165560
1788-05-11T14:008.42-23.17339N85W71.00-10NNE, NNW, N, NBWFAIR0000000165561
1788-05-12T14:008.82-24.6724N74W93.00-10NBW, N, NNE, NEBNHAZY0000000165562
1788-05-13T14:009.33-26.5013N75W113.00-10NBE, NBW, N, NNECLOUDY0000000165563
1788-05-14T14:009.92-28.2827N58W125.00-7NE, NNE, NEBNCLOUDY0000000165564
1788-05-15T14:0011.23-30.2738N68W127.00-7NNE, NBE, NECLOUDY0000000165565
1788-05-16T14:0012.85-32.2514N49W155.00-9NEBN, NE, NNECLOUDY0000000165566
1788-05-17T14:0015.18-33.7239N31W166.00-6NEBE, NECLOUDY0000000165567
1788-05-18T14:0017.72-35.1748N29W173.00-8NE, NEBE, NE, NEBECLOUDY0000000165568
1788-05-19T14:0020.17-36.5548N28W167.00-8NE, ENE, NEBE0000000165569
1788-05-20T15:0021.82-37.9239N34W135.00-6ENE, NEBE, NEHAZY0000000165570
1788-05-21T15:0023.58-39.0848N30W127.00-8NE, NEBESQUALLY AT TIMESFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY1000000165571
1788-05-22T15:0025.48-39.9260N22W120.00-8NE, NEBE, ENEFIRST PART CLEAR, REMAINDER CLOUDY0000000165572
1788-05-23T15:0027.03-39.6582CORVON30E292N9E90.00-8EBN, E, ESE, ECLOUDY0000000165573
1788-05-24T15:0027.10-39.32150CORVON29E288N61E20.00-8SSW, NBE, N, SSEMIDDLE RAINCLOUDY0100000165574
1788-05-25T15:0027.85-38.43328CORVON27E267N45E67.00-10N, NBW, NE, NNWFIRST PART SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000165575
1788-05-26T15:0028.60-38.5024CORVON29E254N6W39.00-10VARIABLE, NBW, W, NEBNFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165576
1788-05-27T14:0029.57-36.52303CORVON24E221N57E120.00-12NNW, N, NNE, NWCLOUDY0000000165577
1788-05-28T14:0030.33-35.72359CORVON22E202N40E64.00-12NBW, NWBN, NW, NBECLOUDY0000000165578
1788-05-29T14:0030.42-35.53359CORVON21E200N63E11.00-12NNW, NNE, NBEHAZY0000000165579
1788-05-30T14:0030.43-35.18348CORVON15E192N43E22.00-12NNW, NBW, VARIABLE, NVARIABLE WITH CALMSFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165580
1788-05-31T14:0031.15-35.90314CORVON25E188N38W60.00-12NNW, NEBN, NNE, NWBNCLOUDY0000000165581
1788-06-01T14:0032.07-37.1722CORVON33E181N49W85.00-12NNE, NEBE, NE, NEBNMIDDLE VARIABLE AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000165582
1788-06-02T15:0033.05-38.1343CORVON41E175N39W77.00-13ENE, NE, NEBEHEAD SEA - HEAVY SWELL FROM NCLOUDY0000000165583
1788-06-03T15:0033.88-39.0255CORVON47E171N41W67.00-13NEBN, NEBE, ENEFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY0000000165584
1788-06-04T15:0034.63-39.2532CORVON52E165N11W67.00-13EBN, EBS, ENE, NECLOUDY0000000165585
1788-06-05T15:0036.02-38.6788CORVON58E140N18E91.00-13ESE, SSE, SBW, EBSCLOUDY0000000165586
1788-06-06T14:0038.65-36.93140CORVON79E109N28E176.00-18SEBS, S, SBE, SSECLEAR0000000165587
1788-06-07T14:0040.52-34.75173CORVOS74E58N41E152.00-18S, NWBN, WNW, SBWFIRST PART SQUALLYFIRST PART RAINCLOUDY1100000165588
1788-06-08T14:0042.02-32.33251N50E142.00-19WBS, SW, SWBS, WFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY0000000165589
1788-06-09T14:0043.98-29.18203N51E179.00-22SWBS, SBW, SWLATTER SMALL RAINFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0100000165590
1788-06-10T14:0045.73-25.17181N58E200.00-22SBW, SSWTHICKLATTER SMALL RAINCLOUDY, HAZY0110000165591
1788-06-11T13:0046.87-21.45202N66E170.00-23NBE, N, SWFIRST PART SQUALLYSMALL RAINHAZY0100000165592
1788-06-12T13:0048.22-20.45335N30E89.00-26NBW, SSE, ESE, EBN, NMIDDLE SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000165593
1788-06-13T13:0049.23-20.1743N13E56.00-26SEBE, ESE, EBS, ENEFAIR0000000165594
1788-06-14T13:0048.83-19.8843S38E21.00-26E, EBS, ENEFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165595
1788-06-15T13:0048.83-19.733620.0E7.00-26VARIABLECALMCLOUDY0000000165596
1788-06-16T13:0048.93-16.93268N87E110.00-25SW, SWBS, WNWHAZY0000000165597
1788-06-17T13:0049.08-12.15190N87E188.00-24WSW, SW, SWBSFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0000000165598
1788-06-18T13:0049.07-8.62201SCILLYN48E31E139.00-24W, NEBN, NE, VARIABLE, SWSQUALLYRAINCLOUDY1100000165599