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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 MERCUUR cruise from Caracas started at 1820-05-03 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750753, 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:
Latitude: 10.670000 * Longitude: -67.020000
Date/Time Start: 1820-05-03T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1820-05-03T16:00:00
Event(s):
Mercuur_MAR_D23905_3093 * Latitude Start: 10.670000 * Longitude Start: -67.020000 * Latitude End: 10.670000 * Longitude End: -67.020000 * Date/Time Start: 1820-05-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1820-05-03T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Mercuur (Brik), Voyage from: Caracas, Company: MAR
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
3LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
4Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
5--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
6WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
7GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
8CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
9DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
10DeclinationDecldegIt 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.
11Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
12GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
13Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
14FogFog1 If fog was reported
15Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
16ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
17HailHail1 If hail was reported
18Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
19IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
16 data points

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