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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 MERSEY cruise from Wolf Island to Halifax started at 1824-09-29 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750784, 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:
Date/Time Start: 1821-09-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-09-30T00:00:00
Event(s):
Mersey_18240929_PRO_ADM/51/3265 * Date/Time Start: 1821-09-29T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-09-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Mersey (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Wolf Island - Halifax, 1st Observer: Edward Collier (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 444BM
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
2Wind 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.
3Wind speedffm/scalculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
4LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
5BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
6Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
7Wind direction descriptionWind dir descrAll reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
8Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
9ClearnessClearness
10GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
11Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
12FogFog1 If fog was reported
13Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
14ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
15HailHail1 If hail was reported
16Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
17IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
32 data points

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