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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 MINERVA cruise from Belle Island to Spithead started at 1761-01-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750798, 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: 45.303548 * Median Longitude: -7.760645 * South-bound Latitude: 43.520000 * West-bound Longitude: -10.600000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.380000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.910000
Date/Time Start: 1761-01-01T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1761-01-31T13:00:00
Event(s):
Minerva_17610101_NMM_ADM/L/M195 * Latitude Start: 49.380000 * Longitude Start: -5.260000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1761-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1761-01-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Minerva (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Belle Island - Spithead, 1st Observer: Alexander Hood (Captain), 2nd Observer: Henry Bellow (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 664BM
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 CommentCommentAny remark, found in the logbook on this particular day, about wars and fights in which this ship was involved
13 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.
14 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.
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
562 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 
Comment
(Any remark, found in the logb...)
13 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
14 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
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)
1761-01-01T12:0049.38-5.2622919.0BELLE ISLANDN38E48N26E105.00-19NW, NNW, WSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000169702
1761-01-02T12:0047.13-5.052979.3CAPE PINASWBS10-18W, NWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000169703
1761-01-03T12:0044.88-4.95509.3CAPE PINASS32W24N32E73.00-18W, N, ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000169704
1761-01-04T12:0043.85-5.582529.3CAPE PINASSWBS41-18NNE, NW, WFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000169705
1761-01-05T12:0044.68-6.79729.3CAPE ST CYPRIANS10-18S, SE, EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169706
1761-01-06T13:0045.50-7.98729.3CAPE PINASS15E32N2W78.00-18EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169707
1761-01-07T13:0045.53-7.81-180000000169708
1761-01-08T13:0045.57-7.63729.3CAPE PINASS2E33S29E43.00-18EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169709
1761-01-09T13:0045.35-8.011409.3CAPE PINASS15E34N36W26.00-18E, ESE, SE, SSEFRESH BREEZES0000000169710
1761-01-10T13:0044.65-8.832079.3CAPE PINASS39E28WSW38.00-18SW, SWFRESH BREEZES0000000169711
1761-01-11T13:0044.75-8.011400.6CAPE PINASS21E21ESE36.00-18SW, VARIABLE, SSELIGHT AIRS INCINABLE TO CALM0000000169712
1761-01-12T13:0044.80-8.001176.7CAPE PINASESE8-18SE, SE, E, SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000169713
1761-01-13T13:0044.85-7.9811719.0CAPE ORTEGALES16N24W60.00-18SE, ESE, SEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000169714
1761-01-14T13:0044.80-8.058322.6CAPE ORTEGALESSE3/4E16N42W33.00-18E, EBSSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000169715
1761-01-15T13:0044.42-10.60959.3CAPE ORTEGALES83E46S81W138.00-18E, ESE, ESE, ESEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000169716
1761-01-16T13:0043.52-9.56729.3CAPE ORTEGALEN66E28SE81.00-18EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169717
1761-01-17T13:0044.11-9.46959.3CAPE PINASENE10-18EBS, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169718
1761-01-18T13:0044.70-9.36729.3CAPE ORTEGALES62E27N30W73.00-18NE, ESE, EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169719
1761-01-19T13:0044.75-8.967219.0CAPE ORTEGALESE1/4E25NE20.00-18EFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000169720
1761-01-20T13:0044.13-8.267219.0CAPE ORTEGALES83E13SEBE51.00-18EFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000169721
1761-01-21T13:0044.53-8.122526.7CAPE ORTEGALESEBE6-18EBS, VARIABLE, WMODERATE0000000169722
1761-01-22T13:0044.93-7.97959.3CAPE PINASSBE11-18SSW, SE, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000169723
1761-01-23T13:0045.33-7.8310619.0CAPE PINASSBE30NBW90.00BATTLE WITH FRENCH SHIP-18E, EBS, ESE, SE, SEBEFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000169724
1761-01-24T13:0045.32-8.7111719.0CAPE PINASS22E33S82W38.00-18EBN, ENE, NE, E, ESE, SEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000169725
1761-01-25T13:0045.53-9.9815119.0CAPE PINASS46E37WNW36.00-18SSE, S, SBEFRESH GALESRAINLARGE SWELL FROM THE ECLOUDY0100000169726
1761-01-26T13:0045.18-10.03952.6CAPE PINASS55E44WBN34.00-18S, SE, ESELITTLE WIND AND VARIABLEVARIABLE0000000169727
1761-01-27T12:0045.40-6.97720.0CAPE PINASSEBE53N68E20.00-18SSE, SE, ECALMHAZY0000000169728
1761-01-28T12:0044.72-3.91721.0CAPE PINASSE1/4E61N44E21.00-18ELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000169729
1761-01-29T12:0046.75-5.97722.6CAPE PINASSSE58N46E90.00-18ELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000169730
1761-01-30T12:0047.55-6.83716.7CAPE PINASS5W73NEBE58.00-19EMODERATECLOUDY0000000169731
1761-01-31T13:0047.82-8.132052.6CAPE PINASS7E79N15W17.00-20E, SWLITTLE WINDFAIR0000000169732