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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 Portsmouth started at 1762-07-04 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750799, 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: 50.800000 * Longitude: -1.080000
Date/Time Start: 1762-07-04T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-07-16T12:00:00
Event(s):
Minerva_17620704_PRO_ADM_51/3911 * Latitude Start: 50.750000 * Longitude Start: -0.980000 * Latitude End: 50.800000 * Longitude End: -1.080000 * Date/Time Start: 1762-07-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-07-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Minerva (Frigate), Voyage from: Portsmouth Harbour, 1st Observer: Joseph Peyton (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
12 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
13 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
14 FogFog1 If fog was reported
15 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
16 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
17 HailHail1 If hail was reported
18 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
19 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
196 data points

Data

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ID
1762-07-04T12:0050.80-1.08262.61-19NE, WSW, WSMALL BREEZES AND VARIABLE0000000169757
1762-07-05T12:0050.80-1.08716.71-19E, NNEMODERATEHAZY0000000169758
1762-07-06T12:0050.80-1.08946.71-19ESEMODERATEHAZY0000000169759
1762-07-07T12:0050.80-1.083629.31-19VARIABLE, ESEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART CLEAR, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZYMIDDLE AND LATTER SMALL RAIN0100000169760
1762-07-08T12:0050.80-1.082519.31-19W, WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDYSMALL RAIN0100000169761
1762-07-09T12:0050.80-1.083626.71-19VARIABLE, WMODERATECLOUDY0000000169762
1762-07-10T12:0050.80-1.083416.71-19NMODERATECLOUDY0000000169763
1762-07-11T12:0050.80-1.083411.01-19NLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000169764
1762-07-12T12:0050.80-1.083196.71-19NNW, NMODERATEHAZY0000000169765
1762-07-13T12:0050.80-1.083626.71-19VARIABLEMODERATEHAZY0000000169766
1762-07-14T12:0050.80-1.081161.01-19SELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000169767
1762-07-15T12:0050.80-1.082741.01-19WNWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000169768
1762-07-16T12:0050.80-1.082961.01-19NWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000169769