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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 MONMOUTH cruise from Spithead to St. Jago started at 1781-03-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750814, 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: 35.848333 * Median Longitude: -15.906667 * South-bound Latitude: 16.830000 * West-bound Longitude: -22.250000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.330000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.920000
Date/Time Start: 1781-03-16T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-04-09T00:00:00
Event(s):
Monmouth_17810316_NMM_ADM/L/M16B * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 14.080000 * Longitude End: -22.490000 * Date/Time Start: 1781-03-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-04-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Monmouth (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - St Jago, 1st Observer: James Alms (Captain), 2nd Observer: George Murray (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 64G 1369BM
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
467 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)

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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1781-03-16T12:0049.33-6.921029.3LIZARDN63E28S63W81.00-22EBS, SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000170223
1781-03-17T13:0048.02-9.271809.3LIZARDN52:02E66S52W116.00-23SEBE, SEBS, SSWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000170224
1781-03-18T13:0047.68-9.531351.0LIZARDN49E73S10W23.00-23SBW, CALM, SSEINCLINING TO CALM0000000170225
1781-03-19T13:0047.37-10.451372.6LIZARDN53:17E87S64W49.00-21SSW, SSELIGHT BREEZESSWELL FROM THE WCLOUDY0000000170226
1781-03-20T13:0047.02-11.001371.0LIZARDN57:3496S62W27.00-21S, SBW, SSEMODERATE INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000170227
1781-03-21T13:0046.80-12.081591.0LIZARDN55:24E111S74W46.00-21SLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000170228
1781-03-22T13:0046.00-13.101139.3LIZARDN53:15E132S41W64.00-22SSE, SEFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM NECLOUDY0000000170229
1781-03-23T13:0044.23-13.72916.7LIZARDN45:23E163S14W108.00-22SE, SEBE, ESEMODERATEHAZY0000000170230
1781-03-24T13:0042.12-14.383619.0LIZARDN39:03E202S13W131.00-20NEBEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000170231
1781-03-25T13:0039.95-14.987019.0LIZARDN34:36E243S12W133.00-20ENE, EFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000170232
1781-03-26T13:0038.80-16.27482.6LIZARDN35:15E273S41W92.00-20ENELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000170233
1781-03-27T13:0037.12-16.65272.6LIZARDN32:44E298S10W101.00-18NELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000170234
1781-03-28T13:0035.35-16.52382.6LIZARDN29:30E335S4E106.00-18NEBELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000170235
1781-03-29T13:0033.80-16.23353LIZARDN26:46E363S8E94.00-18NBEVARIABLEVARIABLE0000000170236
1781-03-30T13:0033.20-17.172079.3SW END OF MADEIRASBW1/2W14S52W59.00-18N, SWFRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000170237
1781-03-31T13:0032.47-17.9232219.0W END OF MADEIRANE70S40W58.00-16WNW, NW, NNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000170238
1781-04-01T13:0030.85-18.2034419.0W END OF MADEIRAN21:38E38S8W98.00-16NWBW, WNW, NBW, NFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000170239
1781-04-02T13:0028.57-19.0527719.0W END OF MADEIRAN19:30E88S18W144.00-16NNW, WNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000170240
1781-04-03T13:0026.60-20.133239.3W END OF MADEIRAN21:43E127S26W130.00-15NNWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000170241
1781-04-04T13:0025.05-20.57302.6W END OF MADEIRAN20:12E159S14W93.00-15NNE, NELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000170242
1781-04-05T13:0023.12-21.38416.7W END OF MADEIRAN20:23E200S23W126.00-15NEBEMODERATEFINE0000000170243
1781-04-06T13:0021.20-22.02329.3W END OF MADEIRAN19:51E240S17W120.00-13EBN, NEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000170244
1781-04-07T13:0018.88-21.97329.3W END OF MADEIRAN16:38E284S1E139.00-13NEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000170245
1781-04-08T13:0016.83-22.2519119.0W END OF MADEIRAN15:33E325S7W124.00-12SBW, SBE, SSWFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000170246
1781-04-09T00:0015.77569.3BONAVISTANBE6NEBE,FRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000170247