Citation:

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

Project(s):

Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)

Funding:

Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090 : Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 44.726111 * Median Longitude: -38.926111 * South-bound Latitude: 41.170000 * West-bound Longitude: -66.520000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.650000

Date/Time Start: 1784-02-06T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1784-02-24T00:00:00

Event(s):

Narcissus_17840206_NMM_ADM/L/N2B * Latitude Start: 43.150000 * Longitude Start: -66.520000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1784-02-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1784-02-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Narcissus (8th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Nova Scotia - Spithead, 1st Observer: Edward Edwards (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 429BM

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Geocode
4	Wind direction	dd	deg	Wind 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.
5	Wind speed	ff	m/s	calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6	Landmark	Landmark		Name of first landmark
7	Bearing	Bearing		Bearing of the first landmark
8	Distance to landmark	Distance	arbitrary units	Distance to the first landmark
9	-	-		1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10	Course	Course		Course of the ship during the past 24 hours
11	Distance	Distance	arbitrary units	Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12	Declination	Decl	deg	It 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.
13	Wind direction description	Wind dir descr		All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
14	Wind force description	Wind force descr		All reported wind forces on this day
15	Present weather	ww		Weather description
16	Precipitation description	Precip descr
17	State of the sea description	State sea descr
18	Clearness	Clearness
19	Gusts	Gusts		1 If wind gusts are reported
20	Precipitation/Rain	Rain		1 If rain was reported
21	Fog	Fog		1 If fog was reported
22	Snow type	Snow		1 If snow was reported
23	Thunder	Thunder		1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24	Hail	Hail		1 If hail was reported
25	Sea ice	Sea ice		1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26	Comment	Comment
27	Identification	ID		CLIWOC 2.1 line number

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

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Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...)	5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...)	6 Landmark (Name of first landmark)	7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark)	8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark)	9 - (1 If position is considered t...)	10 Course (Course of the ship during the...)	11 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance travelled during the...)	12 Decl [deg] (It is generally accepted by t...)	13 Wind dir descr (All reported wind directions ...)	14 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...)	15 ww (Weather description)	16 Precip descr	17 State sea descr	18 Clearness	19 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported)	20 Rain (1 If rain was reported)	22 Snow (1 If snow was reported)	24 Hail (1 If hail was reported)	26 Comment	27 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1784-02-06T16:00	43.15	-66.52	362	22.6	SOUTH END OF GEORGIA BANK	S42W	40		S9W	92.00	-14	VARIABLE	FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY					0	0	0	0		172074
1784-02-07T16:00	42.45	-65.25	362	26.8	CAPE SABLE	N11W	20		S52E	70.00	-8	VARIABLE	HARD GALES				CLOUDY WEATHER	0	0	0	0		172075
1784-02-08T16:00	41.93	-61.65	305	19.0	SABLE	N41W	59		S79E	162.00	-10	NW	FRESH GALES				CLOUDY WEATHER	0	0	0	0		172076
1784-02-09T16:00	41.67	-57.70	328	15.4	SABLE	N41E	53		S85E	179.00	-10	WNW-NNW	FIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE GALES, MIDDLE FRESH GALES	FIRST AND LATTER SNOWY WEATHER			CLOUDY WEATHER	0	0	1	0		172077
1784-02-10T16:00	41.17	-56.23	362	9.3	CORVO	S85E	380		S65E	73.00	-12	VARIABLE	FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES SQUALLY		LATTER HAIL AND RAIN			0	1	0	1		172078
1784-02-11T16:00	41.60	-53.55	314	22.6	SABLE	S82E	339		N79E	124.00	-12	NW-NWBN	STRONG GALES	SNOWY WEATHER				0	0	1	0		172079
1784-02-12T15:00	41.95	-50.38	325	6.7	SABLE	S81E	294		N81E	144.00	-13	NNW, NW, WNW, NNW	FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE BREEZES		LATTER RAIN		LATTER CLOUDY	0	1	1	0		172080
1784-02-13T15:00	42.23	-47.62	362	19.0	CORVO	S73E	256		N74E	130.00	-13	VARIABLE	FIRST PART STRONG BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALES				MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS HAZY	0	0	0	0		172081
1784-02-14T15:00	42.87	-43.78	49	9.3	CORVO	S70E	195		N78E	184.00	-19	WBN, NWBN-ENE	FRESH BREEZES				CLOUDY	0	0	0	0		172082
1784-02-15T15:00	43.73	-40.72	261	22.6	CORVO	S49E	162		N65E	140.00	-20	ENE, E, ESE, W, WBN	STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER		HAIL			0	0	1	1		172083
1784-02-16T14:00	44.60	-35.88	273	15.4	CORVO	S35E	127		N76E	215.00	-20	W, WNW, NW, WNW	FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER PART MODERATE GALES		FIRST AND MIDDLE HAIL		LATTER PART CLOUDY	0	0	0	1		172084
1784-02-17T14:00	45.42	-32.43	249	9.3	CORVO	S8E	118		N72E	154.00	-21	WNW, SWBW, W	FRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLS		RAIN IN THE FIRST PART		CLOUDY WEATHER	0	1	0	0		172085
1784-02-18T14:00	46.67	-27.00	170	26.8	CORVO	S24W	154		N71E	235.00	-21	SSW, SBW	FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY IN THE FIRST AND MIDDLE PART, LATTER PART HARD GALES AND SQUALLY		SHOWERS OF RAIN IN THE FIRST AND MIDDLE PART			1	1	0	0		172086
1784-02-19T13:00	47.95	-21.18	223		USHANT	N81W	214		N72E	248.00	-25	WNW-WSW	PM AT 1 HARD GALES AND SQUALLY		PM RAIN	PM A HEAVY SEA RUNNING FROM THE WESTWARD		0	1	0	0	a trivial correction was made in this observation	172087
1784-02-20T13:00	49.30	-16.60	235	19.0	USHANT	S83E	152		N67E	204.00	-24	SW-WBS	FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY		SHOWERS OF RAIN			1	1	0	0		172088
1784-02-21T13:00	49.60	-11.53	179	12.3	SCILLY	N80E	62		N85E	28.00	-24	SSW	STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY		RAIN			0	1	0	0		172089
1784-02-22T13:00	49.33	-8.00	246		SCILLY	N44E	23		S82E	42.00	-24	SW-W	PM STRONG WINDS, AT 4 LIGHT BREEZES, AT 7 CALM, AT 8 FRESH BREEZES, AT 4 AM SQUALLY		AT 4 RAINY WEATHER, AT 4AM SHOWERS OF RAIN		PM CLOUDY WEATHER, AT 8PM CLOUDY WEATHER, AT 8AM C	1	1	0	0		172090
1784-02-23T12:00	49.45	-4.65	146	9.3				1	N8E	130.00	-23	W, SW, SBW, SBE	FRESH BREEZES IN THE FIRST AND LATTER PARTS, MIDDLE PART MODERATE		RAIN		CLOUDY WEATHER	0	1	0	0		172091
1784-02-24T00:00	49.60		362	9.3	SCILLY	NBW	14		E	135.00		VARIABLE	FRESH BREEZES		SOME SMALL RAIN		HAZY	0	1	0	0		172092