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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 NAUTILUS cruise from Prince Rupert Bay to Rhode Island started at 1794-04-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750880, 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: 26.952973 * Median Longitude: -63.945676 * South-bound Latitude: 16.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -71.180000 * North-bound Latitude: 39.920000 * East-bound Longitude: -59.350000
Date/Time Start: 1794-04-18T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-06-01T16:00:00
Event(s):
Nautilus_17940418_NMM_ADM/L/N53B * Latitude Start: 19.280000 * Longitude Start: -62.720000 * Latitude End: 16.000000 * Longitude End: -60.820000 * Date/Time Start: 1794-04-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-06-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Nautilus (Sloop), Voyage: Prince Ruperts Bay Dominica - Rhode Island, 1st Observer: Henry Bayntun (Captain), 2nd Observer: Edward Berry (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G 337BM
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
704 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1794-04-18T16:0019.28-62.721162.6ANGUILLAS10:23W19N4E106.003ESELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000173571
1794-04-19T16:0020.15-63.421382.6BERMUDAN248N37E67.003SELIGHT BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000173572
1794-04-20T16:0020.47-63.303186.7BERMUDAN1W242N16W23.003NWSET SSE1MODERATECLEAR0000000173573
1794-04-21T16:0021.90-63.4736.7BERMUDAN213N1W87.003NMODERATEAM A HEAVY SWELL FROM THE NNWCLEAR0000000173574
1794-04-22T16:0022.50-63.433186.7BERMUDAN2W202N3:36W36.003VARIABLE, NWMODERATECLEAR0000000173575
1794-04-23T16:0023.45-63.951366.7BERMUDAN2:43E179N23W74.001VARIABLE, E, SEMODERATECLEAR0000000173576
1794-04-24T16:0024.57-64.68692.6BERMUDAN6:32E161N34W64.001NE, ENELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000173577
1794-04-25T16:0025.22-65.48461.0BERMUDAN13:18E150N51W68.001NELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000173578
1794-04-26T16:0026.80-66.45461.0BERMUDAN24:6E124N28.5W110.001NELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000173579
1794-04-27T17:0029.38-67.68689.3LONG ISLANDN25W150N22:49W169.000ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000173580
1794-04-28T17:0031.53-68.431806.7LONG ISLANDN16:56W130N17W136.000SMODERATECLEAR0000000173581
1794-04-29T17:0034.07-69.301669.3LONG ISLANDN21:19W145N16W158.00-3SW, WSW, N, NBW, SBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000173582
1794-04-30T17:0035.93-69.40177LONG ISLANDN22:12W105N2W111.00-3SW, N, NNW, N, SFRESH BREEZES, AT 11 VERY HEAVY SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000173583
1794-05-01T17:0036.77-69.681889.3LONG ISLANDN23:30W88N14:49W49.00-3SBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000173584
1794-05-02T17:0037.77-70.151850.0LONG ISLANDN23:5W66N20W64.00-6SBWFRESH BREEZES, AM CALMCLOUDY0000000173585
1794-05-03T17:0038.45-70.48620.0LONG ISLANDN27:13W49N17W53.00-6ENEFRESH BREEZES, AM CALMCLOUDY0000000173586
1794-05-04T17:0039.92-71.18842.6LONG ISLANDN32:3421N23W84.00-6SE, ELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000173587
1794-05-13T17:0039.25-70.506219.0NANTUCKETN52:50E302S26E114.00-6ESE, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000173588
1794-05-14T17:0037.90-68.351636.7BERMUDAS36W133S51W130.00-6S, WSW, SBEMODERATECLEAR0000000173589
1794-05-15T16:0035.83-64.5724322.6BERMUDAS15:37E67S56E219.00-5WSWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000173590
1794-05-16T16:0033.37-61.872419.3BERMUDAS60E31S42E201.00-7WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000173591
1794-05-17T16:0031.50-60.682212.6BERMUDAN65:15E51S29E127.00-4SWFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY, AM CLEAR0000000173592
1794-05-18T16:0030.32-59.421996.7MARTINIQUES5:26W308S44E104.00-4SSWMODERATEFAIR0000000173593
1794-05-19T16:0028.38-59.35244MARTINIQUES6:38W270S2E117.00-4WSWMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINHAZY0100000173594
1794-05-20T16:0025.12-59.60100MARTINIQUES7:32W204S4W197.00-1EBSMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINHAZY0100000173595
1794-05-21T16:0024.38-60.05134MARTINIQUES5:36W189S30W50.00-1EBS, SEMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINHAZY0100000173596
1794-05-22T16:0023.25-61.18145MARTINIQUES00:59E165S44W90.00-1SEBSMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINHAZY0100000173597
1794-05-23T16:0022.47-61.671366.7MARTINIQUES4:41E150S29W53.001VARIABLE, SEMODERATEHAZY0000000173598
1794-05-24T16:0022.23-60.92362MARTINIQUES51W145S72E45.001SSW, S, VARIABLESQUALLYRAIN0100000173599
1794-05-25T16:0022.02-60.402606.7MARTINIQUES2:44W141S65E33.001SE, WBSSQUALLY, AT NOON MODERATERAINAT NOON CLOUDY0100000173600
1794-05-26T16:0021.25-60.472269.3MARTINIQUES4:45W126S4W45.001NNE, SWLIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYDRIZZLING RAIN0100000173601
1794-05-27T16:0019.95-60.831362.6MARTINIQUES51W99S16W81.001NW, SELIGHT BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZES0000000173602
1794-05-28T16:0019.82-60.90910.0MARTINIQUES1:30W97S26W10.001ECALMCLOUDY0000000173603
1794-05-29T16:0019.45-60.733620.0MARTINIQUES2W89S23E23.001VARIABLELIGHT AIRS, AM CALMCLOUDY0000000173604
1794-05-30T16:0018.78-60.43240.0MARTINIQUES8:32W77S23:6W43.001NNELIGHT AIRS, AM CALMCLEAR0000100173605
1794-05-31T16:0017.83-60.05461.0MARTINIQUES18:9W60S21W60.001NELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000173606
1794-06-01T16:0016.00-60.82362MARTINIQUES11:19W20S22W117.003VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYCLEAR0000000173607