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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 NEPTUNE cruise from Plymouth to Barbados started at 1808-09-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750901, 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: 24.340303 * Median Longitude: -30.910909 * South-bound Latitude: 13.030000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.880000
Date/Time Start: 1808-09-24T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1808-10-26T16:00:00
Event(s):
Neptune_18080924_NMM_ADM/L/N69B * Latitude Start: 50.299000 * Longitude Start: -4.150000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1808-09-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1808-10-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Neptune (2nd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Plymouth - Barbados, 1st Observer: David Sloan (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 98G 2110 BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
602 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1808-09-24T12:0047.47-6.883609.3CAPE FINISTERES20W97S24W166.00-23NEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYPM CLEAR0000000175625
1808-09-25T13:0044.48-8.42216.7CAPE FINISTERES21W33S20W206.00-24NEBEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AT 12 MODERATEPM RAINAT 12 CLOUDY0100000175626
1808-09-26T13:0042.35-9.72336.7FUNCHALS29:46W224-23NE, SEBSAM MORE MODERATE, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM FINE0000000175627
1808-09-27T13:0039.78-11.67229.3FUNCHALS33:55W166S30W180.00-23NEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH GALESAM CLEAR, PM CLOUDY0000000175628
1808-09-28T13:0037.12-14.002419.0FUNCHALS28W100S30W200.00-21NEAM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, PM STRONG GALESAM RAINPM CLOUDY0100000175629
1808-09-29T13:0034.67-15.832412.3FUNCHALS27W40S33W180.00-21NEAM STRONG BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000175630
1808-09-30T13:0032.66-16.30246.7MADEIRAW7-21NEAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT WINDS AND VARIABLE0000000175631
1808-10-01T13:0031.40-18.23262.6BARBADOSS64W848S39W98.00-19EAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000175632
1808-10-02T13:0029.40-20.00711.0S39W155.00-19EAM LIGHT AIRS, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLEAR0000000175633
1808-10-03T13:0028.12-21.20712.6BARBADOSS66WS40W99.00-19ESEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMAM CLEAR0000000175634
1808-10-04T13:0027.70-21.601841.0S52:42W27.00-19VARIABLEAM LIGHT AIRS, PM LIGHT BREEZES0000000175635
1808-10-05T14:0028.12-23.42207N77W108.00-18SWAM SQUALLY, PM FRESH BREEZESPM FINE, AT 12 CLOUDY0000000175636
1808-10-06T14:0027.25-22.953629.3S26E58.00-17VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000175637
1808-10-07T14:0026.00-23.02286.7S30W74.00-17EAM MODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLEAR0000000175638
1808-10-08T14:0026.00-26.00629.3BARBADOSS71W667S47W84.00-17EBNAM FRESH BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM CLEAR0000000175639
1808-10-09T14:0022.80-27.72642.6BARBADOSS79W615S51:30W120.00-15EBNLIGHT BREEZESFINE WEATHER0000000175640
1808-10-10T14:0021.87-29.33662.6BARBADOSS73W605S61W118.00-13EAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175641
1808-10-11T14:0020.95-31.33779.3BARBADOSS74W563S14W130.00-13EFRESH BREEZESAM FINE WEATHER, PM CLOUDY0000000175642
1808-10-12T14:0020.00-33.17699.3BARBADOSS74W520S62W132.00-10E, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175643
1808-10-13T14:0019.12-34.33582.6BARBADOSS70W500S56W96.00-10ENELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175644
1808-10-14T14:0018.62-35.50582.6BARBADOSS76W473S69W93.00-10ENEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175645
1808-10-15T14:0017.80-36.45589.3BARBADOSS77W467N66W120.00-10ESEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175646
1808-10-16T15:0017.12-37.831072.6BARBADOSS78W438S62W92.00-6ELIGHT BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM CLOUDY0000000175647
1808-10-17T15:0016.90-39.78842.6BARBADOSS77W400S84W104.00-6ESEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175648
1808-10-18T15:0016.23-42.221079.3BARBADOSS80W346S73W147.00-6SEFRESH BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLEAR0000000175649
1808-10-19T15:0015.18-44.531109.3BARBADOSS83W277S64W150.00-3ESEFRESH BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLEAR0000000175650
1808-10-20T15:0014.23-46.581329.3BARBADOSS84W233S64W132.00-3ENEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000175651
1808-10-21T15:0013.78-48.48672.6S78W115.00-1EBNLIGHT BREEZESFINE WEATHER0000000175652
1808-10-22T15:0013.50-50.00672.6BARBADOSS87W187S76W87.00-1ENEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FINE0000000175653
1808-10-23T16:0013.35-52.75696.7BARBADOSS89W140S86W118.001EBNAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM FINE0000000175654
1808-10-24T16:0013.03-55.00802.6BARBADOSN87W91S81W134.001EBNLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000175655
1808-10-25T16:0013.20-56.82912.6BARBADOSN88W48N85W107.001EAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSAM CLEAR, PM FINE0000000175656
1808-10-26T16:0013.03-59.00922.6BARBADOSWBN770.002ELIGHT BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLEAR0000000175657