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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 NEWCASTLE cruise from Halifax to Bermuda started at 1821-09-19 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.750914, 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: 38.766250 * Median Longitude: -67.213750 * South-bound Latitude: 33.280000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.680000 * North-bound Latitude: 44.200000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.420000
Date/Time Start: 1821-09-19T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-09-27T00:00:00
Event(s):
Newcastle_18210919_PRO_ADM_51/3315 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 32.180000 * Longitude End: -63.300000 * Date/Time Start: 1821-09-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-09-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Newcastle (Frigate), Voyage: Halifax - Bermuda, 1st Observer: Arthur Fanshawe (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 60G 1573T. LENGTH 177FT, BEAM 44FT 4IN, DEPTH 14FT 11IN, COMPLEMENT 450. ARMAMENT 26 32PDR, 34 24PDR GUNS. THREE MASTS, SQUARE RIGGED. BUILt IN 1814 IN LONDON AND HULKED IN 1824.
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:
164 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)
1821-09-19T16:0044.20-66.58306.7CAPE SABLES61W98-15ESE, SEBE, ENE, NEAM MODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESAM RAINHAZY0100000176184
1821-09-20T17:0042.57-68.121929.3BOSTON LIGHT HOUSES86W121215.00-11NNE, NBW, SSE, SSWFRESH BREEZESAM FINE, PM HAZY0000000176185
1821-09-21T17:0041.43-68.402299.3RACE POINTSEBE12-7SWBW, WSW, WBS, SWBWAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000176186
1821-09-22T17:0040.30-68.683082.6WRECK HILLS18E518S39E111.00-7W, WBN, NW, W, NWAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000176187
1821-09-23T17:0038.03-67.783316.7WRECK HILLS20E368N6E133.00-7NNW, NNE, NNW, NW, NNWAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000176188
1821-09-24T16:0035.77-67.101972.6WRECK HILLS17E220N10E116.00-6NNW, NBW, NNW, SWBW, SSWLIGHT BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM FINE0000000176189
1821-09-25T16:0034.55-65.631826.7WRECK HILLS1E137N47E98.00-6SSW, SWBS, SBW1/2W, SSW, S3/4WMODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000176190
1821-09-26T16:0033.28-65.422539.3NORTH ROCK, BERMUDAS33W52N8E781.00-6SSW, SW1/2S, WSW, WBSAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000176191
1821-09-27T00:0032.422816.7ST DAVIDS HEADWBN1/2N5WBS, W, W1/2S, WBNMODERATE BREEZESAM CLEAR, PM FINE0000000176192