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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 RENOWN cruise from Madeira to Prince Ruperts Bay started at 1767-05-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751015, 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: 20.064286 * Median Longitude: -35.609524 * South-bound Latitude: 15.370000 * West-bound Longitude: -54.790000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.580000 * East-bound Longitude: -17.820000
Date/Time Start: 1767-05-09T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-05-29T16:00:00
Event(s):
Renown_17670509_NMM_ADM/L/R78 * Latitude Start: 32.130000 * Longitude Start: -16.570000 * Latitude End: 15.420000 * Longitude End: -54.790000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-05-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-05-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Renown (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Madeira - Prince Ruperts Bay, 1st Observer: Richard Bickerton (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Mitchell (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 30G 694BM
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 ClearnessClearness
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
397 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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1767-05-09T13:0031.58-17.82426.7MADEIRA ROADN33:45E26S33:45W78.00-14SE-NEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209551
1767-05-10T13:0029.17-19.14546.7MADEIRA ROADN29:46E79S28W160.00-14ENEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209552
1767-05-11T13:0027.20-21.52559.3MADEIRA ROADN35:54E133S45:50W169.00-13ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209553
1767-05-12T14:0025.68-23.55579.3MADEIRA ROADN39:19E181S29:20W140.00-11ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209554
1767-05-13T14:0024.27-25.32459.3MADEIRA ROADN42:19E222S48:40W127.00-11NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209555
1767-05-14T14:0022.92-27.40349.3MADEIRA ROADN43:20E269S55:50W141.00-11NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209556
1767-05-15T14:0021.48-29.75619.3MADEIRA ROADN45:26E318S56:15W154.00-7ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209557
1767-05-16T14:0020.33-31.94619.3MADEIRA ROADN47:16E355S60W139.00-7ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209558
1767-05-17T14:0019.30-33.64632.6MADEIRA ROADN48:20E402S60:30W116.00-5ENELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209559
1767-05-18T14:0018.50-35.20402.6MADEIRA ROADN49:19E436S61:10W101.00-5NELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000209560
1767-05-19T14:0017.93-36.15516.7MADEIRA ROADN50:40E457S60:30W65.00-5NEBEMODERATEFAIR0000000209561
1767-05-20T14:0017.70-36.741081.0MADEIRA ROADN51:10E468S62W34.00-5ESELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000209562
1767-05-21T15:0017.37-37.601332.6MADEIRA ROADN51:52E485S69:20W54.00-2EBN-NNE-SELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000209563
1767-05-22T15:0016.98-39.341336.7MADEIRA ROADN52:30E517S73W96.00-2SBW-SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209564
1767-05-23T15:0016.77-41.00133MADEIRA ROADN54:20E549S73:34W98.00-2SEFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZESFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000209565
1767-05-24T15:0016.33-43.071356.7MADEIRA ROADN54:40E577S76:40W118.000SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209566
1767-05-25T15:0015.97-45.041136.7MADEIRA ROADN56:10E612S79:10W115.000ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209567
1767-05-26T15:0015.60-46.921139.3MADEIRA ROADN58:25E652S79:10W125.000ESEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000209568
1767-05-27T15:0015.48-49.701256.7MADEIRA ROADN60E697S87W136.001SEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000209569
1767-05-28T15:0015.37-52.171369.3MADEIRA ROADN61:17E737S87W142.001E-SEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000209570
1767-05-29T16:0015.42-54.79939.3MADEIRA ROADN63:17E780N89W150.003EFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000209571