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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 PALLAS cruise from Cape Coast to Barbados started at 1777-06-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751030, 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: -0.182963 * Median Longitude: -10.957407 * South-bound Latitude: -3.720000 * West-bound Longitude: -27.890000 * North-bound Latitude: 7.220000 * East-bound Longitude: 2.360000
Date/Time Start: 1777-06-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1777-08-06T14:00:00
Event(s):
Pallas_17770610_NMM_ADM/L/P7 * Latitude Start: 4.730000 * Longitude Start: -0.420000 * Latitude End: 14.850000 * Longitude End: -59.680000 * Date/Time Start: 1777-06-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1777-08-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Pallas (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Cape Coast - Barbados, 1st Observer: Richard Cotton (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 36G 718BM
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:
513 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)
1777-06-10T12:004.73-0.422312.6ANNAMABOSN62W18S62E55.00-17SWBS, WSWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000183596
1777-06-11T12:004.170.241976.7ANNAMABOSN56W36S50E53.00-17WSW, SWBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000183597
1777-06-12T12:002.931.232316.7ANNAMABOSN47:50W67S39E95.00-17SW, SWBW, WSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000183598
1777-06-13T12:001.851.882086.7ANNAMABOSN43:14W91S31E74.00-17WSW, SWBS, SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000183599
1777-06-14T12:000.902.362196.7ANNAMABOSN40W112S27E64.00-17SBW, SWBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000183600
1777-06-15T12:000.481.031746.7ANNAMABOSN26W104S73W84.00-17S, SSW, SBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000183601
1777-06-16T12:000.23-0.371746.7ANNAMABOSN10W100S80W86.00-17SW, SBWFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MID FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183602
1777-07-17T12:00-0.08-1.022086.7ANNAMABOSN2:20E105S64W43.00-17S, SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000183603
1777-07-18T12:00-0.43-2.411866.7ANNAMABOSN11:46E114S76W86.00-17SBE, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000183604
1777-07-19T12:00-1.22-3.411536.7ANNAMABOSN19E135S52W77.00-16SEBE, SBEMODERATEFAIR0000000183605
1777-07-20T12:00-2.12-4.091192.6ANNAMABOSN23E158S37W68.00-16S, SEBS, SELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000183606
1777-07-21T12:00-3.02-5.171206.7ANNAMABOSN28:44E187S50W84.00-15SBE, SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000183607
1777-07-22T12:00-3.47-7.461549.3ANNAMABOSN36E213WBS139.00-15SSE, SBEFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000183608
1777-07-23T13:00-3.55-9.191226.7ANNAMABOSN42E236S87W104.00-13SEMODERATEFAIR0000000183609
1777-07-24T13:00-3.65-10.861002.6ANNAMABOSN47:29E261S87W100.00-13SE, ESELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000183610
1777-07-25T13:00-3.65-12.961246.7ANNAMABOSN53E293W126.00-11SEMODERATEFAIR0000000183611
1777-07-26T13:00-3.72-15.21796.7ANNAMABOSN57:33E332S88:30W135.00-11ESE, EMODERATEFAIR0000000183612
1777-07-27T13:00-3.67-16.841022.6ANNAMABOSN60:29E359N88W98.00-11ESELITTLE WINDCLEAR0000000183613
1777-07-28T13:00-3.55-18.27822.6ANNAMABOSN63E383N85:30W86.00-8ENE, NE, ELITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183614
1777-07-29T13:00-3.03-19.77932.6ANNAMABOSN66E406N71W96.00-8SSE, NE, EBSLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183615
1777-07-30T13:00-2.38-21.22362.6ANNAMABOSN68:54E429N71W91.00-9E, NELITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183616
1777-08-01T14:00-1.35-22.76846.7ANNAMABOSN73E450N52W117.00-6VARIABLE, E, EMODERATECLOUDY0000000183617
1777-08-02T14:000.27-24.37846.7ANNAMABOEN78E474NW137.00-6EMODERATECLOUDY0000000183618
1777-08-03T14:002.12-25.54846.7ANNAMABOEN82:51E490N32W131.00-6EMODERATECLOUDY0000000183619
1777-08-04T14:003.70-26.24832.6ANNAMABOEN86:39E502N24W104.00-7ELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000183620
1777-08-05T14:005.35-27.121282.6ANNAMABOES89:36E505N28W112.00-7SSE, SELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183621
1777-08-06T14:007.22-27.891642.6ANNAMABOES85E531N22W121.00-5SSW, SBELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183622