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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 Havanna to Uk started at 1777-12-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751031, 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: 39.141852 * Median Longitude: -53.044074 * South-bound Latitude: 30.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -78.750000 * North-bound Latitude: 47.770000 * East-bound Longitude: -25.070000
Date/Time Start: 1777-12-07T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-01-02T14:00:00
Event(s):
Pallas_17771208_NMM_ADM/L/P7 * Latitude Start: 23.596000 * Longitude Start: -82.434000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1777-12-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-01-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Pallas (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Havanna(?) - Uk(?), 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 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:
507 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)
1777-12-07T17:0030.23-78.75946.7HAVANNAS24W156S44E74.004EMODERATECLOUDY0000000183623
1777-12-08T17:0031.32-76.671499.3HAVANNAS31:28W193S60E130.003SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183624
1777-12-09T17:0032.12-73.921619.3HAVANNAS39:30W235S70E148.003S, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183625
1777-12-10T17:0033.00-71.552239.3HAVANNAS43:45W275S66E130.00-2W, WNW, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183626
1777-12-11T17:0033.33-69.583139.3HAVANNAS47:35W305N79E111.00-2NNW, NBW, NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183627
1777-12-12T17:0032.90-68.853479.3HAVANNAS50:27W309S55E45.00-2NW, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000183628
1777-12-13T17:0033.93-67.88144HAVANNAS49:25W334N38E78.00-2SEBSSQUALLYRAIN0100000183629
1777-12-14T16:0035.22-66.0528919.0HAVANNAS49W372N50E120.00-4NW, NWBW, WNWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000183630
1777-12-15T16:0036.33-63.8230019.0HAVANNAS50:24W416N60E134.00-4NWBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000183631
1777-12-16T16:0036.80-61.2833219.0HAVANNAS52:55W455N77E128.00-6NNWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000183632
1777-12-17T16:0037.62-59.6717019.0HAVANNAS53:16W487N58E93.00-10SFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000183633
1777-12-18T16:0038.18-58.482042.6HAVANNAS53:31W508N59E66.00-10SWBSLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183634
1777-12-19T16:0039.35-56.2523719.0HAVANNAS53:44W550N56E125.00-11SSW, WSW, WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000183635
1777-12-20T16:0039.80-53.9221419.0HAVANNAS55:14W587N76E112.00-11NBW, SWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000183636
1777-12-21T16:0040.00-52.85572.6HAVANNAS55:52W603N76E50.00-11ENELITTLE WINDHAZY0000000183637
1777-12-22T15:0039.77-50.858819.0HAVANNAS58W630S81E90.00-13NNW, WNW, EBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000183638
1777-12-23T15:0040.18-49.3231319.0HAVANNAS58:31W655ENE1/4E75.00-13WSW, SSW, NWBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000183639
1777-12-24T15:0040.57-46.8316619.0HAVANNAS59:45W695N79E121.00-14NE, SFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000183640
1777-12-25T15:0041.88-44.654219.0HAVANNAS59:11W734N51E126.00-14E, EBS, SE, S, SSW, SW, NEBEFRESH GALESHAZY0000000183641
1777-12-26T15:0043.13-41.4718419.0HAVANNAS59:24W788NEBE1/2E160.00-19SW, WNW, SSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000183642
1777-12-27T15:0044.20-38.4724022.6HAVANNAS59:11W840N65E151.00-19WNW, NW, WNW, WBSSTRONG GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN0100000183643
1777-12-28T14:0044.83-35.4028519.0HAVANNAS60:30W884N73E130.00-19W, WSW, SW, W, NWBWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000183644
1777-12-29T14:0045.48-32.732516.7HAVANNAS61W925N70E120.00-19WMODERATEHAZY0000000183645
1777-12-30T14:0045.72-31.331382.6HAVANNAS61:28W948N74E52.00-20SSELITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183646
1777-12-31T14:0046.47-28.923402.6HAVANNAS61:46W984N70E106.00-20NLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183647
1778-01-01T14:0046.70-27.633182.6HAVANNAS61:54W1003ENE57.00-20NNWLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000183648
1778-01-02T14:0047.77-25.0722422.6HAVANNAS61:45W1043N58E121.00-24W, WSWSTRONG GALESRAIN0100000183649