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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 PEGASUS cruise from St. Eustacius to Suriname started at 1834-01-26 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751125, 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: 13.380588 * Median Longitude: -58.935882 * South-bound Latitude: 6.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.830000 * North-bound Latitude: 17.970000 * East-bound Longitude: -54.630000
Date/Time Start: 1834-01-26T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1834-02-11T16:00:00
Event(s):
Pegasus_18340126_MAR_D23905_3580 * Latitude Start: 16.020000 * Longitude Start: 61.900000 * Latitude End: 6.180000 * Longitude End: -55.410000 * Date/Time Start: 1834-01-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1834-02-11T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Pegasus (Brik), Voyage: St Eustacius - Suriname, 1st Observer: J.P. Muller (Kltz), Company: MAR, Other ship information: SCHIP IS UITGERUST MET 16 KARRONA DES A 30 EN 2 JAGERS A 6 POND EN BEMAND MET 100 KOPPEN EN 10 JONGENS BOVEN DE ROL
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
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
13 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.
14 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.
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 Cloud typeCloud type
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
321 data points

Data

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ID
1834-01-26T16:0017.88-62.83804.6VM8NO8.75ANKER OP.1O-OTNBRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT0000000185002
1834-01-27T16:0017.95-62.45794.6ST BARTHOLOMEUSW 1/2 ZVM8O 1/4 Z9.500O-OTNBRAMZEILSKOELTEMOOI WEERHELDERE LUCHT0000000185003
1834-01-28T16:0017.93-62.111014.6VM8O 1/2 Z9.000OTN-OTZBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN FLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT0000000185004
1834-01-29T16:0017.97-61.68799.3VM8OZO 1/2 O7.500O-OTNMARSZEILSKOELTE TOT GEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT, BUIÏGE LUCHT0000000185005
1834-01-30T16:0016.58-61.08819.3VM8ZTO 1/3 O21.252O-OTNONGESTADIGE GEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEHEIÏGE LUCHT0000000185006
1834-01-31T16:0014.73-60.48819.3VM8ZTO 3/8 O30.502O-OTNGEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEGOED WEEROVERDRIJVENDE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT0000000185007
1834-02-01T16:0012.98-60.021032.6VM8ZTO 1/4 O26.752O-OTZONGESTADIGE KOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT0000000185008
1834-02-02T16:0011.12-59.58714.9VM8ZTO 1/3 O26.503O-ONOFRISSE BRAMZEILSKOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT0000000185009
1834-02-03T16:0011.08-59.34936.7VM8OZO 1/2 O6.003OZO-OSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTEBEWOLKTE LUCHT, OVERDRIJVENDE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT0000000185010
1834-02-04T16:0011.12-58.94826.7VM8O 1/4 Z7.503O-OTNSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTE EN MARSZEILSKOELTEGOED WEEROPKLARENDE LUCHT0000000185011
1834-02-05T16:0012.98-58.381152.6VM8NNO 3/4 O28.252OTZ-OZOFLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT0000000185012
1834-02-06T16:0014.03-57.271241.0VM8NOTO 1/8 O21.000ZO-ZOTOFLAUWE KOELTESCHOON WEERHELDERE LUCHT0000000185013
1834-02-07T16:0014.53-56.76901.0VM8ONO 7/8 O7.000OZO-OFLAUWE KOELTEHELDERE LUCHT0000000185014
1834-02-08T16:0012.33-55.861022.6VM8ZTO 1/2 O30.001O-OTZFLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT0000000185015
1834-02-09T16:0010.17-55.14692.6VM8ZTO 1/3 O28.501O-ONOBRAMZEILSKOELTE, ONGESTADIGE KOELTEREGENBUIENWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHT, BUIÏGE LUCHT, ONGESTADIGE WEE1100000185016
1834-02-10T16:007.97-54.63804.6VM8Z 3/4 O34.501O-OTNBRAMZEILSKOELTEWOLKDRIJVENDE LUCHTHELDERE LUCHT0000000185017
1834-02-11T16:006.12-55.36714.6BRAMSPUNTZTOVM83ONOBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN FLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTEHELDERE LUCHT0000000185018