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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 PENZANCE cruise from St. Johns to Lisbon started at 1755-10-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751145, 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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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: 44.223784 * Median Longitude: -27.321351 * South-bound Latitude: 40.830000 * West-bound Longitude: -50.690000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.080000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.170000
Date/Time Start: 1755-10-18T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-11-24T13:00:00
Event(s):
Penzance_17551018_NMM_ADM/L/P93 * Latitude Start: 47.670000 * Longitude Start: -52.270000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Date/Time Start: 1755-10-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-11-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Penzance (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: St John'S Newfoundland - Lisbon, 1st Observer: Richard Dorrill (Captain), 2nd Observer: Lt Thomas Burnett (1st Officer/Master/Author), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G. 814BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
721 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1755-10-18T15:0047.42-50.691986.7CAPE SPEARN80W27S80E80.00-16WBS, SWBSMODERATECLEAR0000000186092
1755-10-19T15:0047.03-48.171876.7CAPE SPEARN86W58EBS96.00-16SW, SSWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000186093
1755-10-20T15:0046.63-45.802106.7CAPE SPEARN85W92EBS1/4S100.00-15SSW, SWMODERATEFOGGY WEATHERHAZY0010000186094
1755-10-21T15:0047.00-44.301650.0CAPE SPEARN84W112EBN62.00-15SWBS, SMODERATE, INCLINABLE TO CALMSFOGGY0010000186095
1755-10-22T15:0047.00-42.22176CAPE SPEARN84W138E85.00-15SBE, S, SBWMODERATE WEATHER0000000186096
1755-10-23T15:0046.42-41.37191.0CAPE SPEARN80W158SEBE64.00-15SW, NEBNLIGHT AIRSMODERATE WEATHERRAINGREAT SWELL FROM THE SE0100000186097
1755-10-24T15:0047.22-40.6212019.0CAPE SPEARW176NE1/4E40.00-15ENE, S, SEFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST AND MIDDLE PART HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0000000186098
1755-10-25T15:0047.53-39.9017119.0CAPE SPEARN86W166N71E31.00-20ESE, SBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000186099
1755-10-26T15:0048.08-38.7513819.0CAPE SPEARN87W191N55E57.00-20SBE, S, SSEFRESH GALESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINCLOUDY0100100186100
1755-10-27T14:0046.63-36.7530019.0CAPE SPEARW1/2N200SE122.00-15SW, NWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000186101
1755-10-28T14:0046.08-37.223019.0CAPE SPEARN81W216S60W39.00-15SE, SSE, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000186102
1755-10-29T14:0046.08-36.2515419.0CAPE SPEARN84W228N53E51.00-15SSE, SBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000186103
1755-10-30T14:0045.90-34.2730019.0CAPE SPEARW3/4N256S67E91.00-15S, NWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000186104
1755-10-31T14:0045.52-33.0432319.0CAPE SPEARN81W276S66E57.00-15ENE, SSE, NNWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000186105
1755-11-01T14:0045.42-32.351756.7CAPE SPEARN81W284EBS30.00-16SBE, S, SBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000186106
1755-11-02T14:0045.48-31.151876.7CAPE SPEARW3/4N300E1/2S51.00-16S, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000186107
1755-11-03T14:0045.32-29.521876.7CAPE SPEARW3/4N324E3/4S70.00-16SWBW, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000186108
1755-11-04T14:0045.42-29.191532.6CAPE SPEARW3/4N328ENE14.00-16SSW, SBELITTLE WINDS INTERMIXED WITH CALMS0000000186109
1755-11-05T14:0045.27-29.141190.0CAPE SPEARN81W329E1/2S23.00-16SSE, EBS, SEFIRST PART LITTLE WINDS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000186110
1755-11-06T14:0044.02-29.971086.7CAPE SPEARN77W328S68E80.00-16SEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000186111
1755-11-07T14:0044.10-28.272096.7CAPE SPEARN78W348S86E75.00-16SSE, SWMODERATEFAIR0000000186112
1755-11-08T14:0042.98-26.07296.7CAPE SPEARWNW3/4W384S55E117.00-16SWBW, NEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFAIR0000000186113
1755-11-09T14:0042.60-24.042919.0CAPE SPEARWBN1/4N416EBS1/4S92.00-16ENE, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATER FRESH GALESFAIR0000000186114
1755-11-10T13:0042.05-22.2034519.0CAPE SPEARN75W444S68E88.00-15NEBN, NFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART FAIR0000000186115
1755-11-11T13:0041.37-20.545319.0CAPE SPEARN75W472SEBE1/2E87.00-15NE, ENEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000186116
1755-11-12T13:0041.23-18.871919.0CAPE SPEARN75W496E1/2S76.00-15NE, NEBNFIRST AND MIDDLE PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR0000000186117
1755-11-13T13:0041.48-17.1929919.0CAPE SPEARN76W520EBN78.00-16NNW, NWFIRST AND MIDDLE PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR0000000186118
1755-11-14T13:0041.43-14.2429919.0CAPE SPEARN77W560E132.00-16NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000186119
1755-11-15T13:0041.27-11.992919.0CAPE SPEARN77W599E1/2S102.00-16NBW, NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000186120
1755-11-16T13:0041.90-10.9216419.0CAPE SPEARN78W620N52E61.00-16N, WSW, SBE, SFRESH GALESFAIR0000000186121
1755-11-17T00:0024819.0OPORTOEBS1/2S4WNW, WSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000186122
1755-11-18T13:0041.98-9.372546.7OPORTOSE1/2S17N39W53.00-16SW, WFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186123
1755-11-19T13:0041.50-9.372776.7OPORTOS70E12S29.00-16W, WNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186124
1755-11-20T13:0041.53-9.3027726.8OPORTON63E13-16WBS, WNWHARD GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000186125
1755-11-21T13:0041.56-9.2429926.8OPORTOEBN4-16NBE, NWMIDDLE AND LATTER HARD GALESFIRST PART MODERATE WEATHERMIDDLE AND LATTER RAIN0100000186126
1755-11-22T13:0041.58-9.172322.6OPORTOS56E10N56W30.00-16SSW, S, WSWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LITTLE WIND INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186127
1755-11-23T13:0041.42-9.702092.6OPORTOS83E19S70W34.00-16WSW, SWLITTLE WINDFAIR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186128
1755-11-24T13:0040.83-9.742436.7OPORTOS74E28S29W31.00-16SW, WBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186129