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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 Havanna to Uk started at 1762-09-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751150, 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: 47.900625 * Median Longitude: -23.689375 * South-bound Latitude: 45.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -41.940000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.280000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.780000
Date/Time Start: 1762-09-24T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-10-09T12:00:00
Event(s):
Penzance_17620924_NMM_ADM/L/P96 * Latitude Start: 23.596000 * Longitude Start: -82.434000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1762-09-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-10-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Penzance (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Havanna - Uk, 1st Observer: John Boyd (Captain), 2nd Observer: James Asham (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G. 823BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 CommentComment
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
326 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
Comment
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1762-09-24T15:0045.20-41.94322THE MARTINSSWBW1/4W760NE78.00-16SBE, E, ENE, NE, NNWVARIABLEVARIABLE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186171
1762-09-25T15:0045.92-39.8333319.0THE MARTINSSWBW3/4W793NEBE3/4E100.00-16W, WBN, WSW, N, NBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186172
1762-09-26T14:0046.30-37.442886.7THE MARTINSS60W826N77E102.00-16N, NW, NWBWMODERATE BREEZESLARGE SWELL FROM THE NWHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186173
1762-09-27T14:0047.20-33.6128822.6THE MARTINSS60W879N71E166.00-16W, NW, NWBWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER PART STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYSWELL FROM THE NWCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186174
1762-09-28T14:0047.30-30.8829819.0THE MARTINSS61W914N87E112.00-17NWBW, WNW, NWFRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM THE NCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186175
1762-09-29T14:0047.55-28.3939.3THE MARTINSSWBW1/2W947E3/4N102.00-20NNW, NWBN, NNEFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM THE NHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186176
1762-09-30T14:0047.83-26.363402.6THE MARTINSS62W984EBN85.00-20NNW, NWBN, NLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186177
1762-10-01T14:0047.83-25.613621.0THE MARTINSS63W982E30.00-20VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186178
1762-10-02T14:0047.97-23.712506.7THE MARTINSS63W1000E1/2N76.00-20NNW, NW, WNW, W1ST PART LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186179
1762-10-03T13:0048.27-20.782059.3THE MARTINSS64W1040E3/4N120.00-20WBS, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186180
1762-10-04T13:0048.80-18.091609.3THE MARTINSS64W1077ENE1/2E112.00-20SWBS, SBW, SFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM THE SWHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186181
1762-10-05T13:0049.28-15.1918319.0THE MARTINSSWBW3/4W1114ENE3/4E118.00-20S, SBW, SSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLARGE SWELL FROM THE SWHAZY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186182
1762-10-06T13:0049.28-12.862956.7THE MARTINSS65W1143E92.00-20SBW, SSW, WNW, NNW, NW1ST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER RAINY0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation186183
1762-10-07T13:0049.28-11.232616.7THE MARTINSS66W1160E64.00-20NBW, N, NWBN, NW, WBN1ST PART LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE1ST HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186184
1762-10-08T13:0049.28-8.3325019.0THE MARTINSS67W1196E114.00-20WBN, NNW, NW1/2N, WFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation186185
1762-10-09T12:0049.12-4.7831919.0THE MARTINSWSW1S86E140.00-19WSW, NWBN, NNW, NW, NNW1ST PART MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESRAINFAIR0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation186186