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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 PHAETON cruise from Bermuda to Halifax started at 1821-03-04 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751172, 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: 40.621852 * Median Longitude: -52.298519 * South-bound Latitude: 31.820000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.630000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.380000 * East-bound Longitude: -13.000000
Date/Time Start: 1821-03-04T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-09-30T13:00:00
Event(s):
Phaeton_18210304_PRO_ADM/51/3342 * Latitude Start: 32.180000 * Longitude Start: -63.300000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1821-03-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-09-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phaeton, Voyage: Bermuda - Halifax, 1st Observer: William Montagu (Captain), Company: Royal Navy
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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
543 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1821-03-04T16:0031.82-64.753619.3WRECK HILLN2W26S21.00-3WBN, WBS, WW, CALMAM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY AT TIMES, PM MODERATERAIN AT NOONSWELL FROM NWCLOUDY0100000187481
1821-03-05T16:0031.93-65.352456.7WRECK HILLN58E31S15W32.00-3W, WSW, WBS, WSWAM MODERATE, PM STRONG BREEZESLIGHTNING AT MIDNIGHTRAIN AT NOON AND MIDNIGHTCLOUDY0100100187482
1821-03-06T16:0033.97-66.9836212.3SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN15E654N34W147.00-6CALM, NNE, N, NWBN, VARIABLEMODERATE TO STRONG BREEZES, SQUALLY AT TIMESRAIN AT TIMES IN PMSWELL FROM NWCLOUDY0100000187483
1821-03-07T16:0034.97-66.3736212.3SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN13E588N32E71.00-6NW, NWBW, NNW, VARIABLESTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN AND HAIL MUCH OF THE DAYHEAVY SWELL FROM NWCLOUDY0100010187484
1821-03-08T16:0034.97-66.97286.7SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN16E594W29.00-6NNW, N, NEBN, NNE, NEBNLIGHT BREEZES INCLINING TO MODERATE BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESSWELL FROM NCLOUDY0100000187485
1821-03-09T17:0035.63-68.633616.7SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN26E588N68W108.00-3NNE, NEBN, NNE, CALMMODERATEFAIR0000000187486
1821-03-10T17:0036.35-68.402672.6SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSE554N40W46.00-3CALM, WBN, NW, CALM, WSW, WLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000187487
1821-03-11T17:0037.75-67.50492.6SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN30E466N28E95.00-7WSW, NW, N, ENE, CALM, NEBELIGHT BREEZESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNING AT 9:30PM9:30PM RAINFINE0100100187488
1821-03-12T16:0038.52-67.423286.7SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN29E406N3E46.00-10NEBE, VARIABLE, NBW, N, NNWMODERATETHICK FOG AT NOONCLOUDY0010000187489
1821-03-13T16:0039.78-66.221596.7SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN9E348N52E71.00-10NBW, CALM, N, ENE, SBELIGHT BREEZES INCLINING TO MODERATE BREEZESLIGHTNING FROM SE AT 8PMCLOUDY0000100187490
1821-03-14T16:0041.18-67.222266.7SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN25E218N17W159.00-10S, SW, S, SSW, SWBWMODERATE BREEZESTHICK HAZY WEATHER AND CLOUDY0000000187491
1821-03-15T16:0043.72-64.0036212.3SAMBRO LIGHT HOUSEN40E62N23E165.00-15SW, SWBW, W, VARIABLEAM STRONG BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESFAIR AND CLEAR0000000187492
1821-09-16T16:0043.08-61.50266.7CORVOS82E1392S53E110.00-19NE, NBE, NBW, NEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000187493
1821-09-17T16:0042.13-57.68559.3CORVOS83E1204S72E180.00-13NNE, ENE, EBN, ENEFRESH BREEZESRAIN AT 4AMCLOUDY0100000187494
1821-09-18T16:0040.23-55.521319.3CORVOS88E1109S39E145.00-15E, VARIABLE, SEBE, SSE, SEBSAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATEPM RAINCLOUDY0100000187495
1821-09-19T16:0040.43-55.529815.4CORVOS88E1103N30E13.00-15SE, ESE, E, ESESTRONG BREEZES INCREASING TO GALES WITH SQUALLSLIGHTNING AT 8PMRAIN IN THE PMCLOUDY0100100187496
1821-09-20T16:0040.88-54.2821012.3CORVOS86E1025N63E74.00-15ESE, S, SBE, SBW, SWSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNING AT NOON AND MIDNIGHTRAIN AT NOONHIGH SEACLOUDY0100100187497
1821-09-21T15:0041.72-50.882526.7CORVOS82E849N73E161.00-18WSW, W, WSW, WMODERATE BREEZESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNING AT MIDNIGHTRAIN AT TIMES FOR MUCH OF THE DAYHEAVY SWELLCLOUDY AND HAZY0100100187498
1821-09-22T15:0042.48-48.552526.7CORVOS77E753N66E114.00-18SW, NNE, N, NW, WMODERATETHUNDER AND LIGHTNING AT 2AMRAIN IN THE EARLY MORNINGHEAVY SWELLCLOUDY0100100187499
1821-09-23T15:0042.97-45.902696.7ST AGNESN75E1617N77E134.00-24WSW, SWBS, SSW, W, WNWMODERATE BREEZESRAIN AT TIMES IN AFTERNOONCLOUDY0100000187500
1821-09-24T15:0043.53-40.471899.3ST AGNESN74E1397N81E205.00-25SSW, NNW, SWBSFRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER PARTS CLOUDY, MIDDLE FINE0000000187501
1821-09-25T14:0044.48-35.532109.3ST AGNESN74E1183N75E220.00-26WNW, SWBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187502
1821-09-26T14:0045.20-30.972339.3ST AGNESN75E976N73E218.00-26NW, WBN, WNW, WBSAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATERAIN EARLY AMCLOUDY0100000187503
1821-09-27T14:0045.92-25.402549.3ST AGNESN72E772N78E208.00-27SWBS, WSW, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187504
1821-09-28T13:0047.05-20.5333412.3ST AGNESN72E567N74E238.00-26WBN, WNW, NNW, NW, NAM STRONG BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187505
1821-09-29T13:0047.72-16.521296.7ST AGNESN71E400N75E170.00-29WNW, VARIABLE, S, SSEMODERATERAIN IN EVENINGSWELL FROM NWAM- CLOUDY, PM HAZY0100000187506
1821-09-30T13:0048.38-13.002416.7ST AGNESN69E257N74E143.00-29WBN, WAM MODERATE, PM FRESH BREEZESTHICK HAZY WEATHER0000000187507