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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 Spithead to Gibraltar started at 1824-02-15 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751175, 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: 41.138889 * Median Longitude: -6.449444 * South-bound Latitude: 35.770000 * West-bound Longitude: -10.880000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.570000 * East-bound Longitude: 2.050000
Date/Time Start: 1824-02-15T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-03-07T00:00:00
Event(s):
Phaeton_18240215_PRO_ADM/51/3342 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 35.970000 * Longitude End: -5.550000 * Date/Time Start: 1824-02-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-03-07T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phaeton, Voyage: Spithead - Gibraltar, 1st Observer: Henry E Stuart (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
--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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
411 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1824-02-15T12:0048.57-6.1735712.3CAPE FINISTERRES21W364S56W219.00-26NEBE, NE, NNEAM STRONG BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESAM RAINPM CLOUDY0100000187577
1824-02-16T13:0045.75-8.322239.3CAPE FINISTERRES14W176S31W172.00-25NNE, NWBW, WSWAM FRESH BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187578
1824-02-17T13:0044.00-7.9536219.0CAPE AGUILLONSSSE3-25NNW, NWBW, SW, VARIABLEAM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, PM STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYSWELL FROM N0000000187579
1824-02-18T13:0045.05-8.2226819.0CAPE FINISTERRES6W148N12W90.00-25VARIABLE, WBS, WNWAM FRESH GALES, PM STRONG BREEZESAM LIGHTNINGSWELL FROM WPM CLOUDY0000100187580
1824-02-19T13:0044.58-9.202346.7CAPE FINISTERRES2W101S21W27.00-25WNW, SSW, NW, WBSAM MODERATE BREEZES AND VARIABLE, PM LIGHT BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM WPM CLOUDY0000000187581
1824-02-20T13:0043.55-9.582349.3CAPE FINISTERRES19W41S14W61.00-25W, SW, WBSAM FRESH BREEZES, PM STRONG BREEZES WITH SQUALLS AT TIMESAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY0000000187582
1824-02-21T13:0043.42-9.921789.3CAPE FINISTERRES47E43N59W34.00-25WBS, SSW,AM FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYAM CLOUDY0000000187583
1824-02-22T13:0043.23-10.8818919.0BURLEYSS15E239N17W36.00-25SSW, WSW, SWBSAM FRESH GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLS, PM FRESH BREEZESAM LIGHTNINGAM RAINPM FINE0100100187584
1824-02-23T13:0042.17-10.632136.7CAPE ST VINCENTS14E312N5E70.00-23SWBS, VARIABLE, WNW, SWBWAM MODERATE, PM STRONG BREEZESPM RAINAM CLOUDY0100000187585
1824-02-24T13:0041.63-10.401019.3CAPE ST VINCENTS15E285S7E37.00-23SBW, SSE, SEBEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187586
1824-02-25T13:0040.87-10.853622.6CAPE ST VINCENTS12E245S23W50.00-23VARIABLE, E, VARIABLEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSAM RAINAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0100000187587
1824-02-26T13:0038.87-10.283482.6CAPE ST VINCENTS29E125S6E109.00-23E, NNE, NBEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FINE, PM HAZY0000000187588
1824-02-27T00:0036.682256.7NBE, WNW, SWMODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187589
1824-02-28T00:00456.7VARIABLE, SSW, VARIABLE, NEAM MODERATE, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187590
1824-02-29T00:003626.7NE, SSE, VARIABLEAM MODERATE, PM LIGHT AIRSAM HAZY, PM FINE0000000187591
1824-03-01T12:0035.77-4.273171.0ALBORANN78E611S50E48.00-21VARIABLE, ENE, NBW, NNWLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000187592
1824-03-02T12:0035.82-3.502552.6ALBORANN70E231N56E46.00-21VARIABLE, WBN, NW, W1/2NAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSAM RAINPM FINE0100000187593
1824-03-03T12:0036.50-0.672951.0CAPE CAXINESN85E2041N72E100.00-20WNW, VARIABLE, E, NWAM FRESH BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMSAM FINE0000000187594
1824-03-04T12:0036.631.15702.6CAPE CAXINESN84E921N78E76.00-20NW, W, ENE, EAM LIGHT WINDS, PM FRESH BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187595
1824-03-05T12:0036.921.55936.7CAPE CAXINESS84E741N32E25.00-20SEBE, E, ESEAM MODERATE, PM LIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000187596
1824-03-06T12:0037.172.05362.6CAPE CAXINESS65E551N58E24.00-20SE, CALM, NE, NEBEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM CALMFINE0000000187597
1824-03-07T00:001016.7CAPE CAXINESSBE41VARIABLE, E, EBSAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187598