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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 Madeira started at 1825-06-13 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751177, 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: 42.286364 * Median Longitude: -11.130000 * South-bound Latitude: 33.850000 * West-bound Longitude: -15.620000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.320000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.930000
Date/Time Start: 1825-06-13T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1825-06-23T13:00:00
Event(s):
Phaeton_18250613_PRO_ADM/51/3342 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 32.130000 * Longitude End: -16.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1825-06-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1825-06-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phaeton, Voyage: Spithead - Madeira, 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 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
209 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 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1825-06-13T12:0050.32-2.93541.0STARTS77261S5722.00-25NE, E, CALM, EBNAM LIGHT AIRS, PM LIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000187607
1825-06-14T12:0049.78-5.74436.7LIZARDNE11-25NE, E, ENEMODERATEAM HAZY, PM FINE0000000187608
1825-06-15T13:0047.38-8.22659.3CAPE FINISTERRES9W269S38W200.00-25EAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FINE, PM HAZY0000000187609
1825-06-16T13:0044.73-10.25769.3PORTO SANCTOS22W756S30W179.00-25E, NEBE, EBSAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FOGGYPM FINE0010000187610
1825-06-17T13:0042.55-12.052006.7PORTO SANCTOS19:21W604S31W149.00-25EBS, SE, SSW, SWAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM LIGHT VARIABLE AIRSAM HAZY0000000187611
1825-06-18T13:0042.20-12.301572.6PORTO SANCTOS19W580S22W25.00-23VARIABLE, SE, SSE, SAM LIGHT WINDS, PM MODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000187612
1825-06-19T13:0041.40-12.951011.0PORTO SANCTOS17W524S32W57.00-23S, CALM, SE, SEBELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000187613
1825-06-20T13:0040.22-13.403372.6PORTO SANCTOS17:51W452S14W77.00-23SEBE, NEBN, NNE, NLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187614
1825-06-21T13:0037.30-14.0519.3PORTO SANCTOS22:46276S17W172.00-22N, NW, SW, NNEAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187615
1825-06-22T13:0035.42-14.923626.7PORTO SANCTOS25:30W157S22W114.00-22NNE, NE, SE, VARIABLEAM MODERATE, PM LIGHT WINDS AND VARIABLEAM CLOUDY0000000187616
1825-06-23T13:0033.85-15.621132.6PORTO SANCTOS35W58S23W96.00-22VARIABLE, SEBE, SELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187617