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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 Chesapeak to Spithead started at 1825-09-06 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751179, 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: 43.892778 * Median Longitude: -44.402778 * South-bound Latitude: 37.030000 * West-bound Longitude: -75.820000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.350000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.780000
Date/Time Start: 1825-09-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1825-09-24T12:00:00
Event(s):
Phaeton_18250906_PRO_ADM/51/3342 * Latitude Start: 37.050000 * Longitude Start: -75.830000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1825-09-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1825-09-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phaeton, Voyage: Chesapeak - Spithead, 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 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:
364 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 
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)
1825-09-06T00:00562.6CAPE HENRYWBS1/2S1VARIABLE, NEBEAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT WINDSFINE0000000187645
1825-09-07T17:0037.03-75.821582.6CORVON85:40E21051N76E22.000E, SEBE, SSELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000187646
1825-09-08T17:0037.32-72.671699.3CORVON85:48E1939N83E159.000SSE, SBW, SBEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000187647
1825-09-09T17:0038.63-67.822419.3CORVON87:54E1716N72E234.00-7SBE, SBW, SWBW, WSWFRESH BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLOUDY0000000187648
1825-09-10T16:0040.05-65.223396.7SABLE ISLANDN42E324N58E160.00-10WSW, EBS, NEBE, NBWAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM MODERATERAINAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY0100000187649
1825-09-11T16:0041.13-61.5032522.6LIZARDN77:20E2417N71E208.00-13NW, WNW, NNWAM HEAVY GALES AND SQUALLY, PM STRONG BREEZESAM RAINPM FINE0100000187650
1825-09-12T16:0042.38-57.303559.3LIZARDN77:40E2224N70E221.00-16NNW, NBW, NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187651
1825-09-13T16:0043.63-53.502609.3LIZARDN79:9E2019N68E194.00-21NBE, NNW, WBNFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000187652
1825-09-14T15:0044.23-49.70116.7LIZARDN79:28E1853N77E166.00-23WBN, WSW, WNW, NEBNMODERATEAM FINE, PM HAZY0000000187653
1825-09-15T15:0044.23-48.471802.6LIZARDN79:20E1802N88E51.00-23NW, WNW, SW, SSWAM LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT AIRSAM THICK FOGGY WEATHERPM FINE0010000187654
1825-09-16T15:0044.60-45.833466.7LIZARDN78:59E1685N79E113.00-25SSW, NBW, N, NBEMODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY0000000187655
1825-09-17T15:0045.32-40.933459.3LIZARDN79:05E1472N79E215.00-26NNE, NBEFRESH BREEZESAM HAZY, PM FINE0000000187656
1825-09-18T14:0046.00-35.973579.3LIZARDN79:6E1252N79E220.00-26NBE, NNE, NE, NNEFRESH BREEZES AND HEAVY SQUALLSRAINHAZY0100000187657
1825-09-19T14:0046.13-31.153626.7LIZARDN77:32E1061N88E191.00-27NNE, NEBE, ENE, VARIABLEAM MODERATE BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESAM FINE, PM CLOUDY0000000187658
1825-09-20T14:0046.22-27.923626.7LIZARDN76E934N88E134.00-27VARIABLE, NNE, NNW, VARIABLEAM MODERATE, PM LIGHT BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM FINE0000000187659
1825-09-21T14:0047.02-25.102211.0LIZARDN77:23E812N70E119.00-27VARIABLE, SSW, SW, WSWAM LIGHT VARIABLE AIRS, PM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000187660
1825-09-22T13:0048.00-19.851509.3LIZARDN78:33E590N75E141.00-30WSW, SW, SSW, SFRESH BREEZESRAINHAZY0100000187661
1825-09-23T13:0048.80-13.721759.3LIZARDN78:08E340N79E247.00-28S, SSWAM FRESH BREEZES, PM STRONG BREEZESAM CLOUDY, PM HAZY0000000187662
1825-09-24T12:0049.35-6.782239.3ST AGNES, SCILLYN33E40N86E224.00-25WBS, SW, SSW, WSWAM FRESH BREEZES, PM MODERATEHAZY0000000187663