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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 PHOENIX cruise from Madeira to Senegal started at 1767-01-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751204, 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: 21.433333 * Median Longitude: -17.378889 * South-bound Latitude: 14.550000 * West-bound Longitude: -17.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 24.820000 * East-bound Longitude: -16.670000
Date/Time Start: 1767-01-01T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-01-12T13:00:00
Event(s):
Phoenix_17670101_NMM_ADM/L/P128 * Latitude Start: 32.130000 * Longitude Start: -16.570000 * Latitude End: 16.170000 * Longitude End: -17.650000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-01-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-01-12T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phoenix (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Madeira - Senegal, 1st Observer: Robert Lambert (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Bourmaster (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 837BM
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 ClearnessClearness
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 CommentComment
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
195 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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
Comment
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1767-01-01T13:0024.82-16.67986.7SANCTA CRUIZEN7E73S8W134.00-15ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000189193
1767-01-02T13:0024.20-16.922336.7SANCTA CRUIZEN8W86S20W39.00-15SEBS, WSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation189194
1767-01-03T13:0024.07-17.182101.0SANCTA CRUIZEN103/4E89S61W17.00-15VARIABLE IN THE SWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT AIRS INTERMIXED WITH CALMSCLOUDY0000000189195
1767-01-04T13:0023.85-17.332100.6SANCTA CRUIZEN12E94S34W16.00-15SW QUARTERLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000189196
1767-01-05T13:0023.23-17.622122.6SANCTA CRUIZEN13E107S23W40.00-13SW QUARTERLIGHT BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000189197
1767-01-06T13:0022.13-17.92112.6SANCTA CRUIZEN13E130S14W68.00-12WNW, NNELIGHT BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000189198
1767-01-07T13:0019.37-17.475419.0SANCTA CRUIZEN7E183S9E168.00-14EBN, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER CLEAR0000000189199
1767-01-08T13:0016.68-17.50686.7SANCTA CRUIZEN235S23W175.00-11NE, EBNMODERATECLOUDY WEATHER0000000189200
1767-01-09T00:00FLAG ON THE FORTNBE1/2E50000000189201
1767-01-10T00:00SENEGAL0000000189202
1767-01-11T00:0015.83ENTRANCE OF THE RIVEREBN80000000189203
1767-01-12T13:0014.55-17.80THE LANDNE8-110000000189204