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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 Spithead to Madeira started at 1767-12-05 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751206, 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: 41.855789 * Median Longitude: -10.601053 * South-bound Latitude: 33.480000 * West-bound Longitude: -16.840000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.380000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.970000
Date/Time Start: 1767-12-05T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-12-27T00:00:00
Event(s):
Phoenix_17671205_NMM_ADM/L/P128 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 32.130000 * Longitude End: -16.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-12-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-12-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phoenix (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Madeira, 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
--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:
406 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)
1767-12-05T12:0049.23-2.9729519.0GUERNSEYN40E81S40W25.00-20NNW, NWBW, NWMODERATE THE FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000189244
1767-12-06T12:0049.38-4.572519.0GUERNSEYN81E24N80W50.00-20NW, N, NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000189245
1767-12-07T12:0047.00-6.9027419.0GUERNSEYN49E76S35W168.00-19N, WNWFRESH GALESA GREAT SWELL FROM THE NWCLOUDY0000000189246
1767-12-08T13:0045.20-7.8927315.4GUERNSEYN41E114S20W120.00-20WNWMODERATE GALESRAINCLOUDY0100000189247
1767-12-09T13:0044.70-8.141386.7GUERNSEYN38E123S20W32.00-20W, CALM, SSEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE CALMFIRST AND LATTER PART A GREAT SWELL FROM THE NORTHWARDFIRST AND LATTER HAZY0000000189248
1767-12-10T13:0043.70-8.922952.6CAPE ORTEGALSEBE10-20SEBS, NWLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000189249
1767-12-11T13:0043.60-9.712051.0CAPE FINISTERS9-20N, SWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000189250
1767-12-12T13:0043.38-10.50228CAPE FINISTERS79E18N79W55.00-20SSW, WSWSQUALLYRAIN0100000189251
1767-12-13T13:0042.60-10.642736.7CAPE FINISTERN59E23S80W48.00-20W, WNWMODERATESWELL FROM THE NECLOUDY0000000189252
1767-12-14T13:0042.23-10.951731.0CAPE FINISTERN52E31N28W22.00-18W, CALM, SBWLIGHT AIRS WITH CALM0000000189253
1767-12-15T13:0041.55-11.0416219.0CAPE FINISTERN39E42S5W40.00-18WSW, SSW, SFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000189254
1767-12-16T13:0042.00-12.2417322.6CAPE FINISTERN61E50N62W59.00-18SBWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCONFUSED SEA0000000189255
1767-12-17T13:0040.55-12.4532019.0CAPE FINISTERN42E71S80W75.00-18S, NNWFRESH GALESRAIN0100000189256
1767-12-18T13:0039.67-12.6029722.6CAPE FINISTERN35E86S9W54.00-18WSW, NWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER STRONG GALES WITH HEAVY SQUALLSFIRST PART RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER A GREAT CONFUSED SEA0100000189257
1767-12-19T13:0039.17-12.9929722.6CAPE FINISTERN35E102S31W34.00-18NWSTRONG GALES WITH HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN0100000189258
1767-12-20T13:0037.77-12.9932027.4CAPE FINISTERN28E122S84.00-18NW, NNWEXCESSIVE HARD GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLSSHARP LIGHTNING0000100189259
1767-12-21T13:0036.25-13.4930919.0CAPE FINISTERN25E153S15W94.00-17NWBNFIRST PART EXCESSIVE HARD GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALESTHUNDERHARD RAINMIDDLE HAZY0100100189260
1767-12-22T13:0033.80-15.5932119.0PORTO SANCTOS6E12S35W180.00-17NNWFRESH GALESNW SWELLHAZY0000000189261
1767-12-23T13:0033.48-16.842986.7MADEIRAS78W14S46W89.00-17NWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATER MODERATEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000189262
1767-12-24T00:0033.17PORTO SANCTOW1/2N60000000189263
1767-12-25T00:0032.32SOUTHERN DESENTERNWBN60000000189264
1767-12-26T00:0032.20SOUTHERN DESENTERNBE50000000189265
1767-12-27T00:0032.20SOUTHERN DESENTERWNW0000000189266