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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 Seconda to Dominica started at 1768-03-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751208, 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: 7.241429 * Median Longitude: -25.329143 * South-bound Latitude: 2.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 15.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.000000
Date/Time Start: 1768-03-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-04-06T16:00:00
Event(s):
Phoenix_17680303_NMM_ADM/L/P128 * Latitude Start: 3.730000 * Longitude Start: -2.000000 * Latitude End: 15.377000 * Longitude End: -60.932000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-03-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-04-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Phoenix (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Seconda - Dominica, 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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
686 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
17 
Precip descr
18 
State sea descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1768-03-03T12:003.73-2.002086.7CAPE THREE POINTSN15E22S15W66.00-17WSW, NE, SWFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGMIDDLE RAINFIRST AND LATTER HAZY0100100189280
1768-03-04T12:003.65-2.421631.0CAPE THREE POINTSN31E27S78W25.00-17SW, CALM, SLIGHT AIRS WITH CALMS0000000189281
1768-03-05T12:002.93-3.931889.3CAPE THREE POINTSN49:37E58S65W100.00-15SSE, SSWPLEASANT GALESFAIR0000000189282
1768-03-06T12:002.73-5.231549.3CAPE THREE POINTSN89E83S80W79.00-15SBW, SBEPLEASANT GALES WITH SQUALLSHARD SHOWERS OF RAIN1100000189283
1768-03-07T12:002.53-6.701656.7CAPE THREE POINTSN75E111S40W92.00-15SFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGMIDDLE RAINFIRST AND LATTER CLEAR0100100189284
1768-03-08T13:002.87-8.281896.7CAPE THREE POINTSN74E138S80W93.00-14VARIABLE, SSWFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGMIDDLE RAINFIRST AND LATTER CLEAR0100100189285
1768-03-09T13:002.78-8.50189CAPE THREE POINTSN72E142S40W20.00-14VARIABLE, SSWSET EAST4 FATHOMSVARIABLE WEATHERTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAIN0100100189286
1768-03-10T13:002.20-9.701789.3CAPE THREE POINTSN72E169S72W79.00-13NW, SBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000189287
1768-03-11T13:002.30-10.701676.7CAPE THREE POINTSN74E189N88W65.00-13SMODERATESWELL FROM SWCLOUDY0000000189288
1768-03-12T13:002.58-12.231216.7CAPE THREE POINTSN78E215N80W84.00-14S, SEMODERATESWELL FROM SEFAIR0000000189289
1768-03-13T13:003.00-13.701696.7CAPE THREE POINTSN82E244N74W98.00-11SE, SMODERATEFAIR0000000189290
1768-03-14T13:003.53-14.723621.0CAPE THREE POINTSN84E262N64W63.00-11SBE, CALM, VARIABLESETT NNW1:3 FATHOMSLIGHT AIRS WITH CALMSCLOUDY0000000189291
1768-03-15T13:003.97-15.522141.0CAPE THREE POINTSN86E277N61W54.00-11ENE, SWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000189292
1768-03-16T13:004.23-16.801696.7CAPE THREE POINTSN88E303N78W79.00-11SW, SFIRST AND LATTER PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINFIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY0100100189293
1768-03-17T13:004.80-17.78599.3CAPE THREE POINTSE322N60W69.00-9ESE, ENEPLEASANT GALES WITH FLYING SQUALLSRAINFAIR0100000189294
1768-03-18T13:004.90-18.622956.7CAPE THREE POINTSS89E337N85W50.00-9NEBE, NWBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000189295
1768-03-19T13:004.62-19.322842.6CAPE THREE POINTSN89E347S76W45.00-9NBW, WNWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000189296
1768-03-20T13:005.00-20.401046.7CAPE THREE POINTSS89E372N70W70.00-9NE, ESEFIRST AND LATTER PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYLIGHTNINGRAINFIRST AND LATTER FAIR0100100189297
1768-03-21T13:005.33-21.503626.7CAPE THREE POINTSS88E394N72W70.00-9NBE, VARIABLEFIRST AND LATTER PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYRAINFIRST AND LATTER FAIR0100000189298
1768-03-22T14:006.20-22.626215.4CAPE THREE POINTSS86E420N54W83.00-6ESE, VARIABLE, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PART MODERATE, LATTER MODERATE GALESIN THE LATTER A GREAT SEA FROM THE NORTHWARDFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000189299
1768-03-23T14:006.80-24.98176.7CAPE THREE POINTSS79E468N76W145.00-6NNEMODERATEHAZY0000000189300
1768-03-24T14:007.60-27.48389.3CAPE THREE POINTSS84E514N72W158.00-7NEPLEASANT GALESSWELL FROM THE SWCLOUDY0000000189301
1768-03-25T14:008.40-30.181819.0CAPE THREE POINTSS83E573N74W171.00-5NNEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000189302
1768-03-26T14:008.98-32.713119.0CAPE THREE POINTSS82E626N77W159.00-3NEBNFRESH GALESA SWELL FROM THE NNECLOUDY0000000189303
1768-03-27T14:009.77-35.10426.7CAPE THREE POINTSS81E674N72W154.00-3NEMODERATEFAIR0000000189304
1768-03-28T15:0010.83-37.62446.7CAPE THREE POINTSS80E728N67W167.00-1ENE, NEMODERATEFAIR0000000189305
1768-03-29T15:0011.58-40.08226.7CAPE THREE POINTSS79E777N74W157.00-1ENE, NNEMODERATEHAZY0000000189306
1768-03-30T15:0012.62-42.165419.0BARBADOESN88W322N64W141.00-2NEBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000189307
1768-03-31T15:0013.30-44.39459.3BARBADOESS89W278N73W141.000NEPLEASANT GALESFAIR0000000189308
1768-04-01T15:0014.23-46.98689.3DOMINICAN85W257N70W166.000NNE, NE, ENEPLEASANT GALES THE FIRST AND LATTER PART, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINFAIR THE FIRST AND LATTER PART0100000189309
1768-04-02T15:0014.87-49.61919.3DOMINICAN87W200N76W160.001ENE, EPLEASANT GALES THE FIRST AND LATTER PART, MIDDLE SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINFAIR THE FIRST AND LATTER PART0100000189310
1768-04-03T15:0014.97-52.31699.3DOMINICAN86W142N88W160.001E, ENEPLEASANT GALESFAIR0000000189311
1768-04-04T16:0015.00-54.71939.3DOMINICAN86W97N87W144.003EPLEASANT GALESFOLLOWING SWELLFAIR0000000189312
1768-04-05T16:0015.22-56.847115.4DOMINICAN86W54N87W129.003ENEMODERATE GALESFAIR0000000189313
1768-04-06T16:0015.40-60.70726.7DOMINICAW34N85W123.004VARIABLE, ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000189314