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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 PLUTO cruise from Deptford to Cruising of Ushant started at 1778-07-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751229, 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: 48.749242 * Median Longitude: -6.667121 * South-bound Latitude: 46.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -8.380000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.850000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.820000
Date/Time Start: 1778-07-18T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1779-08-28T12:00:00
Event(s):
Pluto_17780718_NMM_ADM/L/P143 * Latitude Start: 49.180000 * Longitude Start: -5.320000 * Latitude End: 49.500000 * Longitude End: -6.180000 * Date/Time Start: 1778-07-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1779-08-28T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Pluto (Fireship), Voyage: Deptford - Cruising Off Ushant, 1st Observer: James Bradby (Captain), 2nd Observer: David Seton (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 360BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
1318 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea 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)
1778-07-18T12:0049.18-5.32147LIZARDNBE16S6W47.00-22N-SBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLY0000000190728
1778-07-19T12:0048.62-5.581USHANTS28E7S15W35.00-22S-NNEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLY0000000190729
1778-07-20T12:0048.62-6.083169.3USHANTS71E12S71W21.00-22NBE-NNWMODERATE AND SQUALLY THEN FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190730
1778-07-21T12:0047.33-6.4322722.6USHANTN30E27S15W54.00-21N-WSWSTRONG GALES0000000190731
1778-07-22T12:0047.57-6.70237USHANTN22E22N23E17.00-22SSW-WBSFIRST PART MODERATE0000000190732
1778-07-23T12:0048.48-7.0223722.6USHANTE25N30W65.00-22WSW-WBSMODERATE, AM STRONG GALES0000000190733
1778-07-24T12:0048.13-6.6327119.0USHANTS48E19N21E42.00-22NE, NBW, WNWFRESH GALESRAINTHICK FOGGY WEATHER0100000190734
1778-07-25T13:0048.93-7.6520222.6USHANTS71E34S74W43.00-23NW-SWFIRST MODERATE, THEN STRONG GALESSHOWERS OF RAIN1100000190735
1778-07-26T12:0048.07-7.352266.7USHANTN70E28S13E53.00-22W-WSWMODERATERAINDARK CLOUDY0100000190736
1778-07-27T13:0048.50-8.3822512.3USHANTE43N58W49.00-23WSWSTRONG GALES, FRESH GALES, BRISK GALESRAINLARGE SWELL FROM WNWTHICK WEATHER0100000190737
1778-07-28T13:0048.25-8.033609.3USHANTN81E35N48E20.00-23W-NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190738
1778-07-29T13:0049.68-7.50270USHANTS63E32N22E57.00-23NBE-WNWFIRST PART BRISK GALES AND SQUALLY, CONTINUING SQUALLYSHOWERS1000000190739
1778-07-30T12:0049.43-6.182712.6LIZARDN60E14N59E35.00-22N-WNWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190740
1778-08-28T00:0048.857922.6LIZARDN22S67.00EBS-EBNFIRST BRISK GALES, THEN STRONG GALESLONG SWELL FROM EHAZY0000000190741
1778-08-29T12:0049.02-5.8279USHANTS67E20N68W27.00-22NE-EBSFIRST MODERATE, PM STRONG GALESCLEAR0000000190742
1778-08-30T12:0048.57-6.433166.7USHANTS85E22S13W24.00-22E-NNWMODERATEHAZY0000000190743
1778-08-31T12:0048.25-6.271816.7USHANTN74E14S13E22.00-22NNE-SSWLIGHT BREEZES THEN STRONG GALES, 5AM MORE MODERATE0000000190744
1778-09-01T12:0048.10-7.431811.0USHANTN74E30S83W47.00-22NE-SSWMODERATE INCLINABLE TO CALM, FRESH BREEZE, THEN LIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000190745
1778-09-02T12:0047.52-7.02681.0USHANTN51E26S26W39.00-22SSW-ELIGHT AIRS, 11 FRESH BREEZES, 6 LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000190746
1778-09-03T12:0047.98-6.82571.0USHANTN64E24N15E30.00-22EBS-EBNFRESH BREEZES, 4AM LIGHT AIRS0000000190747
1778-09-04T12:0048.22-6.321076.7USHANTN69E16N55E24.00-22EBS-SE1/2ELIGHT BREEZES THEN MODERATE0000000190748
1778-09-05T12:0049.15-6.131021.0USHANTS44E18N10E57.00-22N-SEBELIGHT AIRSCLEAR, 4AM DARK CLOUDY WEATHER0000000190749
1778-09-06T12:0049.27-5.783626.7USHANTS27E17N64E15.00-22E, VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000190750
1778-09-07T12:0049.00-6.25466.7USHANTS53E18S48W24.00-22NBW-ENEFIRST HEAVY SQUALLS THEN MORE MODERATERAINHEAVY SWELL0100000190751
1778-09-08T12:0048.47-5.57236.7USHANTE6S41E11.00-22SEBE-NEMODERATE AND FRESH BREEZES0000000190752
1778-09-09T12:0048.38-5.451242.6USHANTN59E5S39E8.00-22NBE-SEBSLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000190753
1778-09-10T00:0013512.3ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSENNW1/2W7SEBE-SEBRISK GALESHAZY0000000190754
1778-09-11T00:0031522.6LIZARDNWBN6SW-NWMODERATE, THEN STRONG GALESFAIR, THEN CLOUDY0000000190755
1778-09-12T12:0049.40-4.822269.3LIZARDN24W12S24E36.00-22NW-WSWFIRST MODERATE, 8 FRESH BREEZES, 3 HEAVY SQUALLS0000000190756
1778-09-13T12:0049.52-5.42686.7LIZARDN18E9N73W36.00-22WSW-EMODERATESWELL FROM THE WNWCLEAR0000000190757
1778-09-14T12:0048.23-6.00686.7USHANTN63E12S17W80.00-22WSW-EMODERATECLOUDY0000000190758
1778-09-15T12:0047.67-6.2515822.6USHANTN45E24S17W35.00-22EBN-SSTRONG GALESCLEAR0000000190759
1778-09-16T12:0047.23-6.132496.7USHANTN31E30S10E27.00-21ESE-WMODERATECLEAR0000000190760
1778-09-17T12:0046.93-6.8733912.3USHANTN39E110S59W35.00-21W-NBRISK GALESCLOSERAINDARK CLOUDY0100000190761
1778-09-18T12:0046.70-7.15926.7LIZARDN22E70S39W18.00-21NBW-ESEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000190762
1778-09-19T12:0047.10-7.05246.7LIZARDN23E70N9E24.00-21SW-NEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000190763
1778-09-20T13:0047.23-7.552046.7LIZARDN30E63N69W23.00-21NE-SWMODERATECLEAR0000000190764
1778-09-21T12:0048.08-7.3010219.0LIZARDN36 1/2E47N11E52.00-22NEBN-SEBEFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000190765
1778-09-22T12:0049.03-7.156819.0LIZARDN54E31N6E57.00-22ESE-SEBE1/2EFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000190766
1778-09-23T12:0049.55-7.0823712.3LIZARDN72E26N6E31.00-22SEBE-WBSBRISK GALES, 11 LIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000190767
1778-09-24T12:0049.62-6.773382.6LIZARDN72E21N74E13.00-22W-NLIGHT BREEZES0000000190768
1778-09-25T12:0049.53-5.8710212.3LIZARDN46E12S46W36.00-22NBE-SEBEBRISK GALESRAIN0100000190769
1779-06-20T00:0049.803606.7LANDS ENDNE9N, NE, N, NBW, NFIRST STRONG GALES LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000190770
1779-06-21T12:0048.92-6.223386.7LANDS ENDN29E28S29W82.00-22W-NMODERATECLEAR0000000190771
1779-06-22T12:0048.37-5.4516.7USHANTN78E13S43E45.00-22NNEMODERATEPLEASANT0000000190772
1779-06-23T12:0048.23-5.484619.0USHANTN68E14S31E10.00-22ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000190773
1779-06-24T12:0048.67-5.65469.3USHANTS80E19N27W29.00-22ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000190774
1779-06-25T12:0048.83-5.80466.7USHANTS72E22N32W12.00-22ENEMODERATECLOUDY0000000190775
1779-06-26T12:0048.93-5.85689.3USHANTS68E23N18W6.00-22NNE-EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190776
1779-06-27T12:0049.38-6.42689.3USHANTS59E34N37W36.00-22NE-EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190777
1779-06-28T12:0049.30-6.222312.3USHANTS39E21S57E9.00-22E-NEBRISK GALESHAZY0000000190778
1779-06-29T12:0049.45-6.326812.3USHANTS55E33N21W9.00-22NE-EFRESH BREEZES, THEN BRISK GALESHAZY0000000190779
1779-06-30T12:0049.55-6.35466.7SCILLYN30E10N19W6.00-22ENEMODERATECLEAR0000000190780
1779-08-12T12:0049.42-6.232936.7LANDS ENDN31E15S31W41.00-22WSW-NWMODERATEFINE0000000190781
1779-08-13T12:0049.35-6.493626.7LANDS ENDN34E18S58W8.00-22VARIABLEMODERATEFINE0000000190782
1779-08-14T13:0049.25-7.581809.3LANDS ENDN55E30S82W43.00-23W-SSWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000190783
1779-08-15T12:0049.82-7.112719.3SCILLYN52E6N28E38.00-22SW-WNWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000190784
1779-08-16T12:0049.37-7.043166.7USHANTS60:30E35S6E27.00-22W-NNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000190785
1779-08-17T12:0049.85-7.19576.7SCILLYN73E10N11W30.00-22EBNMODERATECLEAR0000000190786
1779-08-18T13:0049.28-7.791359.3SCILLYN51E23S35W34.00-23E-SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190787
1779-08-19T13:0049.08-7.841359.3SCILLYN45E26S9W12.00-23E-SSEFRESH BREEZESTUMBLING SEA FROM THE ECLOUDY0000000190788
1779-08-20T13:0049.40-7.89226.7SCILLYN63E26N6W19.00-23ESE-NEMODERATELIGHTNING FROM SEHAZY0000100190789
1779-08-21T13:0049.08-8.01909.3SCILLYN48:30E28S15W20.00-23SE-ESEFRESH BREEZESGREAT DEAL OF LIGHTNINGHIGH SEA FROM NEHAZY0000100190790
1779-08-22T13:0048.90-7.81909.3SCILLYN40E29S35E14.00-23ESEFRESH BREEZESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHAZY0000100190791
1779-08-23T13:0049.35-7.64786.7SCILLYN51E21N14E28.00-23EBSMODERATEHAZY0000000190792
1779-08-24T13:0049.45-7.66226.7SCILLYN56E20N13W3.00-23E-NEMODERATEHAZY0000000190793
1779-08-25T12:0049.25-7.461139.3SCILLYN42E20S33E14.00-22E-SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000190794
1779-08-26T12:0049.33-7.3613619.0SCILLYN43E18N40E6.00-22SSEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000190795
1779-08-27T12:0049.60-7.4419219.0SCILLYN80E23N9W19.00-22SSE-SWBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000190796
1779-08-28T12:0049.50-6.181136.7SCILLYN17W10S80E51.00-22SSW-SEMODERATEHAZY0000000190797