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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 POMONA cruise from Barbados to Uk started at 1790-04-23 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751263, 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: 35.657692 * Median Longitude: -46.128077 * South-bound Latitude: 14.980000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.380000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -24.550000
Date/Time Start: 1790-04-23T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1790-05-18T14:00:00
Event(s):
Pomona_17900423_NMM_ADM/L/P170 * Latitude Start: 14.850000 * Longitude Start: -59.680000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1790-04-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1790-05-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Pomona (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Barbados - Uk, 1st Observer: Henry Savage (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 593BM
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:
488 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)
1790-04-23T16:0014.98-60.28716.7DESEADAN26W29N6W107.003NE, E, ENEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESLATTER CLOUDY0000000193209
1790-04-24T16:0016.83-60.3537ANTIGUAN83W28N2W100.003VARIABLE, EBN, NEBNFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINHAZY0100000193210
1790-04-25T16:0019.75-61.07696.7BERMUDASN10W260N13W170.001NEBE, ENEMODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000193211
1790-04-26T16:0022.67-62.3844BERMUDASN5W200N23W129.00-1ENE, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000193212
1790-04-27T16:0025.50-60.833626.7ST MARYSN70E70N10E173.00-1E, VARIABLEMODERATEHAZY0000000193213
1790-04-28T16:0028.08-60.17989.3BERMUDASN32W103N30E179.00-3VARIABLE, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000193214
1790-04-29T16:0029.73-59.25982.6BERMUDASN55W67N26E109.00-3EBSLIGHT BREEZESFINE CLOSE WEATHER0000000193215
1790-04-30T16:0031.72-58.50981.0BERMUDASN73W67N18E125.00-3EBSLIGHT AIRS0000000193216
1790-05-01T16:0033.70-55.181269.3CORVON73E410N50E210.00-9ESE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000193217
1790-05-02T15:0036.45-52.151939.3CORVON79E340N45E211.00-10WBN, NNW, SSWFRESH BREEZESDARK CLOUDY WEATHER0000000193218
1790-05-03T15:0037.00-49.83249.3CORVON79:40E301N78E160.00-10NEBE, NNE, NEBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000193219
1790-05-04T15:0037.00-46.98229.3CORVON78E260E137.00-12N, VARIABLE, NEBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000193220
1790-05-05T15:0035.93-44.67562.6CORVON71E230S60E128.00-12VARIABLE, ENEMODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000193221
1790-05-06T15:0036.38-43.673626.7CORVON72E213N61E56.00-12VARIABLESQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATERAIN0100000193222
1790-05-07T15:0037.80-43.733622.6CORVON74E210N10W26.00-16VARIABLEMODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT WINDS0000000193223
1790-05-08T15:0038.75-41.573621.0CORVON77E170N30E66.00-17WSW, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000193224
1790-05-09T15:0039.73-38.952319.3CORVON81E123N25E135.00-17NW, WSWMODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZESTHICKHAZY0000000193225
1790-05-10T15:0039.00-39.10289.3CORVON83:47E126N22W18.00-17VARIABLE, ENE, NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY, AM HAZY0000000193226
1790-05-11T15:0039.62-39.27736.7CORVON89:11W125N12W38.00-17EBN, VARIABLE, EMODERATESMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000193227
1790-05-12T14:0041.47-37.053629.3CORVOS68:47E99N42:18E148.00-18ESE, SEBE, SSE, SBE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZES0000000193228
1790-05-13T14:0043.83-35.1014722.6CORVOS36E103N30E164.00-22SBESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN0100000193229
1790-05-14T14:0046.05-33.0313619.0CORVOS13:9E131NEBN158.00-22SEBS, SSEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000193230
1790-05-15T14:0047.65-31.671099.3CORVOS4:24E159N30E110.00-26SEBE, VARIABLE, SEFRESH BREEZES0000000193231
1790-05-16T14:0048.68-30.93751.0CORVOS180N25E69.00-26ESE, VARIABLE, EBSLIGHT AIRS0000000193232
1790-05-17T14:0049.60-29.073629.3CORVOS18:16W200N53E92.00-26NE, NEBN, NNE, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000193233
1790-05-18T14:0049.20-24.5536222.6LIZARDN86:33E247N83E259.00-26NE, NEBN, NNE, VARIABLESTRONG GALESHEAVY SEA0000000193234