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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 Prince Rupert cruise from Hudson Bay to Gravesend started at 1760-09-20 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751287, 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: 58.953889 * Median Longitude: -36.984444 * South-bound Latitude: 56.880000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.590000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.530000 * East-bound Longitude: -14.220000
Date/Time Start: 1760-09-20T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1760-10-08T00:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17600920_PRO_BH1_1599 * Latitude Start: 60.780000 * Longitude Start: -63.290000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1760-09-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1760-10-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Hudson Bay - Gravesend, 1st Observer: Joseph Spurrell (1st Officer/Master), Company: Hudson Bay Company
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 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
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 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:
315 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 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
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 
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)
1760-09-20T16:0061.53-56.66167RESOULTION ISLANDSSE1/2EE3/4S35.00A GREAT MANY ISLES OF ICE, 8AM AN ISLE OF ICE NEAR US-36SSWCLOUDY0000001194155
1760-09-21T16:0060.93-63.59244BUTTONS ISLANDSE30N34.008PM A GREAT MANY ISLES OF ICE ALL ROUND US, NOON PASSED TWO ISLES OF ICE-37WBN4AM CLEAR, NOON HAZY0011001194156
1760-09-22T16:0060.72-59.99981.0BUTTONS ISLANDSE5S102.00-37SELIGHT AIRS AND CALMCLOUDY, 6AM CLEAR0000000194157
1760-09-23T16:0059.82-55.579BUTTONS ISLANDSE22S142.00-36NESQUALLYHEAVY RAINGREAT SE SWELLCLOUDY0100000194158
1760-09-24T15:0058.62-51.6733BUTTONS ISLANDSESE3/4S140.00-35ENESQUALLYRAINY WEATHERUGLY CROSS SEADARK0100000194159
1760-09-25T15:0058.05-46.72126.7BUTTONS ISLANDSE7S152.00-33NEMODERATESMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000194160
1760-09-26T15:0057.82-41.972BUTTONS ISLANDSE1/2S153.00-32NEBNCLOUDY, 6AM HAZY0000000194161
1760-09-27T14:0057.90-37.37416.3BUTTONS ISLANDSE2N154.00-30NEBNGALE INCREASINGRAINYHAZY0100000194162
1760-09-28T14:0057.83-32.94341BUTTONS ISLANDSE2S133.00-30NBESTRONG GALES, AT 6AM LESS WINDSEASTERN SWELL0000000194163
1760-09-29T14:0057.35-30.31362BUTTONS ISLANDSEBS3/4S85.00-24VARIABLE12 RAINY2PM HAZY, 6PM CLOUDY0100000194164
1760-09-30T14:0056.88-26.4411BUTTONS ISLANDSE13S126.00-23NEBNSQUALLY0000000194165
1760-10-01T14:0058.17-33.48308BUTTONS ISLANDE29N159.00-30NNWSQUALLYGREAT EASTERN SWELLCLOUDY0000000194166
1760-10-02T14:0058.85-28.83253BUTTONS ISLANDE14N150.00-28WBNCLOUDY, NOON CLEAR0000000194167
1760-10-03T14:0058.97-25.28221BUTTONS ISLANDE4N110.00-27WSWAT NOON SQUALLYAT NOON RAINYAT 2PM CLEAR, 8PM CLOUDY0100000194168
1760-10-04T13:0059.45-21.28178BUTTONS ISLANDE13N126.00-25SSWSQUALLY, 8AM AND NOON HEAVY SQUALLS0000000194169
1760-10-05T13:0060.07-20.7816626.8BUTTONS ISLANDNNE40.00-25SBWVERY STRONG GALESRAINY WEATHERGREAT SEA0100000194170
1760-10-06T13:0059.63-18.6222322.6BUTTONS ISLANDE39S84.00-25WSW2PM STRONG SQUALLS, 4 MODERATE, 8 LITTLE WIND, 10 STRONG GALESGREAT SOUTHERN SEA0000000194171
1760-10-07T13:0058.58-14.226.7BUTTONS ISLANDE23N148.00-242PM STRONG GALES, 6AM MODERATERAINY0100000194172
1760-10-08T00:0058.80362HOY HEADEBS1/2S8ESEVARIABLESQUALLYRAINCLOUDY, 12 CLEAR0100000194173