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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 Moose to Gravesend started at 1762-09-26 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751291, 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: 58.761034 * Median Longitude: -24.397241 * South-bound Latitude: 56.900000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.260000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.580000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.730000
Date/Time Start: 1762-09-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-10-25T12:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17620926_PRO_BH1_1599 * Latitude Start: 60.780000 * Longitude Start: -63.290000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1762-09-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-10-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Hudson Bay Moose - Gravesend, 1st Observer: William Norton (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
--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 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
13 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.
14 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.
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:
491 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 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
13 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
14 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
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)
1762-09-26T00:0061.3736019.0RESOLUTIONSEBE1/2E214AM PASSED TWO ISLES OF ICE, AT 8AM PASSED SEVERAL ISLES OF ICENFRESH GALESCLEAR0001001194263
1762-09-27T16:0060.58-60.26301E20S146.00-37NWBN, NNWCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0000000194264
1762-09-28T16:0060.53-57.121449.3E93.00-36NW, VARIABLE, S, SSW, SCALM, 10AM EASY BREEZES, 2AM FRESH BREEZESGREAT SWELL FROM NECLOUDY0000000194265
1762-09-29T16:0059.87-53.56302E22S120.00-36S, VARIABLE, SBW, SEBS, NBE, NNWVARIABLECLOSECLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000000194266
1762-09-30T15:0059.32-51.71339.3E26S80.00-35NWBW, SSW, ENEAT 2AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLS, 4AM FRESH BREEZESMUCH RAINCLEAR, CLOUDY AND HAZY0101000194267
1762-10-01T15:0057.93-49.248926.8S42E110.00-35N, VARIABLE, NE, SEBEBLOWS HARD AND SQUALLYCLEAR, 6AM CLOUDY0000000194268
1762-10-02T15:0057.68-48.2612322.6E24S34.00-35SEBE, VARIABLE, S, SWBS, SSESTRONG GALESCLOSERAIN0110000194269
1762-10-03T15:0057.93-46.79362E18N49.00-34SSE, SWBS, VARIABLECLOSESHOWERY RAIN1100000194270
1762-10-04T15:0057.13-42.46289E18S147.00-26SSW, VARIABLE, WSW, W, WNW, NWSQUALLYRAIN THEN SHOWERYCLEAR1100000194271
1762-10-05T14:0056.90-37.0318919.0S83E162.00-25NWBW, VARIABLE, SWBW, SWBSFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000194272
1762-10-06T14:0057.37-32.1125719.0E7N161.00-24VARIABLE, SBW, S, WNW, WBNFRESH GALES, 8PM STRONG GALES, 4AM SQUALLY, 6AM FRESH GALESRAIN0100000194273
1762-10-07T14:0057.65-27.281766.7E5N160.00-27WBN, NWBW, VARIABLE, SSWSTRONG AND SQUALLY, 2AM MODERATE, 10AM MODERATE BREEZESSHOWERY AND SOME RAIN1100000194274
1762-10-08T13:0057.87-22.2915419.0E6N164.00-26SBW, VARIABLE, SWBW, SSW, SFRESH GALESRAIN THEN SHOWERY1100000194275
1762-10-09T13:0058.07-19.072552.6E7N105.00-26S, VARIABLE, WNW, WBNEASY BREEZESSHOWERY1000000194276
1762-10-10T13:0058.35-17.91362E23N44.00-26W, NWBN, VARIABLECALM, 4PM LIGHT AIRS, AT NOON SQUALLYSOME RAINCLEAR0100000194277
1762-10-11T13:0059.50-17.06362E14N79.00-24SEBE, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES THEN SQUALLYCLEAR0000000194278
1762-10-12T13:0059.35-16.801009.3E23S13.00-24SSE, SEBS, SE, SEBEFRESH BREEZESSHOWERY1000000194279
1762-10-13T13:0058.95-16.21362SE1/2S36.00-24ESE, SE, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AT NOON SQUALLYSHOWERY1000000194280
1762-10-14T13:0059.08-15.62362N14E12.00-24ESE, SEBE, VARIABLESHOWERY1000000194281
1762-10-15T13:0059.08-13.82362E1/2S60.00-24SEBS, SBW, VARIABLESHOWERYCLEAR1000000194282
1762-10-16T13:0059.02-11.781682.6E68.00-23SBWEASY BREEZESCLEAR, 8AM PLEASANT WEATHER0000000194283
1762-10-17T13:0059.23-9.331354.6E5N81.00-23SBW, S, VARIABLE, SSEVARIABLE WINDS, 10AM GENTLE BREEZESRAIN AND SHOWERYWATER VERY SMOOTHCLEAR AND PLEASANT1100000194284
1762-10-18T12:0059.27-7.00137E7N47.00-21VARIABLE, SBE, SSESQUALLY0000000194285
1762-10-19T12:0058.58-6.53103ST KILDASWBS4E70S60.00-21SEBS, VARIABLE, ESE, SEBEGENTLE BREEZES AND SQUALLY, 10PM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, 2PM SQUALLYSHOWERY1000000194286
1762-10-20T12:0059.18-5.588022.6BARROWS1/2E4N42E48.00-21SEBE, ESE, VARIABLE, EBSSQUALLY, 10PM STRONG GALESSHOWERY AND RAINCLEAR1100000194287
1762-10-21T12:0059.17-5.1392BARROWSWBW2E5S16.00-21EBS, VARIABLE, ESEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, 2AM HARD SQUALLS, 10AM BLOWING VERY AND SQUALLYHAIL AND SOME RAIN0100010194288
1762-10-22T12:0059.15-5.036922.6E13S7.00-21ESE, EBN, ESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000194289
1762-10-23T12:0059.23-4.554719.0E15N19.00-21E, ENEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOSERAIN0100000194290
1762-10-24T12:0059.15-4.2636222.6THE STACKSBW3SBE1/2E40.00-21ENE, VARIABLEMODERATE, 4AM STRONG GALECLOUDY0000000194291
1762-10-25T12:0058.95-3.7358HOYESE10E21.00-21EBS, VARIABLE, EBNFRESH GALES,10 AM SQUALLYSHOWERYCLOUDY1000000194292