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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 Churchill to Gravesend started at 1765-09-25 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751297, 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: 55.805000 * Median Longitude: -37.949375 * South-bound Latitude: 49.600000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.620000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.720000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.980000
Date/Time Start: 1765-09-25T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-10-10T13:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17650925_PRO_BH1_1600 * Latitude Start: 61.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1765-09-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-10-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Churchill - Gravesend, 1st Observer: Joseph Richards (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 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 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
282 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 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1765-09-25T16:0061.30-64.6214319.0CAPE RESOLUTIONWNW10S86W125.00-37SSW, SW, WSW, W, SLITTLE WIND, FRESH GALESTHICKSLEETHAZY0111000194440
1765-09-26T16:0061.72-62.532789.3RESOLUTIONW19N71E64.00-37S, SBE, VARIABLE, NW, WNW, NWSTRONG GALES, LIGHT WINDS, FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000194441
1765-09-27T16:0060.57-59.4898BOSTON ISLESN53S52E112.00-37NWBN, NNW, NBW, EBS, E, SEFRESH BREEZES, HEAVY SQUALLSSLEET AND RAINHEAVY CONFUSED SEACLOUDY0101000194442
1765-09-28T16:0060.28-58.421919.0S61E36.00-37VARIABLE, E, ENE, NEBEHEAVY SQUALLS, BLOWS VERY HARD,LESS WIND, FRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY AND HAZY0100000194443
1765-09-29T16:0059.25-52.78312EBS3/4S180.00-37NE, NEBN, N, NBWFRESH GALES, SQUALLYRAIN THEN SLEETHAZY THEN CLOUDY0101000194444
1765-09-30T15:0058.23-48.0329019.0ESE159.00-36NBW, NWBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOSECLEAR THEN CLOUDY0001000194445
1765-10-01T15:0057.15-44.333106.7ESE1/4S130.00-28NNWMODERATECLOUDY, FINE, PLEASANT0000000194446
1765-10-02T15:0056.10-40.452546.7S64E141.00-27VARIABLE, N, NNW, NWBN, NW, WBNSQUALLY, MODERATERAIN THEN HAILCLOUDY, THEN CLEAR0100010194447
1765-10-03T14:0055.23-35.3721019.0ESE1/2E179.00-26SW, WSW, SWBW, SWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000194448
1765-10-04T14:0054.58-31.803622.6S69E125.00-25SWBS, SW, SWBS, NWBN, VARIABLESQUALLY, LITTLE WIND, LIGHT BREEZESHEAVY RAIN0100000194449
1765-10-05T14:0053.55-27.60324EBS3/4S195.00-25NEBN, NBE, N, NBWSQUALLYRAIN0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation194450
1765-10-06T14:0052.72-23.803621.0S64E112.00-24NBW, N, VARIABLESQUALLY, FRESH BREEZES, MODERATE, LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000194451
1765-10-07T13:0052.07-21.101829.3ESE108.00-21VARIABLE, SWBS, SSWLIGHT AIRS, MODERATE, FRESH BREEZESSMALL RAINCLOUDY, THEN HAZY, CLOUDY0100000194452
1765-10-08T13:0050.88-16.1721519.0SCILLYS81E125S69W200.00-21SWBS, SW, SWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINHAZY0100000194453
1765-10-09T13:0049.65-12.73317SCILLYE1/2N77S58E156.00-21SWBW, VARIABLE, NBE, NBW, NNWFRESH GALES, HEAVY SQUALLS, SQUALLYRAIN, HEAVY RAIN0100100194454
1765-10-10T13:0049.60-7.98239SCILLYN70E20E183.00-20NWBN, NWBW, WNW, W, WBS, WSW, WBSFRESH GALES, SQUALLYCLEAR THEN HAZY0000000194455