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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 1767-09-24 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751301, 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: 53.846875 * Median Longitude: -31.177500 * South-bound Latitude: 48.730000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.970000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.070000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.950000
Date/Time Start: 1767-09-24T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-10-09T12:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17670924_PRO_BH1_1600 * Latitude Start: 61.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1767-09-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1767-10-09T00:00:00 * 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 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 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
275 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 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1767-09-24T16:0060.07-56.97822.6BURTON ISLANDS78:45E180.004 ISLE OF ICE-37NNE, NEFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY, STIFF GALESRAINY0110001194539
1767-09-25T16:0059.27-53.37192.6ESE117.00-37NEBEHEAVY SQUALLS, MODERATE, LITTLE WINDGREAT SWELL FROM THE NECLOUDY0010000194540
1767-09-26T15:0058.90-51.321221.0S71E67.00-36NEBN, NW, N, SSELIGHT AIRS, LIGHT BREEZES, ALMOST CALMTHICK FOGRAIN0110000194541
1767-09-27T15:0057.98-47.36291ESE149.00-35N, NNE, NE, NBE, NWBNFRESH BREEZE, STRONG SQUALLSSTRONG SWELLCLOUDY0000000194542
1767-09-28T15:0057.05-42.621976.7ESE150.00-28NW, WNW, WBN, WSW, SWBW, SWFRESH GALES, MODERATE, MODERATE BREEZESSLEETCLOUDY THEN CLEAR0101000194543
1767-09-29T15:0056.50-40.24522.6S67E84.00-27SW, SWBW, VARIABLE, S, EBNFRESH BREEZES, LITTLE WINDCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0000000194544
1767-09-30T14:0055.20-36.2642S60E155.00-26EBN, ENEMODERATE BREEZES, SQUALLYTHICK FOGRAINCLOUDY0110000194545
1767-10-01T14:0054.63-34.893621.0S56E56.00-26ENE, E, NW, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS, CALM, LIGHT AIRSTHICK FOG0010000194546
1767-10-02T14:0053.13-29.8923319.0SEBE1/2E200.00-26WSW, SWBW, WBSFRESH GALESTHICK FOGHAZY0010000194547
1767-10-03T14:0051.63-26.303056.7S61E188.00-21WBS, WNW, NWBW, NW, NWBNFRESH GALES, MODERATESMALL RAINHAZY, THEN CLOUDY0100000194548
1767-10-04T13:0050.62-22.423626.7ESE159.00-21NWBN, NNW, N, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOUDY0000000194549
1767-10-05T13:0050.20-19.102831.0EBS129.00-21VARIABLE, SBW, W, NWBWLITTLE WIND, LIGHT AIRSSMALL RAINGREAT SWELL FROM THE NORTH0110000194550
1767-10-06T13:0049.50-14.30215S78E190.00-21WBS, WSW, SWBWFRESH GALES, SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0110000194551
1767-10-07T13:0049.12-10.0021522.6SCILLYN71:43E52S82E171.00-21SWBWSQUALLY, STRONG GALESRAIN0100000194552
1767-10-08T13:0049.02-7.852427.4SCILLYN49:55E29S86E85.00-21VARIABLE, W, NE, NEBN, NELITTLE WIND, FRESH GALES, STRONG GALES, BLOWS VERY HARDHEAVY RAINSWELL FROM THE WSWHAZY AND CLOUDY0100000194553
1767-10-09T12:0048.73-5.95319.0SCILLYWS78E78.00-20NEBN, NNEMODERATE, FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000194554