Citation:

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

Project(s):

Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)

Funding:

Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090 : Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 53.309583 * Median Longitude: -28.760417 * South-bound Latitude: 48.870000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.330000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.400000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.780000

Date/Time Start: 1768-09-12T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-10-05T12:00:00

Event(s):

Prince_Rupert_17680912_PRO_BH1_1600 * Latitude Start: 61.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-09-12T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-10-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: * 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):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Geocode
4	Wind direction	dd	deg	Wind 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.
5	Wind speed	ff	m/s	calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6	Landmark	Landmark		Name of first landmark
7	Bearing	Bearing		Bearing of the first landmark
8	Distance to landmark	Distance	arbitrary units	Distance to the first landmark
9	-	-		1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10	Course	Course		Course of the ship during the past 24 hours
11	Distance	Distance	arbitrary units	Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12	Declination	Decl	deg	It 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 description	Wind dir descr		All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
14	Wind force description	Wind force descr		All reported wind forces on this day
15	Present weather	ww		Weather description
16	Precipitation description	Precip descr
17	State of the sea description	State sea descr
18	Clearness	Clearness
19	Gusts	Gusts		1 If wind gusts are reported
20	Precipitation/Rain	Rain		1 If rain was reported
21	Fog	Fog		1 If fog was reported
22	Snow type	Snow		1 If snow was reported
23	Thunder	Thunder		1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24	Hail	Hail		1 If hail was reported
25	Sea ice	Sea ice		1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26	Identification	ID		CLIWOC 2.1 line number

License:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

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Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...)	5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...)	6 Landmark (Name of first landmark)	7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark)	8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark)	9 - (1 If position is considered t...)	10 Course (Course of the ship during the...)	11 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance travelled during the...)	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)	23 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...)	26 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1768-09-12T16:00	61.10	-61.33	153		CAPE RESOLUTION	N81:8W	41		S85E	147.00	-38	NWBW, W, SW, SBW	FRESH GALES, 8PM BLOWS STRONG, LESS WIND, SQUALLY	THICK FOGG AND CLOSE		GREAT SWELL FROM THE SOUTH	HAZY	0	0	1	0	194584
1768-09-13T16:00	61.40	-56.97	256		CAPE RESOLUTION	N76W	85		S70E	135.00	-37	SSW, SW, VARIABLE, WBS, W, WNW	FRESH BREEZES, MODERATE, SQUALLY	THICK	SMALL RAIN		CLEAR	0	1	1	0	194585
1768-09-14T15:00	59.62	-52.03	279						S73E	156.00	-36	NWBW, NWBN, NW	SQUALLY		RAIN			0	1	0	0	194586
1768-09-15T15:00	58.55	-46.83	314		CAPE FARWELL	N41E	29		S69E	172.00	-35	NW, NWBN, NNW, NBW	SQUALLY		RAIN			0	1	0	0	194587
1768-09-16T15:00	57.85	-46.32	145		CAPE FARWELL	N21E	39		S21E	47.00	-35	VARIABLE, NEBN, E, SEBS, SSE, S	MODERATE, THEN LITTLE WIND, FRESH GALES, STRONG GALES, NOON LESS WIND		SMALL RAIN		CLEAR, NOON CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	194588
1768-09-17T15:00	57.73	-44.50	235	2.6	CAPE FARWELL	N7:37E	38		S83E	57.00	-35	S, SBE, VARIABLE, SWBS, W	FRESH GALES THE MODERATE, LITTLE WIND		RAIN	CONFUSED SEA	CLOUDY AND HAZY	0	1	0	0	194589
1768-09-18T15:00	56.67	-40.68	322	9.3					S63E	140.00	-27	VARIABLE, NWBN, NNW, NBW	LITTLE WIND, FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY			GREAT SWELL FROM SW	CLEAR THE CLOUDY THEN CLEAR	0	0	0	0	194590
1768-09-19T14:00	55.05	-37.15	41	9.3					S63E	133.00	-27	NNW, NWBN, NE, NEBN, ENE	LIGHT SQUALLS, MODERATE, FRESH BREEZES		RAIN		CLEAR	0	1	0	0	194591
1768-09-20T14:00	54.30	-32.80	41		CAPE CLEAR	S75:58E	271		ESE1/2S	170.00	-27	EBN, ENE	SQUALLY				CLEAR THEN CLOUDY	0	0	0	0	194592
1768-09-21T14:00	53.47	-29.68	30	6.7	CAPE CLEAR	S79:23E	232		S67E	121.00	-26	ENE, VARIABLE, NEBE	FRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY, MODERATE				CLEAR THEN HAZY	0	0	0	0	194593
1768-09-22T14:00	52.53	-28.30	87	0.0	CAPE CLEAR	S83:37E	216		S44E	72.00	-26	ENE, VARIABLE, E, EBS, ESE	CALM	CLOSE			FINE AND PLEASANT, CLOUDY	0	0	0	0	194594
1768-09-23T14:00	51.32	-28.02	362	1.0	CAPE CLEAR	E	213		S9E	69.00	-22	E, SE, VARIABLE	LITTLE WIND, LIGHT SQUALLS, MODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS		RAIN THEN SHOWERY		CLOUDY	1	1	0	0	194595
1768-09-24T14:00	51.55	-26.80	136		CAPE CLEAR	S88:44E	196		N73E	48.00	-22	VARIABLE, S, SEBS, SSE	LIGHT AIRS, MODERATE BREEZES, SQUALLY		RAINY THEN SHOWERS		CLOUDY	1	1	0	0	194596
1768-09-25T14:00	51.30	-25.73	248	6.7	CAPE CLEAR	EN	186		S67E	44.00	-22	SSE, VARIABLE, SWBW, WNW, W	SQUALLY, CALM, LIGHT AIRS, MODERATE BREEZES		HEAVY RAIN, SPITS OF RAIN		CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	194597
1768-09-26T14:00	50.53	-22.52	271	2.6	SCILLY	S86:49E	216		S69E	130.00	-22	NW, W, VARIABLE, WNW	SQUALLY, MODERATE, LITTLE WIND , EASY BREEZES		RAIN		CLEAR	0	1	0	0	194598
1768-09-27T13:00	49.97	-20.42	46	6.7	SCILLY	E	180		S67:30E	90.00	-22	W, WSW, SW, VARIABLE, SSW, NE, NEBN, ENE	PLEASANT BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, SQUALLY, MODERATE		THICK RAIN		CLEAR THEN CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	194599
1768-09-28T13:00	49.58	-15.97	13	22.6	SCILLY	N86:44E	124		S82E	173.00	-21	VARIABLE, NEBN	SQUALLY, NOON STRONG GALES	CLOSE	RAIN		CLEAR THEN CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	194600
1768-09-29T13:00	49.35	-13.97	137	1.0	SCILLY	N83:18E	100		S79E	79.00	-21	NEBN, NE, VARIABLE, SEBS, SSE	STRONG GALES, MODERATE, LITTLE WIND, NOON LIGHT AIRS	THICK FOGG	THICK RAIN	UGLY SEA	8AM CLEAR	0	1	1	0	194601
1768-09-30T13:00	49.50	-13.75	103	1.0	SCILLY	N84:45E	95		N40E	13.00	-21	SE, ESE, EBS, SEBE	LIGHT AIRS				CLOUDY THEN CLEAR	0	0	0	0	194602
1768-10-01T13:00	48.87	-11.95	362		SCILLY	N73:10E	76		N61E	82.00	-21	EBN, NE, VARIABLE	LITTLE WIND, SQUALLY		SMALL RAIN		CLOUDY	0	1	1	0	194603
1768-10-02T13:00	50.13	-10.77	114		SCILLY	S85:48E	64		N33E	85.00	-21	ESE, SSE, SEBS, SE	MODERATE, LIGHT SQUALLS	CLOSE	RAIN		HAZY THEN CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	194604
1768-10-03T13:00	49.67	-10.50	362	6.7	SCILLY	N84:55E	56		N36E	36.00	-21	SEBS, ESE, SEBE, VARIABLE	FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MODERATE	CLOSE	SMALL RAIN			0	1	0	0	194605
1768-10-04T13:00	49.52	-8.48	249		SCILLY	N75E	33		S83E	79.00	-21	VARIABLE, SWBS, S, W	LITTLE WIND, SQUALLY		RAIN	GREAT SWELL FROM THE SOUTH	HAZY THEN CLOUDY, THEN CLEARING	0	1	0	0	194606
1768-10-05T12:00	49.87	-4.78	228	22.6	LIZARD	NBW	2	1	N84E	144.00	-20	W, WBS, SW, WSW	SQUALLY, STRONG GALES			HEAVY SEA FROM THE SOUTH		0	0	0	1	194607