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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 Gravesend to Churchill started at 1769-06-26 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751304, 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: 57.663750 * Median Longitude: -27.450833 * South-bound Latitude: 55.550000 * West-bound Longitude: -43.030000 * North-bound Latitude: 59.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.550000
Date/Time Start: 1769-06-26T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-07-19T15:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17690626_PRO_BH1_1600 * Latitude Start: 51.490000 * Longitude Start: 1.170000 * Latitude End: 61.000000 * Longitude End: -62.530000 * Date/Time Start: 1769-06-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-07-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Gravesend - Churchill, 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
404 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1769-06-26T12:0058.78-4.553621.0S76W33.00-23N, WNW, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSRAINCLOUDY0100000194608
1769-06-27T12:0058.83-5.433621.0CAPE WARTHS1/2W4N78W28.00-23E, EBN, VARIABLECALM THEN LIGHT AIRSSMALL RAINHAZY THEN CLEAR0100000194609
1769-06-28T13:0058.50-8.47347S80W97.00-24N, NBW, NBETHICKCLEAR THE CLOUDY THEN HAZY0010000194610
1769-06-29T13:0058.63-12.351119.3N85W120.00-24N, VARIABLE, ENE, SEMODERATE, FRESH BREEZESGREAT SWELL FROM THE EASTHAZY THEN CLEAR0000000194611
1769-06-30T13:0058.67-17.721869.3W166.00-28ESE, SEBS, SBW, SSW, SWBSFRESH BREEZESTHICKHAZY0010000194612
1769-07-01T13:0059.55-20.1525322.6N54W93.00-28SSW, SW, SWBW, WSW, W, WBNFRESH GALES, STRONG GALESTHICKGREAT SWELL FROM WSWCLEAR THEN HAZY0010000194613
1769-07-02T14:0059.43-22.50220S84W73.00-28WNW, WBN, SWBS, WSWTHICK RAINCLEAR THEN HAZY, THEN CLOUDY0100000194614
1769-07-03T14:0059.60-25.282079.3N83W86.00-29WSW, SWBS, SWBWFRESH BREEZESTHICK FOGGSMALL RAINHAZY0110000194615
1769-07-04T14:0058.77-25.7823019.0S16W54.00-29SWBW, VARIABLE, NW, NWBW, WNW, W, WBSLIGHT SQUALLS, LITTLE WIND, SQUALLY, FRESH GALESRAIN0100000194616
1769-07-05T14:0057.70-25.60252S5E68.00-29W, VARIABLE, WNW, WBNFRESH GALES, LESS WINDTHICKSMALL RAINHAZY THEN CLEAR THE HAZY0110000194617
1769-07-06T14:0057.05-26.13311.0S34W33.00-25WNW, VARIABLE, E, NEBELIGHT AIRSPLEASANT WEATHER0000000194618
1769-07-07T14:0057.10-27.87421.0W1/2N60.00-26S, E, EBS, ENELIGHT AIRSSPITS RAINCLEAR0100000194619
1769-07-08T14:0057.18-31.6018822.6W1/4N117.00-26S, SSW, SWBSLIGHT AIRS, MODERATE, FRESH GALES, STRONG GALESSMALL RAINCLEAR0100000194620
1769-07-09T14:0057.57-32.482050.0N73W70.00-31SWBS, SW, SWBWSTRONG GALES, LESS WIND, LIGHT AIRS, NOON CALMTHICKRAINGREAT SWELL FROM SW0110000194621
1769-07-10T14:0057.33-34.0325412.3S53W23.00-27WBS, W, WNW, NWBW, WBNLIGHT AIRS AND SQUALLY, LESS WIND, FRESH WINDS AND SQUALLYRAINGREAT SWELL FROM SW0100000194622
1769-07-11T14:0057.48-33.05277S34E57.00-27WNW, NWBWSTRONG GALES, HEAVY SQUALLS, LATER LESS WINDRAINGREAT SEA0100000194623
1769-07-12T14:0057.38-34.65243N41W79.00-27WBS, WSW, WFRESH GALES, SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000194624
1769-07-13T14:0057.43-35.52322N83W40.00-27W, WBS, VARIABLE, NNW, NBWFRESH GALES, MODERATE, LIGHT SQUALLSTHICKSMALL RAINHAZY0110000194625
1769-07-14T14:0055.95-35.52362S84.00-27NWBN, WNW, WBN, VARIABLELIGHT SQUALLSSMALL RAIN0100000194626
1769-07-15T14:0055.55-36.783626.7S37W39.00-27WNW, NW, NWBN, VARIABLESQUALLY, MODERATESMALL RAINHAZY0100000194627
1769-07-16T15:0055.70-38.083621.0N79W45.00-28WSW, SEBS, VARIABLEMODERATE, LIGHT AIRSRAINHAZY0100000194628
1769-07-17T15:0056.35-40.272429.3N62W84.00-28SWBW, WSW, WBS, WLIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZESTHICKSMALL RAINPLEASANT THEN CLEAR0110000194629
1769-07-18T15:0057.32-41.982209.3N48W75.00-28W, WBS, WSWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINHAZY0110000194630
1769-07-19T15:0056.08-43.032986.7S66W83.00-28NW, VARIABLE, NWBNSQUALLY, MORE MODERATECLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000000194631