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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 York Factory to Gravesend started at 1770-09-19 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751308, 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: 55.329000 * Median Longitude: -36.763000 * South-bound Latitude: 49.530000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.870000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.720000
Date/Time Start: 1770-09-19T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1770-10-09T12:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17700919_PRO_BH1_1601 * Latitude Start: 61.320000 * Longitude Start: -64.020000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1770-09-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1770-10-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: York Factory - 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:
369 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)
1770-09-19T16:0060.87-63.12356RESOLUTIONN64W25S74E161.002PM PASSED SEVERAL ISLES OF ICE-38NNW, N, NBW, VARIABLE, NE, NEBNFRESH GALES, HEAVY SQUALLSRAIN AND SLEET AND SHOWERS1101001194696
1770-09-20T16:0060.63-62.03411.0BUNTONS ISLANDS86W28S66W34.002PM PASSED NEAR AN ISLE OF ICE-38ESE, EBS, E, EBNLESS WIND, ALMOST CALMTHICK FOGGRAINGREAT SWELL FROM THE NNE0110001194697
1770-09-21T16:0060.75-61.47416.7N68E18.006PM WEATHERED A LARGE ISLE OF ICE AT 1/4 MILE-38E, ESE, SEBE, EBNFRESH GALES, MODERATETHICK FOGGCLEAR AND HAZY0010001194698
1770-09-22T16:0060.17-58.673622.6S67:30E91.00-38ENE, NEBE, VARIABLEFRESH GALES, SQUALLY, MODERATE, ALMOST CALM, LITTLE WINDCLOSESMALL RAINGREAT SWELLHAZY THEN CLOUDY0100000194699
1770-09-23T16:0059.82-56.403452.6EBS1/2S71.00-38NEBE, NNW, NBE, N, NNELITTLE WINDCLOSEHAZY, FINE CLEAR, CLOUDY0000000194700
1770-09-24T16:0059.27-55.25522.6S48E47.00-38N, VARIABLE EBN, EBS, ELIGHT AIRS, FELL CALM, LITTLE WINDTHICKFINE AND PLEASANT, CLOUDY, HAZY0010000194701
1770-09-25T15:0058.30-50.423349.3S68W161.00-37VARIABLE, E, EBN, NEBN, NNE, NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOSECLOUDY0010000194702
1770-09-26T15:0056.90-45.0233112.3ESE1/4S196.00-29NBE, NNE, NFRESH GALES, SQUALLY, STEADY GALESCLOUDY0000000194703
1770-09-27T15:0055.90-41.272426.7SEBE3/4E140.00-28NNW, NW, NWBW, WFRESH GALES, MODERATEHAZY THEN CLOUDY0000000194704
1770-09-28T14:0054.75-36.77209S68E167.00-27WBS, SW, SWBS, SSW, SWBWFRESH GALES, SQUALLYRAIN, SMALL RAIN, HEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000194705
1770-09-29T14:0054.43-33.501646.7S80E114.00-27VARIABLE SW, SWBS, SSW, SBWLITTLE WIND, SQUALLY, MODERATETHICKRAINYCLOUDY0110000194706
1770-09-30T14:0055.17-30.807519.0N68E107.00-26S, SBE, SE, EBSFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY, MODERATE, FRESH GALESCLOSERAINCLOUDY0100000194707
1770-10-01T14:0053.92-27.5389.3SEBE136.00-26NBE, VARIABLE, NNE, NEBNSTRONG GALES, LESS WIND, MODERATE, FRESH GALES, SQUALLY, LITTLE WIND, FRESH BREEZESTHICKRAINUGLY HEAD SEA0110000194708
1770-10-02T14:0052.78-26.059822.6S35E88.00-26NE, ENE, EBN, E, ESE, SEBEFRESH GALES, STRONG GALESTHICKRAINHAZY0110000194709
1770-10-03T14:0052.05-23.8829319.0S62E94.00-22W, E, NEBE, VARIABLE, N, NNW, NWLITTLE WIND, CALM, FRESH GALESTHICK FOGGRAINGREAT SWELL FROM EASTHAZY0110000194710
1770-10-04T13:0052.02-19.27226ESE1/4E184.00-22NW, WBN, WSW, WBS, SWBW, WSWFRESH GALES, SQUALLYCLOSESMALL RAINHAZY THEN CLOUDY0100000194711
1770-10-05T13:0050.10-15.352599.3S67:30E160.00-22W, WSW, WBS, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR AND CLOUDY0000000194712
1770-10-06T13:0049.67-12.323626.7S78:45E120.00-22W, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOSESMALL RAINFINE AND PLEASANT, HAZY0100000194713
1770-10-07T13:0049.55-9.422266.7S86E112.00-22WNW, W, WSWMODERATE BREEZES, LITTLE WIND, MODERATECLOSECLOUDY, HAZY0000000194714
1770-10-08T12:0049.53-6.722496.7E104.00-21SWBW, VARIABLE, W, WSW, WNW, WMODERATECLOSEFINE PLEASANT, CLOUDY0000000194715
1770-10-09T12:00-4.931696.7LANDS ENDNNE7W, WBN, WBS, SWBS, SSW, SW, S, SBELITTLE WINDS, LIGHT AIRS, MODERATE BREEZESFINE, DARK CLOUDY, CLOUDY0000000194716