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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 Moose to Gravesend started at 1771-10-08 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751310, 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: 54.258125 * Median Longitude: -33.071875 * South-bound Latitude: 49.380000 * West-bound Longitude: -65.530000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.070000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.750000
Date/Time Start: 1771-10-08T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1771-10-24T00:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17711008_PRO_BH1_1601 * Latitude Start: 61.070000 * Longitude Start: -65.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1771-10-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1771-10-24T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Moose - 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:
306 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)
1771-10-08T16:0061.07-65.5327719.0CAPE RESOLUTIONN7S51E57.0010PM PAST 2 ISLE OF ICE AND SOME SMALL PIECES-38NNW, N, NWBN, NWLITTLE WIND, FRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALESTHICK FOG AND CLOSECLOUDY0010001194749
1771-10-09T16:0060.48-59.132886.7S79E190.00-38NW, NWBW, NWBNSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATER MORE MODERATEUNSETTLEDCLOUDY0000000194750
1771-10-10T16:0059.83-55.553621.0EBS3/4S116.00-38NWBN, NBW, VARIABLEFRESH GALES, LIGHT AIRSSLEETCLOUDY0101000194751
1771-10-11T16:0059.17-52.83181.0ESE91.00-38VARIABLE, N, NEBECALM, LIGHT AIRSSLEETCLOUDY, FINE AND CLEAR0101000194752
1771-10-12T15:0057.73-47.00324S64E199.00-36NNE, NBE, NFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LESS WINDSCLEAR AND CLOUDY0000000194753
1771-10-13T15:0056.42-40.2027619.0SEBE3/4E184.00-28N, NWBN, W, WNW, NWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000194754
1771-10-14T14:0054.93-37.35288S64E183.00-27NWBW, NNW, NWFRESH GALES, SQUALLYTHICK RAINCLOUDY0100000194755
1771-10-15T14:0053.42-32.782666.7S61E184.00-27NW, WNWSQUALLY, MORE MODERATECLOSERAIN AND HEAVY SHOWERS1100000194756
1771-10-16T14:0052.78-29.903620.0ESE1/4E111.00-27WNW, NWBW, VARIABLEFRESH GALES, LITTLE WIND, CALMCLOSECLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000000194757
1771-10-17T14:0051.93-25.782939.3ESE1/4E161.00-22NWLITTLE WIND, FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0100000194758
1771-10-18T13:0051.20-22.1220327.4CAPE CLEAREN133S73E144.00-22WNW, WBN, SSW, SWBS, SW, SWFRESH GALES, MODERATE, STRONG GALES, BLOWING VERY HARDTHICK RAINCLOUDY0100000194759
1771-10-19T13:0050.27-18.502486.7SCILLYS87:36E159ESE148.00-22SW, WSW, SWBW, VARIABLE, WFRESH GALES, MODERATE AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAINCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0100000194760
1771-10-20T13:0049.75-14.681929.3SCILLYN87:59E104EBS148.00-22NW, NWBN, SSW, SWBW, SW, SWBSFRESH GALES, LITTLE WIND, FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY THEN CLEAR0100000194761
1771-10-21T13:0050.20-12.3531635.0SCILLYS86:18E83ENE1/2E84.00-22SSW, SBW, VARIABLE, S, NNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, HEAVY SQUALLS, MORE HURRICANE OF WINDCLOSERAINCLOUDY0100000194762
1771-10-22T13:0049.38-9.7020319.0SCILLYN76:29E47SEBE1/2E120.00-22WNW, W, WBS, SWBS, SWFRESH GALESSPITS OF RAINLESS SEA, SEA ALL IN HEAPSCLOUDY THEN HAZY0100000194763
1771-10-23T12:0049.57-5.75249N86E164.00-21WSW, SSW, SWBS, SBW, VARIABLE, WFRESH GALES, HEAVY SQUALLSRAINHAZY, CLOUDY AND CLEAR0100000194764
1771-10-24T00:0050.002816.7START POINTNBW7W, WBNFRESH GALES, MODERATETHICK RAINCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0100000194765