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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 1772-09-15 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751312, 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: 55.604667 * Median Longitude: -36.566000 * South-bound Latitude: 49.570000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.530000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.080000
Date/Time Start: 1772-09-15T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-10-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17720915_PRO_BH1_1601 * Latitude Start: 61.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1772-09-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1772-10-02T00:00:00 * 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
13 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.
14 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.
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 CommentComment
28 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
325 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
13 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
14 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
17 
Precip descr
18 
State sea descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
Comment
28 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1772-09-15T16:0061.00-62.5328819.0RESOLUTIONNNW7S67E62.00-38N, E, NNW, NWBNFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZES, FRESH GALESUGLY SEACLEAR THEN CLOUDY0000000194800
1772-09-16T16:0060.50-58.53322S82E147.00MIDNIGHT PAST AN ISLE OF ICE-38NW, NBW, NNE, NFRESH GALES, HEAVY SQUALLSHAILCLOUDY0001011194801
1772-09-17T16:0059.93-56.03306.7S65E81.00-38NBE, E, EBS, ENESQUALLY, MODERATEHAIL, LIGHT SNOW0001010a trivial correction was made in this observation194802
1772-09-18T15:0059.38-52.05188S75E126.00-37NWBN, NW, VARIABLE, W, SWMODERATE, SQUALLYSLEETCLOUDY0101000194803
1772-09-19T15:0059.82-50.153622.6CAPE FAREWELLE51N66E63.00-37SSW, SBW, S, SBE, SEBS, SE, VARIABLESTRONG GALES, LITTLE WINDTHICKSMALL RAIN0110000194804
1772-09-20T15:0058.72-47.7030119.0CAPE FAREWELLN53:14E34SE1/4E99.00-37NWBW, VARIABLE, NNWSQUALLY , MODERATE, LITTLE WIND, LIGHT AIRS, FRESH GALESSMALL RAINCONFUSED SEA, A SWELL FROM THE SECLOUDY0100000194805
1772-09-21T15:0057.45-43.27297CAPE FAREWELLN26:47W51S62E160.00-29NNW, NWBNSQUALLYHAILCLOUDY0000010194806
1772-09-22T15:0056.22-38.25298SEBE3/4E184.00-28NWBNSQUALLYHAIL AND RAINCLEAR0100010194807
1772-09-23T14:0054.98-33.5229819.0SEBE3/4E176.00-28NWBNFRESH GALESDARKSHOWERY AND SOME RAINCLOUDY1100000194808
1772-09-24T14:0053.47-28.5529919.0S63E196.00-27NBW, NNW, N, VARIABLE, NWBNSQUALLY, MORE MODERATE, FRESH GALESHAILCLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000010194809
1772-09-25T14:0052.13-23.3234812.3ESE206.00-23NWBN, N, NBESQUALLY, STEADY GALECLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000000194810
1772-09-26T13:0051.20-19.102376.7CAPE CLEAREN100ESE1/4E166.00-23NWBN, NW, WNW, WBN, WBSFRESH GALES, MODERATERAINCLOUDY THEN HAZY0100000194811
1772-09-27T13:0050.00-14.4331619.0CAPE CLEARNEBE1/2E49S71E187.00-22WBN, NWBW, WBS, WSW, NNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYTHICK RAINHAZY THEN CLOUDY0100000194812
1772-09-28T13:0049.70-10.983620.0SCILLYN85E65EBS136.00-22NWBW, NNW, VARIABLEMODERATE, LITTLE WIND, CALMRAINGREAT SWELL FROM WESTCLOUDY0100000194813
1772-09-29T13:0049.57-10.082146.7S82E85.00-22N, S, SWBWLIGHT AIRS, CALM, MODERATE,CLEAR0000000194814
1772-09-30T00:0049.6221419.01E1N145.00SSW, WBN, SWBSMODERATE, FRESH GALESCLOSESMALL RAINCLEAR, CLOUDY, HAZY0100000194815
1772-10-01T00:0049.5019122.61SSW, S, SBWFRESH GALES, MORE WIND, STRONG GALESCLOSETHICK RAINHAZY0100000194816
1772-10-02T00:0049.352036.71N89E27.00SW, SSWFRESH GALES, LITTLE WIND, MODERATETHICK FOGRAIN0110000194817