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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 1774-10-02 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751316, 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: 54.082353 * Median Longitude: -29.417059 * South-bound Latitude: 49.670000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.880000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.150000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.400000
Date/Time Start: 1774-10-02T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-10-19T00:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17741002_PRO_BH1_1601 * Latitude Start: 61.070000 * Longitude Start: -65.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1774-10-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1774-10-19T00:00:00 * 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
--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 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:
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 
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)
1774-10-02T16:0060.15-62.881201.0S67E69.00-38ENE, EBN, VARIABLE, E, S, SSEFRESH GALES, LIGHT AIRSTHICK FOGTHICK RAINHAZY0110000194893
1774-10-03T16:0059.78-58.02242S80W148.00-39VARIABLE, NWBW, WNW, W, WBNLIGHT AIRS, FRESH GALES, SQUALLYTHICK FOGSLEET0111000194894
1774-10-04T16:0058.77-52.682886.7EBS3/4S175.00-38W, WBN, WNW, NW, NWBNSQUALLY, SETTLED BREEZETHICK RAIN AND SLEET0101000194895
1774-10-05T15:0057.75-47.722666.7S65E170.00-38NWBN, NNW, NWBWSQUALLY THEN MODERATEHAIL AND RAINCLOUDY0100010194896
1774-10-06T15:0056.42-42.18286ESE196.00-29NWSQUALLY, SETTLED GALE, HEAVY SQUALLSRAINCLEAR0100000194897
1774-10-07T15:0055.82-37.883542.6ESE3/4E149.00-29NW, VARIABLE, WBS, NNEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MODERATE, LITTLE WINDRAINCLEAR0100000194898
1774-10-08T14:0055.00-33.37276ESE1/4E160.00-28N, NNW, NW, NWBWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE, SQUALLYHAIL AND RAINCLOUDY0100010194899
1774-10-09T14:0054.22-28.4325419.0S75E176.00-27NWBW, WNW, NW, WBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYHAIL AND RAINCLOUDY0100010194900
1774-10-10T14:0053.32-23.9520919.0S71E167.00-27W, WBN, SWBWFRESH GALESCLOSECLOUDY0000000194901
1774-10-11T13:0052.58-20.631776.7SE1/2E127.00-26SWBW, SW, SWBS, SSWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATECLOSESMALL RAINHAZY0100000194902
1774-10-12T13:0051.98-17.371809.3CAPE CLEARS80:03E81S73E120.00-23VARIABLE, SWBS, SSWFRESH BREEZESLIGHT FOGHAZY THEN CLOUDY0010000194903
1774-10-13T13:0051.67-15.823622.6CAPE CLEARS82:38E52S75E84.00-23SW, SSW, SBW, S, VARIABLEPLEASANT BREEZE, LITTLE WINDCLOSECLOUDY THEN HAZY0000000194904
1774-10-14T13:0051.38-14.081686.7CAPE CLEARS87:24E44S46E25.00-23S, VARIABLE, SBE, SBWMODERATE BREEZESCLOSE AND REMARKABLY WARMCLEAR AND HAZY0000000194905
1774-10-15T13:0051.05-15.2314619.0CAPE CLEARN84:23E51S35W26.00-23SBW, S, SBEMODERATE, FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000194906
1774-10-16T13:0050.17-13.45270SCILLYS87:39E98S49E90.00-23S, VARIABLE, SW, SWBW, WSW, WNWFRESH GALES, MODERATE, SQUALLYCLOSERAINCLOUDY0100000194907
1774-10-17T13:0049.67-10.002489.3SCILLYN83:33E47S75E138.00-22NWBW, WBN, WNW, WFRESH BREEZESUGLY SOUTHERN SEAHAZY, CLOUDY, CLEAR0000000194908
1774-10-18T12:0049.67-6.401929.3SCILLYNE8E138.00-22W, WBS, WSW, VARIABLE, SWBSPLEASANT BREEZE, FRESH BREEZECLOSECLOUDY0000000194909
1774-10-19T00:0049.781466.7LIZARDNBE31VARIABLE, SSW, SBW, S, SBE, SEBSMODERATE BREEZECLOSEHAZY AND CLOUDY0000000194910