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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 London started at 1775-09-08 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751318, 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: 55.109000 * Median Longitude: -36.261000 * South-bound Latitude: 49.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.680000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.330000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.350000
Date/Time Start: 1775-09-08T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1775-09-28T12:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17750908_PRO_BH1_1602 * Latitude Start: 61.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.530000 * Latitude End: 51.470000 * Longitude End: 1.000000 * Date/Time Start: 1775-09-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1775-09-28T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Churchill - London, 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 CommentComment
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
384 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 
Comment
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1775-09-08T16:0061.33-63.681422.6S73E40.004PM PAST TWO ISLES OF ICE-38SWBW, SWBS, VARIABLE, SMODERATE, LITTLE WINDGREAT SWELL FROM SECLOUDY THEN HAZY0000001194937
1775-09-09T16:0061.02-60.4326522.6S80E96.00-39S, VARIABLE, NBW NWBN, NW, NWBWFRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALES, STRONG GALESMALL RAINGREAT SWELL FROM SECLOUDY0100000194938
1775-09-10T16:0060.82-57.60296.7E3/4S83.00-39WBN, ENEFRESH GALES, MODERATETHICK RAINYCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0100000194939
1775-09-11T16:0059.57-53.452206.7SEBE1/4E145.00-39NE, N, VARIABLE, NW, WNW, WBSFRESH GALES, MODERATESMALL RAINCLEAR0100000194940
1775-09-12T15:0058.73-51.635222.6SE1/4E75.00-38WSW, SWBW, VARIABLE, EBS, EMODERATE, LITTLE WINDS, FRESH GALES, STRONG GALESRAINYCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0100000194941
1775-09-13T15:0057.88-49.937CAPE FAREWELLN64E80SBW52.00-38SSW, SWBS, SBW, SEBS, NEHEAVY SQUALLS,THICK RAINY0100000a trivial correction was made in this observation194942
1775-09-14T15:0057.63-47.0030122.6CAPE FAREWELLN31:9E47S85E158.00-37NEBE, NEBN, NBE, NNWSQUALLY, STRONG GALESTHICK RAINYCONFUSED SEA, VERY HEAVY SEA RUNNING0100000194943
1775-09-15T15:0056.93-41.9227522.6EBS1/4S162.00-29NW, NWBWHEAVY GALES OF WIND,THICK RAINY, HAIL0100010194944
1775-09-16T15:0056.23-39.512862.6SEBE1/2E90.00-29NWFRESH GALES, MODERATE, LITTLE WINDRAIN AND HAILCLOUDY0100010194945
1775-09-17T14:0055.00-37.27852.6S47E103.00-28NEBN, ENE, NEBE, E, ESEPLEASANT BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE, LITTLE WINDSCLOUDY THEN FAIR0000000194946
1775-09-18T14:0054.28-34.972879.3S61E91.00-28ENE, EBN, VARIABLE, NEBN, N, NWPLEASANT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES,CLEAR, CLOUDY, HAZY0010000194947
1775-09-19T14:0053.78-32.692982.6S70E86.00-28NNE, NBW, NWBNPLEASANT BREEZE, LITTLE WINDCLOSEGREAT SWELL FROM NECLOUDY0000000194948
1775-09-20T14:0053.10-29.52298S71E120.00-28SWBW, N, NNW, NWBNMODERATE BREEZES, LITTLE WINDS, SQUALLYHEAVY RAINDEEP SWELL FROM NECLOUDY0100000194949
1775-09-21T14:0052.47-26.3822CAPE CLEARS82:45E188S71E130.00-23NWBW, NE, NEBN, NEFRESH GALES, FRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY THEN CLEAR0100000194950
1775-09-22T13:0051.77-21.83348CAPE CLEARS85:44E130S76E174.00-23NE, NEBN, NBESQUALLY, STRONG SQUALLS, LESS WIND, LIGHT SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY0100000194951
1775-09-23T13:0051.28-19.573622.6CAPE CLEARE103S73E88.00-23NNE, N, SWBS, SW, VARIABLELIGHT SQUALLS, LITTLE WINDRAIN AT TIMESGREAT SWELL FROM NECLOUDY0100000194952
1775-09-24T13:0051.33-18.003621.0CAPE CLEARE85E59.00-23SSW, S, SSE, VARIABLELITTLE WIND, LIGHT SQUALLS, ALMOST CALMREMARKABLY WARMRAINUGLY SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0100000194953
1775-09-25T13:0050.48-16.57360SCILLYS85:19E135S47E74.00-23N, NBW, NNECALM, LIGHT AIRS, PLEASANT BREEZE, LIGHT SQUALLSFINE WARMSPITS OF RAINGREAT SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0100000194954
1775-09-26T13:0049.00-12.923626.7SCILLYN86:19E83S71E149.00-23NEBN, NNE, NBE, VARIABLELIGHT SQUALLS, MODERATE BREEZESCLOSESPITS OF RAINCLOUDY0100000194955
1775-09-27T13:0049.55-10.352716.7SCILLYN81:50E54S86E99.00-22NBE, VARIABLE, WBN, WNWLITTLE WIND, MODERATE BREEZESREMARKABLY WARMDARK CLOUDY, THEN CLEAR0000000194956
1775-09-28T12:00-6.23225LIZARDENESWBS, SWSQUALLY,SPITS OF RAINCLOUDY0100000194957