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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 1778-10-07 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751324, 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: 58.341538 * Median Longitude: -36.636923 * South-bound Latitude: 55.470000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.400000 * North-bound Latitude: 61.420000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.520000
Date/Time Start: 1778-10-07T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-11-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
Prince_Rupert_17781007_PRO_BH1_1602 * Latitude Start: 61.070000 * Longitude Start: -65.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1778-10-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-11-02T00:00:00 * 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 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.
12 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.
13 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
471 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 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
12 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
13 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1778-10-07T16:0061.10-61.40296.7E10S122.00-39NW, NWBW, NNW, ENEFRESH GALES, MODERATETHICK SNOWY WEATHERSLEET AND THICK RAINGREAT SWELL FROM THE SECLEAR0101000195079
1778-10-08T16:0061.42-61.403621.0N16.00-39SEBS, SBE, SEBE, VARIABLEFRESH GALES, MODERATE, LITTLE WIND, ALMOST CALMMISTY AND THICKGREAT SWELL FROM THE SOUTHDARK CLOUDY WEATHER0010000195080
1778-10-09T16:0061.38-60.85742.6E1/2S16.00-39SW, ESELIGHT AIRS, CALM, LIGHT BREEZES, LITTLE WINDRAINSWELL FROM THE SOUTH0100000195081
1778-10-10T16:0061.05-59.022999.3ESE1/4E57.00-39EBN, E, EBS, VARIABLE, SBE, WNW, NNWLITTLE WIND, FRESH BREEZETHICK SNOWSLEET0101000a trivial correction was made in this observation195082
1778-10-11T16:0059.93-55.072992.6SEBE1/2E130.00-39NBW, N, NNE, NNWMODERATE, FRESH GALES, LITTLE WINDCLOSE AND HEAVYSWELL FROM THE SOUTH0001000195083
1778-10-12T15:0058.82-49.7528822.6S68E175.00-38NNW, NWBNSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000195084
1778-10-13T15:0057.82-44.623012.6CAPE FAREWELLNNE3/4E44S70E174.00-37NWBN, NW, NWBW, VARIABLE, W, WBN, NNWHEAVY SQUALLS, MODERATE, LITTLE WINDHAILDEEP SEA RUNNINGCLOUDY0000010195085
1778-10-14T15:0057.73-39.5596.7CAPE FAREWELLNW3/4N48ES156.00-36N, NNE, NEBN, NEBE, NEFRESH GALES, SQUALLY, MODERATERAINCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0100000195086
1778-10-15T14:0057.62-37.353621.0CAPE FAREWELLN38W67E1/2S75.00-35NE, NEBE, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, LIGHT SQUALLS, LITTLE WIND, LIGHT AIRSMISTYRAINSWELL FROM EASTCLOUDY0110000195087
1778-10-16T14:0058.10-36.331002.6CAPE FAREWELLN63W71NE1/4E43.00-35SSE, SBE, S, VARIABLE, SELIGHT AIRS, CALM, LITTLE WINDCLOSERAINSWELL FROM EASTHAZY THEN CLOUDY0100000195088
1778-10-17T14:0058.20-35.771452.6N71E19.00-35SE, VARIABLE, SLITTLE WIND AND CALMSWELL FROM EASTCLEAR THEN HAZY0010000195089
1778-10-18T14:0058.33-34.7312322.6N78E34.00-35S, VARIABLE, SBE, SSEMODERATE BREEZES, SQUALLY, STRONG GALESSWELL FROM EASTCLOUDY0000000195090
1778-10-19T14:0058.65-34.4210022.6NNE1/2E19.00-35SEBS, SESQUALLY, LIGHT AIRS, STRONG GALESRAIN0100000195091
1778-10-20T14:0057.58-34.5766S1/2W64.00-35SE, SEBE, SSE, EBSSQUALLY,CLOSERAINHAZY0100000195092
1778-10-21T14:0057.10-34.1784S23E34.00-29E, EBN, ESEFRESH GALES, MODERATE, SQUALLYSMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000195093
1778-10-22T14:0056.85-34.0861SBE15.00-29ESE, EBN, ESQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000195094
1778-10-23T14:0056.22-34.3314022.6SBW38.00-29ENE, SBESTRONG GALES, HEAVY SQUALLS, BLOWING STRONGSMALL RAIN0100000195095
1778-10-24T14:0055.47-34.105019.0S9E49.00-29E, ENE, EBNSTRONG GALES, SQUALLS, FRESH GALESFINE AND CLEAR0000000195096
1778-10-25T14:0055.93-34.633621.0N38W33.00-29E, EBS, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE, LITTLE WIND, ALMOST CALMGREAT SWELL FROM EASTCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0000000195097
1778-10-26T14:0056.55-32.6032019.0N62E77.00-29WNW, W, VARIABLE, NNW, NBWLIGHT AIRS, FRESH GALESMUCH SWELLCLEAR0000000195098
1778-10-27T14:0057.55-28.70248N65W141.00-33N, NW, NWBN, WBNFRESH GALES, MODERATE, SQUALLYHAILCLOUDY, FINE THEN CLEAR0000010195099
1778-10-28T14:0058.35-24.3019319.0EBN1/2N146.00-32WBN, WSW, VARIABLE, SW, S, SWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINCLEAR0100000195100
1778-10-29T13:0058.78-19.70263EBN145.00-30SWBW, VARIABLE, WBS, WSW, SW, WNWSQUALLYRAINUGLY CROSS SEACLEAR0100000195101
1778-10-30T13:0058.70-15.07208S143.00-28SW, VARIABLE, SWBWHEAVY SQUALLS, MORE MODERATE, LONG LULLSHAILCLOUDY0000010195102
1778-10-31T13:0058.68-10.533626.7E140.00-27SW, WSW, W, VARIABLESQUALLS, FRESH GALES, MODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000195103
1778-11-01T12:0058.97-5.52290N85E157.00-25WNW, VARIABLE, NWSQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000195104
1778-11-02T00:0058.853622.6CAPE RAITHS1/2E7W, NWBW, WNW, VARIABLESQUALLY, LITTLE WINDRAIN AND HAIL0100010195105