Citation:

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

Project(s):

Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854 (CLIWOC)

Funding:

Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090 : Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 54.423333 * Median Longitude: -32.938333 * South-bound Latitude: 49.230000 * West-bound Longitude: -63.760000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.930000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.000000

Date/Time Start: 1783-10-15T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-11-01T12:00:00

Event(s):

Prince_Rupert_17831015_PRO_BH1_1602 * Latitude Start: 61.000000 * Longitude Start: -62.530000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1783-10-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1783-11-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Prince Rupert, Voyage: Churchill - Gravesend, 1st Observer: Joshua Tunstall (1st Officer/Master), Company: Hudson Bay Company

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Comment
1	DATE/TIME	Date/Time		Geocode
2	LATITUDE	Latitude		Geocode
3	LONGITUDE	Longitude		Geocode
4	Wind direction	dd	deg	Wind 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.
5	Wind speed	ff	m/s	calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations
6	Landmark	Landmark		Name of first landmark
7	Bearing	Bearing		Bearing of the first landmark
8	Distance to landmark	Distance	arbitrary units	Distance to the first landmark
9	-	-		1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10	Course	Course		Course of the ship during the past 24 hours
11	Distance	Distance	arbitrary units	Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12	Comment	Comment		Other remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
13	Declination	Decl	deg	It 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 description	Wind dir descr		All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from.
15	Wind force description	Wind force descr		All reported wind forces on this day
16	Present weather	ww		Weather description
17	Precipitation description	Precip descr
18	State of the sea description	State sea descr
19	Clearness	Clearness
20	Gusts	Gusts		1 If wind gusts are reported
21	Precipitation/Rain	Rain		1 If rain was reported
22	Fog	Fog		1 If fog was reported
23	Snow type	Snow		1 If snow was reported
24	Thunder	Thunder		1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25	Hail	Hail		1 If hail was reported
26	Sea ice	Sea ice		1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27	Identification	ID		CLIWOC 2.1 line number

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)

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Data

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1 Date/Time	2 Latitude	3 Longitude	4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...)	5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...)	6 Landmark (Name of first landmark)	7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark)	8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark)	9 - (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)	25 Hail (1 If hail was reported)	26 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)	27 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1783-10-15T16:00	60.93	-63.76	309	9.3	RESOLUTION	EBS	8		N71E	94.00		-40	NWBN, NW, NBW	MODERATE GALES, LIGHT AIRS, FINE BREEZE		SNOW SHOWERS	NORTH EASTERN SWELL	CLOUDY	1	0	0	1	0	0	195264
1783-10-16T16:00	60.38	-58.32	308						S79E	176.00	6PM PASSED 2 LARGE ISLES OF ICE, 10PM PASSED 1 ISLE OF ICE. 37W	-41	NNW, NBW	FRESH GALES, STRONG AND FRESH, SQUALLY				CLOUDY	0	0	0	0	0	1	195265
1783-10-17T16:00	59.53	-53.16	286						S70E	149.00	4PM PASSED 2 ISLES OF ICE. 36W	-40	NBW, NWBN	STIFF GALE, SQUALLY				CLOUDY, DARK WEATHER	0	0	0	1	0	1	195266
1783-10-18T15:00	59.20	-51.37	163	2.6					S71E	59.00	AT NOON PASSED AN ISLE OF ICE. 35W	-40	NWBN, WNW, SSW	LIGHT WINDS	CLOSE	SHOWERS OF SNOW	SWELL FROM THE EAST	DARK WEATHER	1	0	0	1	0	1	195267
1783-10-19T15:00	58.70	-49.90	50	1.0					S47E	46.00	4PM SAW AN ISLE OF ICE. 34W	-40	SBW, SSE, SE, E	LIGHT WINDS, UNCERTAIN WINDS, ALMOST CALM		SHOWERS OF SNOW, SLEET AND RAIN			1	1	0	1	0	1	195268
1783-10-20T15:00	57.53	-46.31	29						S64E	135.00		-39	EBS, NE, ENE	VERY UNCERTAIN WINDS, STIFF GALE, SQUALLY		DRIZZLING RAIN		FAIR THEN CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	0	0	195269
1783-10-21T15:00	56.37	-43.14	48						S57E	131.00		-31	NE, E, EBN	STIFF GALE, SQUALLY		SHOWERS OF RAIN			1	1	0	0	0	0	195270
1783-10-22T15:00	55.60	-41.52	284	1.0					S53E	77.00		-31	EBN, NW	STIFF GALES, SQUALLY, MODERATE, VARIABLE LIGHT AIRS, NOON SMALL AIRS			VERY MUCH HEAD SEA	CLEAR	0	0	0	0	0	0	195271
1783-10-23T15:00	54.60	-37.67	284						S72E	147.00		-31	NW	LIGHT BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE, SQUALLY		HAIL		CLOUDY	0	0	0	0	1	0	195272
1783-10-24T14:00	53.85	-32.83	285						S73E	187.00		-30	W, SWBW, NWBW, VARIABLE, NW	SQUALLY, HEAVY SQUALLS, STRONG SQUALLS		SHOWERS OF RAIN			1	1	0	0	0	0	195273
1783-10-25T14:00	53.00	-28.74	252	22.6					S71E	164.00		-29	NW, WNW, WBN	MODERATE, STRONG GALES	CLOSE	DRIZZLING RAIN		CLOUDY	0	1	0	0	0	0	195274
1783-10-26T14:00	51.85	-23.89	290						S70E	196.00		-25	WBS, NW	STIFF GALES AND SQUALLY, HEAVY SQUALLS		SHOWERY, MUCH RAIN			1	1	0	0	0	0	195275
1783-10-27T13:00	50.30	-19.58	291						S61E	196.00		-24	NW	A STIFF GALE, LESS WIND		SHOWERS OF RAIN			1	1	0	0	0	0	195276
1783-10-28T13:00	49.35	-15.51	291	22.6					S73E	173.00		-24	NW	FRESH GALES, A STIFF GALE	CLOSE			FINE THEN CLOUDY	0	0	0	0	0	0	195277
1783-10-29T13:00	49.23	-11.11	270						S88E	182.00		-23	WNW	FRESH GALES, SQUALLY	THICK	SHOWERY, RAIN			1	1	1	0	0	0	195278
1783-10-30T13:00	49.48	-8.45	247	2.6					S83E	113.00		-23	WNW, W	STIFF GALE, VARIABLE LIGHT WINDS		SHOWERY		CLOUDY, FINE	1	0	0	0	0	0	195279
1783-10-31T12:00	49.60	-4.63	180					1	N88E	158.00		-23	SBW, SW, SWBS, SSW	A STIFF GALE, SQUALLY		SHOWERY			1	0	0	0	0	0	195280
1783-11-01T12:00	50.12	-3.00	168	22.6				1	N68E	77.00		-23	SBW	A STIFF GALE		RAIN		CLOUDY THEN FINE	0	1	0	0	0	0	195281