García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during Princess Augusta cruise from Ascension to Cape started at 1757-05-08 [dataset]. British Library, London, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751354, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -19.974444 * Median Longitude: -27.481667 * South-bound Latitude: -33.520000 * West-bound Longitude: -34.700000 * North-bound Latitude: -0.320000 * East-bound Longitude: -16.270000
Date/Time Start: 1757-05-08T14:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1757-06-12T13:00:00
Event(s):
Princess_Augusta_17570508_BL_L/MAR/B/590A * Latitude Start: -7.754000 * Longitude Start: -14.423000 * Latitude End: -32.530000 * Longitude End: -16.270000 * Date/Time Start: 1757-05-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1757-06-12T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Princess Augusta, Voyage: Ascension - Cape, 1st Observer: Thomas Parker (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Baddison (1st Officer/Master), Company: EIC
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | 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 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 8 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 9 | 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. | ||
| 10 | 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. | |||
| 11 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 12 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 13 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 14 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 15 | Cloud type | Cloud type | ||||
| 16 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 17 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 18 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 19 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 20 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 21 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 22 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 23 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 24 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
648 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] | 5 ff [m/s] | 6 Landmark | 7 Course | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] | 9 Decl [deg] | 10 Wind dir descr | 11 Wind force descr | 12 ww | 13 Precip descr | 14 State sea descr | 15 Cloud type | 16 Clearness | 17 Gusts | 18 Rain | 19 Fog | 20 Snow | 21 Thunder | 22 Hail | 23 Sea ice | 24 ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1757-05-08T14:00 | -0.32 | -23.37 | 120 | 6.7 | ST ANTONIO | S26W | 67.00 | -4 | SSE, SEBS, SE, SEBE | MODERATE BREEZES | SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196559 | |||
| 1757-05-09T14:00 | -1.42 | -23.93 | 131 | 6.7 | ST ANTONIO | S78W | 63.00 | -4 | SEBS, SE, SEBE, SE | MODERATE BREEZES | FOR THE MOST PART CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196560 | ||||
| 1757-05-10T14:00 | -1.83 | -23.93 | 142 | 1.0 | ST ANTONIO | S25W | 29.00 | -4 | SEBE, SE, SEBE, SE, SEBS | LIGHT AIRS | SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FOR THE MOST PART CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196561 | |||
| 1757-05-11T14:00 | -2.85 | -24.13 | 362 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S24W | 58.00 | -3 | SE, SEBS, ESE, VARIABLE | MAJOR PART MODERATE GALES | CONTINUAL HARD RAIN | LARGE SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | MAJOR PART DARK CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHER INTERMIXE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196562 | ||
| 1757-05-12T14:00 | -3.25 | -24.80 | 143 | 2.6 | ST ANTONIO | S36W | 30.00 | -3 | SBE, VARIABLE, SE, SEBS | LIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLE ALL AROUND THE COMPASS | MUCH LIGHTNING AND SOME THUNDER | INTERMIXED WITH FREQUENT VIOLENT HARD SHOWERS OF RAIN | VERY DARK CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHER | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196563 | ||
| 1757-05-13T14:00 | -4.77 | -25.32 | 98 | ST ANTONIO | S23W | 79.00 | -3 | S, SEBS, EBS | MAJOR PART MODERATE GALES, TOWARDS NOON SQUALLY | TOWARDS NOON SOME RAIN | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196564 | ||||
| 1757-05-14T14:00 | -6.42 | -26.08 | 143 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | SSW1/4W | 98.00 | -3 | SE, SEBE, EBS, SEBS | MODERATE GALES FOR THE MOST PART INTERMIXED WITH SQUALLS | INTERMIXED WITH RAIN | CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196565 | |||
| 1757-05-15T14:00 | -8.30 | -27.10 | 133 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S30W | 119.00 | -2 | SE, SEBE, SE, SEBE, SE | MODERATE GALES | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196566 | ||||
| 1757-05-16T14:00 | -10.13 | -27.97 | 135 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S25W | 119.00 | 0 | SE, SEBS, SE, SEBE, SE | MODERATE GALES | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196567 | ||||
| 1757-05-17T14:00 | -12.02 | -28.80 | 113 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S22W | 121.00 | 0 | ESE, EBS, SEBE, ESE | MODERATE GALES | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196568 | ||||
| 1757-05-18T14:00 | -13.90 | -29.28 | 102 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S15W | 120.00 | 1 | ESE, SEBE, ESE, EBS | MODERATE GALES | SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | PLEASANT WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196569 | |||
| 1757-05-19T14:00 | -15.82 | -29.53 | 91 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S7W | 123.00 | 1 | ESE, EBS, ESE, EBS, E | MODERATE GALES | LARGE CONFUSED SEA OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FOR THE MOST PART FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196570 | |||
| 1757-05-20T14:00 | -17.43 | -29.38 | 91 | 6.7 | ST ANTONIO | S5E | 105.00 | 1 | EBS, VARIABLE, EBS, E | MODERATE BREEZES | THE SWELL STILL CONTINUING | FOR THE MOST PART FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196571 | |||
| 1757-05-21T14:00 | -18.08 | -29.88 | 182 | 6.7 | ST ANTONIO | S33W | 52.00 | 2 | EBN, SE, SEBE, S | MAJOR PART LIGHT AIRS, LATTER A MODERATE BREEZES | NOON SMOOTH WATER | MAJOR PART FAIR WEATHER, NOON CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196572 | |||
| 1757-05-22T14:00 | -18.70 | -30.97 | 171 | ST ANTONIO | S58W | 73.00 | 2 | SE, SSE, SEBS, SSE, SBE | FIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | FIRST PART RAIN | LARGE HEAD SEA | MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FOR THE MOIST PART FAIR, T | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196573 | |||
| 1757-05-23T14:00 | -19.37 | -32.03 | 171 | ST ANTONIO | S56W | 73.00 | 2 | S, SBE, SSE, SBE | FRESH GALES, VARIABLE LATTER SQUALLY | LATTER RAIN | VERY LARGE HEAD SEA | FOR THE MOST PART DARK CLOUDY AND UNSETTLED WEATHE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196574 | |||
| 1757-05-24T14:00 | -19.87 | -32.67 | 151 | 2.6 | ST ANTONIO | S48W | 49.00 | 5 | SE, SEBS, SSE, SEBS | LIGHT BREEZES | SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FOR THE MOST PART FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196575 | |||
| 1757-05-25T14:00 | -20.03 | -32.80 | 362 | 1.0 | ST ANTONIO | S34W | 14.00 | 5 | SBE, SE, SEBS, SE, VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS INTERMIXED WITH CALM | SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196576 | |||
| 1757-05-26T14:00 | -20.60 | -31.77 | 362 | ST ANTONIO | S57E | 69.00 | 2 | SSW, SWBS, SW, SWBS, VARIABLE | MAJOR PART LIGHT BREEZES, VARIABLE, MIDDLE PART SOME SQUALLS | MIDDLE LIGHTNING IN THE SOUTHERN BOARD | MIDDLE PART RAIN | SOUTHERN SWELL STILL CONTINUING | FAIR WEATHER, MIDDLE PART CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196577 | ||
| 1757-05-27T14:00 | -21.50 | -33.12 | 140 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S55W | 93.00 | 5 | SBE, SBW, SBE, SSE, SE | MODERATE GALES, SOMETIMES SQUALLY | THE MAJOR PART FAIR WEATHER | RAIN | LARGE HEAD SEA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196578 | ||
| 1757-05-28T14:00 | -22.53 | -34.10 | 186 | ST ANTONIO | S40W | 84.00 | 6 | SE, SEBS, SE, SEBS, S | MODERATE GALES FOR THE MOST PART, LATTER SQUALLS | FAIR WEATHER FOR THE MOST PART, LATTER PART CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196579 | |||||
| 1757-05-29T14:00 | -24.20 | -34.70 | 119 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S19W | 106.00 | 6 | SE, SEBE, ESE, SEBE, ESE | MODERATE GALES | FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196580 | ||||
| 1757-05-30T14:00 | -25.58 | -34.13 | 74 | 19.0 | ST ANTONIO | S20E | 92.00 | 6 | E, EBS, EBN, ENE | THE MAJOR PART MODERATE GALES, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | THE MAJOR PART FAIR WEATHER | LATTER RAIN | LATTER A HEAD SEA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196581 | ||
| 1757-05-31T14:00 | -27.07 | -33.72 | 96 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S14E | 95.00 | 6 | ENE, EBN, E, EBS, E | MODERATE GALES | THE MAJOR PART FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196582 | ||||
| 1757-06-01T14:00 | -28.27 | -32.70 | 362 | 2.6 | ST ANTONIO | S38E | 89.00 | 7 | ENE, EBN, VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES FOR THE MOST PART | FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196583 | ||||
| 1757-06-02T14:00 | -29.65 | -31.32 | 362 | 19.0 | ST ANTONIO | S41E | 110.00 | 5 | NNE, NNW, VARIABLE | MAJOR PART MODERATE GALES, LATTER A FRESH GALES | LATTER A SWELL OUT OF THE SSW BOARD | MAJOR PART FAIR WEATHER, LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196584 | |||
| 1757-06-03T14:00 | -31.28 | -28.82 | 219 | 19.0 | ST ANTONIO | S52E | 165.00 | 5 | WNW, WBN, W, WSW, SWBS | FRESH GALES FOR THE MOST PART WITH SQUALLS | RAIN | LARGE SEA OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FOR THE MOST PART CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196585 | ||
| 1757-06-04T14:00 | -31.75 | -27.25 | 362 | 6.7 | ST ANTONIO | S69E | 31.00 | 2 | SWBS, VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES | LARGE HOLLOW SWELL | MAJOR PART FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196586 | |||
| 1757-06-05T14:00 | -32.30 | -25.80 | 216 | 22.6 | ST ANTONIO | S77E | 157.00 | 2 | SWBW, WSW, WBS, SWBS | FIRST AND LATTER PARTS STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE HARD GALES INTERMIXED WITH VERY HARD SQUALLS | FIRST AND LATTER PARTS UNSETTLED WEATHER | MIDDLE PART A VERY LARGE SEA OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FIRST AND LATTER PARTS CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196587 | ||
| 1757-06-06T14:00 | -32.47 | -24.78 | 216 | 2.6 | ST ANTONIO | S78E | 53.00 | 2 | SSW, SWBS, SW, SBW, SWBS | MAJOR PART LIGHT BREEZES | VERY LARGE CONFUSED SWELL OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | MAJOR PART CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196588 | |||
| 1757-06-07T13:00 | -32.95 | -22.00 | 305 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S77E | 144.00 | 1 | W, NW, NWBW, WBN, NWBW | FIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE GALES WITH SOME SQUALLS, MIDDLE PART STRONG GALES | MIDDLE PART RAIN | MIDDLE PART A VERY LARGE SEA OUT OF THE SW BOARD | CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196589 | ||
| 1757-06-08T13:00 | -33.52 | -20.22 | 339 | 15.4 | ST ANTONIO | S69E | 96.00 | 1 | WSW, SWBW, WSW, WNW, NNW | MAJOR PART MODERATE GALES AND VARIABLE | LIGHTNING IN THE NIGHT | LATTER A PRODIGIOUS LARGE SWELL OUT OF THE SE BOARD | CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196590 | ||
| 1757-06-09T13:00 | -33.27 | -19.73 | 114 | 26.8 | ST ANTONIO | N58E | 28.00 | 1 | EBS, E, EBS, ESE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES VARIABLE, LATTER PART HARD GALES INTERMIXED WITH VIOLENT HARD SQUALLS | LATTER PART A VERY LARGE SEA | FIRST AND MIDDLE VERY DARK CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196591 | |||
| 1757-06-10T13:00 | -32.63 | -19.27 | 102 | 22.6 | ST ANTONIO | N34E | 41.00 | 1 | ESE, EBS, ESE, EBS | FIRST PART VERY HARD GALES INTERMIXED WITH FREQUENT SQUALLS, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER | FIRST PART RAIN | MIDDLE AND LATTER A VERY LARGE SEA OUT OF THE SSE BOARD | DARK CLOUDY UNSETTLED WEATHER | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196592 | ||
| 1757-06-11T13:00 | -32.47 | -17.67 | 179 | 19.0 | ST ANTONIO | N83E | 81.00 | -1 | SBE, S, SBW, S | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER, LATTER PART A FRESH GALE | LATTER A LARGE SEA OUT OF THE SOUTHERN BOARD | FIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196593 | |||
| 1757-06-12T13:00 | -32.53 | -16.27 | 201 | 2.6 | ST ANTONIO | S84E | 71.00 | -2 | SBE, S, SBW, SW, SSW | FIRST PART MODERATE GALE MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS LIGHT BREEZES | SWELL MUCH ABATED | CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 196594 |