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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 Princess Augusta cruise from Wampoe to Acheen started at 1761-12-24 [dataset]. British Library, London, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751361, 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: 12.500769 * Median Longitude: 111.291538 * South-bound Latitude: 5.130000 * West-bound Longitude: 106.510000 * North-bound Latitude: 20.180000 * East-bound Longitude: 114.790000
Date/Time Start: 1761-12-24T04:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-01-05T05:00:00
Event(s):
Princess_Augusta_17611224_BL_L/MAR/B/590C * Latitude Start: 21.000000 * Longitude Start: 114.050000 * Latitude End: 5.830000 * Longitude End: 95.000000 * Date/Time Start: 1761-12-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-01-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Princess Augusta, Voyage: Wampoe - Acheen, 1st Observer: Thomas Baddison (Captain), Company: EIC, Other ship information: 400BM
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 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
247 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 
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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1761-12-24T04:0020.18113.805515.4GRAND LADROONN2W37S2E110.00BACK TO FORMOSA DUE TO BAD WEATHER-1NE, NEBEMODERATE GALESSWELL OUT OF EHAZY AND CLOUDY0000000196968
1761-12-25T04:0018.92114.207815.4GRAND LADROONN9W62S14E102.00-1ENE, EBNMODERATE GALESCLOUDY0000000196969
1761-12-26T04:0017.80114.50672.6GRAND LADROONN11W86S14E76.00-1ENELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000196970
1761-12-27T04:0016.30114.796819.0GRAND LADROONN11W116S10E99.000EBN, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFAIR0000000196971
1761-12-28T04:0014.43114.055619.0GRAND LADROONN1/4W152S19W137.000NEBEFRESH GALESLARGE SEA OUT OF NEFAIR0000000196972
1761-12-29T04:0013.17112.943415.4GRAND LADROONN5E177S37W112.000NEBE, NEBNMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000196973
1761-12-30T05:0012.30112.05442.6GRAND LADROONN10E202S45W75.00-1NELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000196974
1761-12-31T05:0011.18111.15222.6GRAND LADROONN13E224S43W80.00-1NE, NEBN, NNELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000196975
1762-01-01T05:009.83109.872215.4SAPATAS50W101.00-1NEBN, NNEMODERATE GALESMOSTLY FAIR, LATTER HAZY0000000196976
1762-01-02T05:008.88107.213315.4SAPATAS61W118.00-1NEBN, NEBNMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000196977
1762-01-03T05:007.87108.413315.4PULO CONDOREN30E21S30W62.00-1NEBE, NEBNMODERATE GALESMOSTLY FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000196978
1762-01-04T05:006.52107.313315.4PULO CONDOREN36E56S39W105.00-1NEBNMODERATE GALESRAINDARK CLOUDY WEATHER0100000196979
1762-01-05T05:005.13106.512215.4PULO CONDOREN34E87S30W96.00-1NBE, NNE, NEBN, NNEMODERATE GALESCLOUDY HAZY WEATHER0000000196980