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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 St. Helena to Bencoolen started at 1764-06-10 [dataset]. British Library, London, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751365, 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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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: -33.412632 * Median Longitude: 35.795789 * South-bound Latitude: -39.150000 * West-bound Longitude: -8.670000 * North-bound Latitude: -17.480000 * East-bound Longitude: 99.830000
Date/Time Start: 1764-06-10T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-08-05T05:00:00
Event(s):
Princess_Augusta_17640610_BL_L/MAR/B/590D * Latitude Start: -15.890000 * Longitude Start: -5.750000 * Latitude End: -4.050000 * Longitude End: 102.010000 * Date/Time Start: 1764-06-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-08-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Princess Augusta, Voyage: St Helena - Bencoolen, 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 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1143 data points

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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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1764-06-10T12:00-17.48-7.158922.6ST HELENAN44E39S44W118.00-12SSE, SEBS, SE, SEBE, EBSSTRONG GALES WITH FREQUENT HARD SQUALLSUNSETTLEDVERY LARGE CONFUSED SEA FROM SCLOUDY0000000197144
1764-06-11T13:00-19.30-7.5816022.6ST HELENAN27E76S13W111.00-9SEBE, SE, ESE, SBESTRONG GALES WITH SQUALLSUNSETTLEDRAINLARGE SEA FROM S0100000197145
1764-06-12T13:00-21.30-8.0510422.6ST HELENAN23E116S12W124.00-9ESE, SE, SEBE, SE, ESESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000197146
1764-06-13T13:00-22.40-8.351156.7ST HELENAN21E139S14W68.00-9SEBE, ESE, SEBS, SEBEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000197147
1764-06-14T13:00-22.70-8.323622.6ST HELENAN21E145S5E18.00-8SE, ESE, WBS, VARIABLEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE CALMMIDDLE CLOUDY0000000197148
1764-06-15T12:00-24.75-7.40226ST HELENAN11E179SSE133.00-10NNW, NW, NNW, SWBWFRESH GALES, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINCLOUDY0100000197149
1764-06-16T13:00-25.50-8.0013819.0ST HELENAN14E197S44W46.00-8SW, S, SBE, SEBSFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS WITH SQUALLS, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALESFIRST PART UNSETTLEDFIRST PART RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000197150
1764-06-17T13:00-26.17-8.671726.7ST HELENAN15E215S42W53.00-8S, SEBS, SE, SEBS, SMODERATE BREEZESUNSETTLEDCLOUDY0000000197151
1764-06-18T12:00-26.73-7.3719319.0ST HELENAN9E219S63E79.00-10S, SSW, SWBS, SSWFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FRESH GALES WITH SOME SQUALLSMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000197152
1764-06-19T12:00-27.50-4.9819419.0ST HELENAN3W216S71E135.00-9SBW, SSW, SBW, S, SSWFRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0000000197153
1764-06-20T12:00-27.83-3.631712.6ST HELENAN9W241S75E76.00-9SSW, S, SWBS, SBW, SFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLEMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000197154
1764-06-21T12:00-28.58-3.187015.4ST HELENAN10W257S28E52.00-9SBE, SSW, ESE, E, EBNLIGHT AIRS AND CALMS, LATTER MODERATE GALESUNSETTLEDRAINCLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0100000197155
1764-06-22T12:00-29.88-1.733315.4ST HELENAN14:40W289S44E109.00-12ENE, NEBN, NEMODERATE GALESFAIR0000000197156
1764-06-23T12:00-31.870.9233719.0ST HELENAN20:45W340S48E180.00-12NEBN, NNE, N, NBWFRESH GALESFAIR0000000197157
1764-06-24T12:00-33.723.652352.6ST HELENAN25:26W394S51E137.00-13NBW, NNE, SW, WSWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER LITTLE WIND AND VARIABLEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAIN0100000197158
1764-06-25T12:00-33.775.0317819.0ST HELENAN28:33W407S87E69.00-13SBE, SSE, SEBS, S, SBWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT BREEZES AND CALMS, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS UNSETTLEDLATTER RAINLARGE SWELL FROM SWCLOUDY0100000197159
1764-06-26T12:00-34.136.3221215.4ST HELENAN30:45W424S72E68.00-13S, SSE, SSW, SWFIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE AND LATERT MODERATE GALESMIDDLE AND LATTER UNSETTLEDMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINLARGE SWELL FROM SWMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000197160
1764-06-27T11:00-35.338.5827715.4ST HELENAN33:24W465S52E142.00-16WBS, WNW, WSW, WNWMOSTLY MODERATE GALES WITH SQUALLSFREQUENT SHOWERS OF SMALL RAINLARGE SWELL FROM SW1100000197161
1764-06-28T11:00-35.679.321871.0ST HELENAN34:15W478S59E42.00-16WNW, SWBW, SW, SSWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT AIRS AND CALMSSWELL FROM SWMIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0000000197162
1764-06-29T11:00-36.1310.731815.4ST HELENAN35:58W500S70E74.00-16NEBE, ENE, NE, NEBNFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE GALESLARGE SWELL FROM WSWCLOUDY0000000197163
1764-06-30T11:00-36.1813.8815119.0ST HELENAN40:47W535S88E153.00-18NW, WNW, SBW, SBEFRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000197164
1764-07-01T11:00-36.0814.90502.6ST HELENAN42:22W546N83E50.00-18SSE, SE, ESE, ENELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000197165
1764-07-02T11:00-36.3317.002756.7ST HELENAN44:50W574S82E103.00-18NWBN, WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000197166
1764-07-03T11:00-36.2320.3815922.6ST HELENAN48:50W614N88E164.00-21WNW, SWBS, SBW, SSTRONG GALES WITH FREQUENT SQUALLSUNSETTLEDVERY LARGE SEA FROM SCLOUDY0000000197167
1764-07-04T11:00-35.9721.388015.4ST HELENAN50:23W629N72E51.00-21S, SSE, SEBS, SE, EBSMODERATE GALESVERY LARGE SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0000000197168
1764-07-05T11:00-37.4221.428019.0ST HELENAN48:12W645S2E82.00-21ESE, SEBE, ESE, E, EBSFRESH GALESVERY LARGE SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0000000197169
1764-07-06T11:00-38.6821.737022.6ST HELENAN46:37W665S11E79.00-20EBS, E, EBN, EBS, ESTRONG GALESLARGE CONFUSED SEACLOUDY0000000197170
1764-07-07T11:00-39.1522.083402.6ST HELENAN46:23W674S30E32.00-20E, EBS, EBN, WNW, NFIRST PART STRONG GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESMUCH THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IN THE NIGHTRAIN IN THE NIGHTLARGE SWELL FROM ECLOUDY0100100197171
1764-07-08T10:00-38.8024.9231615.4ST HELENAN49:39W707N80E134.00-22NNW, WNW, NNWMODERATE GALESFAIR0000000197172
1764-07-09T10:00-38.4727.93291ST HELENAN52:45W745N82E143.00-24NNW, NW, NBW, WNW, NWFRESH GALES, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINLARGE SWELL FROM ECLOUDY0100000197173
1764-07-10T10:00-38.3031.272692.6ST HELENAN55:31W791N89E158.00-24NW, W, WNWVERY STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESRAINLARGE CONFUSED SWELL FROM NW AND WCLOUDY0100000197174
1764-07-11T10:00-38.3333.4826815.4ST HELENAN57:2W824S89E105.00-25NW, NNE, NE, WNWMODERATE GALES AND VARIABLEUNSETTLEDRAINLARGE SWELL FROM WCLOUDY0100000197175
1764-07-12T10:00-38.4334.731442.6ST HELENAN57:31W845S84E52.00-25N, VARIABLE, NEBN, SW, SBEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS SMALL BREEZES AND VARIABLE, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRS AND CALMLARGE SWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000197176
1764-07-13T10:00-38.9236.4335819.0ST HELENAN58:10W872N84E79.00-25S, EBS, E, NNELIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES WITH SOME SQUALLSLATTER RAINMOSTLY FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0100000197177
1764-07-14T09:00-38.7040.4731219.0ST HELENAN60:44W932N86E189.00-26NNW, N, NNWFRESH GALESFAIR0000000197178
1764-07-15T09:00-38.0544.3320919.0ST HELENAN63:23W988N78E188.00-27NNW, NW, SWBWFRESH GALESUNSETTLEDLARGE SEA FROM WSWCLOUDY0000000197179
1764-07-16T09:00-37.5748.1317719.0ST HELENAN65:34W1047N81E182.00-27SWBS, SSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLARGE SWELL FROM SWCLOUDY0000000197180
1764-07-17T09:00-37.3750.32324ST HELENAN66:39W1082N83E106.00-25SSW, S, SSW, W, NBWFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER VARIABLE AND SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER UNSETTLEDMIDDLE RAINLARGE CONFUSED SWELL FROM SE0100000197181
1764-07-18T08:00-37.7254.4226722.6ST HELENAN67:43W1150S84E195.00-26NBW, NWBW, WNWSTRONG GALES WITH FREQUENT VERY HARD SQUALLSUNSETTLEDRAIN AND HAILLARGE SEA FROM WCLOUDY0100010197182
1764-07-19T08:00-37.5258.6821126.8ST HELENAN69:16W1220N86E202.00-25W, WSW, SWBWHARD GALES WITH FREQUENT VIOLENT HARD SQUALLSHAIL AND RAINVERY LARGE HOLLOW SEA0100010197183
1764-07-20T08:00-37.4062.3327119.0ST HELENAN70:23W1280N88E175.00-22WSW, WBS, WNWFIRST PART HARD GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALESLARGE SWELL FROM WSWCLOUDY0000000197184
1764-07-21T08:00-37.4065.9827326.8ST HELENAN71:19W1341E175.00-20WBN, WNW, NWBW, WNWFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE STRONG GALES, LATTER HARD GALES WITH FREQUENT HARD SQUALLSLATTER RAINLARGE CONFUSED SEA FROM NW, W & SWCLOUDY0100000197185
1764-07-22T07:00-37.5869.3824819.0ST HELENAN71:57W1399S84E163.00-22NWBW, SWBW, WSW, WFIRST PART STRONG GALES AND VARIABLE WITH HARD SQUALLS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYLATTER UNSETTLEDLARGE SWELL FROM WSW0000000197186
1764-07-23T07:00-37.6071.8529315.4ST HELENAN72:28W1440S89E117.00-22WNW, WNW, NWMODERATE GALES AND VARIABLE WITH FREQUENT SQUALLSRAINSWELL FROM WSWCLOUDY0100000197187
1764-07-24T07:00-37.6775.6530519.0ST HELENAN73:11W1504S89E181.00-21NWBW, NWBNFRESH GALES WITH SQUALLSRAINSWELL FROM WSWHAZY0100000197188
1764-07-25T07:00-37.4379.8832319.0ST PAULSS80W173N80E173.00-15NW, NNWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000197189
1764-07-26T06:00-36.8783.9234622.6ST PAULSS80W123N80E196.00-14NWBN, N, NNW, NSTRONG GALES WITH FREQUENT HARD SQUALLSRAINLARGE SEA FROM NCLOUDY0100000197190
1764-07-27T06:00-36.4587.029ST PAULSS80W173N80E151.00-14NBE, NNESTRONG AND SQUALLYUNSETTLEDMUCH RAINLARGE CONFUSED SEA FROM N0100000197191
1764-07-28T06:00-35.6388.923256.7ST PAULSS77:11W206N62E106.00-13NBW, WBS, W, NNWFIRST PART STRONG GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZES AND VARIABLELARGE SWELL FROM N AND WCLOUDY0000000197192
1764-07-29T06:00-34.7790.183362.6ST PAULSS74:14W232N52E79.00-13NNW, NW, WNW, VARIABLE, NBWLIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLESWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000197193
1764-07-30T06:00-34.9291.68436.7ST PAULSS76:21W254S83E75.00-13NNW, NEBN, NE, NEBN, NEBEMODERATE BREEZESLATTER THICK FOGFAIR0010000197194
1764-07-31T06:00-33.8392.9024715.4ST PAULSS73:4W280N44E87.00-12SWBW, SW, WBSFIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE GALESFIRST PART THICK FOGLATTER CLOUDY0010000197195
1764-08-01T06:00-32.3094.521266.7ST PAULSS69:14W317N45E115.00-9WSW, SWBW, S, SEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000197196
1764-08-02T06:00-31.5895.101041.0ST PAULSS67:40W333N44E43.00-9SW, SBE, SW, WSW, ESELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000197197
1764-08-03T06:00-30.5896.022272.6ST PAULSS65:44W357N46E65.00-9SSE, WNW, WSW, SWBWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000197198
1764-08-04T06:00-29.3897.182272.6ST PAULSS63:48W387N47E83.00-9SWBW, SWBS, SWBWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0000000197199
1764-08-05T05:00-28.1799.8329519.0ST PAULSS63:37W439N48E111.00-9SWBW, NBW, N, NWBWFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLE, MIDDLE MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART FAIR, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000197200