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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 PYLADES cruise from Port Royal to Bermuda started at 1815-05-02 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751618, 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: 27.262500 * Median Longitude: -69.735000 * South-bound Latitude: 21.630000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.970000 * East-bound Longitude: -65.170000
Date/Time Start: 1815-05-02T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1815-05-13T16:00:00
Event(s):
Pylades_18150502_NMM_ROB/7 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 32.180000 * Longitude End: -63.300000 * Date/Time Start: 1815-05-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1815-05-13T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Pylades (Sloop), Voyage: Port Royal Jamaica - Bermuda, 1st Observer: John Charles Roberts (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Roberts (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 361BM
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:
234 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1815-05-02T17:0021.63-74.05846.7CASTLE ISLANDN9N9W113.005NNE, ENE, EBN, E1AM FRESH BREEZES 4AM MODERATE NOON MODERATE BREEZES PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY PM FINE0000000204730
1815-05-03T17:0023.82-73.681396.7BERMUDASN43E246N23E103.004EBS, SE, SEBEAM MODERATE 6PM LIGHT BREEZES 8PM MODERATEAM FINE 2PM CLOUDY 4PM FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000204731
1815-05-04T17:0025.05-72.331606.7BERMUDASN43E219N45E106.002ENE, SSEAM MODERATE 1AM LIGHT BREEZES 4PM MODERATE 6PM LIGHT AIRS 8PM LIGHT BREEZES1AM CLOUDY 4AM FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000204732
1815-05-05T17:0025.45-71.783176.7BERMUDASN43E200N49E41.002NNE, NW, NEBN4AM CALM 6AM A BREEZE 8AM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE 2PM MODERATE BREEZES 6PM MODERATEFINE0000000204733
1815-05-06T17:0025.80-70.8021.0BERMUDASN60E171N55E65.002NEBN, NE, NNE, N, ENE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 4AM MODERATE 8AM LIGHT BREEZES NOON LIGHT AIRS 4PM MODERATE 6PM LIGHT AIRSFINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000204734
1815-05-07T17:0026.45-70.732271.0BERMUDASN43E160N6E37.002ENE, ESE, SE, SW, S, E, ESEAM LIGHT AIRS 4PM CALM 8PM LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY PM FINE0000000204735
1815-05-08T17:0027.27-69.921606.7BERMUDASN43E149N40E69.002ESE, SE, SSE, S, NW, SSEAM MODERATE NOON MODERATE BREEZES 2PM MODERATE 8PM LIGHT AIRS MIDNIGHT FRESH BREEZES6PM THUNDER AND LIGHTNING6PM RAINAM FINE 6PM CLOUDY0100100204736
1815-05-09T17:0028.58-68.32346.7BERMUDASN40E94N47E116.000SSE, SW, VARIABLE, NEBN, NW, NEBN, ENE1AM FRESH BREEZES 4AM MODERATE PM FRESH BREEZES4AM LIGHTNING8AM RAINHEAVY SWELL FROM THE NORTHWARDAM CLOUDY 4PM FINE 6PM CLOUDY0100100204737
1815-05-10T17:0028.83-67.60846.7BERMUDASN36E83N38E62.000ENE, EBN, E1/2N, E, EBS1AM FRESH BREEZES 8AM MODERATE 2PM MODERATE BREEZES 4PM MODERATE 6PM LIGHT AIRS 8PM MODERATEHEAVY SWELL FROM THE NORTHWARDCLOUDY0000000204738
1815-05-11T16:0030.52-66.721116.7BERMUDASN45E47N24E105.00-2EBS, SE, ESE, VARIABLE1AM MODERATE 8PM LIGHT BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATEFINE 8PM CLOUDY0000000204739
1815-05-12T16:0031.97-65.722686.7BERMUDASN75E15N31E101.00-2SSW, W, WSW1AM MODERATE 8AM LIGHT BREEZES NOON MODERATE 2PM LIGHT BREEZES 6PM CALM 8PM LIGHT AIRS MIDNIGHT MODERATE1AM CLOUDY 8AM FINE PM FINE0000000204740
1815-05-13T16:0031.78-65.172236.7BERMUDASN42E10E29.00-2WBS, W, SW, SWBW, WBS1AM LIGHT BREEZES 4AM MODERATE PM MODERATEFINE 8PM HAZY0000000204741