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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 QUEBEC cruise from Spithead to Carlisle Bay started at 1796-04-15 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751624, 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: 29.585526 * Median Longitude: -28.769474 * South-bound Latitude: 13.070000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.030000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.300000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.150000
Date/Time Start: 1796-04-15T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-05-23T16:00:00
Event(s):
Quebec_17960415_NMM_ADM/L/Q2 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 13.000000 * Longitude End: -60.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-04-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-05-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Quebec (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Carlisle Bay, 1st Observer: John Cooke (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 689BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
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:
724 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
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)
1796-04-15T12:0049.30-6.153142.6LIZARDN36E161S36E49.00-24NBE, NNE, NNWFIRST AND MIDDLE MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT WINDSLATTER PART FAIR0000000204813
1796-04-16T13:0048.37-7.523572.6SCILLYN19E33S44E78.00-26NE, ENE, NNELIGHT BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000204814
1796-04-17T13:0047.25-9.43216.7CAPE FINISTERES2E88S47E97.00-24ENE, ESE, SE, NEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000204815
1796-04-19T13:0043.95-12.25896.7CAPE FINISTERES64E49S40W140.00-24E, ESEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY WETAHER0000000204816
1796-04-20T13:0043.77-13.981229.3CAPE FINISTERES72E72S82W76.00-24VARIABLE, WSW, SW, SEBSFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER HAZY0010000204817
1796-04-21T13:0043.17-13.481679.3CAPE FINISTERES84E62S31E42.00-24WBN, W, WSW, SBWFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204818
1796-04-22T13:0043.08-13.982246.7CAPE FINISTERES86E69S74W23.00-24SW, SSW, WSWMODERATE BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204819
1796-04-23T13:0043.05-15.121906.7CAPE FINISTERES87E86S88W50.00-24SW, WSW, SW, SWBSMODERATE BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204820
1796-04-24T13:0042.53-15.532352.6CAPE FINISTEREN86E94S30W36.00-24WNW, N, NBE, WBSLIGHT WINDSHEAVY SWELL FROM THE NWFAIR0000000204821
1796-04-25T13:0041.68-16.0812.6MADEIRAS2W177S30W59.00-22N, NNELIGHT BREEZEHAZY WEATHER0000000204822
1796-04-26T13:0040.58-17.803386.7MADEIRAS8E157S50W102.00-22NNE, NMODERATEHAZY0000000204823
1796-04-27T13:0038.47-18.8023MADEIRAS19E119S20W135.00-22ENE, NEFRESHSOME SHOWERSCLOUDY1000000204824
1796-04-28T13:0037.05-20.13366.7MADEIRAS36E104S37W107.00-20NE, NEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH, LATTER MODERATELATTER FAIR0000000204825
1796-04-29T13:0035.45-21.62146.7MADEIRAS59E101S37W120.00-20NEBE, NEBNMODERATE BREEZESPLEASANT WEATHER0000000204826
1796-04-30T14:0033.75-23.22266.7MADEIRAS81E113S35W124.00-19N, NBW, NEMODERATE BREEZESPLEASANT WEATHER0000000204827
1796-05-01T14:0032.73-24.073196.7MADEIRAE129S40W79.00-19VARIABLE, NNE, NNWMODERATE BREEZES WITH SOME SQUALLSRAIN IN THE LATTER PART0100000204828
1796-05-02T14:0031.52-25.303622.6BARBADOSS60W730S41W96.00-17N, NNE, NE, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000204829
1796-05-03T14:0030.45-26.83176.7BARBADOSS62W697S51W102.00-17ENE, NEBNMODERATE BREEZESSOME SHOWERSHAZY WEATHER1000000204830
1796-05-04T14:0028.50-28.53536.7BARBADOSS62W655S37W146.00-15ENEMODERATE BREEZESPLEASANT WEATHER0000000204831
1796-05-05T14:0027.12-30.18559.3BARBADOSS63W617S46W120.00-13E, ENEFRESH BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000204832
1796-05-06T14:0025.45-32.65689.3BARBADOSS64W564S53W166.00-11EBS, ESE, EBNFRESH BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000204833
1796-05-07T14:0024.27-34.20902.6BARBADOSS65W524S50W110.00-11ESE, SE, SEBE, VARIABLE, EBSFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT WINDSLATTER FAIR0000000204834
1796-05-08T14:0023.60-35.123622.6BARBADOSS66W509S51W64.00-11SE, VARIABLELIGHT WINDSFAIR WEATHER0000000204835
1796-05-09T14:0023.33-34.93792.6BARBADOSS67W510S31E19.00-11SWBW, ELIGHT WINDS INTERMIXED WITH CALMSFAIR WEATHER0000000204836
1796-05-10T14:0022.50-34.032392.6BARBADOSS69W521S35E61.00-9W, WSW, SW, SSW, WSWLIGHT BREEZESFINE PLEASANT WEATHER0000000204837
1796-05-11T14:0022.18-33.752162.6BARBADOSS70W524S41E25.00-9WSW, VARIABLE, SSW, SWLIGHT BREEZESFINE PLEASANT WEATHER0000000204838
1796-05-12T14:0022.13-34.131821.0BARBADOSS70W517S82W21.00-9SWBS, WBS, VARIABLE, SBWLIGHT AIRS AND CALMS0000000204839
1796-05-13T14:0021.23-35.133512.6BARBADOSS71W494S46W78.00-9NNE, NE, ENE, NLIGHT BREEZESFAIR WEATHER0000000204840
1796-05-14T14:0019.93-36.98599.3BARBADOSS73W454S53W130.00-9NE, ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204841
1796-05-15T15:0018.83-38.73499.3BARBADOSS74W417S56W119.00-7ENE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204842
1796-05-16T15:0017.85-40.65619.3BARBADOSS76W377S62W123.00-7ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204843
1796-05-17T15:0016.88-42.55659.3BARBADOSS77W338S62W123.00-3ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204844
1796-05-18T15:0015.90-44.40659.3BARBADOSS79W300S61W121.00-3ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204845
1796-05-19T15:0014.97-46.67766.7BARBADOSS82W252S67W147.00-3EBNMODERATE BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204846
1796-05-20T15:0014.18-48.62679.3BARBADOSS85W215S67W119.00-1EBN, ENEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204847
1796-05-21T15:0013.10-51.10789.3BARBADOSW166S66W159.00-1EBNFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204848
1796-05-22T16:0013.08-53.57809.3BARBADOSW118W144.001EBNFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204849
1796-05-23T16:0013.07-56.03579.3BARBADOSW70W144.001NEBEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204850