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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 Port Royal to Woolwich started at 1802-06-20 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751627, 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: 39.865238 * Median Longitude: -47.206190 * South-bound Latitude: 26.170000 * West-bound Longitude: -79.170000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.850000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.830000
Date/Time Start: 1802-06-20T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-07-10T12:00:00
Event(s):
Quebec_18020620_NMM_ADM/L/Q2 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 50.320000 * Longitude End: -9.900000 * Date/Time Start: 1802-06-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-07-10T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Quebec (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Port Royal Jamaica - Woolwich, 1st Observer: Charles Grant (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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
15 Current speed descriptionV descr
16 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
405 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
15 
V descr
16 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
17 
Precip descr
18 
State sea descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1802-06-20T17:0026.17-79.1796CAPE FLORIDAS45W10N45E60.006ENNE2CALM, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN0100000204935
1802-06-21T17:0027.90-76.94701.0MARINELLAE8N20E85.002ENESQUALLY, AM INCLINABLE TO CALMSRAIN0100000204936
1802-06-22T17:0028.93-77.60720.0MARINELLAS45W25N22E85.004ENELIGHT WINDS, AM CALMCLOUDY WEATHER, CLEAR0000000204937
1802-06-23T17:0030.35-77.152722.6ST AGUSTINES10W40N24E84.002WCALM, LIGHT WINDSA SWELL FROM THE NWCLOUDY WEATHER, PLEASANT WEATHER0000000204938
1802-06-24T17:0034.28-75.50135ST AGUSTINES13W38N39E200.000SEFRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYAM RAINCLOUDY WEATHER0100000204939
1802-06-25T17:0033.60-71.631776.7BERMUDAS69E90N69E235.00-3SSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AM MODERATEAM A HEAVY SEA0000000204940
1802-06-26T17:0035.50-68.4717719.0BERMUDAS45E90N55E234.00-3SFRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER0000000204941
1802-06-27T16:0036.70-64.571649.3SW BANK OF NEWFOUNDLANDN56E200N67E216.00-5SBEFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204942
1802-06-28T16:0038.27-59.9516819.0LIZARDN73E2400N67E241.00-12SFRESH GALES, AT 12 FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY WEATHER0000000204943
1802-06-29T16:0039.50-55.1717719.0LIZARDN74E2180N70E245.00-14SBWFRESH BREEZES, FRESH GALESRAINHEAVY SEACLOUDY WEATHER0100000204944
1802-06-30T15:0040.93-50.331876.7LIZARDN74E1970N70E252.00-16SSWSTRONG BREEZES, AM MODERATEHEAVY SEAAM CLOUDY0000000204945
1802-07-01T15:0042.27-45.4818512.3LIZARDN74E1734N70E239.00-18SSWSTRONG BREEZES0000000204946
1802-07-02T15:0043.43-40.22180LIZARDN74:45E1494N70E236.00-24SSWFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY WEATHER0100000204947
1802-07-03T14:0044.55-34.5820119.0LIZARDN75E1244N75E243.00-24SWFRESH GALESHAZY WEATHER0000000204948
1802-07-04T14:0045.47-29.4820012.3LIZARDN74:38E1015N75E230.00-25SWFRESH BREEZES, AT 12 STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY WEATHER0000000204949
1802-07-05T14:0046.40-24.2222312.3LIZARDN74:29E785N76E245.00-25WSWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER0000000204950
1802-07-06T13:0047.38-19.572239.3LIZARDN76:30E576N74E216.00-25WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000204951
1802-07-07T13:0048.05-16.372666.7LIZARDN75E448N73E211.00-27WNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000204952
1802-07-08T13:0048.57-11.952676.7LIZARDN73E275N79E181.00-26WNWMODERATE BREEZESSMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000204953
1802-07-09T13:0049.07-8.152676.7LIZARDN65E125N78E168.00-26WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000204954
1802-07-10T12:0049.85-4.832239.3DODMANN51N76E228.00-25WSWFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000204955