García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during Queen Charlotte cruise from Port Banks to King Georges Sound started at 1787-06-23 [dataset]. Nederlands Instituut voor Wetenschappelijke Inform, Amsterdam, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751640, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 53.351071 * Median Longitude: -132.369643 * South-bound Latitude: 49.580000 * West-bound Longitude: -135.580000 * North-bound Latitude: 56.800000 * East-bound Longitude: -128.100000
Date/Time Start: 1787-06-23T21:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1787-08-08T21:00:00
Event(s):
Queen_Charlotte_17870623_NIWI-F-1576 * Latitude Start: 56.930000 * Longitude Start: -135.650000 * Latitude End: 49.580000 * Longitude End: -128.140000 * Date/Time Start: 1787-06-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1787-08-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Queen Charlotte, Voyage: Norfolk Sound - Port Banks, 1st Observer: G. Dixon (Captain), Other ship information: BETREFT EEN GEDRUKTE REIS IN: G. DIXON, A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD, BUT MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA, PERFORMED IN 1785, 1786, 1787 AND 1788 IN THE KING GEORGE AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE. CAPTAINS PORTLOCK AND DIXON. LONDON, 1789
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Temperature, air | TTT | °C | |||
| 7 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 8 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 9 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 10 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of second landmark | |||
| 11 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the second landmark | |||
| 12 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the second landmark | ||
| 13 | - | - | 1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances) | |||
| 14 | Watch | Watch | Name of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships | |||
| 15 | Glasses | Glasses | Number of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses | |||
| 16 | Comment | Comment | Life on board | |||
| 17 | Comment | Comment | Any remark, found in the logbook on this particular day, about any biological item | |||
| 18 | Comment | Comment | Other remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields | |||
| 19 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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. | ||
| 20 | Sensor reading | Reading | arbitrary units | Reading of the (outside) air thermometer | ||
| 21 | Wind direction description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 22 | Current direction description | Cur dir descr | Direction of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to. | |||
| 23 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 24 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 25 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 26 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 27 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 28 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 29 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 30 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 31 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 32 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 33 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 34 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
913 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 TTT [°C] | 7 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 8 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 9 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 10 Landmark (Name of second landmark) | 11 Bearing (Bearing of the second landmark) | 12 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the second landmark) | 13 - (1 If position is considered t...) | 14 Watch (Name of the period of 4 hours...) | 15 Glasses (Number of glasses within a wa...) | 16 Comment (Life on board) | 17 Comment (Any remark, found in the logb...) | 18 Comment (Other remarks, that were not ...) | 19 Decl [deg] (It is generally accepted by t...) | 20 Reading [arbitrary units] (Reading of the (outside) air ...) | 21 Wind dir descr (All reported wind directions ...) | 22 Cur dir descr (Direction of the current. Thi...) | 23 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...) | 24 ww (Weather description) | 25 Precip descr | 26 State sea descr | 27 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 28 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 29 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 30 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 31 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 32 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 33 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 34 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787-06-23T21:00 | 56.80 | -135.58 | 340 | 9.3 | 10.0 | CAPE EDGECOMBE | N15W | NEAREST SHORE | 4 | VM | 8 | AT SIX OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON CAME TO ANCHOR IN PORT BANKS. | 25 | 50.00 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205713 | ||||||||
| 1787-06-24T21:00 | 56.54 | -135.05 | 318 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 1 | VM | 8 | 25 | 49.00 | WNW | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205714 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-06-25T21:00 | 56.54 | -135.05 | 228 | 9.3 | 10.0 | 1 | VM | 8 | 25 | 50.00 | SSW | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205715 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-06-26T21:00 | 56.50 | -135.10 | 362 | 2.6 | 10.3 | PORT BANKS, ENTRANCE | NE | 6 | VM | 8 | 25 | 50.50 | VARIABLE | LIGHT WINDS | FOGGY AT TIMES | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205716 | ||||||||||
| 1787-06-27T21:00 | 55.87 | -135.20 | 318 | 9.3 | 9.4 | HAZY ISLANDS | N1/2E | VM | 8 | 25 | 49.00 | WNW | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205717 | |||||||||||
| 1787-06-28T21:00 | 55.58 | -134.85 | 362 | 8.3 | OFF SHORE | 5 | VM | 8 | 25 | 47.00 | VARIABLE | SQUALLY | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205718 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-06-29T21:00 | 55.30 | -134.50 | 362 | 9.3 | 8.8 | VM | 8 | 25 | 47.75 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES | THICK HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205719 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-06-30T21:00 | 55.20 | -134.38 | 250 | 2.6 | 10.0 | APPEARANCE OF AN INLET | N58E | VM | 8 | 25 | 50.00 | SOUTH-SW | LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205720 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-01T21:00 | 54.37 | -134.00 | 273 | 9.3 | 10.0 | LAND | E | 18 | VM | 8 | A DEEP BAY EAST LAND TO THE EASTWARD IN THE SAME AT 15 OR 20 LEAGUES DISTANCE. | 25 | 50.00 | W-WSW | FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205721 | |||||||||
| 1787-07-02T21:00 | 54.23 | -133.20 | 362 | 9.3 | 10.6 | VM | 8 | A NUMBER OF CANOES ALONGSIDE. | 25 | 51.00 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205722 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-07-03T00:00 | 54.32 | 362 | 2.6 | 9.7 | CLOSE IN SHORE. | 1 | VM | 8 | 49.50 | VARIABLE | LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205723 | ||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-04T21:00 | 54.23 | -133.38 | 362 | 2.6 | 11.1 | VM | 8 | TRADING WITH THE INDIANS. | 25 | 52.00 | VARIABLE | LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205724 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-07-05T21:00 | 53.80 | -133.45 | 273 | 2.6 | 10.3 | OFF SHORE | 4 | VM | 8 | 25 | 50.50 | NW-WSW | LIGHT WINDS | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205725 | |||||||||||
| 1787-07-06T21:00 | 53.57 | -133.52 | 318 | 6.7 | 11.4 | VM | 8 | THE NATIVES ALONGSIDE TRADING. | 25 | 52.50 | WNW | MODERATE BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205726 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-07T21:00 | 53.47 | -133.32 | 340 | 9.3 | 10.8 | VM | 8 | 25 | 51.50 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205727 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-07-08T21:00 | 53.03 | -132.89 | 340 | 9.3 | VM | 8 | SOME CANOES ALONGSIDE. | 25 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205728 | ||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-09T21:00 | 52.90 | -132.47 | 340 | 9.3 | 11.4 | OFF SHORE | 4 | VM | 8 | 25 | 52.50 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205729 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-10T21:00 | 52.80 | -132.40 | 340 | 9.3 | 11.7 | VM | 8 | SAW FOME WHALES OFFSHORE 10 OR N MILES. | 25 | 53.00 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205730 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-11T21:00 | 52.87 | -132.33 | 318 | 9.3 | 10.3 | OFF SHORE | 3 | 1 | VM | 8 | 25 | 50.50 | WNW | FRESH BREEZES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205731 | |||||||||||
| 1787-07-12T21:00 | 52.05 | -131.27 | 314 | 19.0 | 11.4 | VM | 8 | 21 | 52.50 | WNW | A FRESH GALE | SQUALLY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205732 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-07-13T00:00 | 52.28 | 315 | 6.7 | 11.7 | OFF SHORE | 2 | 1 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ALONGSIDE. | 53.00 | NW | MODERATE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205733 | |||||||||||
| 1787-07-14T21:00 | 51.80 | -131.20 | 314 | 9.3 | 10.3 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ALONGSIDE. | 21 | 50.50 | WNW | FRESH BREEZES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205734 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-15T00:00 | 51.78 | 293 | 19.0 | 12.2 | VM | 8 | 54.00 | WNW | FRESH GALES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205735 | |||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-16T00:00 | 52.03 | 304 | 19.0 | 11.7 | VM | 8 | 53.00 | NWBW | FRESH GALES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205736 | |||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-17T00:00 | 52.18 | 304 | 9.3 | 12.2 | OFF SHORE | 2 | 1 | VM | 8 | 54.00 | NWBW | FRESH BREEZES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205737 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-18T21:00 | 51.77 | -131.52 | 336 | 9.3 | 10.8 | OFF SHORE | 4 | VM | 8 | 21 | 51.50 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205738 | |||||||||||
| 1787-07-19T00:00 | 51.95 | 315 | 19.0 | 13.3 | OFF SHORE | 4 | 1 | VM | 8 | 56.00 | NW | FRESH GALES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205739 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-20T00:00 | 52.02 | 315 | 19.0 | 10.6 | OFF SHORE | 3 | 1 | VM | 8 | 51.00 | NW | FRESH GALES | SQUALLY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205740 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-21T00:00 | 51.90 | 315 | 19.0 | 11.7 | VM | 8 | 53.00 | NW | FRESH GALES | A HEAVY SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205741 | |||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-22T00:00 | 52.17 | 315 | 9.3 | 11.9 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ALONGSIDE. | 53.50 | NW | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205742 | ||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-23T00:00 | 52.22 | 315 | 6.7 | 10.6 | OFF SHORE | 4 | 1 | VM | 8 | 51.00 | NW | MODERATE | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205743 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-07-24T00:00 | 315 | 6.7 | 11.4 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ALONGSIDE. | 52.50 | NW | MODERATE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205744 | |||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-25T21:00 | 51.78 | -129.83 | 314 | 2.6 | 11.7 | OFF SHORE | 5 | VM | 8 | 21 | 53.00 | WNW | LIGHT BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205745 | |||||||||||
| 1787-07-26T00:00 | 293 | 2.6 | 12.8 | OFF SHORE | 4 | 1 | VM | 8 | 55.00 | WNW | LIGHT BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205746 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-07-27T00:00 | 52.30 | 362 | 2.6 | 14.7 | LAND | E | OFF SHORE | 9 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ALONGSIDE | 58.50 | VARIABLE | LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205747 | |||||||||||
| 1787-07-28T00:00 | 362 | 2.6 | 14.2 | VM | 8 | PIECES OF WOOD, GRASS, AND WEEDS FLOATING PAST. | 57.50 | VARIABLE | S | LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205748 | |||||||||||||||
| 1787-07-29T00:00 | 53.00 | 362 | 6.7 | 10.8 | LAND (16:00) | NNW | 20 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ALONGSIDE. | LAND IS THE SAME LAND SEEN FROM THE NORTH END OF THESE ISLANDS. SOUNDINGS THIS DAY FROM 14 TO 25 FATHOMS, SAND AND SMALL BLACK STONES | 51.50 | VARIABLE | MODERATE | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205749 | ||||||||||
| 1787-07-30T00:00 | 52.50 | 225 | 2.6 | 13.9 | OFF SHORE | 4 | 1 | VM | 8 | SEVERAL CANOES ROUND THE SHIP. | GREAT QUANTITIES OF DRIFT-WOOD AND WEEDS FLOATING PAST THE SHIP | 57.00 | SW | LIGHT WINDS | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205750 | ||||||||||
| 1787-07-31T00:00 | 52.60 | 362 | 2.6 | 12.2 | OFF SHORE | 13 | VM | 8 | 54.00 | VARIABLE | LIGHT WINDS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205751 | ||||||||||||||
| 1787-08-01T21:00 | 52.17 | -129.70 | 336 | 2.6 | 11.9 | OFF SHORE | 3 | CAPE ST. JAMES | SBW | VM | 8 | 21 | 53.50 | N-NW | LIGHT WINDS | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205752 | |||||||||
| 1787-08-02T00:00 | 362 | 2.6 | 13.9 | CAPE ST. JAMES | SSW | 4 | 1 | VM | 8 | 57.00 | VARIABLE | WITH LIGHT WINDS | FOGGY WEATHER | A HEAVY SWELL FROM THE SOUTHWARD. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205753 | |||||||||||
| 1787-08-03T00:00 | 51.83 | 362 | 2.6 | 12.8 | CAPE ST JAMES (11:00, ROCKS OFF) | WBS | 5 | VM | 8 | 55.00 | VARIABLE | LIGHT WINDS | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205754 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-08-04T21:00 | 51.15 | -129.17 | 246 | 6.7 | 13.1 | LAND | S40E | VM | 8 | 21 | 55.50 | SOUTH-SW | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205755 | |||||||||||
| 1787-08-05T21:00 | 50.48 | -128.63 | 269 | 9.3 | 13.6 | VM | 8 | 21 | 56.50 | WSW | FRESH BREEZES | FOG | A HEAVY SWELL FROM THE WESTWARD. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205756 | ||||||||||||
| 1787-08-06T21:00 | 49.80 | -128.10 | 359 | 9.3 | 13.6 | VM | 8 | 21 | 56.50 | NNW | FRESH BREEZES | FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205757 | |||||||||||||
| 1787-08-07T21:00 | 49.65 | -128.12 | 362 | 1.0 | 13.9 | WOODY POINT | N | 6 | VM | 8 | 21 | 57.00 | VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205758 | |||||||||||
| 1787-08-08T21:00 | 49.58 | -128.14 | 362 | 1.0 | 18.6 | KING GEORGES SOUND | N77E | 15 | VM | 8 | 21 | 65.50 | VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 205759 |