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 Gravesend to York Factory started at 1795-07-05 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751649, 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: 59.634118 * Median Longitude: -36.554412 * South-bound Latitude: 56.520000 * West-bound Longitude: -66.420000 * North-bound Latitude: 62.570000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.920000
Date/Time Start: 1795-07-05T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1795-08-07T16:00:00
Event(s):
Queen_Charlotte_17950705_PRO_BH1_1626 * Latitude Start: 51.490000 * Longitude Start: 1.170000 * Latitude End: 61.320000 * Longitude End: -64.020000 * Date/Time Start: 1795-07-05T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1795-08-07T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Queen Charlotte, Voyage: Gravesend - York Factory, 1st Observer: John Turner (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Ramsey (1st Officer/Master), Company: Hudson Bay Company
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 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | 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. | ||
| 12 | 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. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 15 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 16 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 17 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 18 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 19 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 20 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 21 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 22 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 23 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 24 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 25 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
Size:
585 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 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1795-07-05T12:00 | 59.32 | -4.92 | 231 | N62W | 53.00 | -28 | VARIABLE, NW, SW, WBS | LIGHT BREEZES, CALM, FRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY | THICK | FINE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206061 | ||||||
| 1795-07-06T12:00 | 59.88 | -7.40 | 197 | 9.3 | N61W | 87.00 | -28 | WSW, WBS, SWBW, SW | LIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES | RAIN AT TIMES | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206062 | |||||
| 1795-07-07T13:00 | 60.08 | -9.37 | 38 | 2.6 | N78W | 60.00 | -30 | SW, SWBW, VARIABLE, ENE | FRESH BREEZES, LESS WIND, CALM, LIGHT BREEZES | A GREAT SWELL FROM THE NW | CLOUDY AND FINE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206063 | |||||
| 1795-07-08T13:00 | 59.92 | -9.80 | 60 | 2.6 | S62W | 15.00 | -30 | ENE, E | LIGHT AIRS, CALM, LIGHT BREEZES | FINE AND PLEASANT AND CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206064 | ||||||
| 1795-07-09T13:00 | 59.45 | -10.65 | 285 | 2.6 | S39W | 41.00 | -30 | VARIABLE, W, WNW, NWBN, WBN, NW | LIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES, EASY BREEZES | THICK | FINE AND PLEASANT AND CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206065 | |||||
| 1795-07-10T13:00 | 58.43 | -11.62 | 285 | 2.6 | S28W | 64.00 | -30 | NBW, VARIABLE, NW | FRESH BREEZES, EASY BREEZES, LIGHT BREEZES | THICK FOG | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206066 | |||||
| 1795-07-11T13:00 | 58.15 | -13.33 | 362 | 9.3 | S73W | 57.00 | -32 | NBW, N, VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, FRESH BREEZES | THICK FOG | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206067 | |||||
| 1795-07-12T13:00 | 57.33 | -16.88 | 320 | S69W | 124.00 | -29 | NBE, N, NBW | FRESH BREEZES, STIFF BREEZES, LESS WIND | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206068 | |||||||
| 1795-07-13T13:00 | 56.52 | -19.32 | 318 | 9.3 | S58W | 93.00 | -31 | NNW, NBW | FRESH BREEZES | DARK CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206069 | ||||||
| 1795-07-14T13:00 | 57.67 | -19.35 | 281 | 2.6 | N2W | 73.00 | -34 | WNW, NW | CALM, LIGHT BREEZE | CLOSE WEATHER | FINE THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206070 | |||||
| 1795-07-15T13:00 | 59.40 | -19.87 | 292 | 9.3 | N9W | 108.00 | -34 | NWBW, VARIABLE, NWBN | MODERATE BREEZE, LESS WIND, FRESH BREEZE | THICK WET FOG | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206071 | |||||
| 1795-07-16T13:00 | 61.25 | -20.05 | 292 | 22.6 | N2W | 111.00 | -34 | NW, VARIABLE, NWBN | FRESH BREEZES, STIFF BREEZES, STIFF GALES | THICK | DARK CLOUDY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206072 | |||||
| 1795-07-17T13:00 | 60.18 | -21.73 | 362 | 2.6 | S37W | 83.00 | -34 | NNW, VARIABLE | STIFF GALE AND SQUALLY, STIFF BREEZE, LESS WIND, LITTLE WIND | WET FOG | CLOUDY THEN FINE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206073 | |||||
| 1795-07-18T14:00 | 60.05 | -24.47 | 362 | 9.3 | S84W | 82.00 | -36 | NWBW, SWBW, SWBS, SSW, WBN, W, VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS, EASY BREEZE, STIFF BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE | THICK | RAIN AT TIMES | A GREAT SWELL FROM THE WEST | FINE AND CLOUDY, CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206074 | |||
| 1795-07-19T14:00 | 60.13 | -27.43 | 234 | 9.3 | N85W | 90.00 | -36 | SW, VARIABLE, W | MODERATE BREEZES, LESS WIND, FRESH BREEZE | THICK | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206075 | ||||
| 1795-07-20T14:00 | 59.90 | -29.57 | 41 | 2.6 | S82W | 65.00 | -38 | W, ENE, VARIABLE, EBN | FRESH BREEZES, ALMOST CALM, CALM, EASY BREEZES | THICK | SMALL RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206076 | ||||
| 1795-07-21T14:00 | 58.83 | -33.63 | 73 | 2.6 | S64W | 136.00 | -40 | ENE, VARIABLE, ESE | FRESH BREEZES, LESS WIND, LIGHT BREEZES | SMALL RAIN | CLOUDY THEN FINE | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206077 | |||||
| 1795-07-22T14:00 | 58.12 | -36.45 | 362 | 2.6 | S64W | 98.00 | -40 | SE, SEBE, SSE, S, VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS, FINE BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE, LITTLE WIND | RAIN AND SMALL RAIN | FINE AND CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206078 | |||||
| 1795-07-23T15:00 | 57.73 | -38.22 | 139 | 6.7 | S68W | 61.00 | -41 | VARIABLE, E, SE, S | LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, MODERATE BREEZES, LIGHT BREEZES, MODERATE | THICK | SMALL RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206079 | ||||
| 1795-07-24T15:00 | 57.53 | -43.95 | 82 | 22.6 | S86W | 185.00 | -42 | SEBS, SE, SEBE | STIFF BREEZE, STIFF GALE | THICK FOG | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206080 | |||||
| 1795-07-25T15:00 | 58.33 | -48.30 | 47 | 22.6 | N71W | 146.00 | -43 | SEBE, ESE, EBS, E | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, STIFF GALES, STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | THICK | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206081 | |||||
| 1795-07-26T15:00 | 58.17 | -49.83 | 351 | S78W | 50.00 | -43 | E, NE, NEBN | FLYING GALES, MORE MODERATE, EAYS BREEZE, HEAVY SQUALLS | THICK FOG | RAIN | CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206082 | |||||
| 1795-07-27T15:00 | 58.88 | -50.80 | 283 | 9.3 | N30W | 61.00 | -43 | VARIABLE, NNW, NW, NWBN | LIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206083 | ||||||
| 1795-07-28T15:00 | 59.58 | -51.77 | 137 | 1.0 | N31W | 58.00 | -43 | NW, VARIABLE, W, S | FRESH BREEZE, EASY BREEZE, LIGHT AIRS, ALMOST CALM | THICK FOG | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206084 | |||||
| 1795-07-29T16:00 | 60.28 | -54.88 | 114 | 9.3 | N64W | 104.00 | -44 | SBE, SSE | LIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES | CLOSE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206085 | ||||||
| 1795-07-30T16:00 | 61.15 | -60.13 | 350 | CAPE RESOLUTION | N79W | 59 | N70W | 163.00 | -44 | SEBS, SE, VARIABLE, NE, NEBN | FRESH GALES, LESS WIND | THICK | RAIN | CLOUDY AND CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206086 | ||
| 1795-07-31T16:00 | 60.00 | -63.28 | 306 | 6.7 | BURTON ISLES | N44W | 21 | S53W | 117.00 | -43 | NBE, N, NBW | MODERATE BREEZE | THICK FOG | CLOUDY THEN CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206087 | ||
| 1795-08-01T16:00 | 61.35 | -61.98 | 362 | 9.3 | CAPE RESOLUTION | N88W | 34 | N25E | 91.00 | -44 | NNW, VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZE | CLEAR THEN FINE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206088 | |||
| 1795-08-02T16:00 | 62.57 | -62.48 | 259 | 2.6 | N11W | 77.00 | -56 | NNW, VARIABLE, NWBN, NW | MODERATE BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE, EASY BREEZE | FINE AND PLEASANT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206089 | ||||||
| 1795-08-03T16:00 | 62.10 | -62.05 | 215 | 2.6 | N23E | 31.00 | -44 | W, VARIABLE, WSW, WBS | CALM AT TIMES, LIGHT AIRS, LIGHT BREEZES | FINE THEN CLEAR THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206090 | ||||||
| 1795-08-04T16:00 | 61.25 | -64.03 | 362 | S47W | 79.00 | -43 | WBS, SWBS, SE, E, ENE, VARIABLE | EASY BREEZE, FRESH BREEZES, LESS WIND | RAIN | CLOUDY, CLEARING | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206091 | ||||||
| 1795-08-05T16:00 | 61.63 | -64.32 | 362 | 6.7 | N44W | 42.00 | -43 | SBE, S, SBW, VARIABLE | EASY BREEZE, FRESH BREEZE, STRONG GALE, MORE MODERATE | THICK FOG | SMALL RAIN | CLOUDY, CLEARING | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206092 | ||||
| 1795-08-06T16:00 | 61.15 | -64.57 | 362 | 2.6 | CAPE RESOLUTION | N60W | 11 | S26E | 32.00 | -43 | SSW, SW, NWBN, NW, VARIABLE | STIFF GALES, LESS WIND, LIGHT BREEZES | THICK FOG | RAIN | CLEARING, CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206093 | |
| 1795-08-07T16:00 | 61.25 | -66.42 | 362 | N85W | 54.00 | -43 | SSE, SBW, VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZE, EASY BREEZE, STIFF GALE, LESS WIND | RAIN | CLOUDY THEN CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206094 |