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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 Queen Charlotte cruise from York Factory to Gravesend started at 1798-10-10 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751656, 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: 58.836250 * Median Longitude: -33.547500 * South-bound Latitude: 57.730000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.140000 * North-bound Latitude: 60.270000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.020000
Date/Time Start: 1798-10-10T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1798-10-25T12:00:00
Event(s):
Queen_Charlotte_17981010_PRO_BH1_1628 * Latitude Start: 61.320000 * Longitude Start: -64.020000 * Latitude End: 51.490000 * Longitude End: 1.170000 * Date/Time Start: 1798-10-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1798-10-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Queen Charlotte, Voyage: York Factory - Gravesend, 1st Observer: John Turner (1st Officer/Master), Company: Hudson Bay Company
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:
291 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)
1798-10-10T16:0060.27-61.141806.7S1E28.00-45SE, SSE, VARIABLE, SWFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLY, STIFF GALE, MODERATECLEARING0011000206239
1798-10-11T16:0059.87-58.4925922.6S73E83.00-45WNW, NW, VARIABLE, W, WSW, NWBWLIGHT AIRS, LIGHT BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZES, LITTLE WIND, STRONG GALEA STRONG SEA FROM THE SECLEAR, FINE THEN CLOUDY0010000206240
1798-10-12T16:0059.03-53.0928122.6S72E174.00-45NW, NWBNSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYHAILCLOUDY0001010206241
1798-10-13T15:0057.97-47.7631615.4CAPE FAREWELLN61E63S72E176.00-44NSTRONG GALES, MODERATE GALESCLEAR THEN CLOUDY0001000206242
1798-10-14T15:0057.73-43.593622.6CAPE FAREWELLN18E40S36E133.00-43NNW, NE, VARIABLEMODERATE GALES, LIGHT BREEZECLOSEA GREAT SWELL FROM THE EASTCLOUDY0000000206243
1798-10-15T15:0058.18-43.477022.6CAPE FAREWELLN21E31N8E28.00-43SEBE, SE, VARIABLE, ESECALM, LIGHT BREEZE, STIFF BREEZE, MODERATE, STIFF GALESCLOSE AND DARKA STRONG SEA FROM THE EASTCLOUDY0001000206244
1798-10-16T15:0058.07-40.663189.3CAPE FAREWELLN29E36S85E90.00-42SEBE, VARIABLE, NWBW, NWBN, NLIGHT BREEZES, LIGHT AIRS, FINE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESSHOWERYCLEAR THEN CLOUDY1001000206245
1798-10-17T15:0058.15-38.772622.6N85E60.00-42NE, VARIABLE, N, NNE, NWBWLIGHT BREEZESA STRONG SEA FROM THE EASTCLEAR THEN FINE0000000206246
1798-10-18T14:0058.40-35.2227522.6N84E114.00-40VARIABLE, SW, SBW, SSW, NWLIGHT BREEZE, MODERATE BREEZE, STIFF BREEZE, STRONG GALERAINCLOUDY AND FAIR0100000206247
1798-10-19T14:0058.82-30.19265N81E161.00-39NW, NWBWSTRONG GALES, LESS WIND, MODERATE BREEZE, SQUALLYHAILCLOUDY THEN CLEAR0000010206248
1798-10-20T14:0059.13-24.5218822.6N85E176.00-37WNW, VARIABLE, SWSQUALLY, STRONG SQUALLS, STIFF GALESHAIL AND SHOWERY1000010206249
1798-10-21T13:0059.22-19.192016.7N89E165.00-35WSW, WBS, VARIABLE, SWBWSQUALLY, LESS WIND, STIFF GALE, MODERATEHAIL AND RAIN0100010206250
1798-10-22T13:0059.15-14.99305WEST BARRAE94S88E130.00-33SW, VARIABLE, SE, NE, E, NEBN, NNWSTIFF BREEZE, MODERATE, LIGHT AIRS, STRONG GALES, SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY AND FINE0100000206251
1798-10-23T13:0059.07-10.721042.6WEST BARRAN88E50S88E132.00-31NW, WNW, VARIABLE, SEMODERATE BREEZE, LIGHT BREEZEFINE THEN CLOUDY0000000206252
1798-10-24T13:0059.02-8.941839.3WEST BARRAN25E31S84E56.00-31ESE, VARIABLE, NW, SW, SWBSSTRONG GALES, SQUALLY, CALM, FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY THEN CLEARING0100000206253
1798-10-25T12:0059.30-6.021756.7WEST BARRAS27E3N79E92.00-28VARIABLE, SSWSTIFF GALE, SQUALLY, LESS WIND, MODERATERAIN AND SHOWERSCLOUDY BUT FAIR1100000206254