García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during RACEHORSE cruise from Whitby Bay to Vogle Sound started at 1773-06-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751663, 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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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: 72.390952 * Median Longitude: 5.728571 * South-bound Latitude: 60.350000 * West-bound Longitude: -1.860000 * North-bound Latitude: 79.920000 * East-bound Longitude: 12.110000
Date/Time Start: 1773-06-14T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-07-18T00:00:00
Event(s):
Racehorse_17730614_NMM_ADM/L/R1 * Latitude: 60.350000 * Longitude: -1.860000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-06-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-07-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Racehorse (Bomb/Exploratio), Voyage: Whitby Bay Uk - Vogle Sound, 1st Observer: Constantine John Phipps (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 385BM
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 | - | - | 1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances) | |||
| 10 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 11 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 12 | Comment | Comment | Other remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields | |||
| 13 | Comment 2 (continued) | Comm 2 | Other remarks | |||
| 14 | 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. | ||
| 15 | 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. | |||
| 16 | Current direction description | Cur dir descr | Direction of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to. | |||
| 17 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 18 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 19 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 20 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 21 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 22 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 23 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 24 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 25 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 26 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 27 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 28 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 29 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
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Size:
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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 - (1 If position is considered t...) | 10 Course (Course of the ship during the...) | 11 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance travelled during the...) | 12 Comment (Other remarks, that were not ...) | 13 Comm 2 (Other remarks) | 14 Decl [deg] (It is generally accepted by t...) | 15 Wind dir descr (All reported wind directions ...) | 16 Cur dir descr (Direction of the current. Thi...) | 17 Wind force descr (All reported wind forces on t...) | 18 ww (Weather description) | 19 Precip descr | 20 State sea descr | 21 Clearness | 22 Gusts (1 If wind gusts are reported) | 23 Rain (1 If rain was reported) | 24 Fog (1 If fog was reported) | 25 Snow (1 If snow was reported) | 26 Thunder (1 If thunder and or lightning...) | 27 Hail (1 If hail was reported) | 28 Sea ice (1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...) | 29 ID (CLIWOC 2.1 line number) |
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| 1773-06-14T12:00 | 60.35 | -1.86 | 23 | 2.6 | WHITBY BAY | S6:10W | 367 | N29W | 48.00 | -22 | E, NEBE, NE | LIGHT BREEZES | FAIR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206369 | |||||||
| 1773-06-15T00:00 | 60.30 | 23 | 6.7 | HANGCLIFF | W13S | 4 | NBE, N, NNE | MODERATE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206370 | |||||||||||
| 1773-06-16T12:00 | 60.62 | -0.19 | 203 | 2.6 | HANGCLIFF | S27W | 27 | N27E | 27.00 | -22 | N, VARIABLE, CALM, SW | LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE CALM | MIDDLE PART FOGGY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206371 | ||||||
| 1773-06-17T12:00 | 63.00 | 0.37 | 68 | 6.7 | HANGCLIFF | S9:34W | 169 | N6E | 147.00 | -22 | S, E | LITTLE WIND, LATTER PART MODERATE | LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206372 | |||||||
| 1773-06-18T12:00 | 65.33 | 0.04 | 136 | 9.3 | HANGCLIFF | S1:30W | 307 | N4W | 141.00 | -22 | SSW, SSE | FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FOGGY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206373 | ||||||
| 1773-06-19T12:00 | 66.23 | -0.13 | 362 | 9.3 | HANGCLIFF | S2:5W | 362 | N4W | 54.00 | -22 | S, SSE, VARIABLE | MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE FOGGY | MIDDLE RAIN | A GREAT SWELL FROM THE NORTHWARD | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206374 | ||||
| 1773-06-20T12:00 | 67.00 | 1.09 | 338 | 2.6 | HANGCLIFF | S6:14W | 415 | N30E | 59.00 | -22 | NW, NORTHERLY | FRESH BREEZES, LATTER LITTLE WIND | HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206375 | |||||||
| 1773-06-21T12:00 | 68.00 | 0.87 | 135 | 19.0 | HANGCLIFF | S3:34W | 472 | N5W | 60.00 | -23 | VARIABLE, SSE | FIRST PART CALM, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRS, LATTER FRESH GALES | LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206376 | |||||||
| 1773-06-22T12:00 | 70.75 | 0.87 | 225 | 1.0 | HANGCLIFF | S28W | 211 | N | 161.00 | -23 | SE, S, WSW | FRESH BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT AIRS | MIDDLE PART DRIZZLING RAIN | CLOUDY, LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206377 | ||||||
| 1773-06-23T12:00 | 72.37 | 1.07 | 157 | 6.7 | HANGCLIFF | S28W | 243 | N2E | 97.00 | -23 | SW, VARIABLE, S | LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE PART FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE | LATTER FOGGY | MIDDLE PART RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206378 | |||||
| 1773-06-24T12:00 | 73.37 | 4.21 | 204 | 6.7 | HANGCLIFF | S16:9W | 265 | N41E | 81.00 | -21 | SSW, SW | MODERATE BREEZES | FOGGY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206379 | |||||||
| 1773-06-25T11:00 | 74.00 | 10.07 | 343 | 9.3 | HANGCLIFF | S16:9W | 289 | N68E | 116.00 | -17 | WBS, N | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206380 | |||||||
| 1773-06-26T11:00 | 75.42 | 12.11 | 17 | 19.0 | HANGCLIFF | S18:38W | 296 | N58E | 33.00 | -17 | NBE, VARIABLE, NEBN | FRESH GALES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206381 | |||||||
| 1773-06-27T11:00 | 75.35 | 10.39 | 362 | 6.7 | HANGCLIFF | S15:17W | 314 | N21W | 51.00 | -17 | NE, SSW, VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE PART CALM | CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206382 | |||||||
| 1773-06-28T11:00 | 77.60 | 8.91 | 116 | 2.6 | HANGCLIFF | S11:6W | 350 | N10W | 137.00 | -19 | WSW, SSE, SE | MODERATE BREEZES, AT NOON LITTLE WIND | AT NOON DRIZZLING RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206383 | |||||||
| 1773-06-29T11:00 | 78.00 | 9.84 | 352 | 1.0 | HANGCLIFF | S11:24W | 360 | N26E | 28.00 | -19 | S, VARIABLE, NBE | LIGHT AIRS | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206384 | ||||||
| 1773-06-30T11:00 | 78.00 | 11.01 | 341 | 6.7 | BLACK POINT SPITZBERGEN | E3/4N | 3 | N37E | 20.00 | -19 | NORTHERLY | MODERATE BREEZES | MIDDLE PART FOGGY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206385 | ||||||
| 1773-07-01T11:00 | 78.30 | 10.92 | 150 | 6.7 | BLACK POINT | E12S | 18 | N7W | 11.00 | -19 | N, NBE, SBE | MODERATE | CLOUDY, LATTER PART CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206386 | |||||||
| 1773-07-02T11:00 | 78.48 | 10.29 | 184 | 1.0 | BLACK POINT | S61E | 27 | N31W | 15.00 | -19 | WSW, VARIABLE, SSW | LIGHT AIRS | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206387 | |||||||
| 1773-07-03T11:00 | 78.60 | 10.29 | 161 | 1.0 | BLACK POINT | S42E | 11 | N | 12.00 | -19 | SSW, SSE, S | LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE PART CALM | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206388 | |||||||
| 1773-07-04T11:00 | 79.52 | 10.32 | 274 | 2.6 | N2E | 57.00 | -19 | S, WSW, WNW | LITTLE WIND | HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206389 | ||||||||||
| 1773-07-05T11:00 | 79.92 | 9.81 | 161 | 2.6 | MAGDALENA | S33E | 17 | N33W | 17.00 | -19 | CALM, WSW, S | FIRST PART CALM, LATTER PARTS LIGHT BREEZES | LATTER PART FOGGY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206390 | |||||||
| 1773-07-06T00:00 | 124 | 2.6 | HACLUITS HEAD LAND | E26S | 6 | SAW SEVERAL PIECES OF ICE, AT 1/2 PAST 10 SAW THE ICE BEARING FROM NW TO E. AT 2AM HEARD THE SURF BREAK ON THE ICE., AT 1/2 6 SAW THE ICE BEARING FROM ESE TO NNW DISTANCE 4 TO 5 MILES | WSW, VARIABLE, SEBE | LIGHT BREEZES | LATTER PART CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206391 | |||||||||||
| 1773-07-07T00:00 | 56 | 2.6 | GCKLOOF DE CLIP | W1/2S | 7 | AT 2 SAW THE ICE 1/4 OF A MILE DISTANT. STEERED IN AMONGST THE LOOSE ICE. AT NOON RUNNING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MAIN ICE IN EVERY OPENING | ESE, N, NEBE | MODERATE, LATTER PART LITTLE WIND | LATTER RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206392 | ||||||||||
| 1773-07-08T00:00 | 203 | 9.3 | HACLUITS HEAD | WSW | 3 | 1 | LOOKED OUT FOR AN OPENING TO PROCEED BUT FOUND THE ICE QUITE CLOSED AT 1/2 PAST 6 WERE CLOSED WITH THE LOOSE ICE. OUR BOAT HOISTED UP ALONGSIDE OF THE CARCASS TO PREVENT HER BEING STOVE BY THE ICE SETTING | AGAINST THE SHIP. AT 1/2 PAST 7 CLEARED OURSELVES | NW, VARIABLE, SSW | LIGHT AIRS, LATTER PART FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY, LATTER PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206393 | |||||||||
| 1773-07-09T00:00 | 225 | 6.7 | SSE, VARIABLE, SW | FRESH BREEZES, LATTER PART MODERATE | LATTER PART SOME RAIN | LATTER PART HAZY | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206394 | ||||||||||||||
| 1773-07-10T00:00 | 203 | 2.6 | FROM 2 TO 4PM PAST SEVERAL PIECES OF ICE. AT 6 RUNNING AMONGST THE LOOSE ICE | SWBW, S, SSW | FRESH BREEZES, LATTER PART LIGHT BREEZES | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206395 | |||||||||||||||
| 1773-07-11T00:00 | 362 | 9.3 | HACLUITS HEAD LAND | WSW | 3 | 1 | RUNNING ALONG THE MAIN BODY OF THE ICE | SSW, VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES | MIDDLE PART FOGGY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206396 | |||||||||
| 1773-07-12T00:00 | 80.00 | 68 | 1.0 | HACLUITS HEAD LAND | SW | ESE, CALM, ENE | CALM, LATTER PART LIGHT AIRS | A GREAT SWELL FROM THE WESTWARD | LATTER HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206397 | |||||||||||
| 1773-07-13T00:00 | 362 | 1.0 | CALM, NNE, NE, VARIABLE | SETTING TO THE | LIGHT AIRS INTERMIXED WITH CALMS | PM A GREAT SWELL FROM THE WESTWARD | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206398 | |||||||||||||
| 1773-07-14T00:00 | 45 | 19.0 | 1 | SWBS, NNW, NE | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | MIDDLE PART FOGGY | LATTER HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206399 | |||||||||||||
| 1773-07-15T00:00 | 360 | 6.7 | 1 | AT MIDNIGHT SEVERAL LARGE PIECES OF ICE PAST THE SOUND | ENE, N | FRESH GALES, MIDDLE PART SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE BREEZES | THICK FOG | LATTER CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206400 | ||||||||||||
| 1773-07-16T00:00 | 362 | 2.6 | 1 | NNE, W, VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS, LATTER PART LIGHT BREEZES | LATTER PART HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206401 | ||||||||||||||
| 1773-07-17T00:00 | 45 | 1.0 | 1 | VARIABLE, W, ENE, NE | LIGHT AIRS | CLEAR WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206402 | ||||||||||||||
| 1773-07-18T00:00 | 293 | 19.0 | 1 | PM SAW SEVERAL | NE, W, WNW | LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES | LATTER FOGGY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 206403 |