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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 RAISONABLE cruise from Port Royal to Uk started at 1796-08-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751676, 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: 37.268125 * Median Longitude: -57.397188 * South-bound Latitude: 25.380000 * West-bound Longitude: -79.730000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.280000 * East-bound Longitude: -16.350000
Date/Time Start: 1796-08-16T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-09-16T13:00:00
Event(s):
Raisonable_17960816_NMM_ADM/L/R28 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 49.450000 * Longitude End: -5.630000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-08-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-09-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Raisonable (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Port Royal - Uk, 1st Observer: Charles Boyles (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 64G 1376BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
604 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 
Precip descr
15 
State sea descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1796-08-16T17:0025.38-79.63859.3CAPE FLORIDAW8N16E58.006NEBE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000206790
1796-08-17T17:0027.23-79.733622.6HELLSBORA INLETNW1/2W9N3W102.006NE, E, ENE, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000206791
1796-08-18T17:0028.33-79.173622.64SSW, W, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000206792
1796-08-19T17:0029.23-78.433622.6SE SHOAL CAPE LOOKOUTN18E99N36E68.004ENE, SSE, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000206793
1796-08-20T17:0029.83-77.571621.0CAPE LOOKOUTN14E84N55E4VARIABLE, NE, SEBE, SSELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000206794
1796-08-21T17:0031.00-76.081156.7CAPE LOOKOUTN9W61N47E104.002VARIABLE, ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000206795
1796-08-22T17:0032.45-74.6092CAPE LOOKOUTN47W40N41E116.002ESE, EBS, EMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINCLOUDY0100000206796
1796-08-23T17:0034.13-73.833626.7CAPE LOOKOUTN88:59W37N21E107.000EBS, E, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000206797
1796-08-24T17:0033.93-72.483626.7BERMUDAS82E120N80E68.00-3NBW, VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000206798
1796-08-25T17:0033.68-72.32420.0CAPE HATTERASN72W70N29E17.00-3VARIABLE, NECALMCLOUDY0000000206799
1796-08-26T17:0034.80-69.821552.6MONTICK POINTN15W124N61E140.00-3SEBS, VARIABLE, SSELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000206800
1796-08-27T17:0035.68-67.983626.7NANTUCKETN92E91N59E103.00-3SEBS, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES, AT 5 A HARD SQUALL FROM THE NORTHWARD, AT 6 SQUALLY, AT 1/2 6 MODERATEAT 5 RAINCLOUDY0100100206801
1796-08-28T17:0035.58-67.673621.0NANTUCKETN12W94S67E16.00-3NE, VARIABLECALM, AT NOON LIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000206802
1796-08-29T16:0035.30-67.203620.0NANTUCKETN15W101S54E29.00-5VARIABLECALMCLEAR0000000206803
1796-08-30T16:0035.67-65.652202.6CAPE SABLEN1E155N73E78.00-5WSW, SWCALM, AT 5 A LIGHT BREEZES FROM THE SW, AT 8 LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000206804
1796-08-31T16:0036.58-61.932186.7CAPE SABLEN11E150N73E187.00-7WSW, NNW, SWFRESH BREEZES, AT 9 MORE MODERATECLEAR0000000206805
1796-09-01T16:0036.08-59.1535319.0SOUTH PART OF THE GREAT BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLANDN51E193S78E140.00-7NFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHER, AT 8 FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000206806
1796-09-02T16:0036.40-58.5336212.3ISLE OF SABLEN51:10E182N59E35.00-7VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, AT 6 STRONG BREEZESCLEAR, AT 6 CLOUDY0000000206807
1796-09-03T16:0037.92-58.803622.6ISLE OF SABLEN7W124N8W92.00-12VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, AT 5 MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER, AM CLOUDY0000000206808
1796-09-04T16:0038.55-58.473620.0ISLE OF SABLEN11W117N29E33.00-12VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON CALMHAZY, AM CLEAR0000000206809
1796-09-05T16:0039.27-56.9836212.3SE PART OF THE GREAT BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLANDN55E142N52E86.00-14VARIABLECALM, AT 11 LIGHT BREEZES FROM THE SE, AT 4 FRESH BREEZES, AT NOON STRONG BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM THE EASTWARDCLEAR0000000206810
1796-09-06T16:0039.88-52.8816619.0SE PART OF THE GREAT BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLANDN40E93N79E192.00-14SW, WSW, SFRESH BREEZES, AT 6 STRONG BREEZES, AT 8 SQUALLY, AT 12 FRESH GALESAT 8 RAINCLEAR, AT 6 HAZY0100000206811
1796-09-07T15:0040.07-48.3325522.6SE PART OF THE GREAT BANKS OF NEWFOUNDLANDN65N87E210.00-15WBN, WNW, NBW, WSTRONG GALES, AM STRONG GALESHAZY0000000206812
1796-09-08T15:0040.33-44.2833219.0CORVOS86:19E203N85E188.00-17NNW, NW, NBWFRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES, AT 1/2 11 A HEAVY SQUALL, AT NOON FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY WEATHERHAZY, AM CLOUDY0000000206813
1796-09-09T15:0041.12-41.3834212.3CORVOS79:20E151N70E139.00-18NNW, NBW, NW, NFRESH BREEZES, AT 8 STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, AT NOON STRONG BREEZESHAZY, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000206814
1796-09-10T15:0042.63-37.8532626.8CORVOS60E118N60E183.00-23NW, WNW, W, SW, NBWFRESH BREEZES, AT 6 FRESH GALES, AT 11 HARD GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000206815
1796-09-11T14:0044.50-33.6729226.8CORVOS22E104N57E212.00-23WNW, W, SW, NWSTRONG GALES, AT 4 FRESH BREEZES, AT 11 HARD GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLSAT 11 RAINHAZY0100000206816
1796-09-12T14:0045.70-30.302529.3ST AGNES SCILLYN74:58E326N64E165.00-24WSW, NW, WNW, W1/2NSTRONG GALES, AT 10 FRESH GALES, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESHAZY, AT 10 CLOUDY, AT 12 CLEAR0000000206817
1796-09-13T14:0046.80-27.352466.7ST AGNES SCILLYN77:8E282N60E133.00-24WNW, WLIGHT BREEZES, AM MODERATECLEAR, AT 8 CLOUDY0000000206818
1796-09-14T14:0047.00-26.472696.7ST AGNES SCILLYN77:24E142N71E38.00-24VARIABLE, SSE, WNWLIGHT BREEZES, AT 6 LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, AM CALM, AT 1 LIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON MODERATECLEAR, AT NOON CLOUDY0000000206819
1796-09-15T13:0048.25-21.83131ST AGNES SCILLYN80:22E93N68E201.00-27VARIABLE, S, SBW, SSEFRESH BREEZES, AT 8 FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AT NOON A HEAVY SQUALLAT 8 RAINCLOUDY0100000206820
1796-09-16T13:0049.28-16.3517619.0ST AGNES SCILLYN84:9E65N74E224.00-27SSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, AT 8 FRESH BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH GALESHAZY0000000206821