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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 RAVEN cruise from Spithead to Boston started at 1775-07-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751704, 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
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 43.937879 * Median Longitude: -38.950152 * South-bound Latitude: 41.270000 * West-bound Longitude: -70.000000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.170000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.500000
Date/Time Start: 1775-07-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1775-10-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
Raven_17750725_NMM_ADM/L/R65 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 41.980000 * Longitude End: -67.060000 * Date/Time Start: 1775-07-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1775-10-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Raven (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Boston, 1st Observer: John Stanhope (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Douglas (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 300BM
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:
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Data

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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)
1775-07-25T00:0049.502259.3LIZARDNBW7W, SWFIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM WNWFAIR0000000207807
1775-07-26T00:0049.552486.7LIZARDNEBN8SW, WSWFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATEHEAVY SWELLCLOUDY0000000207808
1775-07-27T12:0049.52-5.502269.3ST AGNESN64W20S56E45.00-22WSWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESN AND SQUALLYRAINSWELL FROM THE WFAIR0100000207809
1775-07-28T12:0049.60-5.651816.7ST AGNESN68W19N9W4.00-22WSW, SW, SSWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST CLOUDY, MID AND LATTER FAIR0000000207810
1775-07-29T12:0049.23-5.732939.3LIZARDN21E15S28W25.00-22W, NWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINFAIR0100000207811
1775-07-30T12:0047.97-6.672936.7CAPE FINNISTERS24W104S26W84.00-22WNW, NWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATESWELL FROM NWFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000207812
1775-07-31T13:0047.68-8.4516922.6CAPE FINNISTERS11W91S77W78.00-22WNW, SW, SBWFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER STRONG GALES0000000207813
1775-08-01T13:0048.58-10.082036.7LIZARDN67E70S52W82.00-22W, SWBW, SWFIRST STRONG GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZESRAINCLEAR0100000207814
1775-08-02T13:0049.07-11.262599.3LIZARDN82E74S40W67.00-22SWBW, W, WBNFIRST MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000207815
1775-08-03T13:0050.17-11.572269.3LIZARDS87E83S23W54.00-22W, WSWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINGREAT SWELL FROM W0100000207816
1775-08-04T13:0049.02-12.472939.3LIZARDN80E101S32W87.00-22WNW, NWFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESGREAT SWELL FROM WFIRST AND MID CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000207817
1775-08-05T13:0047.92-13.763269.3LIZARDN72E134S52W98.00-23NNW, NBWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000207818
1775-08-06T13:0047.15-15.462942.6LIZARDN69E155S48W69.00-21NNW, NWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000207819
1775-08-07T13:0046.13-16.252942.6LIZARDN64E179S41W142.00-21NW, WNW, NWFIRST MODERATE, MID AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST CLOUDY, MID AND LATTER FOGGY0010000207820
1775-08-08T13:0046.32-17.552496.7LIZARDN67E192N80:31W48.00-21SW, WNW, WFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELIGHTNINGRAINHAZY0100100207821
1775-08-09T13:0045.40-17.592940.0LIZARDN63E202S45W21.00-21WNW, NWFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER CALMSWELL FROM WNWCLOUDY0000000207822
1775-08-10T13:0045.33-18.762049.3LIZARDN65E220S86W62.00-21W, S, SWFIRST CALM, MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM THE NWMID CLEAR, LATTER HAZY0000000207823
1775-08-11T13:0045.05-19.932949.3LIZARDN62E237S69W48.00-21WSW, W, NWFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID MODERATECLOUDY0000000207824
1775-08-12T13:0044.05-20.582836.7LIZARDN61E257S28W68.00-21NW, NWBWMODERATESHOWERSA SWELL FROM NWCLOUDY1000000207825
1775-08-13T13:0043.73-21.531709.3LIZARDN62E273S67W50.00-21NW, SW, SBWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID CALM, LATTER FRESH BREEZESA SWELL FROM THE NCLOUDY0000000207826
1775-08-14T14:0043.62-24.323401.0LIZARDN65E308S87W118.00-20SBW, ESE, NNE, NE, NFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID MODERATE, LATTER LIGHT AIRSRAINMID CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0100000207827
1775-08-15T14:0043.83-25.352509.3LIZARDN67E319N68W44.00-20NNW, WFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000207828
1775-08-16T14:0044.47-26.242506.7LIZARDN69E320N32W46.00-20WSW, WMODERATESWELL FROM WNWFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000207829
1775-08-17T14:0045.00-27.042956.7LIZARDN72E330N73W38.00-20WSW, WNW, NNW, NWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID STRONG GALES, LATTER MODERATETHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGHEAVY RAINFIRST HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0100100207830
1775-08-18T14:0044.57-28.593522.6LIZARDN72E336S69W74.00-19NNW, N, NBEFIRST MODERATE, MID SQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESA SWELL FROM NWFIRST CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000207831
1775-08-19T14:0044.53-29.132176.7LIZARDN72E363S86W28.00-19NNE, NNW, W, SWBWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATEFIRST FAIR, MID CLOUDY0000000207832
1775-08-20T14:0044.75-30.262856.7LIZARDN72E377N76W59.00-19SW, W, NWBWFIRST FRESH BREEZES, IMD FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATESWELL FROM THE NCLOUDY0000000207833
1775-08-21T14:0044.15-30.56296LIZARDN72E385S14W37.00-19WNW, WSW, NWFIRST FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYMID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000207834
1775-08-22T14:0044.08-33.7846.7LIZARDN73E421S88W127.00-19ESE, NE, NNEFIRST CALM, MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATERAINCLEAR0100000207835
1775-08-23T14:0043.65-34.483411.0LIZARDN74E441S58W49.00-19NNE, NFIRST MODERATE, MID CALM, LATTER LIGHT AIRSFIRST CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000207836
1775-08-24T14:0043.73-36.371619.3LIZARDN74E467N87W85.00-19SW, SSW, SFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST FAIR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000207837
1775-08-25T14:0043.63-37.273410.0LIZARDN74E481S82W44.00-19SW, NFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID MODERATE, LATTER CALMFIRST HAZY, MID CLOUDY0000000207838
1775-08-26T15:0043.97-37.872306.7LIZARDN75E487N56W36.00-18W, WSWFIRST CALM, MID AND LATTER MODERATECLEAR0000000207839
1775-08-28T15:0042.78-39.4656.7CAPE SABLEN86W360S55W42.00-18N, NNEMODERATESWELL FORM THE NCLEAR0000000207840
1775-08-29T15:0042.92-40.752526.7CAPE CODN87W388N76W33.00-18SW, WSW, WFIRST CALM, MID AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000207841
1775-08-30T15:0041.63-41.153016.7CAPE CODN88W378S17W80.00-14W, WNW, NWFIRST MODERATE, MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESRAINFIRST CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0100000207842
1775-08-31T15:0041.95-41.782349.3CAPE CODN89W373N58W37.00-14WNW, WSWFIRST MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLEAR0000000207843
1775-09-01T15:0041.78-42.643479.3CAPE CODN88W350S79W51.00-13NNW, NNE, NFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000207844
1775-09-02T15:0041.92-43.972579.3CAPE CODN89W336N81W54.00-13N, S, WFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MID CALM, LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYSQUALLS OF RAINCLEAR1100000207845
1775-09-03T15:0042.12-44.402919.3CAPE CODN89W318N56W22.00-13W, NWBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000207846
1775-09-04T15:0041.27-45.693259.3CAPE CODN86W312S51W82.00-13NW, N, NNWFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000207847
1775-09-05T15:0041.33-46.0523519.0ISLE OF SABLEN67W167S69W19.00-13NW, W, WSWFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000207848
1775-09-06T15:0041.53-47.282576.7ISLE OF SABLEN67W149N53W39.00-13ENE, WNW, WFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATERAIN AND HEAVY RAINHAZY0100000207849
1775-09-07T15:0042.57-48.483219.3ISLE OF SABLEN73W124N24W83.00-17W, SW, NNWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHAZY0000000207850
1775-09-08T15:0042.35-49.46562.6ISLE OF SABLEN69W112N73W46.00-12NNW, N, ENEFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000207851
1775-09-09T15:0042.33-50.33112.6ISLE OF SABLEN66W100N89W41.00-12ENE, EBS, NNEFIRST CALM, MID AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000207852
1775-09-10T15:0042.18-51.581466.7ISLE OF SABLEN58W82S82W69.00-12ENE, ESE, SSEFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000207853
1775-09-11T16:0042.23-54.931699.3CAPE CODN89W189N89W143.00-11SBE, SFIRST MDERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER HAZY0000000207854
1775-09-12T16:0042.35-55.2230422.6S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS83W143N77W31.00-11NWFIRST FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MID AND LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000207855
1775-09-13T16:0041.82-54.853042.6S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS87W146S5E32.00-11NWFIRST STRONG GALES, MID MODERATE GALES, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESHEAVY SEA0000000207856
1775-09-14T16:0041.92-55.3134S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS87W140N72W20.00-11W, WSW, NEFIRST FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MID LIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000207857
1775-09-15T16:0042.07-55.922036.7S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS85W126N79W48.00-11ENE, SWBSFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESFIRST AND MID CLEAR, LATTER HAZY0000000207858
1775-09-16T16:0042.18-57.072252.6S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS83W108N82W48.00-11S, SW, SWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000207859
1775-09-17T16:0042.63-58.032556.7S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS77W99N58W51.00-15WSW, SWBS, WMODERATEFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER FOGGY0010000207860
1775-09-18T16:0041.63-58.162836.7S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS88W84N22W65.00-10WBN, NW, WNWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST FOGGY, MID AND LATTER FAIR0010000207861
1775-09-19T16:0041.97-58.723282.6S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS84W80N52W33.00-10SW, NNWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000207862
1775-09-20T16:0042.27-60.082046.7S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS76W59N75W62.00-10SBW, SW, SWBSFIRST CALM, MID AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZES0000000207863
1775-09-21T16:0042.32-61.751936.7S END OF ST GEORGES BANKS66W39N86W78.00-10SWBS, SSWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEFIRST CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000207864
1775-09-22T16:0042.38-62.8439.3CAPE CODS85W39N87W61.00-8WBS, SSE, NBEFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID LIGHT AIRSRAINFOGGY0110000207865
1775-09-23T16:0042.33-63.972856.7CAPE CODS84W17S86W52.00-8NNW, S, WNWFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE BREEZES, MID SQUALLYHARD RAINFOGGY0100000207866
1775-09-24T16:0041.90-64.77151.0CAPE CODSBW13S38W33.00-8NW, NNW, NNEFIRST AND MID LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSSWELL FROM THE WNWCLOUDY0000000207867
1775-09-25T16:0041.70-65.693526.7CAPE CODN9W14S66W30.00-8E, NNW, NFIRST CALM AND LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000207868
1775-09-26T16:0041.67-66.36371.0BOSTONN22W19S85W22.00-8N, ENE, NEFIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000207869
1775-09-27T17:0042.45-67.991979.3N65W112.00-6SWBW, SSWFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZES0000000207870
1775-09-28T17:0042.85-68.782376.7N68W66.00-11SBW, SW, WSWFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000207871
1775-09-29T17:0042.05-68.833091.0S87W48.00-6WBS, NNW, NWFIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSSWELL FROM THE S0000000207872
1775-09-30T17:0042.10-68.37289.3N85E23.00-6NBE, N, NEBNFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000207873
1775-10-01T17:0042.52-70.001696.7N68W66.00-11SBW, SMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000207874
1775-10-02T00:0042.629.3CAPE ST ANNNWBN24FIRST MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000207875