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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 RELIANCE cruise from Cape of Good Hope to Port Jackson started at 1797-04-13 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751727, 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: -40.258158 * Median Longitude: 85.525789 * South-bound Latitude: -45.330000 * West-bound Longitude: 12.820000 * North-bound Latitude: -33.650000 * East-bound Longitude: 153.700000
Date/Time Start: 1797-04-13T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-06-27T02:00:00
Event(s):
Reliance_17970413_NMM_ADM/L/R79B * Latitude Start: -33.670000 * Longitude Start: 17.900000 * Latitude End: -33.870000 * Longitude End: 151.370000 * Date/Time Start: 1797-04-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-06-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Reliance (Armed Storeship), Voyage: Cape Of Good Hope - Port Jackson Australia, 1st Observer: John Hunter (Captain), 2nd Observer: Matthew Flinders (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 394BM
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
Temperature, airTTT°C
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 Sensor readingReadingarbitrary unitsReading of the (outside) air thermometer
14 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.
15 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
16 Current speed descriptionV descr
17 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
18 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
19 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
20 ClearnessClearness
21 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
22 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
23 FogFog1 If fog was reported
24 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
25 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
26 HailHail1 If hail was reported
27 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
28 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
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Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]
(Wind direction (from which th...)

ff [m/s]
(calculated from the descripti...)

TTT [°C]

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Reading [arbitrary units]
(Reading of the (outside) air ...)
14 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
15 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
16 
V descr
17 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
18 
Precip descr
19 
State sea descr
20 
Clearness
21 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
22 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
23 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
24 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
25 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
26 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
27 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
28 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1797-04-13T11:00-33.7814.372016.7S83W74.00-24SBW, SWWNWSTRONGFRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY WITH HAZE, THEN FINE0000000208770
1797-04-14T11:00-33.8214.701562.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES78E63S48E35.00-24WSW, SSW, SLIGHT BREEZEHEAD SWELLFINE, AM CLOUDY0000000208771
1797-04-15T11:00-34.4813.031346.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPEE188S45W66.00-24SBW, VARIABLE, SSELIGHT AIRS, AM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000208772
1797-04-16T11:00-35.0312.823622.6S26W35.00-24S, SWBS, VARIABLELIGHT WINDSFINE0000000208773
1797-04-17T11:00-35.2713.4336218.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPEE11N83S43E14.00-2465.00SSW, VARIABLE0000000208774
1797-04-18T11:00-36.4515.101799.317.2S33E72.00-2463.00WBS, VARIABLE, SSWEMODERATE BREEZE, AM FRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM SWHAZY THEN THICK0000000208775
1797-04-19T11:00-37.1816.5526918.1CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN29E62S46E68.50-2464.50SWBS, WBS, WNWFRESH BREEZES, THEN VARIABLE BREEZESLONG SWELL FROM WSW0000000208776
1797-04-20T11:00-38.7217.8211022.615.0S26E102.00-2559.00NWBW, VARIABLE, SEEFRESH BREEZES, STRONG BREEZES, THEN STRONG GALESRAINTHICK0100000208777
1797-04-21T11:00-38.8817.3211219.013.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN9E89S56W36.00-2356.00SEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYCONSTANT RAIN0100000208778
1797-04-22T11:00-39.7018.02656.715.6S5E56.00-2560.00SEBE, VARIABLE, EEMODERATE, THEN MODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000208779
1797-04-23T11:00-40.9818.882562.619.9S35:30E81.00-2567.75E, NEBN, NW, WBNSWMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESFINE THEN CLOUDY0000000208780
1797-04-24T11:00-41.6819.651789.314.3E49.00-2557.75WNW, SBE, SWBS, SSWSWSTRONGFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000208781
1797-04-25T10:00-41.3722.783626.710.0E4S111.00-2750.00SW, SSW, SBE, VARIABLEENESTRONGVARIABLE BREEZES, AMD FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, MODERATEFINE0000000208782
1797-04-26T10:00-41.1324.532542.613.8N81E88.00-2756.75SSE, SSW, WBNLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000208783
1797-04-27T10:00-40.8025.773621.012.8ISLE OF ST PAULSE3N798EBN47.00-2755.00SW, VARIABLEMODERATE, THEN LIGHT AIRS AND CALMCLOUDY0000000208784
1797-04-28T10:00-41.4027.08746.713.3ISLE OF ST PAULSE4N791S29E40.00-2756.00ESE, ESE, EBSCALM, THEN LIGHT AIRS, THEN MODERATEFINE THEN CLOUDY0000000208785
1797-04-29T10:00-42.5728.02519.313.9S54:30E107.00-2857.00EBNMODERATE THEN FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY THEN FINE0000000208786
1797-04-30T10:00-43.9828.62406.711.1SE90.50-2852.00EBN, EBS, ENEMODERATE BREEZE, MODERATEFINE THEN DARK CLOUDY0000000208787
1797-05-01T10:00-44.0830.583559.312.2ISLE OF ST PAULSN80E711S86E85.00-2854.00ENE, NNEFRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZESTHICK CLOUDY, THEN FOG, THN THICK0010000208788
1797-05-02T10:00-42.5332.7719512.39.4N65E104.00-3049.00N, W, SWS AND ESMAL SETMORE MODERATE, THEN STRONG BREEZESDARK CLOUDY0000000208789
1797-05-03T10:00-41.6536.221739.37.8N71E163.00-3046.00SW, SSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000208790
1797-05-04T09:00-41.1038.871846.7N74:30E124.00-30SBW, SSW, SWBSMODERATE BREEZES AND SQUALLY, THEN MODERATECLOUDY0000000208791
1797-05-05T09:00-41.2241.27712.613.0ISLE OF ST PAULSN83E566E31.00-3055.33SBW, EBSMODERATE AND CALM, LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LIGHT BREEZESHEAVY CLOUDS THEN FINE0000000208792
1797-05-06T09:00-41.7544.083536.711.1S75:30E97.00-3052.00ENE, NEBN, NNEESELIGHT BREEZES THEN STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATER MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000208793
1797-05-07T09:00-42.1746.8827412.311.1ISLE OF ST PAULSN80E481E0:20S130.00-3052.00NEBN, NE, VARIABLE, NWBWMODERATE BREEZE THEN STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000208794
1797-05-08T09:00-42.2050.183546.78.5N87E147.00-2947.25WNW, NW, NNEFRESH BREEZES, LIGHT BREEZES THEN MODERATECLOUDY THEN FINE0000000208795
1797-05-09T08:00-41.8253.291756.7S84E122.00-28NBE, SSWFRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATECLOUDY WITH HAZE0000000208796
1797-05-10T08:00-42.3356.4026519.011.4ISLE OF ST PAULSN78E332N83E137.00-2852.50SSW, NW, NBE, WNWMODERATE THEN LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, LIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, FRESH GALES AND STRONG SQUALLS0000000208797
1797-05-11T08:00-42.0255.832879.311.1ISLE OF ST PAULSN80E282N82.5E151.50-2852.00WBN, NWFRESH GALES AND STRONG SQUALLS, THEN FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000208798
1797-05-12T08:00-41.7358.883442.612.2N83E101.00-2754.00NNW, VARIABLE, W, NBESTRONG SQUALLS, AM FRESH BREEZES, THEN LIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000208799
1797-05-13T08:00-41.9361.6233319.013.9N81E155.00-2757.00NNE, NBE, NMODERATE, THEN FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLS, AM FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000208800
1797-05-14T08:00-41.8064.9035811.5ISLE OF ST PAULSN44E158N86E126.00-2552.75NBW, VARIABLE, WBS, NBE, NNESTRONG SQUALLS AT TIMES, STEADY MODERATE GALES, STRONG SQUALLS0000000208801
1797-05-15T07:00-42.1768.823479.313.1ISLE OF ST PAULSN42E115S85E103.50-2455.50NBE, WNW, VARIABLE, NBEFRESH BREEZES0000000208802
1797-05-16T07:00-42.1070.823621.011.1ISLE OF ST PAULSN40E87N77:30E89.00-2452.00N, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZE, AM LIGHT AIRS AND CALMRAINDARK CLOUDY0100000208803
1797-05-17T07:00-40.7572.0022422.67.8N33E97.00-2446.00S, VARIABLE, SBW, SSW, SW, WSWLIGHT AIRS, FRESH GALES AND CALM, HEAVY GALESHARD CONSTANT RAINSTRANGE JUMBLING AND HIGH SEA0100000208804
1797-05-18T07:00-40.1379.332276.710.8ISLE OF ST PAULSN29W52N75:30E134.00-2151.50SW, WSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MODERATECLOUDY0000000208805
1797-05-19T07:00-40.0281.902386.711.1ADVENTURE BAYS86E983N85E111.00-2152.00WSW, E, WBSMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000208806
1797-05-20T06:00-40.4084.723419.313.3ADVENTURE BAYS87E948S86E115.00-1956.00VARIABLE, ENE, NBW, NMODERATE, SQUALLY, FRESH BREEZESRAINFINE0100000208807
1797-05-21T06:00-40.8582.871959.310.0S86E144.00-1950.00NW, N, SSW, SWBSSTRONG BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESDARK CLOUDY0000000208808
1797-05-22T06:00-40.7390.502076.79.0ADVENTURE BAYS86E842N88E102.00-1848.25SSW, S, SBW, SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000208809
1797-05-23T06:00-40.0092.502529.313.1ADVENTURE BAYS86:40E809S81E98.00-1855.50SWBW, VARIABLE, WLIGHT AIRS, AM FRESH BREEZES0000000208810
1797-05-24T06:00-41.3790.182636.711.4MEWSTONES89E747S76E137.00-1852.50WNW, WSW, WBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000208811
1797-05-25T06:00-41.7597.222882.612.9S73E106.00-1655.25WBS, WBN, NWBWMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY, AM FINE0000000208812
1797-05-26T06:00-42.2395.032996.711.0MEWSTONES87E642S76E119.00-1651.75NW, SBE, VARIABLE, NWMODERATEFINE, AM DULL CLOUDY0000000208813
1797-05-27T05:00-42.82103.302307.2S72E149.00-1845.00VARIABLE, SWBS, WSWFRESH BREEZE, AM SQUALLYSQUALLS OF HAIL1000010208814
1797-05-28T05:00-42.97101.922619.37.2S82E163.00-2045.00WSW, VARIABLE, WBNSQUALLS, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHAIL AND RAIN0100010208815
1797-05-29T05:00-42.95110.6821019.08.3S83:30E161.00-1547.00WNW, SWBW, SWSQUALLY, AM FRESH GALES WITH STRONG SQUALLSRAIN AT TIMES0100000208816
1797-05-30T04:00-42.90114.602238.3MEWSTONES88E451S80E164.00-1347.00SWBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AM CONTINUED STRONG SQUALLS0000000208817
1797-05-31T05:00-43.50112.152789.310.0S80E130.00-1550.00SWBW, WNW, NNW, WNWMORE MODERATE, LATER FRESH BREEZESTHICK0000000208818
1797-06-01T04:00-43.70121.033626.78.2MEWSTONEE1/4S350S78E155.50-1046.75W, SWBW, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, LATER MODERATEHAZY THEN FINE0000000208819
1797-06-02T04:00-44.15118.132831.010.8S77E110.00-1051.50SWBW, WBN, NNW, WNWMODERATE, THEN LIGHT AIRSFINE0000000208820
1797-06-03T04:00-44.28121.822946.711.1S87E159.00-1052.00NWBWMODERATEHAZY0000000208821
1797-06-04T04:00-44.52125.602989.310.6S85E163.00-651.00NW, NWBWMODERATE THEN FRESH BREEZESDRIZZLING RAIN0100000208822
1797-06-05T03:00-45.33135.2535019.010.6MEWSTONEN79E150S87E177.00151.00NWBN, NNW, NBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AM FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000208823
1797-06-06T03:00-44.87133.4219.310.6N82E155.00151.00NBW, NSEBESTRONGFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000208824
1797-06-07T02:00-45.12143.3734619.011.1MEWSTONEN49E41N78E146.00852.00NBW, NNWSTRONG SQUALLS THEN FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000208825
1797-06-08T02:00-45.10146.2886.711.9CAPE PILLARN15E39N73E134.00853.50NNW, VARIABLE, NMORE MODERATE THEN MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000208826
1797-06-09T02:00-45.17149.001019.013.1CAPE PILLARN36W48N87E101.001055.50NBE, VARIABLE, NSTRONG BREEZES, THEN FRESH GALESFINE THE CLOUDY0000000208827
1797-06-10T02:00-44.33150.723032.612.8PORT JACKSONN2W210N42E77.001055.00VARIABLE, WNW, WBN, WNWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY THEN FINE0000000208828
1797-06-11T02:00-42.87152.152806.713.1PORT JACKSONN7W182N27E96.001055.50NW, WNW, WFRESH BREEZES, THEN STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATER MODERATEFINE0000000208829
1797-06-12T02:00-41.72153.703266.713.9CAPE HOWEN36E111N32E75.001157.00WBS, NWMODERATEFINE0000000208830
1797-06-13T02:00-41.23153.372706.711.7PORT JACKSONN16W154N36W38.001153.00N, VARIABLE, NW, WBSLIGHT BREEZES AND SQUALLY THEN MODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000208831
1797-06-14T02:00-39.17152.731572.612.6PORT JACKSONN15W111N19W131.001154.75WSW, VARIABLE, SBE, SEBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LIGHT BREEZESFINE AND CLEAR0000000208832
1797-06-15T02:00-37.60152.52679.3PORT JERVISN30:20W58N18W97.0011SSE, E, VARIABLE, NEBELIGHT VARIABLE AIRS, AM MODERATE THEN FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000208833
1797-06-16T02:00-36.35152.233119.016.7PORT JERVISNW36N10:30W77.00862.00ENE, NE, NNESTRONG BREEZES, AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000208834
1797-06-17T02:00-36.38152.373010.013.9PORT JERVISS72E6.50857.00NE, NBW, WNWMORE MODERATE THEN CALMHEAVY RAIN0100000208835
1797-06-18T02:00-36.20152.421996.713.6PORT JACKSONN20W50N4E43.00856.50NE, W, VARIABLE, SBWLIGHT BREEZES, SQUALLY, MODERATE BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY, AM FINE0000000208836
1797-06-19T02:00-34.57152.022442.614.7PORT JACKSONN60W29N24W108.00858.50SW, VARIABLE, SWBWSESQUALLY, LIGHT BREEZESRAINCLOUDY AND FINE0100000208837
1797-06-20T02:00-34.63151.1631215.3PORT JERVISS32W11N85W87.00859.50SWBS, S, EBS, NBE, VARIABLE, NWBWMODERATE, SQUALLY,FINE0000000208838
1797-06-21T02:00-34.05151.5228915.415.3PORT JACKSONN61:30W10N29E28.00859.50NBW, VARIABLE, NWBW, WBNLIGHT WINDS AND SQUALLY, FRESH GALES AND SQQUALLY, MODERATE GALES AND SQUALLYRAINGOOD HEAD OF SEA N SWELLCLEAR0100000208839
1797-06-22T02:00-34.38152.0023319.013.1PORT JACKSONN57W20S11W17.00855.50W, VARIABLE, WNW, SWE AND SVERY STRONGFRESH GALESFINE0000000208840
1797-06-23T02:00-33.72151.872566.716.7PORT JACKSONW9S15N30W34.00862.00SWBW, WSWMORE MODERATE THEN FRESH BREEZES, THEN MODERATEFINE0000000208841
1797-06-24T02:00-35.07151.7528919.016.4PORT JERVISW2S21S25W62.00861.50WBN, VARIABLE, WBNMODERATE BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZES, LATER FRESH GALES WITH STRONG PUFFS OF WINDFINE0000000208842
1797-06-25T02:00-34.40151.382229.313.3POINT LOLANDERN44W11N39W49.00856.00W, S, VARIABLE, SWBW, SWBSFRESH GALES, AM LIGHT WINDS, FRESH BREEZESHEAVY RAINGOOD DEAL OF HEAD SEAFINE0100000208843
1797-06-26T02:00-33.65151.602786.713.3N46W44.00856.00S, SE, SW, WNE0.75MODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000208844
1797-06-27T02:00-33.87151.753621.0S61W28.008NEBE, NBE, VARIABLECALM THEN LIGHT AIRSFINE0000000208845