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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 RESOLUTION cruise from Gibraltar to Spithead started at 1780-02-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751751, 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: 39.363333 * Median Longitude: -12.746000 * South-bound Latitude: 35.470000 * West-bound Longitude: -15.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.220000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.830000
Date/Time Start: 1780-02-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-02-29T13:00:00
Event(s):
Resolution_17800214_NMM_ADM/L/R99 * Latitude Start: 35.970000 * Longitude Start: -5.550000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-02-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-02-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Resolution (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Gibraltar - Spithead, 1st Observer: Chaloner Ogle (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Reynolds (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 74G 1612BM
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 ClearnessClearness
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
297 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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1780-02-14T00:001019.3CAPE SPARTELE6E, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000210157
1780-02-15T13:0035.47-7.83716.7ST VINCENTN39W36S11W107.00-19EMODERATECLEAR0000000210158
1780-02-16T13:0035.77-8.472512.6ST VINCENTN24W25N60W26.00-19SEBS, WSW, WLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000210159
1780-02-17T13:0036.10-9.202292.6ST VINCENTNBE15N62W44.00-19W, WSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000210160
1780-02-18T13:0035.52-9.833412.6ST VINCENTN24E28S45W40.00-19NWBN, NLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000210161
1780-02-19T13:0036.40-11.63711.0ST VINCENTN77E41N60W100.00-19ELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000210162
1780-02-20T13:0036.10-12.6559.3CAPE FINISTERN20E130N54W71.00-18E, NNEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000210163
1780-02-21T13:0037.67-13.63592.6CAPE FINISTERN29E125N53W59.00-20NNE, NE, EBNLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000210164
1780-02-22T13:0038.72-14.175919.0CAPE FINISTERN37E112N22W70.00-20EBN, E, EBNFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210165
1780-02-23T13:0039.63-14.4270CAPE FINISTERN45E143N12W56.00-20EFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY0000000210166
1780-02-24T13:0041.12-15.70939.3LIZARDN39E229N33W105.00-20ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000210167
1780-02-25T13:0041.83-15.70138LIZARDN42E217N46.00-20SE, SSE0000000210168
1780-02-26T13:0042.77-15.2822.6LIZARDN43E201N32E41.00-21WNW, NW, NNELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000210169
1780-02-27T13:0042.75-15.0821.0LIZARDN43E198N11E22.00-21N, NNELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000210170
1780-02-28T13:0044.38-14.1818219.0LIZARDN47E166N22E105.00-21SSE, SSWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000210171
1780-02-29T13:0046.22-13.421826.7LIZARDN55E127N19E120.00-21SSWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000210172