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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 Plymouth to New York started at 1780-05-19 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751752, 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: 37.572941 * Median Longitude: -33.446176 * South-bound Latitude: 31.480000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.370000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.970000
Date/Time Start: 1780-05-19T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-06-30T16:00:00
Event(s):
Resolution_17800519_NMM_ADM/L/R99 * Latitude Start: 50.299000 * Longitude Start: -4.150000 * Latitude End: 40.670000 * Longitude End: -74.040000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-05-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-06-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Resolution (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Plymouth - New York, 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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 CommentComment
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
638 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
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 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
Comment
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1780-05-19T12:0049.60-4.972716.7LIZARDN27W81-22WNWMODERATE0010000210173
1780-05-20T12:0048.32-6.6233819.0LIZARDN29E38S40W101.00-22WNW-NFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210174
1780-05-21T13:0047.93-7.571802.6LIZARDN36:32E50S59W45.00-23E-SSWLIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000210175
1780-05-22T13:0047.28-9.232946.7LIZARDS2W75S60W79.00-21SWBW-NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000210176
1780-05-23T13:0045.78-10.4229419.0LIZARDS15:17W53S29W102.00-21NWFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210177
1780-05-24T13:0045.07-11.203176.7LIZARDS34E45S38W54.00-21NNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000210178
1780-05-25T13:0044.57-11.739219.0LIZARDS51E43S38W38.00-21NNE, ESEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000210179
1780-05-26T13:0044.00-12.8721.0ST MICHAELSS51:57W188S55W60.00-21EBN, NNELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000210180
1780-05-27T13:0042.93-14.53691.0ST MICHAELSS53W133S49W97.00-21ELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000210181
1780-05-28T13:0041.63-15.67481.0ST MICHAELSS55:33W128S40W76.00-20ENELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000210182
1780-05-29T13:0040.02-18.13419.0ST MICHAELSS63:38W82S44W164.00-19NNEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000210183
1780-05-30T13:0037.57-21.272619.0ST MARYSN32E29S45W207.00-19NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000210184
1780-05-31T14:0035.43-24.1532219.0ST MARYSN32:6E37S48W190.00-16NE, NNWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000210185
1780-06-01T14:0033.42-26.6732219.0BARBADOSS56:10W729S46W175.00-16NNWFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210186
1780-06-02T14:0031.58-28.0332619.0BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOSN57W678S46W157.00-12N, NNWFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation210187
1780-06-03T14:0031.63-29.602812.6CORVON9:22W173S54W46.00-12WNWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000210188
1780-06-04T14:0031.48-31.481119.0CORVON164N74W76.00-12NNEFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210189
1780-06-14T15:0032.90-41.22331.0SANDY HOOKN73:51W543N81W46.00-12NELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000210190
1780-06-15T15:0033.27-43.43136.7SANDY HOOKN73:39W511N77W100.00-10NNEMODERATECLEAR0000000210191
1780-06-16T15:0033.32-44.933519.0CAPE SAMBRON51:49W364N85W76.00-10NEFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210192
1780-06-17T15:0033.32-45.273611.0BERMUDASS83:8W331W17.00-10NE, CALMLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000210193
1780-06-18T15:0033.23-45.30271BERMUDASS82:56W333S16W5.00-10CALM, WBNFIRST PART CALMFIRST PART CLEAR0000000210194
1780-06-19T15:0032.83-45.6828319.0BERMUDASS84:11W325S39W31.00-10WBN, WNWFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000210195
1780-06-20T15:0032.38-46.783086.7SANDY HOOKN69:49W467S64W62.00-7NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000210196
1780-06-21T15:0032.43-48.57172.6SANDY HOOKS69:4W440N82W91.00-6NNELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000210197
1780-06-22T15:0033.05-50.60592.6SANDY HOOKN68:30W404N75W107.00-9ENELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000210198
1780-06-23T15:0033.22-51.18361.0SANDY HOOKN68:26W394N71W31.00-9NELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000210199
1780-06-24T15:0033.27-51.802391.0SANDY HOOKN68:3W384N84W32.00-9SSW, WSWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000210200
1780-06-25T16:0033.65-53.3024119.0SANDY HOOKN67:41W358N73W79.00-7SW-WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000210201
1780-06-26T16:0034.65-55.6724112.3CAPE SAMBRON31:7W230N63W132.00-7S-WSWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000210202
1780-06-27T16:0035.65-56.3328622.6SANDY HOOKN70:19W293N30W69.00-7WBS-WNWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000210203
1780-06-28T16:0036.33-56.67308SANDY HOOKN32:6W193N23W45.00-7SE-NWCLOUDY0000000210204
1780-06-29T16:0037.32-57.9326419.0SALN6:45W137N46W85.00-6WBN, WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000210205
1780-06-30T16:0038.42-58.3724919.0CAPE SAMBRON31:47W148N17W69.00-10W, WBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYHAZY0000000210206