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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 ROSE cruise from Gravesend to Bengal started at 1821-07-11 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751793, 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: -10.803036 * Median Longitude: 22.430000 * South-bound Latitude: -38.920000 * West-bound Longitude: -31.080000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.830000 * East-bound Longitude: 92.120000
Date/Time Start: 1821-07-11T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-11-02T06:00:00
Event(s):
Rose_18210711_NMM_LOG/C/23 * Latitude Start: 51.490000 * Longitude Start: 1.170000 * Latitude End: 20.120000 * Longitude End: 88.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1821-07-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-11-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Rose, Voyage: Gravesend - Bengal, 1st Observer: Thomas Mctaggart (Captain), Company: EIC, Other ship information: 955BM
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
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.
Sensor readingReadingarbitrary unitsReading of the (outside) air thermometer
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.
10 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
11 Present weatherwwWeather description
12 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
13 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
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:
1553 data points

Data

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ID
1821-07-11T12:0048.83-6.27422.616.7-2662.00NW, VARIABLE, ENELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000213359
1821-07-12T13:0047.82-8.10632.6-27ELIGHT WINDPLEASANT0000000213360
1821-07-13T13:0047.57-8.473620.0-27VARIABLEFIRST LIGHT AIRS, MID AND LATTER CALMFAIR0000000213361
1821-07-14T13:0047.82-9.08322-27E, VARIABLE, NE, NBWFIRST LIGHT WINDS AND CALM, LATTER VARIABLERAIN0100000213362
1821-07-15T13:0044.18-10.77301-25NWBNFIRST STEADY BREEZE, MID AND LATTER SQUALLYRAIN0100000213363
1821-07-16T13:0041.78-12.1522-23NW, NEFAIR AND CLOUDY0000000213364
1821-07-17T13:0039.28-13.68229.3-23NESTEADY BREEZECLOUDY, FIRST AND MID FAIR0000000213365
1821-07-18T13:0037.07-15.17239.3-22NESTEADY BREEZEPLEASANT0000000213366
1821-07-19T13:0034.62-16.68239.3-22NESTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213367
1821-07-20T13:0032.00-18.30259.3-20NEFIRST AND LATTER STEADY BREEZE, MID SQUALLYFIRST FAIR, MID CLOUDY, LATTER FINE0000000213368
1821-07-21T13:0029.27-19.827012.3-20ENE, NE, VARIABLE, ESE, ESTEADY TRADECLOUDY0000000213369
1821-07-22T13:0026.10-21.204912.324.7-1976.50E, EBN, ENESTEADY TRADEPLEASANT0000000213370
1821-07-23T13:0023.55-22.3310524.7-1976.50E, SE, SEBEFIRST AND MID STRADY BREEZE, LATTER VARIABLEFAIR0000000213371
1821-07-24T14:0021.62-23.372924.4-1676.00ENE, NEFIRST AND MID LIGHT TRADE, LATTER STEADYFAIR0000000213372
1821-07-25T14:0019.28-24.972912.3-16NESTEADY TRADECLOUDY0000000213373
1821-07-26T14:0016.95-25.803025.3-1577.50ENE, NEFIRST AND MID LIGHT TRADE, LATTER STEADYFAIR0000000213374
1821-07-27T14:0014.78-25.9786-15ENE, NE, EBSFIRST STEADY TRADE, LATTER LIGHT AND VARIBALE0000000213375
1821-07-28T14:0013.53-24.73362-15ENE, VARIABLEFIRST AND MID LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER VARIABLERAINFAIR0100000213376
1821-07-29T14:0012.62-23.902336.7-15SE, SW, WSWFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER A BREEZEUNSETTLEDHEAVY RAIN0100000213377
1821-07-30T13:0010.82-22.302779.3-16WNWFIRST SQUALLY, MID AND LATTER STEADY BREEZEMUCH RAINPLEASANT0100000213378
1821-07-31T13:008.53-20.052329.3-16WSWFRESH BREEZES SQUALLSRAIN0100000213379
1821-08-01T13:007.40-17.501999.3-15SWBSFRESH BREEZES SQUALLSRAINHEAVY SWELL FROM S0100000213380
1821-08-02T13:006.67-16.07163-17SSE, VARIABLE, SVARIABLE WINDSRAINHEAVY SWELL AT SW0100000213381
1821-08-03T13:005.97-15.77197-17SWBSVARIABLE WINDSCONSTANT RAIN0100000213382
1821-08-04T13:005.50-16.132089.3-17W, SWFISRT VARIABLE WINDS, MID AND LATTER STEADY BREEZE0000000213383
1821-08-05T13:004.73-18.151769.3-15SWBS, SBWSTEADY BREEZELARGE LONG SWELL AT SFINE0000000213384
1821-08-06T13:004.37-17.171869.3-17SSWSTEADY BREEZEFINE0000000213385
1821-08-07T13:003.22-18.131999.3-15SWBSSTEADY BREEZEFINE0000000213386
1821-08-08T13:001.62-21.3015512.3-14SBESTEADY TRADECLOUDY0000000213387
1821-08-09T13:00-0.57-22.389912.3-14SEBE, ESESTEADY TRADEPLEASANT0000000213388
1821-08-11T14:00-5.25-24.7511312.3-11SEBESTEADY TRADEFAIR0000000213389
1821-08-12T14:00-7.83-27.2219312.3-10SEBE, SSWFRESH TRADEFAIR0000000213390
1821-08-13T14:00-10.72-29.0010612.3-7SEBE, ESEFRESH TRADEFAIR0000000213391
1821-08-14T14:00-12.85-30.381746.7-6SE, SLIGHT TRADEFINE0000000213392
1821-08-15T14:00-14.82-31.081076.7-6SE, ESELIGHT TRADEFAIR0000000213393
1821-08-16T14:00-16.23-30.50396.7-6EBS, NELIGHT TRADEFINE0000000213394
1821-08-17T14:00-16.90-30.072422.6-6NNW, WSWLIGHT VARIABLE WINDSFAIR0000000213395
1821-08-18T14:00-18.37-29.37402.6-5NELIGHT VARIABLE WINDSFAIR0000000213396
1821-08-19T14:00-20.23-29.00742.6-5EBNLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000213397
1821-08-20T14:00-22.67-29.35120-4SEBEFIRST LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER STEADYFAIR0000000213398
1821-08-21T14:00-25.15-28.38899.3-4E1/4SSTEADY BREEZEFAIR0000000213399
1821-08-22T14:00-26.67-27.18382.6-7ENE, NELIGHT VARIABLE WINDSFAIR0000000213400
1821-08-23T14:00-27.15-27.62971.0-4ESE, SSE, SE, EBSLIGHT AIRS AND CALMCLOUDY0000000213401
1821-08-24T14:00-28.60-28.251219.3-3SSE, VARIABLE, SEBEFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER STEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213402
1821-08-25T14:00-30.11-25.483099.3-6EBN, NEBN, WNW, NWFRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000213403
1821-08-26T14:00-31.62-23.531529.3-6W, SWBW, SSEFRESH BREEZES WITH SQUALLSRAIN0100000213404
1821-08-27T13:00-31.13-22.07149-9SSEFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES WITH FREQUENT SQUALLS, LATTER LIGHT AND VARIABLEHEAVY SWELL0000000213405
1821-08-28T13:00-32.63-20.203189.3-8ESE, NNE, NWBNSTEADY BREEZEFAIR0000000213406
1821-08-29T13:00-33.92-17.18362-11NW, SW, VARIABLEFIRST FRESH BREEZES, MID VARIABLE AND SQUALLYFIRST CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000213407
1821-08-30T13:00-35.22-13.4719.0-11FIRST FRESH BREEZES INCREASING IN MID AND LATTER TO FRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLS0000000213408
1821-08-31T13:00-35.72-9.772346.7-14WSWFIRST AND MID FRESH GALES WITH FREQUENT HARD SQUALLS, LATTER MORE MODERATERAINFAIR0100000213409
1821-09-01T12:00-35.75-6.92242-17WBSFIRST FRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLS, MID AND LATTER VARIABLERAINHEAVY SWELL FROM S0100000213410
1821-09-02T12:00-36.92-6.921072.6-17SEBELIGHT VARIABLE WINDSHEAVY SWELL FROM S0000000213411
1821-09-03T12:00-37.20-6.076.7-17FIRST MODERATE BREEZES INCREASING IN MID TO FRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLS, LATTER MODERATEHAIL AND RAINHEAVY SWELL AT SFAIR0100010213412
1821-09-04T12:00-36.67-4.7819726.8-17NBW, SWBSFIRST FRESH BREEZES, LATTER INCREASING TO A HARD GALE WITH HEAVY SQUALLS0000000213413
1821-09-05T12:00-35.67-2.47194-20SWBSHARD GALES, HEAVY SQUALLSRAINHEAVY SEA RUNNING0100000213414
1821-09-06T12:00-36.551.7737.3-20SSW, NNEFIRST DECREASING, LATTER MODERATE INCREASING BREEZEHEAVY SEA RUNNING0000000213415
1821-09-07T12:00-37.075.52119.3-23NEBNSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213416
1821-09-08T11:00-37.339.2599.3-25NEBNSTEADY BREEZEFINE0000000213417
1821-09-09T11:00-36.1512.321669.3-25NNE, NBW, NWBW, SBWFIRST DECREASING BREEZE, MID VARIABLE, LATTER STEADY BREEZEFAIR THEN HAZY0000000213418
1821-09-10T11:00-35.5813.4315315.4-27SFRESH BREEZE INCREASING LATTERLY TO A GALE WITH SQUALLS0000000213419
1821-09-11T11:00-34.3814.55131-27SSEHARD GALES, HARD SQUALLSHIGH SEA RUNNING0000000213420
1821-09-12T11:00-35.0215.67243-27SEBE, WFIRST AND MID DECREASING GALEFIRST AND MID HAZY, LATTER CLOUDY0000000213421
1821-09-13T11:00-36.7217.72208-28SWBWFIRST AND MID LIGHT VARIABLE BREEZE, LATTERLY STEADYRAIN AT TIMES0100000213422
1821-09-14T11:00-36.8520.952989.3-28NWBW, NWBNSTEADY BREEZERAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000213423
1821-09-16T10:00-37.3525.672759.3-29NNW, WNW, NWBWSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213424
1821-09-17T10:00-37.1827.601851.0-29SWBW, W, VARIABLE, SWBSVARIABLE LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000213425
1821-09-18T10:00-37.0030.38362-29SW, VARIABLEFIRST STEADY BREEZE, DECREASING IN MID, VARIABLE IN LATTERFAIR0000000213426
1821-09-19T10:00-37.4832.93362-29SSW, VARIABLEVARIABLECLOUDY0000000213427
1821-09-20T10:00-37.7536.532622.6-31SWBS, WNWLIGHT VARIABLE WINDSCLOUDY0000000213428
1821-09-21T09:00-37.1839.972076.7-29SWBWFIRST A STEADY BREEZE INCREASING IN THE MID TO A GALE WITH SQUALL, LATTER MORE MODERATERAIN0100000213429
1821-09-22T09:00-36.1742.30151-29SFIRST STEADY GALES, MID AND LATTER DECREASINGFAIR0000000213430
1821-09-23T09:00-37.1042.381172.6-29SEBSLIGHT VARIABLE WINDSFAIR0000000213431
1821-09-24T09:00-37.9545.35389.3-30ENESTEADY BREEZEFAIR0000000213432
1821-09-25T09:00-38.7349.555-29NEBNFIRST AND MID STEADY BREEZE, LATTER SQUALLYFIRST AND MID FINE LATTER CLOUDY0000000213433
1821-09-26T08:00-38.9254.533109.3-28NNWSTEADY BREEZEFIRST CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000213434
1821-09-27T08:00-38.9259.001769.3-27NNE, NNW, NW, W, SSWSTEADY BREEZEFAIR0000000213435
1821-09-28T08:00-38.3360.833622.6-27SBW, VARIABLELIGHT VARIABLE WINDSFAIR0000000213436
1821-09-29T08:00-38.5262.182777.3-27VARIABLE, NWBWFIRST CALM AND LIGHT AIRS, LATTER INCREASING BREEZEFAIR0000000213437
1821-09-30T08:00-38.6066.003239.3-26NBWSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213438
1821-10-01T07:00-38.5370.402809.3-24NWBWSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213439
1821-10-02T07:00-38.5273.221579.3-23WNW, SFIRST STEADY BREEZE, MID LIGHT AND VARIABLE, LATTER STEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213440
1821-10-03T07:00-38.3877.572949.3-21N, NWSTEADY BREEZERAINHAZY0100000213441
1821-10-04T07:00-37.0881.302326.7-16WSWFIRST AND MID FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATETHICKFAIR0000000213442
1821-10-05T06:00-35.9584.232559.3-15WSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213443
1821-10-06T06:00-33.7886.882899.3-15NW, NWBWSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213444
1821-10-07T06:00-31.3288.323629.3-10NW, VARIABLESTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213445
1821-10-08T06:00-29.0289.173289.3-10NNWSTEADY BREEZECLOUDY0000000213446
1821-10-09T06:00-26.3789.93362-7NNW, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER VARIABLECLOUDY0000000213447
1821-10-10T06:00-23.1789.751739.3-7ESE, WSW, SFIRST VARIABLE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER STEADY BREEZESFIRST FAIR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000213448
1821-10-11T06:00-20.0089.6310912.3-4SSE, ESESTEADY TRADEFINE0000000213449
1821-10-12T06:00-16.2089.9311112.3-2ESEFRESH TRADECLOUDY0000000213450
1821-10-13T06:00-13.1390.021116.7-2ESEFRESH TRADE AND SQUALLY, LATTER MORE MODERATERAINFAIR0100000213451
1821-10-14T06:00-11.1789.65799.30EBNVARIABLE TRADE WITH FREQUENT SQUALLSRAIN0100000213452
1821-10-15T06:00-9.0289.40909.30VARIABLE, EVARIABLE TRADEFAIR0000000213453
1821-10-16T06:00-7.6189.273629.30EBS, VARIABLEVARIABLE TRADE, FREQUENT SQUALLSRAIN0100000213454
1821-10-17T06:00-6.2089.353629.31VARIABLEVARIABLE TRADE, FREQUENT SQUALLSRAIN0100000213455
1821-10-18T06:00-4.8289.681366.71E, SELIGHT AND VARIABLE TRADEHOT AND SUTLRY0000000213456
1821-10-19T06:00-2.7390.973626.71ESE, SE, VARIABLELIGHT AND VARIABLE TRADEHOT AND SUTLRY0000000213457
1821-10-20T06:00-1.3291.303622SSW, VARIABLEVARIABLERAINCLOUDY0100000213458
1821-10-22T06:001.8392.123622W, VARIABLEVARIABLE WINDS AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000213459
1821-10-23T06:003.7791.832722WVARIABLE WINDS AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000213460
1821-10-24T06:004.7391.632721.02VARIABLE, WVARIABLE LIGHT AIRSHOT AND SUTLRY0000000213461
1821-10-25T06:005.6291.453622.62WSW, VARIABLEFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER LIGHT BREEZESHOT AND SUTLRYCLEAR0000000213462
1821-10-26T06:006.4791.183622VARIABLEVARIABLE WIND WITH SQUALLSRAIN0100000213463
1821-10-27T06:007.4790.473622NNE, NEBE, VARIABLEVARIABLE WINDS SQUALLSRAIN0100000213464
1821-10-28T06:009.9390.983622ENE, VARIABLEVARIABLE WINDSHEAVY RAIN0100000213465
1821-10-29T06:0012.0591.37812EBNVARIABLE WINDSFAIR0000000213466
1821-10-30T06:0014.3291.18713ENEVARIABLEFAIR0000000213467
1821-10-31T06:0016.3790.37483NEFAIR0000000213468
1821-11-01T06:0017.0589.58266.73NNELIGHT MONSOONFAIR0000000213469
1821-11-02T06:0016.6790.373626.73VARIABLELIGHT MONSOONFAIR0000000213470