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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 SALISBURY cruise from Jamaica to Spithead started at 1780-07-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751840, 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: 46.151250 * Median Longitude: -26.644375 * South-bound Latitude: 40.020000 * West-bound Longitude: -43.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.050000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.880000
Date/Time Start: 1780-07-01T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-07-20T12:00:00
Event(s):
Salisbury_17800701_NMM_ADM/L/S33 * Latitude Start: 17.700000 * Longitude Start: -76.760000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-07-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-07-20T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Salisbury (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Jamaica - Spithead, 1st Observer: Charles Inglis (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 1043BM
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 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
365 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1780-07-01T15:0040.02-43.922566.7CORVOE1S261N67E104.00-14WMODERATE BREEZES, 7PM SQUALLYAT 7PM RAINHAZY WEATHER0100100218330
1780-07-02T15:0040.25-42.483236.7CORVOE2S232N74E69.00-15NNWMODERATE BREEZES, 7PM SQUALLYRAINHAZY WEATHER0100000218331
1780-07-03T00:0068N15E51.00ENELIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLE, 4AM SQUALLY WEATHER0000000218332
1780-07-04T15:0041.20-41.773346.7N30E66.00-15NBWFRESH GALES, AT 5AM MODERATE BREEZESTHICK RAINY WEATHERAT 5AM CLEAR0000000218333
1780-07-05T15:0041.38-41.003346.7CORVOS79E206N72E48.00-15NBWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000218334
1780-07-06T15:0041.73-39.852442.6CORVOS75E187N68E63.00-15WBSLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000218335
1780-07-07T15:0042.67-37.782066.7CORVOS62E158N60E91.00-19SWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000218336
1780-07-08T14:00-35.1222519.0N65E126.00SWFRESH BREEZES, AT NOON FRESH GALESCLOUDY WEATHER, AT NOON HAZY WEATHER0000000218337
1780-07-09T14:0045.40-31.482056.7ST MARYS SCILLYN78E490N59E318.00-20SWFRESH BREEZES, AT MIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZESAT 7 THICK FOGGY WEATHERHAZY WEATHER, AT 8 MORE CLEAR0010000218338
1780-07-10T14:00-29.0220319.0CORVOS11W179N62E117.00SSWFRESH GALESAT 3 THICK FOGGY WEATHERHAZY WEATHER0010000218339
1780-07-11T14:00-27.67180N56E66.00SMIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZESTHICK FOGGY WEATHER0010000218340
1780-07-12T14:0048.50-26.452129.3N48E277.00-24SWBWFRESH BREEZESFOGGY WEATHER0010000218341
1780-07-13T14:0049.07-24.371909.3CORVOS27W288N68E100.00-24SWBSFRESH BREEZESFOGGY WEATHER0010000218342
1780-07-14T13:0049.62-21.201799.3ST MARYS SCILLYN87E304N78E132.00-24SSWFRESH BREEZESAT 8 FOGGY WEATHERHAZY0010000218343
1780-07-15T13:0049.88-18.652019.3ST MARYS SCILLYN87E304N81E108.00-24SWFRESH BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000218344
1780-07-16T13:0049.08-16.332126.7ST MARYS SCILLYE206E89.00-24SWBWMODERATE BREEZES3AM FOGGY WEATHERHAZY WEATHER0010000218345
1780-07-17T13:0049.90-13.603366.7ST MARYS SCILLYE150E105.00-24NMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0010000218346
1780-07-18T13:0050.05-11.473489.3LANDS ENDE112N84E100.00-23NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER0000000218347
1780-07-19T13:0049.90-9.082706.7ST MARYS SCILLYE41S87E103.00-23WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000218348
1780-07-20T12:0049.77-6.882826.7ST MARYS SCILLYN72E18S85E94.00-22NWBWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000218349