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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 SAPHIRE cruise from Bombay to Achean Road started at 1808-06-04 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.751990, 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: 8.779167 * Median Longitude: 79.428333 * South-bound Latitude: 4.670000 * West-bound Longitude: 72.220000 * North-bound Latitude: 16.870000 * East-bound Longitude: 91.870000
Date/Time Start: 1808-06-04T07:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1808-06-15T06:00:00
Event(s):
Saphire_18080604_NMM_ADM/L/S243 * Latitude Start: 18.500000 * Longitude Start: 72.820000 * Latitude End: 5.830000 * Longitude End: 95.000000 * Date/Time Start: 1808-06-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1808-06-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Saphire, Voyage: Bombay - Achean Road, 1st Observer: Gearoge Davies (Captain), 2nd Observer: De Bartholomew (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 422BM
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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
235 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 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1808-06-04T07:0016.8772.222756.7MOUNT DILLYS31E113S20W97.00-1NWBW, WBN, W1/2N, WMODERATE BREEZES,CLEAR AND CLOUDY0000000228959
1808-06-05T07:0015.3373.222701.0CALICUTS32E78S34E105.000W, NWBWMODERATE BREEZES, 8 LIGHT AIRS, PM MODERATE BREEZES,CLOUDY0000000228960
1808-06-06T07:0013.7073.883042.6GOAN3E32S24E105.000NWBW, NBW, NWBW, WBSFRESH BREEZES, 12 LIGHT BREEZES, PM LIGHT BREEZES,RAINHEAVY SWELL FROM SWCLOUDY0100000228961
1808-06-07T07:0012.3074.802709.3CAPE COMARINS3E71S28E103.000WBS, W, WSW, WBSHEAVY SQUALLS, 5 MORE MODERATE, MIDDAY FRESH BREEZES PM SQUALLY, 4PM FRESH GALES 8 SQUALLY, 10 HEAVY SQUALLS, MIDNIGHT STRONG GALESTHICKRAINHEAVY SWELL FROM SW0100000228962
1808-06-08T07:0010.0075.3025922.6POINT DE GALLAS52E129S14E145.000WBNSTRONG GALES, 10:30 HEAVY SQUALLS, PM STRONG GALES, 8 FRESH BREEZESMUSH RAIN, HEAVY RAIN0000000228963
1808-06-09T07:007.0075.472819.3DUNDRAS77E101S7E120.000WBN, WSQUALLY, 8 FRESH BREEZES, 10 MODERATE BREEZES, NOON FRESH BREEZES, 8PM STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000228964
1808-06-10T07:005.6778.402716.7DUNDRA HEADS82E43S32E152.001W, WSWMODERATE BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY AND CLEAR0000000228965
1808-06-11T07:005.1880.551369.3ACHEAN HEADS89E269S78E127.001SW1/2W, SW, SE, SWFRESH BREEZES, 7 AM HEAVY SQUALLS, NOON FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZES, 11 SQUALLY, MIDNIGHT MORE MODERATEHEAVY RAINCLOUDY THEN FAIR0100000228966
1808-06-12T07:004.8381.902266.7ACHEAN HEADS87E192S73E166.001SW, SBW, EBS, SBWFRESH BREEZES, 8 STEADY BREEZE, NOON MODERATE BREEZES, 8 MODERATE BREEZES, MIDNIGHT STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000228967
1808-06-13T06:004.8886.601939.3ACHEAN HEADN87E148S89E131.002SBWFRESH BREEZES, STEADY BREEZES, NOON FRESH BREEZES, PM FRESH BREEZES, MIDNIGHT STEADY BREEZESCLOUDY, NOON CLEAR, PM CLOUDY0000000228968
1808-06-14T06:004.6788.931829.3ACHEAN HEADN83E105S84E130.002SBW, S, SBESTEADY BREEZES, 4 LIGHTPASSING SQUALLS, 8 MODERATE BREEZES, NOON STEADY BREEZES, 4PM MODERATE BREEZES, 11:30PM FLYING SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY, NOON CLEAR0100000228969
1808-06-15T06:004.9291.871719.3ACHEAN HEADN83E54S84E154.002SBE, SBWMODERATE BREEZES, NOON STEADY BREEZES, MIDNIGHT SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY, NOON FINE0100000228970