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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 SCORPION cruise from Peters Island to The Downs started at 1793-06-19 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752037, 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: 35.583158 * Median Longitude: -48.658947 * South-bound Latitude: 19.380000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.550000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -19.000000
Date/Time Start: 1793-06-19T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-07-26T13:00:00
Event(s):
Scorpion_17930619_NMM_ADM/L/S186 * Latitude Start: 19.380000 * Longitude Start: -64.550000 * Latitude End: 47.720000 * Longitude End: -5.280000 * Date/Time Start: 1793-06-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1793-07-26T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Scorpion (Sloop), Voyage: Peter'S Island (West Indies) - Downes, 1st Observer: Stair Douglas (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Edwards (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G 337BM
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:
717 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)
1793-06-19T16:0019.38-64.55939.3VIRGIN ISLANDS4W23N4E70.003EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232715
1793-06-20T16:0021.33-64.38939.3VIRGIN ISLANDS5W58N5E100.003EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232716
1793-06-21T16:0022.27-64.032962.6VIRGIN ISLANDS9W32N15E74.003E, WNWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232717
1793-06-22T16:0023.23-63.50114VIRGIN ISLANDS13W107N13E78.001ESESQUALLYRAIN0100000232718
1793-06-23T16:0023.75-63.00912.6VIRGIN ISLANDS20W124N36E62.001ELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232719
1793-06-24T16:0024.57-62.70912.6VIRGIN ISLANDS17W133N19E64.001ELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232720
1793-06-25T16:0025.70-62.381009.3BERMUDAN15:19W176N10E72.00-1EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232721
1793-06-26T16:0027.33-62.303629.3BERMUDAN13:49W142N5E76.00-1E, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAIN0100100232722
1793-06-27T16:0028.08-61.971099.3BERMUDAN20W103N31E69.00-4ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232723
1793-06-28T16:0029.03-61.671099.3BERMUDAN28W70N23E76.00-4ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232724
1793-06-29T16:0029.88-61.43972.6BERMUDAN40W43N16E66.00-4EBSLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232725
1793-06-30T16:0030.07-61.303112.6BERMUDAN43:45W49N43E22.00-4NBW, NWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232726
1793-07-01T16:0030.37-61.003002.6BERMUDAN48W58N56E42.00-4NWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232727
1793-07-02T16:0031.17-60.672442.6BERMUDAN66W50N27E70.00-4WSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232728
1793-07-03T16:0032.17-59.722449.3BERMUDAN89:43W67N38E86.00-4WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232729
1793-07-04T16:0033.48-57.932869.3BERMUDAS75W100N52E130.00-7WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232730
1793-07-05T16:0034.47-56.272849.3BERMUDAS69:28W132N59E100.00-9VARIABLE, WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232731
1793-07-06T16:0035.77-54.702849.3BERMUDAS64W165N51E123.00-9WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232732
1793-07-07T16:0036.53-52.872619.3BERMUDAS65:36W214N60E104.00-9WFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232733
1793-07-08T15:0037.02-51.802379.3BERMUDAS66W242N61E90.00-11WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232734
1793-07-09T15:0037.50-50.402339.3BERMUDAS68W267N63E69.00-15N, WSWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES0100000232735
1793-07-10T15:0038.60-49.451549.3BERMUDAS69W280N34E75.00-15ESE, SEBE, SBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232736
1793-07-11T15:0039.83-47.851439.3BERMUDAS60W299N65E91.00-15S, SSEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000232737
1793-07-12T15:0040.77-45.781759.3LIZARDN78E574N64E123.00-16SSW, SBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000232738
1793-07-13T15:0041.20-43.951989.3LIZARDN72E560N76E99.00-16SWBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000232739
1793-07-14T15:0041.53-42.201739.3LIZARDN72E546N78E88.00-18SBE, SBWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000232740
1793-07-15T15:0042.03-40.631626.7LIZARDN72E515N67E70.00-18SMODERATECLOUDY0000000232741
1793-07-16T15:0042.57-38.671819.3LIZARDN71:50E480N74E90.00-22SWBS, SSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232742
1793-07-17T15:0043.17-37.502039.3LIZARDN73E464N63E80.00-22WBS, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232743
1793-07-18T14:0043.42-35.332479.3LIZARDN72:27E433N81E99.00-23WFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000232744
1793-07-19T14:0043.78-33.452029.3LIZARDN72E396N73E80.00-23VARIABLE, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232745
1793-07-20T14:0044.05-31.372259.3LIZARDN71:44E370N80E100.00-23SW, WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232746
1793-07-21T14:0044.55-29.472029.3LIZARDN72E343N67E92.00-23SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232747
1793-07-22T14:0045.28-26.972259.3LIZARDN72E307N70E112.00-24WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232748
1793-07-23T14:0046.03-25.002029.3LIZARDN73:23E274N62E96.00-24SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232749
1793-07-24T14:0046.90-22.702259.3LIZARDN75E239N61E109.00-24WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232750
1793-07-25T13:0047.35-21.152462.6LIZARDN76E217N67E68.00-24VARIABLE, NBE, WFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT BREEZESFIRST PART CLOUDY, MIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0000000232751
1793-07-26T13:0048.00-19.00266LIZARDN78E174N68E100.00-27WSW, SW, WNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYLATTER THICK HAZY WEATHER0000000232752