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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 Port Royal to Plymouth started at 1800-08-15 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752040, 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: 35.653143 * Median Longitude: -55.430286 * South-bound Latitude: 23.370000 * West-bound Longitude: -72.220000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.250000 * East-bound Longitude: -24.330000
Date/Time Start: 1800-08-15T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-09-18T14:00:00
Event(s):
Scorpion_18000815_NMM_ADM/L/S186 * Latitude Start: 17.870000 * Longitude Start: -76.830000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1800-08-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-09-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Scorpion (Sloop), Voyage: Port Royal - Plymouth, 1st Observer: Charles Tinling (Captain), 2nd Observer: William Warder (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 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
671 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 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1800-08-15T17:0023.37-72.22819.3SW END OF BERMUDASS41E233N17E63.002EBNFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000232840
1800-08-16T17:0024.50-71.871039.3SW END OF BERMUDASN43E210N15E71.002EBSLIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFINE0000000232841
1800-08-17T17:0026.18-71.5729.3SW END OF BERMUDASN49E183N9E102.002NFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000232842
1800-08-18T17:0027.48-70.98929.3SW END OF BERMUDASN53E118N22E84.002EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232843
1800-08-19T17:0027.77-70.673152.6SW END OF BERMUDASN54E150N44E23.000NWLIGHT WINDSFINE0000000232844
1800-08-20T17:0028.27-69.62119.3SW END OF BERMUDASN53E130S46E53.000NBELIGHT WINDS, FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFINERAIN0100000232845
1800-08-21T17:0027.65-68.92732.6SW END OF BERMUDASN45E128N63E66.000EBN1/2NLIGHT WINDSFINE0000000232846
1800-08-22T17:0028.53-69.18689.3SW END OF BERMUDASN50E114N15W55.000ENEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000232847
1800-08-23T17:0029.38-69.826812.3SW END OF BERMUDASN61E115N33W60.000ENEFRESH BREEZES, STRONG BREEZESFINECLOUDY0000000232848
1800-08-24T17:0030.32-70.074512.3BERMUDASN71E114N13W57.000NESTRONG BREEZESRAIN0100000232849
1800-08-25T17:0030.60-69.931800.0BERMUDASN74E107N22E18.000SCALM0000000232850
1800-08-26T17:0031.98-69.631581.0BERMUDASN88E103N20E42.000SSELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation232851
1800-08-27T17:0032.47-69.12791.0ST GEORGESTOWNN86E81N21E74.000EBNLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000232852
1800-08-28T17:0033.12-69.08651.0LIZARDN70:26E1005N2W39.00-3ENELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000232853
1800-08-29T17:0033.53-68.682901.0LIZARDN74E998N39E32.00-3WNWLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000232854
1800-08-30T16:0034.60-67.402659.3LIZARDN71E962N43E90.00-5WFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232855
1800-08-31T16:0035.42-65.352659.3LIZARDN71:40E941N64E111.00-5WFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000232856
1800-09-01T16:0036.47-61.9717322.6LIZARDN71E865N69E180.00-7SFRESH BREEZES, STRONG GALESFINE0000000232857
1800-09-02T16:0036.92-58.851969.3LIZARDN71E817N80E150.00-7SSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232858
1800-09-03T16:0037.18-55.751939.3LIZARDN70E772N84E149.00-10SSWFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000232859
1800-09-04T16:0037.72-53.231669.3LIZARDN70E731N75E144.00-14SFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000232860
1800-09-05T15:0038.55-51.2515322.6CORVON85E315N62E106.00-16SBEMODERATE BREEZES, STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000232861
1800-09-06T15:0039.67-48.871532.6LIZARDN71E650N68E178.00-16SBEFRESH BREEZES, LIGHT WINDSAM FINEHEAVY RAIN0100000232862
1800-09-07T15:0040.52-47.231862.6LIZARDN72E619N56E91.00-17SSWLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000232863
1800-09-08T15:0041.03-45.831862.6LIZARDN72E595N64E74.00-17SSWLIGHT WINDSFINE0000000232864
1800-09-09T15:0041.90-42.852422.6LIZARDN72E547N69E145.00-17WBSLIGHT WINDSFINE0000000232865
1800-09-10T15:0042.65-39.6219112.3LIZARDN72E474N72E150.00-23SWBSSTRONG BREEZESHAZY0000000232866
1800-09-11T15:0042.67-37.90459.3LIZARDN72E474N89E75.00-23ENEFRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000232867
1800-09-12T14:0042.03-36.27369.3LIZARDN69E459S62E81.00-20NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232868
1800-09-13T14:0042.18-34.672956.7CAPE CLEARN61E382N83E74.00-20NWFRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATEAM FINECLOUDY0000000232869
1800-09-14T14:0043.18-32.4025712.3CAPE CLEARN62E347N64E112.00-24WBNFRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZESFINEAM RAINAM CLOUDY0100000232870
1800-09-15T14:0043.60-30.0734712.3CAPE CLEARN60E314N71E108.00-24NBESTRONG BREEZESCLEAR0000000232871
1800-09-16T14:0044.50-28.5833612.3CAPE CLEARN61E285N50E84.00-24NSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000232872
1800-09-17T14:0045.67-26.282902.6CAPE CLEARN62E245N54E121.00-25NWLIGHT WINDSCLEAR0000000232873
1800-09-18T14:0046.25-24.3326822.6CAPE CLEARN62E216N67E89.00-25WNWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000232874