García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during SEAFORD cruise from Ceylon to St. Marys Road started at 1764-08-06 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752047, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -8.609375 * Median Longitude: 79.699375 * South-bound Latitude: -19.730000 * West-bound Longitude: 56.470000 * North-bound Latitude: 6.420000 * East-bound Longitude: 87.980000
Date/Time Start: 1764-08-06T06:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-09-09T00:00:00
Event(s):
Seaford_17640806_NMM_ADM/L/S203 * Latitude Start: 6.420000 * Longitude Start: 83.080000 * Latitude End: -19.030000 * Longitude End: 49.980000 * Date/Time Start: 1764-08-06T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1764-09-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Seaford (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Ceylon - St. Marys Road Madagascar, 1st Observer: John Peighin (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Appleby (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G 430BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 15 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 16 | State of the sea description | State sea descr | ||||
| 17 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 18 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 19 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 20 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 21 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 22 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 23 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 24 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 25 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
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Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1764-08-06T06:00 | 6.42 | 83.08 | 237 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N53W | 39 | S53E | 119.00 | 1 | SWBS, SWBW | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233274 | |||
| 1764-08-07T06:00 | 4.98 | 83.98 | 226 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N52W | 86 | S51 | 141.00 | 1 | SW | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233275 | |||
| 1764-08-08T06:00 | 3.18 | 86.08 | 237 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N46W | 127 | S34E | 127.00 | 1 | SWBW | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233276 | |||
| 1764-08-09T06:00 | 1.92 | 87.32 | 214 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N45W | 161 | E | 6.00 | 0 | SWBW, SW, SWBS | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATE, HEAVY SQUALL OF WIND AT 1/2 PAST 6PM | 1/2 PAST 6PM HEAVY SQUALL OF RAIN | CLOUDY | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233277 | ||
| 1764-08-10T06:00 | 1.92 | 87.32 | 225 | 2.6 | FRYERS HOOD | N45W | 162 | E | 6.00 | 0 | SSW, SBW, S, SWBS, SW | LITTLE WIND | LARGE SWELL FROM S | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233278 | ||
| 1764-08-11T06:00 | 1.77 | 87.57 | 191 | 1.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N46W | 168 | S57E | 18.00 | 0 | SW, SSW, SBW | LIGHT AIRS | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233279 | |||
| 1764-08-12T06:00 | 1.70 | 87.82 | 214 | 1.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N47W | 173 | S75E | 16.00 | 0 | SSW, WSW, SWBS | LIGHT AIRS | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233280 | |||
| 1764-08-13T06:00 | -0.43 | 87.98 | 270 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N38W | 202 | S3W | 75.00 | 0 | SWBW, WSW, WNW, W | FIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | LATTER RAIN | FIRST PART CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233281 | ||
| 1764-08-14T06:00 | -2.08 | 87.72 | 259 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N33W | 229 | S9W | 103.00 | 0 | W, SWBW, SW, W, WBS | MODERATE | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 233282 | ||
| 1764-08-15T06:00 | -3.22 | 87.60 | 214 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N29W | 248 | S6W | 69.00 | 0 | W, WBN, SWBS | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233283 | |||
| 1764-08-16T06:00 | -3.22 | 87.60 | 270 | 2.6 | FRYERS HOOD | N29W | 248 | S6W | 69.00 | 0 | NWBW, WBN, W | FIRST PART FRESH GALES, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER LITTLE WIND | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233284 | |||
| 1764-08-18T06:00 | -3.55 | 87.60 | 101 | 1.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N28W | 254 | S8E | 12.00 | 0 | WBN, SEBS, EBS | LIGHT AIRS | LARGE SWELL FROM SW | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233285 | ||
| 1764-08-19T06:00 | -4.60 | 87.33 | 101 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N25W | 269 | S22W | 68.00 | 0 | E, ESE, EBS | MODERATE | FIRST AND MIDDLE LIGHTNING | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS HEAVY RAIN | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY, LATTER DARK CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 233286 | |
| 1764-08-20T06:00 | -7.90 | 85.70 | 123 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N16W | 314 | S31W | 112.00 | -1 | EBS, SEBE, E, SEBE | FIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDE SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH GALES | MIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING | FIRST AND MIDDLE RAIN | FIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 233287 | |
| 1764-08-21T06:00 | -8.58 | 85.05 | 145 | FRYERS HOOD | N13W | 331 | SEBE SE SEBS | 72.00 | -1 | SEBS | FIRST AND MIDDLE LIGHTNING TO THE NE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 233288 | |||||
| 1764-08-22T06:00 | -8.77 | 84.45 | 145 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N10W | 333 | S73W | 38.00 | -1 | SE, SEBS | MODERATE | DRIZZLING RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233289 | ||
| 1764-08-23T06:00 | -9.58 | 83.80 | 179 | 2.6 | FRYERS HOOD | N6W | 345 | S37W | 64.00 | -1 | SSE-S | LITTLE WIND | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233290 | |||
| 1764-08-24T06:00 | -9.58 | 83.80 | 123 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N6W | 345 | S37W | 64.00 | -1 | CALM, VARIABLE, SSE, SBE, SEBE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LITTLE WIND INCLINING TO CALM, LATTER FRESH GALES | UGLY SWELL FROM SSE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233291 | |||
| 1764-08-25T06:00 | -10.63 | 82.63 | 112 | FRYERS HOOD | N4W | 365 | S48E | 95.00 | -1 | SEBS, SE, ESE | FIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER SQUALLY | FIRST PART RAIN | SWELL FROM SE | FIRST PART CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233292 | ||
| 1764-08-26T07:00 | -11.92 | 81.43 | 134 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N12E | 391 | S43W | 106.00 | -1 | SE | FIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233293 | |||
| 1764-08-27T07:00 | -13.33 | 79.97 | 132 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N4E | 419 | S46W | 123.00 | -3 | SE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATE | LARGE SWELL | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233294 | ||
| 1764-08-28T07:00 | -14.83 | 78.77 | 121 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N7E | 441 | S40W | 117.00 | -3 | SE, SEBS, SEBE | FRESH GALES | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233295 | |||
| 1764-08-29T07:00 | -16.67 | 77.17 | 97 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N10E | 492 | S41W | 147.00 | -4 | SE, SEBE, EBS | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233296 | |||
| 1764-08-30T07:00 | -17.83 | 75.42 | 107 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N13:28E | 533 | S56W | 127.00 | -6 | SEBS, SE, ESE | FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233297 | |||
| 1764-08-31T07:00 | -18.92 | 73.18 | 152 | 6.7 | FRYERS HOOD | N17:26E | 555 | S64W | 150.00 | -6 | SE, SEBE, SE, SSE | MODERATE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233298 | |||
| 1764-09-01T07:00 | -19.55 | 70.27 | 93 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N23:20E | 593 | S77W | 175.00 | -8 | SSE, SEBS, ESE, EBS | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233299 | ||||
| 1764-09-02T07:00 | -19.65 | 69.47 | 82 | 19.0 | FRYERS HOOD | N27:15E | 615 | W1/4S | 130.00 | -8 | ESE, E | FRESH GALES | HIGH FOLLOWING SEA | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233300 | ||
| 1764-09-03T07:00 | -19.73 | 68.22 | 116 | 22.6 | DIEGO RAYS | SW1/4S | 5 | -8 | E-SEBE | FIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES, NOON STRONG GALES | NOON UGLY HEAD SEA | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233301 | ||||
| 1764-09-04T08:00 | -19.08 | 64.95 | 103 | 19.0 | DIEGO RAYS | S73:00E | 44 | N73W | 132.00 | -10 | ESE, SE, ESE | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233302 | |||
| 1764-09-05T08:00 | -18.32 | 61.43 | 145 | 19.0 | DIEGO RAYS | S73E | 97 | N72W | 150.00 | -13 | ESE, SEBE, SEBS, SSE | FRESH GALES | LARGE FOLLOWING SWELL | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233303 | ||
| 1764-09-06T08:00 | -18.07 | 59.20 | 122 | 19.0 | DIEGO RAYS | S77:30E | 155 | W1/2N | 170.00 | -13 | SE, SSE, SE | FRESH GALES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233304 | |||
| 1764-09-07T08:00 | -17.35 | 56.47 | 110 | 19.0 | DIEGO RAYS | S75:15E | 189 | WNW | 114.00 | -14 | ESE, SE, ESE, SEBE | FRESH GALES | LARGE SWELL | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233305 | ||
| 1764-09-08T08:00 | 54.67 | 101 | 6.7 | DIEGO RAYS | S77:30E | 218 | SEBS, SEBE, SEBS, SBE, EBS | MODERATE | CLOUDY HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233306 | |||||||
| 1764-09-09T00:00 | 146 | 6.7 | EXTREAMS OF THE ISLAND | NW TO NBW | 10 | EBS, ESE, SEBE, SEBS | MODERATE | CLOUDY HAZY WEATHER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 233307 |