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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 SEAFORD cruise from Guernsey to Monserrat started at 1773-03-30 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752051, 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: 23.792069 * Median Longitude: -34.204483 * South-bound Latitude: 16.330000 * West-bound Longitude: -56.320000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.070000 * East-bound Longitude: -6.800000
Date/Time Start: 1773-03-30T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-05-04T16:00:00
Event(s):
Seaford_17730330_NMM_ADM/L/S205 * Latitude Start: 49.270000 * Longitude Start: -3.220000 * Latitude End: 16.580000 * Longitude End: -62.200000 * Date/Time Start: 1773-03-30T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1773-05-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Seaford (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Guernsey - Monserrat, 1st Observer: Henry Davis (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 20G 430BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 CommentComment
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
554 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
Comment
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1773-03-30T12:0048.07-6.80929.3GUERNSEYN63E63S63W190.00-21ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000233421
1773-03-31T13:0045.20-10.17809.3GUERNSEYN50:07E134SW1/2S220.00-21ESE, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000233422
1773-04-01T13:0041.82-12.094919.0GUERNSEYN40:47E203SSW220.00-19EBN, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233423
1773-04-02T13:0038.03-13.572619.0GUERNSEYN34:28E279SBW1/2W240.00-19NEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation233424
1773-04-03T13:0034.92-13.94519.0GUERNSEYN29:44E333S1/2W188.00-18NE, NNEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233425
1773-04-11T13:0031.33-18.00756.7MADEIRAN35E31S39W93.00-15WSW, VARIABLE, EFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, REST MODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, REST CLOUDY0000000233426
1773-04-12T13:0029.53-18.99196.7MADEIRAN29E72SSW1/4W120.00-15NEBNMODERATESOME RAINCLOUDY0100000233427
1773-04-13T13:0027.47-20.55546.7MADEIRAN30:51E121SWBS150.00-14ENEMODERATESOME SHOWERSCLOUDY1000000233428
1773-04-14T13:0025.10-22.473119.0MADEIRAN32:27E179SW1/2S182.00-14NEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233429
1773-04-15T14:0023.92-25.22676.7MADEIRAN49:30E227WSW150.00-12NEBE-EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000233430
1773-04-16T14:0023.07-27.27676.7MADEIRAN43:28E265S66W124.00-12EBNMODERATESOME SHOWERS OF SMALL RAINMOSTLY FAIR1100000233431
1773-04-17T14:0022.22-29.34606.7MADEIRAN46:24E303S66W126.00-8EBN, ENEFIRST PART LITTLE WIND, LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000233432
1773-04-18T14:0021.30-31.60716.7MADEIRAN48:48E347WSW137.00-8EBNMODERATECLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000233433
1773-04-19T14:0020.35-33.87736.7MADEIRAN50:46E390S66W140.00-6EBNMODERATECLEAR0000000233434
1773-04-20T14:0019.43-36.25736.7MADEIRAN52:34E436WSW145.00-6EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000233435
1773-04-21T15:0018.70-38.4075MADEIRAN54:36E476S70W130.00-4EBNMODERATE, SOME LIGHT SQUALLSSOME LIGHT RAINCLOUDY0100000233436
1773-04-22T15:0018.03-40.72976.7MADEIRAN55:37E518S73W138.00-4EBN, EBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000233437
1773-04-23T15:0017.37-42.87676.7MADEIRAN56:48E559S72W130.00-1ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000233438
1773-04-24T15:0017.27-44.85786.7MADEIRAN58:34E591W1/4S114.00-1EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000233439
1773-04-25T15:0017.13-46.82896.7MADEIRAN60:03E622S86W113.00-1EMODERATEFAIR0000000233440
1773-04-26T15:0017.07-48.151596.7MADEIRAN61:02E644S87W77.001E-SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000233441
1773-04-27T15:0017.00-49.041141.0MADEIRAN61:37E659S87W51.001ESELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000233442
1773-04-28T15:0016.93-49.591811.0MADEIRAN61:55E668S84W32.001SLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000233443
1773-04-29T15:0016.58-49.67226MADEIRAN61:29E674S21W22.001SBW-NWBW, SWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRSFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000233444
1773-04-30T15:0016.33-50.022602.6MADEIRAN61:23E682SW3/4W25.001SWBS-WBSLIGHT BREEZESMIDDLE HEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000233445
1773-05-01T15:0016.40-50.1911.0MADEIRAN61:36E684WNW11.001SWBW, CALM, NLIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE CALMCLOUDY0000000233446
1773-05-02T15:0016.40-51.4791MADEIRAN62:29E704W74.001EFIRST PART LIGHT AIRSLATTER RAINFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0100000233447
1773-05-03T16:0016.48-53.69936.7MADEIRAN64:02E739N88W128.003EMODERATECLOUDY0000000233448
1773-05-04T16:0016.52-56.32936.7MADEIRAN65:38E783N89W152.003EMODERATEFAIR0000000233449