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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 SEAHORSE cruise from England to Madeira started at 1755-01-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752053, 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: 43.746250 * Median Longitude: -11.430000 * South-bound Latitude: 40.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -12.750000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.650000 * East-bound Longitude: -9.860000
Date/Time Start: 1755-01-14T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-01-21T13:00:00
Event(s):
Seahorse_17550114_NMM_ADM/L/S218 * Latitude Start: 51.530000 * Longitude Start: 1.920000 * Latitude End: 32.130000 * Longitude End: -16.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1755-01-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1755-01-21T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Seahorse (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: England - Madeira, 1st Observer: Hugh Palliser (Captain), 2nd Observer: John Hughes (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G. 504BM
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
DATE/TIMEDate/TimeGeocode
LATITUDELatitudeGeocode
LONGITUDELongitudeGeocode
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
DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
10 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.
11 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
12 Present weatherwwWeather description
13 ClearnessClearness
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
133 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

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...)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
10 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
11 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
12 
ww
(Weather description)
13 
Clearness
14 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
15 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
16 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
17 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
18 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
19 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
20 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
21 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1755-01-14T13:0049.65-9.8619.0HEAD OF KINSALEN23:09E42S23:09W126.00-18FIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233540
1755-01-15T13:0047.32-11.632.6HEAD OF KINSALEN25:17E94S26:32W156.00-17FIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER PARTS LITTLE WINDS0000000233541
1755-01-16T13:0045.65-11.98HEAD OF KINSALEN21:01E127S8:32W102.00-17FIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE GALES, LATTER FRES0000000233542
1755-01-17T13:0043.52-12.7519.0HEAD OF KINSALEN19:23E171S14:27W132.00-17FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233543
1755-01-18T13:0041.78-11.7319.0HEAD OF KINSALEN13:35E201S23:27W114.00-16FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233544
1755-01-19T13:0041.55-11.3119.0HEAD OF KINSALEN9:45E204N52:07W23.00-16FRESH GALESSQUALLY0000000233545
1755-01-20T13:0040.00-10.5319.0HEAD OF KINSALEN7:24E215S46:41W48.00-16FRESH GALESSQUALLY0000000233546
1755-01-21T13:0040.50-11.656.7HEAD OF KINSALEN11:00E226S60:01W60.00-16FIRST PART FRESH GALES,. MID AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000233547