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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 started at 1756-10-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752059, 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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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: 46.068966 * Median Longitude: -55.202759 * South-bound Latitude: 45.070000 * West-bound Longitude: -57.240000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.870000 * East-bound Longitude: -51.620000
Date/Time Start: 1756-10-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1756-11-08T15:00:00
Event(s):
Seahorse_17561010_NMM_ADM/L/S218 * Date/Time Start: 1756-10-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1756-11-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Seahorse (6th Rate Frigate), 1st Observer: Hugh Palliser (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Antrobus (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G. 504BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
11 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
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:
558 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
10 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
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)
1756-10-10T00:002366.7CAPE BROYLEWBS51SW, SWBWMODERATEHAZY0000000233664
1756-10-11T16:0046.87-52.7318815.4CAPE BROYLEN12:00W8S12:00E23.00-15SSWMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000233665
1756-10-12T16:0046.43-52.9730015.4CAPE RACEN75:00E19S75:00W56.00-15SBW, NWMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000233666
1756-10-13T16:0046.15-55.5036115.4CAPE RACEN74:32E39S74:00W64.00-15NW, CALMMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000233667
1756-10-14T16:0046.25-55.60530.0CAPE RACEN77:41E40N37:00W8.00-15SEBE, ENEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID MODERATE, LATTER CALM0000000233668
1756-10-15T16:0046.15-56.33188CAPE RACEN78:00E50S79:00W33.00-15NNW-SSWFIRST PART MODERATEFIRST PART FOGGY, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000233669
1756-10-16T16:0046.67-56.4530019.0NTH END OF ST PETERSNEBE6-15SW-NWFIRST AND MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY0000000233670
1756-10-17T16:0046.13-55.9732319.0NTH END OF ST PETERSN6:00W18SBE53.00-15NNWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000233671
1756-10-18T16:0046.67-55.672106.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN10:00W29S77:00E31.00-15NNW, SWFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE0000000233672
1756-10-19T16:0046.42-56.342446.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN33:45W14S38:00W58.00-15WBN, WBSFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE0000000233673
1756-10-20T16:0046.45-56.4723319.0NTH END OF ST PETERSN33:00E14N67:00E10.00-15SW, WSWFRESH GALESRAINCLOUDY0100000233674
1756-10-21T16:0046.33-55.7527826.8NTH END OF ST PETERSN2400W15S24:00E44.00-15WBN, WNWHARD GALES AND SQUALLY0000000233675
1756-10-22T16:0046.10-54.9427826.8NTH END OF ST PETERSN43:00W26S69:00E38.00-15WNWHARD GALES AND SQUALLYHAIL0000010233676
1756-10-23T16:0045.98-54.8428926.8NTH END OF ST PETERSN43:30W30S32:00E11.00-15NW, NWBWHARD GALES AND SQUALLY0000000233677
1756-10-24T16:0046.30-55.151656.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN45:30W22N34:00W23.00-15NW-SFIRST AND MIDDLE HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER CLOUDY0000000233678
1756-10-25T16:0045.90-55.871766.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN10:38W23S51:00W39.00-15WSW, SBWMODERATECLOUDY0000000233679
1756-10-26T16:0045.32-56.472786.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN7:00E36S33:00W50.00-15SBW, NW, WNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000233680
1756-10-27T16:0045.78-56.503006.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN10:00W28N43:00E44.00-15WNW, NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000233681
1756-10-28T16:0045.88-55.4010915.4NTH END OF ST PETERSN25:00W25N71:00E19.00-15W-SEBEMODERATE GALESCLOUDY0000000233682
1756-10-29T16:0045.53-55.9015419.0NTH END OF ST PETERSN7:00W30S46:00W30.00-15SE, EBS-SBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233683
1756-10-30T16:0045.35-56.2915415.4NTH END OF ST PETERSN2:48W33S56:00W20.00-15SBEMODERATE GALESHAZY0000000233684
1756-10-31T16:0045.92-56.0730019.0NTH END OF ST PETERSN3:40W22N17:00E36.00-15S-NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000233685
1756-11-01T16:0046.03-56.25646.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN3:22E20N45:00W10.00-15NW-EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000233686
1756-11-02T16:0045.85-55.873006.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN10:00W23S58:00E20.00-15ESE-NWMODERATEHAZY0000000233687
1756-11-03T16:0046.53-55.821996.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN26:00W11N3:00E42.00-15NNW-SWBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000233688
1756-11-04T16:0046.12-57.2410919.0NTH END OF ST PETERSN39:44W23S68:00W66.00-15S, SBW, SEBEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000233689
1756-11-05T16:0045.40-52.9725519.0NTH END OF ST PETERSN54:00W55S81:00E190.00-15WSW, WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFOGGY0000000233690
1756-11-06T15:0045.07-51.9028826.8NTH END OF ST PETERSN55:57W72S62:00E53.00-16WNW, NWBWHARD GALES AND SQUALLY0000000233691
1756-11-07T15:0045.87-52.003106.7NTH END OF ST PETERSN68:00W58N5:00W49.00-16NWBW, NWBNFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER CLOUDY0000000233692
1756-11-08T15:0046.55-51.623226.7CAPE RACEN77:36W12N22:00E43.00-16N, NNWMODERATECLOUDY0000000233693