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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 Malacca to Macao started at 1776-09-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752066, 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: 14.291818 * Median Longitude: 111.088182 * South-bound Latitude: 6.280000 * West-bound Longitude: 106.050000 * North-bound Latitude: 21.200000 * East-bound Longitude: 113.530000
Date/Time Start: 1776-09-01T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-09-15T00:00:00
Event(s):
Seahorse_17760901_NMM_ADM/L/S223 * Latitude Start: 9.170000 * Longitude Start: 92.590000 * Latitude End: 21.700000 * Longitude End: 113.857000 * Date/Time Start: 1776-09-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1776-09-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Seahorse (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Malacca - Macao, 1st Observer: George Farmer (Captain), 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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
15 Current speed descriptionV descr
16 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
17 Present weatherwwWeather description
18 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
19 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
20 ClearnessClearness
21 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
22 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
23 FogFog1 If fog was reported
24 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
25 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
26 HailHail1 If hail was reported
27 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
28 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
286 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
15 
V descr
16 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
17 
ww
(Weather description)
18 
Precip descr
19 
State sea descr
20 
Clearness
21 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
22 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
23 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
24 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
25 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
26 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
27 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
28 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1776-09-01T05:006.28106.05304PULO AUORES21W82N19E110.000WBS, NWBWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER SQUALLYFLYING SHOWERS OF RAIN THEN RAINCLOUDY1100000234052
1776-09-02T05:007.38106.45315PULO AUORES21W108N18E75.000NWBW, WBN, NWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, 4 MODERATE BREEZES, 3AM SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000234053
1776-09-03T05:008.47106.673610.0PULO AUORES19:46W126N14E57.000NW, NNW, CALMCALM, 2 MODERATE BREEZES, 8 LIGHT BREEZES, CALMRAINCLOUDY0100000234054
1776-09-04T00:0010.172369.3PULO SAPATASE1/2E7CALM, SW, SWBWCALM, 4 MODERATE BREEZES, THEN FRESH BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000234055
1776-09-05T05:0011.98110.88236PULO SAPATAS43W56N43E169.000WSW, SW, SWBWFRESH GALES, AM SQUALLYLARGE SEA FROM SCLOUDY0000000234056
1776-09-06T05:0014.38112.412149.3PULO SAPATAS37W111N32E167.000SWBS, SBW, SWBSFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYLARGE SEA FROM SHAZY0000000234057
1776-09-07T04:0016.18112.962146.7PULO SAPATAS32W148N7E112.000SBE, SBW, SWBSFRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE BREEZESGREAT SWELL FROM THE SCLOUDY0000000234058
1776-09-08T04:0017.02112.933626.7PULO SAPATAS29W162N2W50.000SBE, E, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES, THEN MODERATE BREEZESSWELL FROM THE SHAZY, THEN CLOUDY0000000234059
1776-09-09T04:0017.23113.202702.6PULO SAPATAS29:45W168N49E19.000N, NWBN, WNEBN1.1LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234060
1776-09-10T04:0018.02113.46906.7PULO SAPATAS28:30W184N18E49.000W, NNE, ENBW7LIGHT AIRS THEN PLEASANTSMOOTH WATERCLOUDY0000000234061
1776-09-11T04:0019.07113.43796.7PULO SAPATAS25:30W202N2W63.000ENE, NEBN, EBNLIGHT BREEZES, THEN MODERATE BREEZESFLYING SHOWERS OF RAINPLEASANT THEN CLOUDY1100000234062
1776-09-12T04:0021.20113.53906.7SINCHANNWBW - NBW3/4W10N3W131.000ENE, EMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000234063
1776-09-13T00:0021.62906.7GREAT LADRONENE1/4E9EBS, ESE, EMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234064
1776-09-14T00:0021.933612.6GREAT LADRONEEBN1/2N6EBS, CALMLIGHT BREEZESSULTRYFAIR0000000234065
1776-09-15T00:0022.032489.3GREAT LADRONESE1/2S31CALM, WSWCALM, LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, THEN FRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000234066