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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 SENEGAL cruise from Basque Road to Cork started at 1762-11-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752087, 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: 47.521818 * Median Longitude: -3.875455 * South-bound Latitude: 46.260000 * West-bound Longitude: -7.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 51.150000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.290000
Date/Time Start: 1762-11-08T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-11-18T13:00:00
Event(s):
Senegal_17621108_NMM_ADM/L/S225 * Latitude Start: 46.380000 * Longitude Start: -2.290000 * Latitude End: 50.630000 * Longitude End: -10.420000 * Date/Time Start: 1762-11-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-11-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Senegal (Sloop), Voyage: Basque Road - Cork, 1st Observer: William Forster (Captain), 2nd Observer: Samuel Warren (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 283BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
216 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 
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)
1762-11-08T12:0046.38-2.292076.7ISLE OF RAYS74E12N74W37.00-18CALM, SWBW, SWFIRST CALM, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFAIR0000000234557
1762-11-09T12:0046.88-3.1529619.0ISLE OF RAYS60E26N50W47.00-19SSW, VARIABLE, W, NWFIRST MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDYGREAT SWELL FROM THE NW0000000234558
1762-11-10T12:0047.13-2.8726219.0ISLE OF RAYS46E26N36E19.00-19NW, W, WBNFIRST MODERATE, MIDDLE FRESH GALES, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAINGREAT SEA FROM THE NWFIRST FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY0100000234559
1762-11-11T12:0046.57-2.5225127.4ISLE OF RAYS64E16S23E37.00-19WBN, WFIRST FRESH GALES, MID HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER VERY HARD GALES AND SQUALLYLIGHTNINGRAINVERY GREAT SEA FROM THE WFIRST CLOUDY0100100234560
1762-11-12T12:0046.48-2.49959.3ISLE OF RAYNE5-18WNW, NW, E, ESEFIRST PART VERY HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE MODERATE INTERMIXED WITH CALMS, LATTER FRESH BREEZESRAINVERY GREAT SEA FROM THE WNWCLOUDY0100000234561
1762-11-13T12:0046.26-2.458322.6ISLE OF RAYS43E19N43W58.00-18EBSFIRST FRESH GALES, MIDDLE AND LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAINFIRST CLOUDY0100000234562
1762-11-14T12:0047.00-4.1236219.0ISLE OF RAYS76E36S77W70.00-19E, NNE, VARIABLEFIRST VERY HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLSHEAVY RAIN THEN RAIN AND HAILGREAT SEA FROM THE SE0100010234563
1762-11-15T12:0046.97-3.99376.7ISLE OF RAYS77E34N74E6.00-19NBE, NEBN, NEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATELATTER FAIR0000000234564
1762-11-16T12:0048.10-5.00946.7ISLE OF RAYS50E48N7W69.00-19NEBE, ENE, ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000234565
1762-11-17T12:0049.82-6.251506.7SCILLYEBS8-19ESE-SBEMODERATEFAIR0000000234566
1762-11-18T13:0051.15-7.501156.7SCILLYN40E30N40W91.00-20SBE-SEMODERATEGREAT SWELL FROM NWFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY0000000234567