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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 SEVERN cruise from Port Antonio to The Downs started at 1794-06-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752099, 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: 41.255405 * Median Longitude: -43.223243 * South-bound Latitude: 23.770000 * West-bound Longitude: -73.330000 * North-bound Latitude: 50.970000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.520000
Date/Time Start: 1794-06-03T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-07-09T13:00:00
Event(s):
Severn_17940603_NMM_ADM/L/S242 * Latitude Start: 23.770000 * Longitude Start: -73.330000 * Latitude End: 47.720000 * Longitude End: -5.280000 * Date/Time Start: 1794-06-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-07-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Severn (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Port Antonio - Downs, 1st Observer: George Tripp (Captain), 2nd Observer: Philip Dumaresq (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 896BM
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 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:
698 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 
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)
1794-06-03T17:0023.77-73.332292.6WATLINGS ISLANDN66W11N52E67.004SWLIGHT WINDSFAIR0000000234983
1794-06-04T17:0025.28-72.181376.7BERMUDAN51E219N39E105.002SEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000234984
1794-06-05T17:0026.53-71.171606.7BERMUDAN53E189N37E95.002SSEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000234985
1794-06-06T17:0027.88-70.021466.7BERMUDAN63E155N38E99.000SEBSMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000234986
1794-06-07T17:0028.82-69.481586.7BERMUDAN60E134N59E100.000SSEPLEASANT BREEZESFAIR0000000234987
1794-06-08T17:0029.67-68.481466.7BERMUDAN65E106N53E76.000SEBSMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234988
1794-06-09T17:0030.37-67.531692.6BERMUDAN65E86N52E60.000VARIABLE, SW, SBELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000234989
1794-06-10T16:0031.17-66.502232.6BERMUDAN71E59N45E79.00-2SWLIGHT WINDSFAIR0000000234990
1794-06-11T16:0032.20-64.922126.7BERMUDAN84E8N45E89.00-2SWBSMODERATEFAIR0000000234991
1794-06-12T16:0033.67-62.171732.6CAPE CLEARN64:44E847N26E90.00-7SLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000234992
1794-06-13T16:0035.17-60.121736.7CAPE CLEARN64:23E803N39E114.00-7SMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234993
1794-06-14T16:0036.93-58.421739.3CAPE CLEARN67:13E753N54E152.00-7SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234994
1794-06-15T16:0038.70-56.3221112.3CAPE CLEARN68:59E700N51E168.00-14SWSTRONG BREEZESHAZY0000000234995
1794-06-16T16:0039.27-54.972119.3CAPE CLEARN69:15E671N64E78.00-14SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234996
1794-06-17T16:0040.83-53.783622.6CAPE CLEARN71:03E640N56E76.00-14WBN, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000234997
1794-06-18T15:0041.83-50.672109.3CAPE CLEARN71:23E590N68E154.00-15SWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000234998
1794-06-19T15:0042.32-49.283009.3CAPE CLEARN71:37E566N67E76.00-15NWFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000234999
1794-06-20T15:0043.23-46.851829.3CAPE CLEARN71:56E527N62E118.00-21SSWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000235000
1794-06-21T15:0043.96-43.682386.7CAPE CLEARN71:01E484N79E100.00-21W, WBSMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000235001
1794-06-22T15:0044.69-41.502036.7CAPE CLEARN70:43E450N76E100.00-22SWMODERATE BREEZES0010000235002
1794-06-23T15:0045.42-41.102482.6CAPE CLEARN74:17E433N67E76.00-22WLIGHT WINDSRAINCLOUDY0100000235003
1794-06-24T15:0045.67-39.652266.7CAPE CLEARN74:47E412N78E71.00-22WSWMODERATECLEAR0000000235004
1794-06-25T14:0046.12-37.452256.7CAPE CLEARN74:15E379N76E96.00-23WSWMODERATE BREEZESPLEASANT WEATHER0000000235005
1794-06-26T14:0046.77-34.232256.7CAPE CLEARN74:30E332N76E13.00-23WSWMODERATEFAIR0000000235006
1794-06-27T14:0047.42-31.802029.3CAPE CLEARN74:46E297N73E111.00-23SWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000235007
1794-06-28T14:0048.07-30.333332.6CAPE CLEARN74:59E276N73E69.00-27VARIABLE, NLIGHT WINDSFAIR0000000235008
1794-06-29T14:0048.72-27.2519812.3CAPE CLEARN76:09E228N68E133.00-27SWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235009
1794-06-30T14:0049.28-25.032439.3CAPE CLEARN78:32E198N68E91.00-27WFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235010
1794-07-01T14:0049.80-22.503116.7CAPE CLEARN79:49E161N73E110.00-27VARIABLE, NNWMODERATE BREEZES0010000235011
1794-07-02T13:0049.98-21.032886.7CAPE CLEARN80E140N76E59.00-27VARIABLE, NWMODERATE WINDSFAIR0000000235012
1794-07-03T13:0050.17-20.033332.6CAPE CLEARN80:17E126N78E40.00-27VARIABLE, NLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000235013
1794-07-04T13:0050.53-17.172892.6CAPE CLEARN82:03E100N76E84.00-26NWLIGHT WINDSCLEAR0000000235014
1794-07-05T13:0050.97-13.833236.7CAPE CLEARN82:53E47N79E127.00-26NBWMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000235015
1794-07-06T13:0050.73-11.642906.7MIZEN HEADEBN6-25VARIABLE, NWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235016
1794-07-07T13:0050.48-9.452112.6ST MARYSS74E39S30E58.00-25SWBWLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000235017
1794-07-08T13:0050.00-7.881786.7ST MARYSS87:46E17S59E58.00-25SSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235018
1794-07-09T13:0050.03-7.521780.0ST MARYSS83:47E12N80E14.00-25SSWCALMCLOUDY0000000235019