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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 Prince Rupert Bay to The Downs started at 1802-10-23 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752106, 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: 35.757586 * Median Longitude: -43.377586 * South-bound Latitude: 14.220000 * West-bound Longitude: -61.850000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.800000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.500000
Date/Time Start: 1802-10-23T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-11-20T12:00:00
Event(s):
Severn_18021023_NMM_ADM/L/S242 * Latitude Start: 14.220000 * Longitude Start: -60.120000 * Latitude End: 47.720000 * Longitude End: -5.280000 * Date/Time Start: 1802-10-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-11-20T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Severn (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Prince Rupert Bay, Dominica - Downs, 1st Observer: George Barker (Captain), 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 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:
556 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)
1802-10-23T16:0014.22-60.1247DESEADAN35W46N16W53.002NEMODERATE, SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000235233
1802-10-24T16:0015.40-60.18920.0DESEADAN85W24N1/4W72.002EBS, EMODERATE, CALMRAINCLOUDY0100000235234
1802-10-25T16:0016.33-60.123629.3DESEADAS85W16N5E56.002EBS, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000235235
1802-10-26T16:0017.87-59.97919.3BARBUDAS85W39N5E92.001ESE, ELIGHT BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESFINE0000000235236
1802-10-27T16:0019.88-59.90806.7BERMUDASN15W266N2E121.001E, EBNFRESH BREEZES, MODERATEFINESOME RAINCLOUDY0100000235237
1802-10-28T16:0022.02-60.353622.6BERMUDASN15W222N11W130.001ENE, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235238
1802-10-29T16:0024.23-60.42789.3BERMUDASN10W179N2W133.00-1EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235239
1802-10-30T16:0026.35-60.77789.3BERMUDASN21W137N8W129.00-1ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235240
1802-10-31T16:0028.17-61.323626.7BERMUDASN31W92N15W113.00-4ENE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000235241
1802-11-01T16:0030.38-61.85759.3BERMUDASN34W57N14E137.00-4EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235242
1802-11-02T16:0031.88-59.552.6CORVON71E490N54E152.00-4FRESH BREEZES, LIGHT WINDSFINE0000000235243
1802-11-03T16:0033.47-58.101162.6CORVON74E452N38E120.00-8SEBELIGHT BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM ECLOUDY0000000235244
1802-11-04T16:0035.72-56.051146.7CORVON78E392N37E169.00-10SEBEMODERATEFINE0000000235245
1802-11-05T16:0037.72-53.4511012.3CORVON84E390N46E174.00-14SE, SEBESTRONG BREEZESFINE0000000235246
1802-11-06T16:0039.37-52.7811012.3CORVON89E335N54E168.00-14SE, SEBESTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235247
1802-11-07T15:0040.30-50.051426.7CORVOS88E292N66E137.00-16SEBE, NNE, SSESTRONG BREEZES, MODERATERAINCLOUDY, HAZY0100000235248
1802-11-08T15:0040.17-48.27712.3CORVOS88E263S84E85.00-16VARIABLE, N, NBW, NNESTRONG BREEZESGREAT SWELL FROM NEHAZY0000000235249
1802-11-09T15:0041.23-44.353319.3CORVOS81E203N71E192.00-18NW, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235250
1802-11-10T15:0042.45-41.682629.3SCILLYN73E508N59E141.00-19SSW, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235251
1802-11-11T14:0043.58-36.8515619.0SCILLYN73E437N71E212.00-24SW, WSW, S, SW, SFRESH GALESTHICKHAZY0010000235252
1802-11-12T14:0044.47-32.022349.3SCILLYN72E358N77E233.00-25SWBW, W, WSW, WBSFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000235253
1802-11-13T14:0046.28-27.272236.7SCILLYN75E279N66E223.00-25SBW, W, WNW, WSWMODERATEHAZY0000000235254
1802-11-14T13:0047.83-22.2324212.3SCILLYN78E204N66E228.00-28WBS, WNW, NW, WSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES0100000235255
1802-11-15T13:0049.50-18.822209.3SCILLYN87E150N60E203.00-28NBW, WSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235256
1802-11-16T13:0049.57-14.783569.3SCILLYN86E97N89E160.00-27NBW, NW, NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235257
1802-11-17T13:0049.50-11.251776.7SCILLYN82E51S88E141.00-26SSWMODERATEFAIR0000000235258
1802-11-18T13:0049.80-11.231776.7SCILLYN88E49N81E115.00-26SW, W, SSWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MODERATETHICKHAZY0010000235259
1802-11-19T13:0049.55-8.722226.7SCILLYN68E17S81E102.00-26NWBN, NNW, WSWMODERATEFAIR0000000235260
1802-11-20T12:0049.73-5.503019.3LIZARDNW1/4W8N85E133.00-25W, SSW, NWBNLIGHT WINDS, FRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000235261