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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 SHANNON cruise from Plymouth to Maderia started at 1765-01-23 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752111, 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: 42.457778 * Median Longitude: -13.343333 * South-bound Latitude: 32.730000 * West-bound Longitude: -16.730000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.570000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.600000
Date/Time Start: 1765-01-23T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-02-09T13:00:00
Event(s):
Shannon_17650123_NMM_ADM/L/S246 * Latitude Start: 50.299000 * Longitude Start: -4.150000 * Latitude End: 32.130000 * Longitude End: -16.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1765-01-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-02-09T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Shannon (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Plymouth - Maderia, 1st Observer: Peregrine Berlie (Captain), 2nd Observer: Caleb Colton (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 586BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip 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:
347 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 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip 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)
1765-01-23T12:0049.57-5.6017119.0LIZARDN29E111S29W33.00-20SE, ESE, S, SBWFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART DRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000235614
1765-01-24T13:0049.43-7.7818319.0LIZARDN72E35S58W83.00-20S, SSWFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000235615
1765-01-25T13:0047.90-9.983406.7LIZARDN57E75S44W128.00-20WSW, NNW, NMODERATEDRIZZLING RAINCLOUDY0100000235616
1765-01-26T13:0047.43-11.0720619.0LIZARDN57E93S59W55.00-19N, NNW, WSW, SWFIRST ART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000235617
1765-01-27T13:0047.57-12.403291.0LIZARDN63E122W8N55.00-20SW, SWBS, NBWFIRST PART HARD GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER LIGHT AIRS AND CALMFIRST PART RAIN0100000235618
1765-01-28T13:0046.58-12.851396.7LIZARDN56E149S17W62.00-19NE, SE, SSEMODERATEFAIR0000000235619
1765-01-29T13:0046.27-14.8720619.0LIZARDN61E166W13S86.00-19S, SWBS, SWFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES0000000235620
1765-01-30T13:0045.97-16.122066.7LIZARDN62E155W19S55.00-19S, SWBS, SWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE LIGHT WINDS, LATTER MODERATEMIDDLE THICKMIDDLE RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0100000235621
1765-01-31T13:0045.90-15.0318419.0LIZARDN58E160E5S46.00-19SW, SSWFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000235622
1765-02-01T13:0044.83-14.323196.7LIZARDN50E160S25E71.00-19SSW, SW, N, NNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000235623
1765-02-02T13:0042.85-14.43422.6LIZARDN49E189S3W119.00-19NW, WSW, NNEFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY0100000235624
1765-02-03T13:0040.47-14.75276.7LIZARDN34E230S1/2W144.00-18NNW, N, NEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000235625
1765-02-04T13:0038.17-14.775LIZARDN30E272S7W139.00-18ENE, E, NNEFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART RAINLATTER CLOUDY0100000235626
1765-02-05T13:0036.72-15.15406.7LIZARDN28E300S13W90.00-16NNE, NEBEMODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000235627
1765-02-06T13:0035.20-14.7319819.0LIZARDN25E324S13E91.00-16NE, W, SWBSFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART FAIR0000000235628
1765-02-07T13:0033.83-14.053556.7LIZARDN21E344S23E90.00-16SW, NBW, NBEMODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000235629
1765-02-08T13:0032.82-15.553446.7LIZARDN23E375S51E97.00-16NBE, NFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000235630
1765-02-09T13:0032.73-16.732919.0LIZARDN26E383W5S60.00-16NBE, N, NEFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000235631