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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 SHEERNESS cruise from Fort Royal, Martinique to Prince Rupert Bay started at 1795-11-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752114, 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: 15.907925 * Median Longitude: -60.353585 * South-bound Latitude: 15.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -60.920000 * North-bound Latitude: 16.670000 * East-bound Longitude: -59.630000
Date/Time Start: 1795-11-09T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1795-12-31T16:00:00
Event(s):
Sheerness_17951109_NMM_ADM/L/S266 * Latitude Start: 14.590000 * Longitude Start: -61.070000 * Latitude End: 15.730000 * Longitude End: -60.820000 * Date/Time Start: 1795-11-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1795-12-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Sheerness (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Fort Royal, Martinique - Prince Rupert Bay, 1st Observer: Simon Mackenzie (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:
997 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)
1795-11-09T16:0015.20-60.60719.3MARIA GALANTEN40W22NE50.003VARIABLE, ESE, ENELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS, AM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000100235829
1795-11-10T16:0016.00-60.00127MARIA GALANTEW22N40E65.003VARIABLE, SEBEFRESH GALES, AM SQUALLYRAIN0100000235830
1795-11-11T16:0016.47-59.831610.6MARIA GALANTEW1/2S16N33E33.003E, SSEFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000235831
1795-11-12T16:0016.63-59.75711.0DESEADAWBS21N38W13.003VARIABLE, ENELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000235832
1795-11-13T16:0016.42-60.08820.6DESEADAW18S30W14.003VARIABLE, EBNLIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000235833
1795-11-14T16:0016.20-59.923620.6MARIGALANTES78W20S56E21.003NE, SE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000235834
1795-11-15T16:0015.75-60.12932.6MARIGALANTEN80W15S76W30.003SE, VARIABLE, NE, ELIGHT BREEZES, SQUALLY, AM CALMS, LIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000235835
1795-11-16T16:0015.42-60.001382.6DOMINICOWBS TO WNWS22E22.003ESE, VARIABLE, SELIGHT WINDSCLEAR0000000235836
1795-11-17T16:0015.58-60.58362DOMINICOW123NEBN, VARIABLERAINCLOUDY0100000235837
1795-11-18T16:0015.55-60.4230.0DOMINICOSWBW1/2W13S33E28.003VARIABLE, NLIGHT BREEZES, AM CALMRAINAM CLOUDY0100000235838
1795-11-19T16:0015.85-60.332281.0MARIGALANTEN87W13S22E28.003VARIABLE, N, SWMODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMSAM RAINCLOUDY0100000235839
1795-11-20T16:0015.67-60.00711.0MARIGALANTEN68:47W13S44E10.003ENECALM, AM LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY, AM CLEAR0000000235840
1795-11-21T16:0016.00-60.003621.0MARIGALANTEW20N20.003ESE, E, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000235841
1795-11-22T16:0015.45-60.401169.3DOMINICOW14S12E34.003ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235842
1795-11-23T16:0016.02-59.731166.7MARIGALANTEW24N45E50.003SEBE, ESEMODERATEFINE0000000235843
1795-11-24T16:0016.10-59.633626.7MARIGALANTEW27NE8.003E, ESE, VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000235844
1795-11-25T16:0015.67-59.881046.7DOMINICOWBS25S27W30.003SBE, ENE, EBSMODERATEFINE0000000235845
1795-11-26T16:0015.83-60.003626.7MARIGALANTEW19N34W13.003E, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000235846
1795-11-27T16:0015.60-60.20829.3MARIGALANTEW1/2N17S40E38.003EBNFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM ECLOUDY0000000235847
1795-11-28T16:0016.08-60.52719.3MARIGALANTEN71W10N25W40.003EBS, E, ENEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000235848
1795-11-29T16:0016.03-60.65936.7DESEADANW10S28W17.003VARIABLE, ENE, EMODERATECLOUDY0000000235849
1795-11-30T16:0015.33-60.75486.7DOMINICON81W13S12W26.003ENE, NEMODERATEFINE0000000235850
1795-12-01T16:0015.80-60.53719.3MARIGALANTEW7SBW23.003E, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000235851
1795-12-02T16:0015.12-60.92826.7DOMINICOW13S64W28.003NE, EBNMODERATECLEAR0000000235852
1795-12-03T16:0015.93-60.48719.3MARIGALANTEW10N41E34.003EBN, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235853
1795-12-04T16:0016.33-60.70829.3DESEADAW6N30W26.003ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000235854
1795-12-05T16:0015.73-60.127119.0MARIGALANTEN79W17S46E50.003EBN, ENEFRESH GALESSWELL FROM ECLOUDY0000000235855
1795-12-06T16:0016.45-60.07826.7DESEADAW17N41.003E, EBNMODERATECLEAR0000000235856
1795-12-07T16:0016.67-60.00936.7GUADALOUPEW11N15.003EMODERATECLOUDY0000000235857
1795-12-08T16:0015.87-60.35716.7MARIGALANTES84W13S44E56.003NEBE, ENEMODERATECLEAR0000000235858
1795-12-09T16:0015.83-60.63716.7MARIGALANTEW7S72W16.003VARIABLE, E, ENEMODERATECLEAR0000000235859
1795-12-10T16:0015.97-60.6371MARIGALANTEW13N75E16.003ENE0000000235860
1795-12-11T16:0015.93-60.53936.7MARIGALANTEW1/2N9S66W11.003NE, EMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000235861
1795-12-12T16:0015.37-60.82719.3DOMINICOW13S52W42.003EBN, ENEMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZESFINE0000000235862
1795-12-13T16:0015.47-60.8259DOMINICOW11N2.003VARIABLE, NEBEMODERATE, AM SQUALLYCLEAR0000000235863
1795-12-14T16:0015.58-60.77596.7DOMINICOW1/2S13N45E4.003ENE, NEBEMODERATECLEAR0000000235864
1795-12-15T16:0015.88-60.43716.7MARIGALANTEW1/2S12N44E24.003VARIABLE, EBN, ENEMODERATEFINE0000000235865
1795-12-16T16:0016.07-60.30716.7MARIGALANTEW14N38E13.003ENEMODERATEFINE0000000235866
1795-12-17T16:0015.67-60.35480.6MARIGALANTEN72W14N4E24.003VARIABLE, NELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMS0000000235867
1795-12-18T16:0015.87-60.25716.7MARIGALANTEW15N26E14.003VARIABLE, E, ENEMODERATEFINE0000000235868
1795-12-19T16:0015.83-60.33826.7MARIGALANTEN87W13S67E6.003ENE, NEBE, EBNMODERATEFINE0000000235869
1795-12-20T16:0016.47-60.50489.3DESEADANW4N52W32.003NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000235870
1795-12-21T16:0015.83-60.23716.7MARIGALANTEW15S60E27.003E, ENEMODERATEFINE0000000235871
1795-12-22T16:0016.07-60.72826.7DESEADANW6N72W36.003ENE, E, EBNMODERATEFINE0000000235872
1795-12-23T16:0015.88-60.85486.7DOMINICOWSW12S3W31.003NEBN, NEMODERATEFINE0000000235873
1795-12-24T16:0015.80-60.3348MARIGALANTEN81W13S82E31.003NEFRESH BREEZES, SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000235874
1795-12-25T16:0015.80-60.204822.6MARIGALANTEN81W11E8.003NESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYGREAT SEA FROM NE0000000235875
1795-12-26T16:0016.17-60.804822.6DESEADANWBW5N58W42.003NESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000235876
1795-12-27T16:0016.25-60.653719.0GUADALOUPEW9N65E12.003VARIABLE, NEBNFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000235877
1795-12-28T16:0016.17-60.273419.3DESEADAN51W14S70E24.003NNWFRESH BREEZESSWELL FROM NECLOUDY0000000235878
1795-12-29T16:0016.60-60.403626.7DESEADAS73:11W11N17E27.003ESE, VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000235879
1795-12-30T16:0016.13-60.551386.7MARIGALANTEW9S17W29.003ESE, VARIABLE, SEMODERATEFINE0000000235880
1795-12-31T16:0015.73-60.821166.7DOMINICOS67:22W13S59W29.003E, VARIABLE, ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000235881