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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 to Villa Franca started at 1762-07-04 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752121, 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: 42.290000 * Median Longitude: 5.610000 * South-bound Latitude: 41.400000 * West-bound Longitude: 4.560000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.700000 * East-bound Longitude: 7.330000
Date/Time Start: 1762-07-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-07-16T12:00:00
Event(s):
Sheerness_PRO_ADM_51/901 * Date/Time Start: 1762-07-04T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1762-07-16T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Sheerness (Frigate), Voyage: to Villa Franca, 1st Observer: J. Lark (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G
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
LandmarkLandmarkName of second landmark
10 BearingBearingBearing of the second landmark
11 Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the second landmark
12 --1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
13 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
14 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
15 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.
16 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.
17 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
18 Present weatherwwWeather description
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
226 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)

Landmark
(Name of second landmark)
10 
Bearing
(Bearing of the second landmark)
11 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the second landmark)
12 
-
(1 If position is considered t...)
13 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
14 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
15 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
16 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
17 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
18 
ww
(Weather description)
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1762-07-04T00:003626.7FORMENTERANBW41VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000236154
1762-07-05T00:0036219.0CABRARA EAST ENDN71VARIABLEFRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESHAZY0000000236155
1762-07-06T00:001136.7EAST END OF MAJORCAN1/2W51ENE, ESEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000236156
1762-07-07T00:00686.7MOUNT FLORANBE131SE, ENEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000236157
1762-07-08T00:003609.3CAPE MOLLOENE91EBN, NFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000236158
1762-07-09T00:00459.3CAPE MOLLOWNW1/2W71NBW, NEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000236159
1762-07-10T12:0041.404.562989.3VILLA FRANCAN11E461N47E138.00-17N, NWFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FRESH BREEZES MIDDLE FRESH GALES0000000236160
1762-07-11T12:0041.774.943621.0CAPE MOLLOS45W55VILLA FRANCAN331N37E28.00-17VARIABLELIGHT AIRSHAZY, 4AM THICK FOG0010000236161
1762-07-12T00:003629.3CAPE SOLARWNW101VARIABLEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES0000000236162
1762-07-13T00:001131.0ANTIBIS POINTNNW41ENE, ESELIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000236163
1762-07-14T00:003621.0ANTIBIS POINTNBE51VARIABLELIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000236164
1762-07-15T00:003621.0ANTIBIS POINTNNE1/2E61VARIABLELIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000236165
1762-07-16T12:0043.707.333626.71-17VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESHAZY0000000236166