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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 SHOREHAM cruise from Hampton Road to Chibucto Harbour started at 1754-06-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752123, 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: 37.929000 * Median Longitude: -71.690000 * South-bound Latitude: 36.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -75.100000 * North-bound Latitude: 41.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -64.480000
Date/Time Start: 1754-06-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1754-07-04T16:00:00
Event(s):
Shoreham_17540624_NMM_ADM/L/S277 * Latitude Start: 36.800000 * Longitude Start: -74.250000 * Latitude End: 43.400000 * Longitude End: -63.030000 * Date/Time Start: 1754-06-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1754-07-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Shoreham (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Hampton Road (Virginia) - Halifax (Chibucto Harbour), 1st Observer: Julian Legge (Captain), 2nd Observer: Charles Ellis (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 24G. 498BM
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 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
13 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
14 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.
15 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.
16 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
17 Present weatherwwWeather description
18 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
206 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 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
13 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
14 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
15 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
16 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
17 
ww
(Weather description)
18 
Precip descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1754-06-24T00:002256.7HAMPTON ROADCAPE HENRYSBE1SSE, SBE, SWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATEFIRST AND MIDDLE THUNDER AND LIGHTNINGFIRST AND MIDDLE RAINLATTER HAZY0100100236215
1754-06-25T17:0036.75-75.103592.6HAMPTON ROADN80W20S80E60.00-1W-NLITTLE WINDFAIR0000000236216
1754-06-26T17:0036.75-74.753616.7HAMPTON ROADN81W25E17.00-1NEBN, CALMMODERATECLOUDY0000000236217
1754-06-27T17:0037.00-74.431121.0HAMPTON ROADW30NE21.00-1E, ESELIGHT AIRSFOGGY0010000236218
1754-06-28T17:0037.17-73.95891.0HAMPTON ROADW6S42ENE32.00-1NW-ELIGHT AIRSFOGGY0010000236219
1754-06-29T17:0037.05-73.11786.7HAMPTON ROADW51EBS33.00-1E-EBNMODERATECLOUDY0000000236220
1754-06-30T17:0037.17-73.011792.6HAMPTON ROADS85W55EBN8.00-1NNE-SLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000236221
1754-07-01T17:0038.22-71.01308HAMPTON ROADS73W85NEBE118.00-7SW, NWSQUALLYRAIN0100000236222
1754-07-02T17:0038.33-69.803611.0HAMPTON ROADS74W107E1/2N158.00-7N, NE, CALMTHE FIRST AND MIDDLE PART FRESH GALES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSFIRST AND MIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000236223
1754-07-03T16:0039.38-67.262626.7HAMPTON ROADS71W151NEBE133.00-8S, WMODERATE AND SOME SQUALLS0000000236224
1754-07-04T16:0041.47-64.48217HAMPTON ROADS54W220N44E175.00-8SSW, SWSQUALLYRAIN0100000236225