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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 SOUTHAMPTON cruise from Jamaica to Plymouth started at 1778-08-10 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752165, 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: 40.981538 * Median Longitude: -46.467692 * South-bound Latitude: 38.630000 * West-bound Longitude: -58.210000 * North-bound Latitude: 43.600000 * East-bound Longitude: -35.660000
Date/Time Start: 1778-08-10T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-08-22T14:00:00
Event(s):
Southampton_NMM_ADM/L/S344 * Latitude Start: 17.700000 * Longitude Start: -76.760000 * Latitude End: 50.299000 * Longitude End: -4.150000 * Date/Time Start: 1778-08-10T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-08-22T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Southampton (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Jamaica - Plymouth, 1st Observer: William Garnier (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 652BM
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:
254 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)
1778-08-10T16:0038.63-58.211932.6THE LIZARDN73E787N72E46.00-10SE, SEBE, SSWLIGHT BREEZES, AT 9 LIGHT BREEZES INCLINING TO CALM, 2AM SQUALLY, AT 4 LIGHT AIRS, AT 6 LIGHT BREEZES2AM THUNDER AND LIGHTNING2AM RAINCLEAR WEATHER0100100238313
1778-08-11T16:0039.08-56.121696.7THE LIZARDN73:10E754N75E100.00-11WSW, SMODERATE BREEZESFAIR WEATHER, AT 12 CLOUDY0000000238314
1778-08-12T16:0039.33-54.392376.7THE LIZARDN73E726N79E82.00-11WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY, AT 12 FRESH BREEZES0000000238315
1778-08-13T15:0039.52-52.072579.3THE LIZARDN72E693N83E108.00-13NNE, WFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYAT 3AM THUNDER8AM RAINAT NOON CLOUDY0100100238316
1778-08-14T15:0039.82-51.111229.3THE LIZARDN72:30E677N68E48.00-13WBN, SW, SELIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALM, AT 12 LIGHT BREEZES, AT 8 FRESH BREEZESA SWELL FROM THE NE QUARTERAT 12 CLOUDY0000000238317
1778-08-15T15:0040.53-48.3225719.0THE LIZARDN72:30E630N72E135.00-13WFRESH BREEZES, AT 12 FRESH GALES4AM RAINCLOUDY0100000238318
1778-08-16T15:0041.03-45.692569.3THE LIZARDN73E590N75E120.00-14N, WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AT NOON FRESH BREEZESAT NOON FOGGY WEATHER0010000238319
1778-08-17T15:0041.12-44.463466.7THE LIZARDN72:10E572N83E56.00-14NNW, NFRESH BREEZES, AT HALF PAST 6 MODERATEFAIR WEATHER, AT HALF PAST 6 CLOUDY0000000238320
1778-08-18T15:0041.73-42.692566.7THE LIZARDN72:19E544N65E88.00-14SW, S, WLIGHT WINDS, AT 4AM MODERATE BREEZESFAIR, AT 12 CLOUDY0000000238321
1778-08-19T15:0042.17-40.522552.6THE LIZARDN72E510N75E100.00-15WSW, SBW, WFRESH BREEZES, AT 12 MODERATE, AT 8 LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY WEATHER, AT 8 FAIR WEATHER0000000238322
1778-08-20T15:0042.70-38.421506.7THE LIZARDN72E477N72E98.00-19S, WNW, SBELIGHT BREEZES, AT 12 MODERATE BREEZES, AT 6 MODERATEHAZY, AT 12 CLOUDY WEATHER, AT 6 FAIR0000000238323
1778-08-21T14:0043.50-36.422299.3THE LIZARDN72:30E444N64E98.00-19NNW, WNW, WSWMODERATE BREEZES, AT 12 FRESH BREEZESSMALL RAINAT 12 CLOUDY WEATHER0100000238324
1778-08-22T14:0043.60-35.663191.0THE LIZARDN72:30E433N79E33.00-19WBN, NNWLIGHT BREEZES, AT 11 LIGHT AIRS INCLING TO CALM, AT NOON LIGHT AIRSCLEAR WEATHER0000000238325