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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 SPARTIATE cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Cape of Good Hope started at 1824-06-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752170, 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: -31.667826 * Median Longitude: -19.716522 * South-bound Latitude: -35.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -43.070000 * North-bound Latitude: -23.700000 * East-bound Longitude: 15.200000
Date/Time Start: 1824-06-09T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-07-01T11:00:00
Event(s):
Spartiate_18240609_NMM_LOG/N/M/5 * Latitude Start: -23.370000 * Longitude Start: -43.120000 * Latitude End: -33.670000 * Longitude End: 17.900000 * Date/Time Start: 1824-06-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-07-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Spartiate (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Rio De Janeiro - Cape Of Good Hope, 1st Observer: Thomas Owen Knox (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 76G 1949BM
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
Temperature, airTTT°C
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
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 Sensor readingReadingarbitrary unitsReading of the (outside) air thermometer
14 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.
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
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:
474 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...)

TTT [°C]

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)
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 
Reading [arbitrary units]
(Reading of the (outside) air ...)
14 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
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)
1824-06-09T15:00-23.70-43.07942.624.4CAPE OF GOOD HOPES79E1080S11E40.00476.00ELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000238761
1824-06-10T15:00-24.73-43.00942.624.4CAPE OF GOOD HOPES79.30E1078S29E63.00476.00ELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000238762
1824-06-11T15:00-25.95-42.38476.723.9CAPE OF GOOD HOPES80.26E1063S32E90.00275.00NEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000238763
1824-06-12T15:00-27.87-41.083416.723.9CAPE OF GOOD HOPES82.15E1026S30E142.00375.00NNWMODERATEFINE0000000238764
1824-06-13T15:00-28.13-38.681386.721.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES82.14E984S82E129.00371.00SEMODERATEFINE0000000238765
1824-06-14T15:00-28.60-38.671386.721.1CAPE OF GOOD HOPES82.45E980S8E45.00370.00SEMODERATEFINE0000000238766
1824-06-15T14:00-31.30-36.60689.321.1CAPE OF GOOD HOPES85.45E924S36E192.00070.00ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000238767
1824-06-16T14:00-32.05-32.903156.721.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES86.33E861S75E188.00071.00NWMODERATE BREEZES0000000238768
1824-06-17T14:00-32.43-30.173129.321.1CAPE OF GOOD HOPES86.41E812S79E155.00-370.00NWFRESH BREEZES0000000238769
1824-06-18T14:00-32.77-27.723626.718.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87E771S80E133.00-165.00VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000238770
1824-06-19T14:00-31.83-25.831296.718.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES85.59E760N70E111.00-665.00SEMODERATE BREEZES0000000238771
1824-06-20T14:00-33.05-24.203629.318.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87.42E713S60E121.00-565.00VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238772
1824-06-21T13:00-33.33-19.4830712.319.4CAPE OF GOOD HOPES88E630S86E223.00-867.00NWSTRONG BREEZE0000000238773
1824-06-22T13:00-33.37-15.602599.318.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87.49E569S88E230.00-1165.00WFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000238774
1824-06-23T13:00-33.40-12.152116.716.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87.38E509S88E191.00-1462.00SWMODERATE BREEZES0000000238775
1824-06-24T13:00-33.60-8.782116.715.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87.52E457E1/2S176.00-1460.00SWMODERATE BREEZESSQUALLS0000000238776
1824-06-25T12:00-33.68-7.173622.615.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87.57E428S80E73.00-1759.00VARIABLELIGHT WINDS0000000238777
1824-06-26T12:00-34.62-3.32612.317.8CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN89.29E358S73E199.00-1764.00NNESTRONG BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238778
1824-06-27T12:00-35.20-0.1025015.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN87.11E305S79E176.00-2060.00WMODERATE WEATHER0000000238779
1824-06-28T12:00-34.773.632259.315.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN88.29E239N85E218.00-2360.00WSWFRESH BREEZES0000000238780
1824-06-29T12:00-34.687.023626.716.1CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN88.35E189S88E153.00-2361.00VARIABLEMODERATEFINE0000000238781
1824-06-30T11:00-34.7311.573139.316.1CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN87.7E113S88E231.00-2561.00NNWFRESH BREEZESQUALLY0000000238782
1824-07-01T11:00-34.5715.202666.715.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN87.24E51N88E201.00-2760.00WNWMODERATEFINE0000000238783