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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 Simons Bay to Rio de Janeiro started at 1824-07-18 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752171, 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: -22.090690 * Median Longitude: -9.622414 * South-bound Latitude: -34.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -40.280000 * North-bound Latitude: -17.680000 * East-bound Longitude: 16.770000
Date/Time Start: 1824-07-18T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-08-15T15:00:00
Event(s):
Spartiate_18240718_NMM_LOG/N/M/5 * Latitude Start: -33.380000 * Longitude Start: 17.270000 * Latitude End: -23.370000 * Longitude End: -43.120000 * Date/Time Start: 1824-07-18T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-08-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Spartiate (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Simons Bay - Rio De Janeiro, 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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 ClearnessClearness
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:
605 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 
Precip descr
18 
Clearness
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)
1824-07-18T11:00-34.5016.772432.616.1ST HELENAN45.12W527N71W60.00-2761.00WLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000238784
1824-07-19T11:00-33.0015.151981.017.2ST HELENAN47.56W500N40W116.00-2763.00SWLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000238785
1824-07-20T11:00-31.1513.351532.615.6ST HELENAN45.12.W450N39W135.00-2760.00SLIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000238786
1824-07-21T11:00-29.1211.431326.717.2ST HELENAN50.9W412N39W157.00-2663.00SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000238787
1824-07-22T11:00-26.979.231336.718.3ST HELENAN51.31W355N42W175.00-2565.00SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000238788
1824-07-23T11:00-25.337.6713319.4ST HELENAN53.3W313N39W136.00-2567.00SSEFINE WEATHER0000000238789
1824-07-24T12:00-23.735.031116.719.4ST HELENAN52.16W255N56W174.00-2467.00SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000238790
1824-07-25T12:00-23.023.101116.720.0ST HELENAN49.29W219N67W120.00-2468.00SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000238791
1824-07-26T12:00-21.883.122012.619.4ST HELENAN51.11W190N45W76.00-2467.00SWLIGHT WINDSFINE0000000238792
1824-07-27T12:00-20.650.821812.620.6ST HELENAN52.40W156N45W91.00-2269.00SSWLIGHT WINDSFINE0000000238793
1824-07-28T12:00-20.50-1.531136.720.0MARTIN DASW509W1/4N124.00-2268.00SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000238794
1824-07-29T12:00-20.40-3.201152.620.0MARTIN DASW470W1/4N117.00-2068.00SELIGHT WINDSFINE0000000238795
1824-07-30T12:00-19.90-4.673621.021.1MARTIN DASS88.24W453N72W40.00-2070.00VARIABLELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000238796
1824-07-31T12:00-19.62-5.253610.021.7MARTIN DASS87.48W443N54W18.00-2071.00CALMCALMCLOUDY0000000238797
1824-08-01T12:00-19.28-6.17251.021.7MARTIN DASS86.47W422N64W33.00-2071.00NELIGHT AIRS0000000238798
1824-08-02T12:00-19.00-6.603610.021.7MARTIN DASS85.56W414N42W21.00-2071.00CALMCALMRAINCLOUDY0100000238799
1824-08-03T13:00-17.68-9.231069.321.1MARTIN DASS81.23W372N64W157.00-1870.00SEBEFRESH BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238800
1824-08-04T13:00-17.70-12.85989.321.1MARTIN DASS79.30W304S88W200.00-1570.00ESEFRESH BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238801
1824-08-05T13:00-18.10-16.25869.321.1MARTIN DASS78.16W233S79W180.00-1570.00EBSFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000238802
1824-08-06T13:00-18.33-18.87896.721.1MARTIN DASS79W190S85W145.00-1270.00EBSMODERATEFINE0000000238803
1824-08-07T13:00-18.77-21.581236.721.1MARTIN DASS75.46W138S80W151.00-1270.00SEMODERATE BREEZEFINE WEATHER0000000238804
1824-08-08T14:00-19.03-23.85816.721.7MARTIN DASS72.56W98S79W129.00-971.00EMODERATEFINE0000000238805
1824-08-09T14:00-19.33-26.283516.721.7MARTIN DASS63.26W51S81W131.00-971.00NMODERATEFINE0000000238806
1824-08-10T14:00-19.30-28.202199.321.7MARTIN DASS21.24W25N88W103.00-671.00SWFRESH BREEZESHEAVY SQUALLS1000000238807
1824-08-11T14:00-19.62-31.101749.322.2CAPE FRIOS71.29W214S79W161.00-672.00SFRESH BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238808
1824-08-12T14:00-20.27-33.9817722.2CAPE FRIOS69.41W158S70W153.00-372.00SSQUALLY0000000238809
1824-08-13T14:00-20.85-36.00426.722.8CAPE FRIOS68.28W118S73W117.00-373.00NEMODERATEFINE0000000238810
1824-08-14T15:00-21.95-38.833159.322.2CAPE FRIOS69.23W61S72W167.00072.00NWFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000238811
1824-08-15T15:00-21.65-40.283622.622.2CAPE FRIOS49W42N74W71.00072.00VARIABLELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000238812