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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 Montevideo started at 1824-09-09 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752172, 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: -29.702857 * Median Longitude: -46.643571 * South-bound Latitude: -34.880000 * West-bound Longitude: -53.700000 * North-bound Latitude: -24.250000 * East-bound Longitude: -41.030000
Date/Time Start: 1824-09-09T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-09-22T16:00:00
Event(s):
Spartiate_18240909_NMM_LOG/N/M/5 * Latitude Start: -23.370000 * Longitude Start: -43.120000 * Latitude End: -35.970000 * Longitude End: -55.650000 * Date/Time Start: 1824-09-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1824-09-22T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Spartiate (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Rio De Janeiro - Montevideo, 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:
286 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)
1824-09-09T15:00-24.25-41.371716.718.3CAPE ST MARYS46.20W301S52E89.00265.00SBEMODERATEFINE0000000238813
1824-09-10T15:00-24.58-41.031602.619.4CAPE ST MARYS48W301S50E41.00267.00SSELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000238814
1824-09-11T15:00-25.47-42.273610.020.0CAPE ST MARYS47.40W274S40W63.00268.00CALMCALM OCCAISIONALLY0000000238815
1824-09-12T15:00-26.40-43.48491.020.6CAPE ST MARYS47.26W244S42W70.00469.00NELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000238816
1824-09-13T15:00-26.88-43.823610.022.2CAPE ST MARYS48.17W232S49W19.00472.00CALMCALMFINE0000000238817
1824-09-14T15:00-27.45-43.8236223.3CAPE ST MARYS50.14W225S45W20.00474.00VARIABLE0000000238818
1824-09-15T15:00-28.78-45.2562.623.9CAPE ST MARYS51.31W188S45W96.00675.00NLIGHT BREEZECLOUDY0000000238819
1824-09-16T15:00-30.53-47.63536.721.7CAPE ST MARYS52W134S50W123.00871.00NEMODERATECLOUDY0000000238820
1824-09-17T15:00-31.37-48.333620.021.1CAPE ST MARYS55W115S36W62.00870.00VARIABLECALM WITH OCCAISIONAL AIRS AT TIMES0000000238821
1824-09-18T15:00-33.13-50.831459.317.8CAPE ST MARYS59.24W60S52W133.001064.00SEFRESH BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238822
1824-09-19T15:00-33.50-51.121906.715.6CAPE ST MARYS64.40W51S15W47.001060.00SMODERATECLOUDY0000000238823
1824-09-20T15:00-34.25-49.7316812.314.4CAPE ST MARYS81.26W70S56E87.001058.00SSESTRONG BREEZESSQUALLY0000000238824
1824-09-21T15:00-34.37-50.631901.013.9CAPE ST MARYS83.57W54S64W54.001057.00SLIGHT VARIABLE AIRS0000000238825
1824-09-22T16:00-34.88-53.706.715.0LOBOSS80W15S85W152.001259.00MODERATEFINE0000000238826