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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 SPY cruise from Lizard to Madeira started at 1765-02-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752184, 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: 41.718000 * Median Longitude: -12.097000 * South-bound Latitude: 32.500000 * West-bound Longitude: -15.900000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.750000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.230000
Date/Time Start: 1765-02-16T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-02-28T00:00:00
Event(s):
Spy_17650216_NMM_ADM/L/S240 * Latitude Start: 49.810000 * Longitude Start: -5.260000 * Latitude End: 32.130000 * Longitude End: -16.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1765-02-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1765-02-28T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Spy (Cutter), Voyage: Lizard - Madeira, 1st Observer: Thomas Allwright (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 4G. 58BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
236 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)

-
(1 If position is considered t...)
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 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
15 
ww
(Weather description)
16 
Precip descr
17 
State sea 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)
1765-02-16T12:0048.75-7.2313819.0LIZARDN50:00E35S50:00W105.00-20N, SE, SEBS, EBN, SSEFIRST AN MID MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART FAIR, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000239503
1765-02-17T13:0047.88-8.959322.6LIZARDN49:00E65S53:00W87.00-20SSE, SE, SEBE, ESEFIRST FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MID AND LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000239504
1765-02-18T13:0046.33-9.9794LIZARDN42:00E97S24:00W102.00-19SEBE, ESEFIRST STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MID LIGHT AIRS AT TIMES CALM, LATTER SQUALLYRAINGREAT SWELL FROM ESE0100000239505
1765-02-19T13:0044.70-11.302746.7LIZARDN38:00E133S30:00W113.00-19SBE, E, ENE, N, WNWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATEFIRST HAZY, LATTER FAIRRAIN0100000239506
1765-02-20T13:0043.55-11.652291.0LIZARDN34:00E155S12:00W73.00-19NW-WSWFIRST MODERATE, MID SQUALLY, LATTER IGHT AIRSGREAT SWELL FROM NWFIRST CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000239507
1765-02-21T13:0041.75-12.68117LIZARDN33:00E193S35:00W128.00-18NEBE-SEVARIABLEVARIABLEGREAT SWELL FROM NW0000000239508
1765-02-22T13:0040.15-13.883426.7LIZARDN32:00E230S19:00W102.00-18E, W-NFIRST AND LATTER MODERATE, MID FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFAIR0000000239509
1765-02-23T13:0037.30-14.63296.7LIZARDN23:00E287S12:00W175.00-16N, NNE, NEFIRST FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST CLOUDY, MID AND LATTER FAIR0000000239510
1765-02-24T13:0034.27-14.78296.7LIZARDN23:00E343S2:00W182.00-16NEMODERATEFIRST AND LATTER FAIR, MID CLOUDY0000000239511
1765-02-25T13:0032.50-15.9053LIZARDN23:28E382S28:00W120.00-15EBN, ENEVARIABLEVARIABLE0000000239512
1765-02-26T00:0032.409019.0S OF MADERIAWBS21NE, EN, E, ENE, EFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER FAIR0000000239513
1765-02-27T00:003621.0FONCHIAL ROAD (MADERIA) EAST POINTEBS1NEBN, VARIABLEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMSFAIR0000000239514
1765-02-28T00:002251.01VARIABLE, CALM, SWLITTLE WINDS. THEN LIGHT AIRS FROM SW INTERMIXED WITH CALMS0000000239515