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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 St. Albans cruise from Lisbon to Hampton Road started at 1797-02-24 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752190, 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: 28.251304 * Median Longitude: -40.013043 * South-bound Latitude: 22.050000 * West-bound Longitude: -74.630000 * North-bound Latitude: 38.430000 * East-bound Longitude: -12.570000
Date/Time Start: 1797-02-24T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-04-14T17:00:00
Event(s):
St_Albans_17970224_NMM_ADM/L/S100 * Latitude Start: 38.530000 * Longitude Start: -9.740000 * Latitude End: 36.800000 * Longitude End: -74.250000 * Date/Time Start: 1797-02-24T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-04-14T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: St Albans (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Lisbon - Hampton Road, Virginia, 1st Observer: William Lechmore (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 64G 1365BM
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
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:
836 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
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)
1797-02-24T13:0038.43-12.572599.3MADEIRAS32W137S82W147.00-22WBNPM MODERATE BREEZES, NOON FRESH BREEZESNOON CLEAR0000000239742
1797-02-25T13:0037.23-14.38699.3MADEIRAS26W102S51W113.00-21EBN, EFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000239743
1797-02-26T13:0035.50-15.021142.6PORTO SANCTOS20W43S17W109.00-21SELIGHT WINDS0000000239744
1797-02-27T13:0033.17-14.97929.3MADEIRAS73W37S2E141.00-21SE, ESEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000239745
1797-02-28T13:0032.62-15.1029.3PORTO SANCTONBW1/2W6-21NE, NNEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000239746
1797-03-01T13:0032.70-15.24339WESTERNMOST DESERT ISLANDWBS1/2S5-21NBE, NNOON SQUALLYFAIR0000000239747
1797-03-02T13:0032.58-15.383396.7MADEIRA EAST ENDNW1/2N7-21NBE, NPM FRSH GALES AND SQUALLY, AM MODERATEAM CLOUDY0000000239748
1797-03-03T13:0032.83-15.522382.6DESERT ISLANDW1/2S-21NBW, WBSLIGHT BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM N0000000239749
1797-03-04T13:0032.68-15.6530519.0DESERT ISLANDW1/2N7-21WBS, NWBNFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000239750
1797-03-05T13:0032.52-15.79132.6MADEIRANW14-21NNW, NEBNPM FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MODERATE, AM LIGHT WINDSHEAVY SWELL FROM N0000000239751
1797-03-06T13:0032.58-15.931706.7MADEIRANWBW2-21E, SBWPM LIGHT AIRS, AM MODERATEAM CLOUDY0000000239752
1797-03-07T13:0032.65-16.0720422.6PORTO SANCTON62W7N61E29.00-21SWSTRONG GALES0000000239753
1797-03-12T13:0030.98-18.15320FUNCHALLN29E38S29W113.00-18WBN, NNWSQUALLY0000000239754
1797-03-13T13:0029.28-18.932866.7EXTREMES OF PALMAS1/2E12-18N, NWBWPM FRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLY, NOON MODERATEHEAVY SWELL FROM NNWNOON FAIR0000100239755
1797-03-14T13:0027.35-19.722989.3PALMAN53E43S53W127.00-17NWPM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYAM FAIR0000000239756
1797-03-15T13:0026.30-20.536PALMAN46E67S35W77.00-17NNEFAIR0000000239757
1797-03-16T13:0025.22-21.032641.0PALMAN40E89S23W70.00-17WBNLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000239758
1797-03-17T14:0023.68-22.583236.7PALMAN40E131S43W125.00-15WBN, NNWMODERATEFAIR0000000239759
1797-03-18T14:0023.23-23.833112.6CAPE BLANCOS69E144S68W74.00-15NWBNS0.125LIGHT BREEZES0000000239760
1797-03-19T14:0022.40-25.353129.3BERMUDAN73W705S59W97.00-14NWBNPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZES0000000239761
1797-03-20T14:0022.23-28.10116.7BERMUDAN71W660S87W154.00-12NNEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE0000000239762
1797-03-21T14:0022.05-30.38569.3BERMUDAN70W622S85W127.00-12ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000239763
1797-03-22T14:0022.45-33.98369.3BERMUDAN68W560N83W202.00-9NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000239764
1797-03-23T14:0022.72-37.42799.3BERMUDAN66W501S85W192.00-11EFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000239765
1797-03-24T15:0022.78-40.28816.7BERMUDAN64W454N88W158.00-9EPM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AM MODERATEAM CLOUDY0000000239766
1797-03-25T15:0022.92-43.18946.7BERMUDAN61W407N87W160.00-7EBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000239767
1797-03-26T15:0023.15-46.27946.7BERMUDAN58W354N85W170.00-7EBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000239768
1797-03-27T15:0023.33-48.63966.7BERMUDAN54W320N85W132.00-5EBSMODERATEFAIR0000000239769
1797-03-28T15:0023.52-51.15746.7BERMUDAN50W283N85W140.00-5EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000239770
1797-03-29T16:0023.72-53.35766.7BERMUDAN45W251N84W122.00-3EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000239771
1797-03-30T16:0023.85-55.67986.7BERMUDAN38W217N86W128.00-3EBSMODERATEFAIR0000000239772
1797-03-31T16:0025.00-58.2515719.0BERMUDAN31W177N63W157.00-1SSEPM MODERATE AND SQUALLY, AM SQUALLY, NOON FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYAM RAIN0100100239773
1797-04-01T16:0025.82-60.8515719.0BERMUDAN81W143N71W148.00-1SSW, SSEPM STRONG GALES, AM MODERATE, NOON FRESH GALES0000000239774
1797-04-02T16:0026.40-62.752601.0BERMUDAN5W124N71W109.001SBE, WBSPM SQUALLY, AM LIGHT AIRS0000000239775
1797-04-03T16:0026.10-61.533596.7BERMUDAN7E128S79W97.00-1NWBN, NMODERATECLOUDY0000000239776
1797-04-04T16:0027.05-66.825719.0BERMUDAN27E135N65W135.001N, NEBEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM FRESH GALESFAIR0000000239777
1797-04-05T16:0027.93-66.282119.0CAPE HATTERASN48W216N55W93.00-2NNEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000239778
1797-04-06T17:0027.70-68.283159.3CAPE HATTERASN40W198S82W107.000NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000239779
1797-04-07T17:0027.03-70.233406.7CAPE HATTERASN30W187S69W111.002NNWMODERATEFAIR0000000239780
1797-04-08T17:0027.15-70.551151.0CAPE HATTERASN29W182N67W17.002ESELIGHT AIRS0000000239781
1797-04-09T17:0028.50-71.031802.6CAPE HATTERASN31W154N18W81.000SLIGHT WINDS0000000239782
1797-04-10T17:0030.17-72.00236CAPE HATTERASN33W124N27W112.000SWBWPM MODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN0100000239783
1797-04-11T17:0031.35-73.4336CAPE HATTERASN29W91N44W99.002NEBNFAIR0000000239784
1797-04-12T17:0032.02-73.7747CAPE HATTERASN29W72N29W46.002NEFAIR0000000239785
1797-04-13T17:0034.67-70.052229.3CAPE HATTERASN70W40N5W160.00-3SWFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000239786
1797-04-14T17:0036.02-74.631122.6CAPE HENRYN54W34N19W86.000NBESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000239787