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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 STAG cruise from Spithead to Funchal started at 1797-04-07 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752328, 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: 40.056875 * Median Longitude: -15.324375 * South-bound Latitude: 33.020000 * West-bound Longitude: -21.370000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.970000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.880000
Date/Time Start: 1797-04-07T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-04-23T13:00:00
Event(s):
Stag_17970407_NMM_ADM/L/S35 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 32.270000 * Longitude End: -16.930000 * Date/Time Start: 1797-04-07T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-04-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Stag (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Spithead - Funchal, 1st Observer: Joseph Sydney York (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 32G 776BM
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 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
285 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 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1797-04-07T12:0049.97-2.88134EDDISTONEN70W691S44W75.00-24SE, SSEPM LIGHT AIRS0000000243181
1797-04-08T12:0047.12-6.00123CAPE ORETGALS75W340S67W133.00-23EBN, SEBSPM MODERATEPM CLEAR0000000243182
1797-04-09T13:0046.85-10.3366CAPE ORETGALS61E113S52W225.00-24EPM FRESH BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000243183
1797-04-10T13:0045.63-12.43891.0CAPE ORETGALS62E53S46W118.00-24NEBE, ESEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRSPM CLEAR0000000243184
1797-04-11T13:0042.35-12.78316CAPE FINISTERES60E34S11W77.00-22VARIABLE, NNWPM LIGHT AIRS0000000243185
1797-04-12T13:0043.30-13.37291MADEIRAS34W190S22W66.00-24ENE, NWPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000243186
1797-04-14T13:0040.92-15.7823MADEIRAS5W133S42W65.00-22VARIABLE, NEPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000243187
1797-04-15T13:0039.53-15.90226MADEIRAS7W67S3W79.00-22WSWPM LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLE0000000243188
1797-04-16T13:0037.03-17.05249ST MICHAELSS84W135S20W159.00-21N, WPM FRESH BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000243189
1797-04-17T13:0035.28-19.13228ST MICHAELSN69W135S39W135.00-20WSWPM FRESH GALESPM CLOUDY0000000243190
1797-04-18T13:0036.27-19.80239ST MICHAELSS87W80N29W64.00-20W, WBSPM LIGHT AIRS0000000243191
1797-04-19T13:0038.00-20.22237ST MICHAELSN80W82N11W109.00-22WNW, WBSPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000243192
1797-04-20T13:0037.07-20.82261ST MICHAELSN52W87S27W68.00-20W, WBNPM MODERATE BREEZEPM CLEAR0000000243193
1797-04-21T13:0034.95-21.37295ST MICHAELSS73E72S12W130.00-20NWPM FRESH BREEZES0000000243194
1797-04-22T13:0033.62-19.83306MADEIRAS76E51S43E116.00-20NNE, NWBNPM MODERATEPM CLEAR0000000243195
1797-04-23T13:0033.02-17.503186.7MADEIRASE13S72E121.00-20NE, NNWPM MODERATE, AM MODERATE BREEZES0000000243196