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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 STANDARD cruise from St. Helena to The Downs started at 1796-06-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752331, 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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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: 23.157458 * Median Longitude: -25.502542 * South-bound Latitude: -13.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -41.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -3.250000
Date/Time Start: 1796-06-01T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-07-31T12:00:00
Event(s):
Standard_17960601_NMM_ADM/L/S359 * Latitude Start: -15.890000 * Longitude Start: -5.750000 * Latitude End: 47.720000 * Longitude End: -5.280000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-06-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-07-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Standard (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: St Helena - Downs, 1st Observer: Joseph Ellison (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 64G 1369BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
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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 
Precip descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1796-06-01T15:0024.20-37.73709.3CORVON20E330N31W161.00-9ENE, EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243510
1796-06-03T13:00-13.75-8.121446.7ASCENSIONN46W167N46W122.00-14SE, SSEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243511
1796-06-04T13:00-12.17-9.831206.7ASCENSIONN47W122N46W139.00-15SEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243512
1796-06-05T13:00-10.30-11.781319.3ASCENSIONN47W70N46W161.00-15SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000243513
1796-06-06T13:00-8.53-13.471229.3ASCENSIONN56W21N43W146.00-13SEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000243514
1796-06-07T13:00-6.87-15.151229.3ASCENSIONS47E31N47W93.00-13SEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000243515
1796-06-08T13:00-5.08-15.981336.7ASCENSIONS35E78N25W118.00-13ESE, SEBSMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243516
1796-06-09T13:00-3.07-16.881002.6ASCENSIONS31E114N21W132.00-13ESELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243517
1796-06-10T13:00-1.05-17.00996.7ASCENSIONS24E150N3W121.00-14ESEMODERATE BREEZESPLEASANT0000000243518
1796-06-11T13:000.33-17.07992.6BRAVAN27W325N3W83.00-14ESELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243519
1796-06-12T13:001.27-17.121216.7BRAVAN29W309N3W56.00-14SBW, SEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243520
1796-06-13T13:002.67-17.771911.0BRAVAN28W278N30W97.00-12VARIABLE, SSWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243521
1796-06-14T13:004.57-19.122022.6BRAVAN28W232N32W134.00-12SBE, VARIABLE, SWBSLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243522
1796-06-15T13:005.97-20.183621.0BRAVAN26W196N37W105.00-12SSE, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000243523
1796-06-16T13:007.20-20.451791.0BRAVAN28W174N12W76.00-12VARIABLE, SE, SBWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000243524
1796-06-17T13:008.50-20.521452.6BRAVAN32W150N3W78.00-13SE, SSELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243525
1796-06-18T13:008.73-20.88770.0BRAVAN31W143N57W26.00-13N, NBE-NE, ELIGHT AIRS, AM CALMCLOUDY0000000243526
1796-06-19T13:009.23-21.52439.3BRAVAN29W120N51W48.00-13NNE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243527
1796-06-20T14:0010.02-22.50212.6BRAVAN23W105N51W74.00-13NNE, NEBNLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243528
1796-06-21T14:0010.83-23.52349.3BRAVAN15W83N51W78.00-11NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243529
1796-06-22T14:0011.68-24.453606.7BRAVAN4W63N17W75.00-11NBEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243530
1796-06-23T14:0013.00-25.75449.3BRAVAN30E42N44W110.00-12NEBN, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243531
1796-06-24T14:0013.88-27.15229.3BRAVAN67E52N56W99.00-12NEBE, NEBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243532
1796-06-25T14:0014.28-28.25249.3BRAVAN81E71N71W68.00-10N, NEBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243533
1796-06-26T14:0015.20-29.523509.3ST ANTHONYS67E99N53W91.00-10ENE, NFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243534
1796-06-27T14:0016.87-31.12589.3ST ANTHONYN87E121N43W137.00-10NEBE, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243535
1796-06-28T14:0018.43-32.7029.3CORVON4E427N44W130.00-9NBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243536
1796-06-29T14:0020.03-34.37369.3CORVON6E383N44W134.00-9NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243537
1796-06-30T14:0021.90-36.23479.3CORVON14E367N43W154.00-9EBN, NEBEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000243538
1796-07-02T15:0026.10-38.50709.3CORVON25E300N20W121.00-9EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243539
1796-07-03T15:0027.48-38.97706.7CORVON29E278N17W87.00-9ESE, EBNMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243540
1796-07-04T15:0024.73-39.53702.6CORVON33E261N22W81.00-9EBNLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243541
1796-07-05T15:0029.72-40.10571.0CORVON37E250N27W66.00-11NE, ENELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243542
1796-07-06T15:0030.45-40.633621.0CORVON43E242N32W52.00-11VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000243543
1796-07-07T15:0030.90-41.173601.0CORVON43E242N40W38.00-11NBELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243544
1796-07-08T15:0031.08-41.503272.6CORVON47E232N16W62.00-11EBN, NNWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243545
1796-07-09T15:0033.08-41.12991.0CORVON51E214N9E72.00-14ESELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000243546
1796-07-10T15:0034.30-41.05991.0CORVON56E194N9E74.00-14ESELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243547
1796-07-11T15:0035.15-40.931212.6CORVON60E183N7E51.00-14SELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243548
1796-07-12T15:0035.08-40.83991.0CORVON63E173N7E41.00-14ESELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243549
1796-07-13T15:0036.67-40.532111.0CORVON60E162N16E52.00-14WSW, SWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243550
1796-07-14T15:0038.67-38.632869.3CORVON80E121N37E150.00-18NEBN, NWBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243551
1796-07-15T14:0038.97-36.6049.3CORVON80E89N77E105.00-19NNEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000243552
1796-07-16T14:0040.22-34.732856.7CORVOD80E58N50E115.00-19NW, NWBWMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243553
1796-07-17T14:0041.68-32.222959.3SCILLYN65E392N52E145.00-20NNW, NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243554
1796-07-18T14:0042.80-30.653149.3SCILLYN67E362N46E97.00-24NWBW, NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243555
1796-07-19T14:0045.90-28.102466.7SCILLYN72E306N39E171.00-24WSW, WMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243556
1796-07-20T14:0044.07-26.784422.6SCILLYN67E298S43E82.00-24ENESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000243557
1796-07-21T14:0043.32-25.15329.3SCILLYN63E287S57E83.00-24VARIABLE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000243558
1796-07-22T14:0043.87-25.28449.3SCILLYN64E281N11W34.00-24EBN, ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243559
1796-07-23T14:0044.83-23.972120.0SCILLYN67E256N44E81.00-24WNW, SWBWCALM0000000243560
1796-07-24T13:0046.43-20.3823522.6SCILLYN69E196N57E178.00-24NW, WBSSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000243561
1796-07-25T13:0047.77-16.722889.3SCILLYN72E138N62E170.00-27NWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000243562
1796-07-26T13:0048.82-12.9332219.0SCILLYN75E85N67E165.00-27NBE, NBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000243563
1796-07-27T13:0049.47-10.683239.3SCILLYN80E52N66E97.00-26NW, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243564
1796-07-28T12:0049.47-7.172696.7SCILLYN35E11E139.00-24WSW, WNWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243565
1796-07-29T12:0049.43-5.502579.3LIZARDN20E11S88E66.00-24ENE, WBNFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000243566
1796-07-30T12:0048.63-4.923629.3LIZARDN8W271S26E53.00-24EBN, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243567
1796-07-31T12:0049.23-3.25320.0STARTN16W191N61E75.00-24WNW, NEBECALMFAIR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation243568