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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 STAR cruise from Table Bay to River Plate started at 1800-09-08 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752342, 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: -31.313662 * Median Longitude: -33.806761 * South-bound Latitude: -36.080000 * West-bound Longitude: -54.300000 * North-bound Latitude: -20.200000 * East-bound Longitude: 17.400000
Date/Time Start: 1800-09-08T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-11-25T16:00:00
Event(s):
Star_18000908_NMM_ADM/L/S398 * Latitude Start: -34.430000 * Longitude Start: 16.950000 * Latitude End: -35.230000 * Longitude End: -53.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1800-09-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1800-11-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Star (Brig/Sloop), Voyage: Table Bay - River Plate, 1st Observer: John Gardner (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 365BM
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:
1338 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)
1800-09-08T11:00-34.6717.403136.7CAPE GOOD HOPEN74E19S74W56.00-25NNWBREEZES0000000243868
1800-09-09T11:00-35.1516.503242.6CAPE GOOD HOPEN68:02E36S55W54.00-25NBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243869
1800-09-10T11:00-35.0516.0726822.6CAPE GOOD HOPEN74:13E42N7W22.00-25WNWSTRONG GALESHEAVY SEACLOUDY0000000243870
1800-09-11T11:00-34.2714.222236.7CAPE GOOD HOPES86:24E69N61W105.00-25WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243871
1800-09-12T11:00-33.1511.581816.7TRINIDADEN70:59W792S64W150.00-22SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000243872
1800-09-13T11:00-31.587.631579.3TRINIDADEN71:13W704N64W220.00-23SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243873
1800-09-14T12:00-30.305.702049.3TRINIDADEN72:30W666N62W171.00-21SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243874
1800-09-15T12:00-28.604.822942.6TRINIDADEN75:25W663N4E102.00-21NWLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243875
1800-09-16T12:00-27.704.422276.7TRINIDADEN76:50W654N21W60.00-21WSWMODERATE BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM WCLEAR0000000243876
1800-09-17T12:00-27.423.602041.0TRINIDADEN77:02W639N68W47.00-21SWLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000243877
1800-09-18T12:00-27.222.922152.6TRINIDADEN77:10W627N74W38.00-21SWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243878
1800-09-19T12:00-27.072.872721.0TRINIDADEN77:25W626N17W9.00-21WNWLIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALMS0000000243879
1800-09-20T12:00-26.121.233192.6TRINIDADEN78:30W595N58W103.00-19NNWLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243880
1800-09-21T12:00-25.58-2.502062.6TRINIDADEN78:41W544N80W205.00-19SWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243881
1800-09-22T12:00-25.33-5.63979.3TRINIDADEN77:27W469N85W173.00-16ESEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000243882
1800-09-23T13:00-24.57-8.60556.7TRINIDADEN75:16W418N73W164.00-13ENEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243883
1800-09-24T13:00-24.17-10.97326.7TRINIDADEN77:46W385N79W138.00-13NEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243884
1800-09-25T13:00-23.98-12.00326.7TRINIDADEN77:42W350N79W58.00-13NEFRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR, AM CLOUDY0000000243885
1800-09-26T13:00-23.60-14.001482.6TRINIDADEN77:38W313N79W115.00-10SSELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243886
1800-09-27T13:00-23.50-17.571519.3TRINIDADEN74:55W262N88W207.00-7SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243887
1800-09-28T13:00-23.25-20.22836.7TRINIDADEN71:25W219N85W179.00-7NE, EMODERATECLEAR0000000243888
1800-09-29T14:00-22.75-22.88199.3TRINIDADEN70:21W149N75W121.00-4NBW, SSW, NNEFRESH BREEZESFINEAM CLOUDY0000000243889
1800-09-30T14:00-21.32-26.201979.3TRINIDADEN75:02W83N65W200.00-6SSE, SSWMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243890
1800-10-01T14:00-20.20-29.401219.3TRINIDADES87:24W22N70W197.00-3SEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243891
1800-10-02T14:00-20.25-31.509812.3TRINIDADEN88W124.00-3EBSFRESH BREEZES, AM STRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243892
1800-10-11T14:00-22.23-32.221321.0CAPE ST MARYSS56:57W459S42W142.00-3NE, SELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000243893
1800-10-12T14:00-23.58-33.4322.6CAPE ST MARYSS58:17W425S42W109.002NE, NLIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000243894
1800-10-13T14:00-24.95-35.7729.3CAPE ST MARYSS58:25W374S56W153.002NNW, NE, NFRESH BREEZESPM HEAVY SHOWERS OF RAINCLOUDY1100000243895
1800-10-14T14:00-26.05-37.2729.3CAPE ST MARYSS58:35W337S52W104.002NW, NFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYHEAVY RAIN0100000243896
1800-10-15T15:00-26.95-38.9546.7CAPE ST MARYSS59:07W304S61W104.004NNE, NMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243897
1800-10-16T15:00-27.93-40.473216.7CAPE ST MARYSS59:46W271S54W103.006SE, NWMODERATE BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000243898
1800-10-17T15:00-30.20-43.3710912.3CAPE ST MARYSS63:1W203S48W204.008EBSSTRONG BREEZESHAZY0000000243899
1800-10-18T15:00-31.01-44.2512122.6CAPE ST MARYSS65:50W179S46W65.008SEBE, ESESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLYSHOWERS OF RAIN1100000243900
1800-10-19T15:00-33.40-46.9512322.6CAPE ST MARYSS77:15W122S44W155.0010E, ENE, ESESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000243901
1800-10-20T15:00-34.42-50.55809.3CAPE ST MARYSS83:42W61S71W194.0012E, NNE, ENEFRESH BREEZES0000000243902
1800-10-21T15:00-34.38-51.384622.6CAPE ST MARYSS80:49W44N88W51.0012NEBNSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000243903
1800-10-22T15:00-34.92-51.501222.6CAPE ST MARYSS84:26W45S6W35.0012NNW, WSW, NSTRONG GALESSMALL RAINHAZY0100000243904
1800-10-23T15:00-35.76-52.4023722.6CAPE ST MARYSS56:11W35S34W82.0012WSW, SWBW, SWSTRONG GAESHAZY0000000243905
1800-10-24T16:00-36.08-53.101492.6CAPE ST MARYSS62:42W22S62W41.0014NW, SELIGHT BREEZESHAZY0000000243906
1800-10-25T16:00-35.66-53.552622.6CAPE ST MARYSS25:06W24N42W34.0014SE, WSWLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243907
1800-10-26T16:00-35.70-52.701949.3CAPE ST MARYSS49:11W32N89E43.0014SSW, SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243908
1800-10-27T16:00-35.53-52.832176.7CAPE ST MARYSS42:20W33N43W14.0014W, SSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243909
1800-10-28T16:00-35.71-54.30352CAPE ST MARYSWBSS46W103.0014ENE, NNWFINE0000000243910
1800-10-29T16:00-34.40-53.6737CAPE ST MARYSW3/4S2114N, NNEFINE0000000243911
1800-10-30T16:00-35.45-54.00596.7CAPE ST MARYSN4:29W14S2E45.0014EBN, NEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0010000243912
1800-10-31T16:00-35.88-53.128212.3CAPE ST MARYSN37:12W29S59E56.0014SSW, ENESTRONG BREEZESHAZY0000000243913
1800-11-01T16:00-35.20-53.2827312.3CAPE ST MARYSN58:05W17N12W41.0014SSW, WBSSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243914
1800-11-02T16:00-35.23-53.383071.0CAPE ST MARYSN53:20W16S62W5.0014NNW, NW, WNWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000243915
1800-11-03T15:00-35.50-52.0312CAPE ST MARYSN66:45W43S77E68.0012WNW, NFINE0000000243916
1800-11-04T15:00-35.30-52.253272.6CAPE ST MARYSN70:49W33S34W18.0012SE, SSE, NWLIGHT BREEZES INCLINING TO CALM0000000243917
1800-11-05T16:00-34.97-52.661942.6CAPE ST MARYSN79:56W25S46W28.0014SBW, SLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0010000243918
1800-11-06T16:00-34.85-53.272172.6CAPE ST MARYSN80:24W14N77W31.0014SSWLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243919
1800-11-07T16:00-35.28-53.47376.7CAPE ST MARYSN47:07W16S20W28.0014NE, NNEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000243920
1800-11-08T16:00-35.12-53.41379.3CAPE ST MARYSN80:19W12S65E34.0014NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243921
1800-11-09T16:00-34.96-53.34379.3CAPE ST MARYSN72:54W23S65E34.0014N, NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0010000243922
1800-11-10T16:00-34.80-53.282626.7CAPE ST MARYSN85:41W13N49W27.0014S, WSWMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000243923
1800-11-11T16:00-35.20-52.5835222.6CAPE ST MARYSN68:47W25S56E42.0014WSW, SW, NNWMODERATE BREEZES, STRONG GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000243924
1800-11-12T15:00-35.90-51.5726022.6CAPE ST MARYSN61:59W48S50E65.0012WSWSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000243925
1800-11-13T16:00-35.60-52.7019412.3CAPE ST MARYSN53:59W28N72W58.0014SW, SSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243926
1800-11-14T16:00-35.10-53.371946.7CAPE ST MARYSN61:33W15N47W45.0014EBS, E, SMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000243927
1800-11-15T16:00-34.77-53.52821.0CAPE ST MARYSN88:32W13N20W23.0014NNE, ENELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000243928
1800-11-16T16:00-34.80-52.53591.0CAPE ST MARYSS77:55W27N65E53.0014EBS, SSE, NELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000243929
1800-11-17T15:00-34.33-51.451709.3CAPE ST MARYSS79:35W48N82E54.0012SE, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243930
1800-11-18T15:00-34.83-51.301702.6CAPE ST MARYSN88W48S14E31.0012WNW, SSELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243931
1800-11-19T15:00-35.05-51.8030512.3CAPE ST MARYSN88:11W39S63W27.0012NNE, WNWLIGHT BREEZES, STRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000243932
1800-11-20T15:00-35.17-52.28579.3CAPE ST MARYSN75:08W32S70W25.0012WSW, SW, NEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000243933
1800-11-21T16:00-34.38-53.182399.3CAPE ST MARYSS65:25W17N45W63.0014NW, SWFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000243934
1800-11-22T16:00-34.58-53.282176.7CAPE ST MARYSS57:53W15S26W15.0014ESE, WNW, SSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000243935
1800-11-23T16:00-34.88-53.782842.6ROCKY POINT N AND LABOS ISLANDSW714E, NNE, WLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243936
1800-11-24T16:00-35.50-54.28592.6ROCKY POINT N AND LABOS ISLANDN17W12S17E37.0014SBW, SW, NELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000243937
1800-11-25T16:00-34.98-54.002626.7ROCKY POINT N AND LABOS ISLANDN86:12W10N24E33.0014SSW, WSWFRESH GALES, AM MORE MODERATECLEAR0000000243938