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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 Spithead started at 1801-08-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752344, 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: 5.822295 * Median Longitude: -15.507869 * South-bound Latitude: -33.900000 * West-bound Longitude: -37.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.030000 * East-bound Longitude: 17.600000
Date/Time Start: 1801-08-03T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-10-18T13:00:00
Event(s):
Star_18010803_NMM_ADM/L/S398 * Latitude Start: -34.430000 * Longitude Start: 16.950000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1801-08-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-10-18T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Star (Brig/Sloop), Voyage: Table Bay - Spithead, 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
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 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1144 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 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1801-08-03T11:00-33.9017.601530.0ST HELENAN49W554N52W60.00-27SCALMCLEAR0000000244004
1801-08-04T11:00-32.1715.122000.0ST HELENAN49W500N50W168.00-25ESE, SWCALMCLEAR0000000244005
1801-08-05T11:00-31.5315.033620.0ST HELENAN50:36W492N6W38.00-25VARIABLECALMCLEAR0000000244006
1801-08-06T11:00-30.9313.673626.7ST HELENAN50:04W467N60W74.00-25VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000244007
1801-08-07T11:00-30.5513.582906.7ST HELENAN50:22W461N27W26.00-25NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000244008
1801-08-08T11:00-29.3312.802002.6ST HELENAN51:22W438N34W75.00-25SWMODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESAM RAINCLOUDY0100000244009
1801-08-09T11:00-27.5810.1713519.0ST HELENAN51:50W377N49W189.00-23SSEMODERATE, NOON FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000244010
1801-08-10T11:00-25.858.5713519.0ST HELENAN53:58W340N43W141.00-23SSEFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000244011
1801-08-11T12:00-24.387.253396.7ST HELENAN55W300N43W126.00-21NMODERATECLOUDY0000000244012
1801-08-12T12:00-22.825.931822.6ST HELENAN58W261N42W119.00-21SSWMODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244013
1801-08-13T12:00-21.624.78159ST HELENAN60W231N42W95.00-22SMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINCLOUDY0100000244014
1801-08-14T12:00-20.283.681372.6ST HELENAN64W198N41W120.00-22SSELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244015
1801-08-15T12:00-19.501.971392.6ST HELENAN70W158N39W124.00-20SSELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244016
1801-08-16T12:00-16.630.281386.7ST HELENAN88W120N39W151.00-20SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000244017
1801-08-17T12:00-16.23-2.331386.7ST HELENAN84W70N81W152.00-20SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000244018
1801-08-18T12:00-15.92-4.621406.7ST HELENAW25N83W132.00-18SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000244019
1801-09-04T12:00-15.05-7.27140ASCENSIONN46W205N56W105.00-18SSESQUALLYRAIN0100000244020
1801-09-05T13:00-13.78-9.0098ASCENSIONN44W156N53W128.00-15ESESQUALLYRAIN0100000244021
1801-09-06T13:00-12.20-10.10979.3ASCENSIONN43W119N34E107.00-16ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244022
1801-09-07T13:00-10.53-11.88979.3ASCENSIONN42W70N47W144.00-16ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244023
1801-09-08T13:00-8.95-13.481009.3ASCENSIONN37W24N43W138.00-13ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244024
1801-09-09T13:00-8.22-15.051006.7ASCENSIONN70E17N64W103.00-13ESEMODERATECLEAR0000000244025
1801-09-10T13:00-6.93-16.55992.6FERDINAND NORONHAN79W320N50W117.00-14ESELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000244026
1801-09-11T13:00-5.05-17.271449.3FERDINAND NORONHAN46W205N56W105.00-14SSESTRONG BREEZES, NOON FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244027
1801-09-12T13:00-2.57-19.7712412.3FERDINAND NORONHAS83W256NNW177.00-11SESTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244028
1801-09-13T13:00-0.10-20.411016.7FERDINAND NORONHANBW-12ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000244029
1801-09-14T13:002.23-21.051012.6ST JAGON11W86N140.00-12ESEMODERATE AND SQUALLY, NOON LIGHT BREEZESNOON CLOUDY0000000244030
1801-09-15T13:005.33-20.351006.7ST JAGON24W60100.00-13ESEMODERATE AND SQUALLY0000000244031
1801-09-16T13:006.05-20.021786.7ST JAGON21W57NEBN109.00-13SBWMODERATE AND SQUALLY0000000244032
1801-09-17T13:007.12-22.351456.7ST JAGON12W5379.00-13SSEMODERATE AND SQUALLY0000000244033
1801-09-18T13:007.93-21.301442.6ST JAGON17W4968.00-14SSELIGHT AIRS, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000244034
1801-09-19T13:008.48-21.323621.0ST JAGON18W45N32.00-14VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000244035
1801-09-20T13:009.63-21.351666.7ST JAGON21W38N3W70.00-14SMODERATECLOUDY0000000244036
1801-09-21T13:0011.47-22.382116.7ST JAGON18W59N31W129.00-14SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000244037
1801-09-22T14:0012.05-23.152362.6ST JAGON7W45N46W55.00-12WSWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244038
1801-09-23T14:0012.63-23.82101.0ST JAGON14E34N57W47.00-13NNECALM, AM LIGHT AIRSRAINCLOUDY0100000244039
1801-09-24T14:0012.87-24.07102.6ST JAGON25E31N45W20.00-13NNECALM, AM LIGHT BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000244040
1801-09-25T14:0013.30-24.03106.7ST JAGON25E22N4E25.00-13NNECALM, AM MODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000244041
1801-09-26T14:0013.12-24.10100.0FAYASN12E38S76W46.00-13NNECALMRAINCLOUDY0100000244042
1801-09-27T14:0013.62-26.073470.0FAYASN52E43N69W82.00-13NCALMRAINCLOUDY0100000244043
1801-09-28T14:0014.72-26.231221.0FAYASNBE-13SELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000244044
1801-09-29T14:0015.82-26.383626.7FAYASS68E44N65.00-13VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000244045
1801-09-30T14:0017.57-27.683626.7ST ANTONYS82E58NBW131.00-12VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000244046
1801-10-01T14:0019.40-29.37569.3FERVON52E272NNW146.00-12ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244047
1801-10-02T14:0021.38-30.75339.3FERVON62E262NBW153.00-12NEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244048
1801-10-03T14:0023.82-32.23659.3ST MARYSN22E284N160.00-14EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244049
1801-10-04T14:0025.83-33.73679.3ST MARYSN36E273NW148.00-12EBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244050
1801-10-05T14:0028.33-34.923112.3ST MARYSN43E237NNW163.00-14NESQUALLY, NOON STRONG BREEZESRAIN0100000244051
1801-10-06T14:0030.92-35.1754CORVON21E189NBE156.00-14ENESQUALLYRAIN0100000244052
1801-10-07T14:0033.25-35.5851CORVON30E148NNE144.00-17ENESQUALLYRAIN0100000244053
1801-10-08T14:0035.47-37.20519.3CORVON49E129N157.00-17ENEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000244054
1801-10-09T15:0037.02-37.653622.6CORVON63E119NNW90.00-15VARIABLESQUALLY, AM LIGHT BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000244055
1801-10-10T15:0038.00-37.703071.0CORVON72E110ENE59.00-19NWBNLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000244056
1801-10-11T14:0039.62-36.15362CORVOE1/4N66NEBE120.00-20VARIABLETHICKHAZY0000000244057
1801-10-12T14:0041.70-33.1325012.3ST MARYSN65E404ENE184.00-20WSTRONG BREEZESRAIN0100000244058
1801-10-13T14:0043.50-28.7726812.3ST MARYSN67E336ENE223.00-25WNWSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000244059
1801-10-14T14:0045.27-24.5726822.6ST MARYSN68E260EBN210.00-25WNWSTRONG GALES0000000244060
1801-10-15T13:0046.23-21.833356.7ST MARYSN70E217EBN130.00-25SW, NMODERATERAIN0100000244061
1801-10-16T13:0047.18-19.732002.6ST MARYSN72E182EBN104.00-25SWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244062
1801-10-17T13:0047.87-14.632439.3ST MARYSN69E114EBS213.00-27WFRESH BREEZESRAINHEAVY SEA0100000244063
1801-10-18T13:0049.03-9.9228912.3ST MARYSN67:37E47EBS204.00-26NWSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000244064