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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 STORK cruise from Spithead to Nassau started at 1801-12-31 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752348, 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: 27.420714 * Median Longitude: -37.069643 * South-bound Latitude: 18.430000 * West-bound Longitude: -75.520000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.380000
Date/Time Start: 1801-12-31T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-01-27T17:00:00
Event(s):
Stork_18011231_NMM_ADM/L/S8 * Latitude Start: 50.680000 * Longitude Start: -0.960000 * Latitude End: 26.050000 * Longitude End: -76.380000 * Date/Time Start: 1801-12-31T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-01-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Stork (Sloop), Voyage: Spithead - Nassau, Bahamas, 1st Observer: R.W Taylor (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 16G 422BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
527 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 
Precip descr
15 
State sea 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 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1801-12-31T12:0049.47-5.383466.7PORTO SANCTOS27W369WSW159.00-25NBEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000244718
1802-01-01T13:0047.13-8.652122.6PORTO SANCTOS23W308S43W192.00-24NNE, NESTRONG GALESSHOWERS OF SNOW1001000244719
1802-01-02T13:0044.77-10.472919.3PORTO SANCTOS24W258S29W156.00-24NBW, NWMODERATE, AM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLEAR0000000244720
1802-01-03T13:0041.85-13.68229.3PORTO SANCTOS14W183S39W224.00-23NWBN, NEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000244721
1802-01-04T13:0038.87-17.223606.7ST MARYSN83W79S43W236.00-23NNW, NNESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, AT NOON MORE MODERATESHOWERS OF RAIN1100000244722
1802-01-05T13:0036.48-19.952949.3BRIDGE TOWNS57W762S42W195.00-21NE, NWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000244723
1802-01-06T14:0033.82-23.423406.7ANGUILLAS69:30W721S46W228.00-20NW, NBE, NFRESH BREEZES, AT 8 STRONG BREEZES, AT 10 MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000244724
1802-01-07T14:0031.93-25.723209.3ANGUILLAS73W712S45W164.00-18NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244725
1802-01-08T14:0030.87-25.653620.0ANGUILLANE718S4E60.00-18VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLE, AT 2AM CALM0000000244726
1802-01-09T14:0028.87-26.12241ANGUILLAS73W701S12W116.00-18NWBN, WBSFRESH BREEZES, AM HEAVY SQUALLSAM RAINCLOUDY0100000244727
1802-01-10T14:0026.38-27.5029012.3ANGUILLAS76:12W671S26W167.00-14NWBN, NWBWBRISK GALESCLEAR0000000244728
1802-01-11T14:0024.28-28.382672.6ANGUILLAS79:39W895S21W131.00-14WBNMODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR, AM CLOUDY0000000244729
1802-01-12T14:0021.50-29.422696.7ANGUILLAS84:16W885S19W171.00-12WBNMODERATECLEAR0000000244730
1802-01-13T14:0020.53-32.203599.3ANGUILLAS85:43W571S69W173.00-12N, NBEVARIABLE WINDS AND SQUALLY, AM STEADY BREEZESSHOWERS OF RAINAM CLEAR1100000244731
1802-01-14T14:0020.17-34.87586.7ANGUILLAS86:4W525S76W152.00-10N, W, ENEMODERATE BREEZESHEAVY SWELLCLEAR0000000244732
1802-01-15T15:0019.98-38.35263ANGUILLAS87:57W462S87W172.00-7NBW, VARIABLE, WMODERATE BREEZES, AM VARIABLE WINDCLEAR0000000244733
1802-01-16T15:0019.67-41.35106ANGUILLAS86:18W403S80W178.00-7ENE, ESESQUALLY WITH VARIABLE WINDS0000000244734
1802-01-17T15:0019.37-44.181986.7ANGUILLAS86:40W350S83W164.00-5ESE, W, VARIABLE, SSWFIRST PART MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZES, AT NOON MORE MODERATEFIRST PART CLEAR, AM CLOUDY0000000244735
1802-01-18T15:0018.90-45.932436.7ANGUILLAS88:4W316S74W166.00-5NEBN, VARIABLE, WSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000244736
1802-01-19T15:0018.62-48.10766.7ANGUILLAS88:41W217S82W126.00-3N, EBNMODERATE AND VARIABLE WINDS0000000244737
1802-01-20T15:0018.43-50.00532.6WETLANDN75:27W508S86W150.00-3NEBN, NE, NEBELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000244738
1802-01-21T16:0018.73-53.07446.7WETLANDN85W174.00-1NEMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR AND PLEASANT WEATHER0000000244739
1802-01-22T16:0019.50-57.023312.3WETLANDN74:57W299N78W228.00-1NE, NEBNSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYSHOWERS OF RAINAM CLEAR1100000244740
1802-01-23T15:0020.98-50.8542WETLANDN77:11W255N68W235.00-3NESQUALLYHEAVY SEA0000000244741
1802-01-24T16:0022.43-64.6347HOLE IN THE WALLN73W256N67W229.002NEBRISK GALES WITH SQUALLS, AM HEAVY SQUALLSAM SHOWERS OF RAINCLEAR1100000244742
1802-01-25T17:0024.03-68.37479.3HOLE IN THE WALLN73:16W195N65W277.002NEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR WEATHER0000000244743
1802-01-26T17:0024.75-71.95362HOLE IN THE WALLN74:31W187N77W201.002NEBN, VARIABLEPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLYAM RAINPM CLEAR0100000244744
1802-01-27T17:0025.47-75.521179.3HOLE IN THE WALLN82W184N78W199.004EBN, EBS, ESEPM FRESH BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000244745