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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 SURPRIZE cruise from St. Johns to Lisbon started at 1781-11-02 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752386, 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: 45.871200 * Median Longitude: -33.749600 * South-bound Latitude: 39.130000 * West-bound Longitude: -50.020000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -11.080000
Date/Time Start: 1781-11-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-11-27T13:00:00
Event(s):
Surprize_17811102_NMM_ADM/L/S545 * Latitude Start: 47.670000 * Longitude Start: -52.270000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Date/Time Start: 1781-11-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1781-11-27T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Surprize (Sloop), Voyage: St Johns Nf - Lisbon, 1st Observer: Samuel Reeve (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 18G 222BM
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:
508 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)
1781-11-02T00:0047.403152.6CAPE SPEARN80W12WSW, NWLITTLE WINDMIDDLE FOGGYFAIR0010000246709
1781-11-03T15:0047.08-50.022522.6CAPE SPEARM75W32S75E97.00-18NNE, WLITTLE WINDCLOUDY0000000246710
1781-11-04T15:0046.45-49.1756.7CAPE SPEARN64W48S43E52.00-18EBS, SEBE, NNEMODERATECLOUDY0000000246711
1781-11-05T15:0047.50-49.2210019.0CAPE SPEARW42N2W63.00-24ESE, SEBE, ESE, SEBEFRESH GALESSMALL RAIN0100000246712
1781-11-06T15:0048.43-49.32896.7CAPE SPEARS65:07W44N4W56.00-24SEBE, ESEFRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATETHICK, LATTER FOGGYRAIN0110000246713
1781-11-07T15:0049.08-48.421226.7CAPE SPEARS38:39W60N28:30E136.00-24SSE, SBW, SEBSMODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FOGGYGREAT SWELL FROM ELATTER HAZY0010000246714
1781-11-08T15:0049.25-46.471676.7CAPE SPEARS65:42W85N83E78.00-24S, SBWMODERATELATTER FOGGYHAZY0010000246715
1781-11-09T15:0049.17-43.671569.3CAPE SPEARS73:51W120S87E110.00-24SWBS, WSW, SFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000246716
1781-11-10T15:0048.77-43.622469.3CAPE SPEARS77:33W117S4E24.00-24EBS, SEBE, WMODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESSMALL RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000246717
1781-11-11T15:0049.22-42.151119.3CAPE SPEARS75:23W139N65E65.00-24SSW, SSE, SEFRESH BREEZESRAIN AT TIMESHAZY0100000246718
1781-11-12T15:0049.47-40.721342.6CAPE SPEARS75:38W158S75E59.00-24S, SBE, SSESQUALLY, LATTER LITTLE WINDRAINGREAT SWELL FROM S0100000246719
1781-11-13T15:0049.00-38.1319019.0CAPE SPEARS81W191S75E105.00-24WNW, W, SWBSLIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE AND LATTER RAINCONFUSED SEA - SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0100000246720
1781-11-14T14:0048.65-35.782806.7CAPE SPEARS84W222S77E95.00-24NW, NNW, NWBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATECONFUSED SEA - SWELL FROM SMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000246721
1781-11-15T14:0047.88-34.85212.6CAPE SPEARS88:08W235S41E61.00-24NEBE, NELIGHT BREEZESMIDDLE AND LATTER PARTS RAINGREAT SWELLCLOUDY0100000246722
1781-11-16T14:0046.80-33.4210419.0CAPE SPEARN87W256S42E87.00-20SSW, WBN, SEBEMODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINHAZY0100000246723
1781-11-17T14:0046.10-31.672730.0CAPE SPEARN84:22W284S60E85.00-20N, WNWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, LATTER CALMLATTER CLOUDY0000000246724
1781-11-18T14:0045.55-31.9311519.0CAPE SPEARN82W283S18W35.00-20SBW, SELITTLE WIND, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH GALESMIDDLE RAINCLOUDY, LATTER HAZY0100000246725
1781-11-19T14:0045.43-29.9517119.0CAPE SPEARN88:21W310S85E84.00-20SSW, SW, SBWFIRST PART SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALESRAINGREAT SEA FROM SWMIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000246726
1781-11-20T14:0044.52-27.0520419.0CAPE SPEARN80:20W353S66E133.00-21W, NWBN, SWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000246727
1781-11-21T14:0043.53-24.053059.3CAPE SPEARN78:41W400S65E141.00-21NBE, NWBNSQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000246728
1781-11-22T14:0042.92-22.583396.7CAPE SPEARN77:39W425S60E75.00-21NNW, WBN, NMODERATECLOUDY0000000246729
1781-11-23T13:0041.78-19.0222922.6CAPE SPEARN76:23W483S67E175.00-19NNW, WSWFRESH GALES, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000246730
1781-11-24T13:0040.70-15.4830622.6CAPE SPEARN75:32W542S68E175.00-20NNW, N, NWBNSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000246731
1781-11-25T13:0040.30-13.3532.6CAPE SPEARN75:32W575S75E100.00-20NEBN, NEBE, NNESQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER LITTLE WINDFIRST PART SHOWERS OF RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR1100000246732
1781-11-26T13:0040.07-12.62252.6CAPE SPEARN75:26W587S70E36.00-20SW, NELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000246733
1781-11-27T13:0039.13-11.082052.6CAPE SPEARN74:20W618S51E93.00-20SWBW, NW, SWLITTLE WINDMIDDLE LITTLE RAINFAIR0100000246734