García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during SYBILLE cruise from Table Bay to Madras started at 1796-10-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752429, 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
Project(s):
Funding:
Fifth Framework Programme (FP5), grant/award no. EVK2-CT-2000-00090: Climatological Database for the Worlds Oceans: 1750-1854
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -21.942917 * Median Longitude: 69.861250 * South-bound Latitude: -40.300000 * West-bound Longitude: 16.870000 * North-bound Latitude: 11.220000 * East-bound Longitude: 95.580000
Date/Time Start: 1796-10-03T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-11-21T06:00:00
Event(s):
Sybille_17961003_NMM_ADM/L/S616 * Latitude Start: -34.430000 * Longitude Start: 16.950000 * Latitude End: 12.100000 * Longitude End: 80.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1796-10-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1796-11-21T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Sybille (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Table Bay - Madras, 1st Observer: Edward Cooke (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 1090BM
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Geocode | |||
| 2 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Geocode | |||
| 3 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Geocode | |||
| 4 | Wind direction | dd | deg | Wind 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. | ||
| 5 | Wind speed | ff | m/s | calculated from the descriptive terms of wind force given in the observations | ||
| 6 | Landmark | Landmark | Name of first landmark | |||
| 7 | Bearing | Bearing | Bearing of the first landmark | |||
| 8 | Distance to landmark | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance to the first landmark | ||
| 9 | Course | Course | Course of the ship during the past 24 hours | |||
| 10 | Distance | Distance | arbitrary units | Distance travelled during the previous 24 hours | ||
| 11 | Declination | Decl | deg | It 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 description | Wind dir descr | All reported wind directions on this day. The wind direction is the direction that points to where the wind comes from. | |||
| 13 | Wind force description | Wind force descr | All reported wind forces on this day | |||
| 14 | Present weather | ww | Weather description | |||
| 15 | Precipitation description | Precip descr | ||||
| 16 | Clearness | Clearness | ||||
| 17 | Gusts | Gusts | 1 If wind gusts are reported | |||
| 18 | Precipitation/Rain | Rain | 1 If rain was reported | |||
| 19 | Fog | Fog | 1 If fog was reported | |||
| 20 | Snow type | Snow | 1 If snow was reported | |||
| 21 | Thunder | Thunder | 1 If thunder and or lightning was reported | |||
| 22 | Hail | Hail | 1 If hail was reported | |||
| 23 | Sea ice | Sea ice | 1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported | |||
| 24 | Identification | ID | CLIWOC 2.1 line number |
License:
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Size:
935 data points
Data
| 1 Date/Time | 2 Latitude | 3 Longitude | 4 dd [deg] (Wind direction (from which th...) | 5 ff [m/s] (calculated from the descripti...) | 6 Landmark (Name of first landmark) | 7 Bearing (Bearing of the first landmark) | 8 Distance [arbitrary units] (Distance to the first landmark) | 9 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 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1796-10-03T11:00 | -35.03 | 16.87 | 362 | 9.3 | CAPE OF GOOD HOPE | N64E | 29 | S53W | 101.00 | -24 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES THEN STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, THEN FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249682 | ||
| 1796-10-04T11:00 | -36.92 | 16.87 | 134 | 9.3 | S | 113.00 | -24 | SEBE, SSE | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY THEN CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249683 | |||||
| 1796-10-05T11:00 | -38.77 | 19.70 | 362 | 6.7 | ISLE ST PAULS | N83E | 859 | S41E | 147.00 | -25 | VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249684 | ||
| 1796-10-06T10:00 | -39.62 | 23.33 | 362 | 19.0 | ISLE ST PAULS | N87:50E | 783 | S76E | 211.00 | -27 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES THEN FRESH GALES, AND SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249685 | ||
| 1796-10-07T10:00 | -39.18 | 26.28 | 187 | 9.3 | ISLE ST PAULS | N89E | 742 | N82E | 186.00 | -27 | WBS, SWBS | FRESH GALES THE FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249686 | ||
| 1796-10-08T10:00 | -39.25 | 31.68 | 207 | 22.6 | ISLE ST PAULS | N89E | 681 | S89E | 205.00 | -29 | SWBW | FRESH BREEZES THEN STRONG GALES AND HEAVY SQUALLS | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249687 | ||
| 1796-10-09T10:00 | -39.10 | 36.43 | 174 | 9.3 | ISLE ST PAULS | N87E | 613 | N86E | 225.00 | -30 | SWBS, SSW | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | FLYING SHOWERS AND RAIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249688 | ||
| 1796-10-10T09:00 | -39.28 | 41.13 | 195 | 6.7 | ISLE ST PAULS | N86E | 535 | S87E | 219.00 | -30 | W, SW | FRESH BREEZES THEN MODERATE BREEZES | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249689 | ||
| 1796-10-11T09:00 | -38.93 | 42.80 | 285 | 6.7 | ISLE ST PAULS | N87:20E | 484 | N87E | 219.00 | -30 | NW | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, LATER MORE MODERATE | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 249690 | ||
| 1796-10-12T09:00 | -39.03 | 44.46 | 362 | 9.3 | ISLE ST PAULS | N85:20E | 416 | S87E | 129.00 | -30 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249691 | ||
| 1796-10-13T09:00 | -39.03 | 46.12 | 353 | 22.6 | ISLE ST PAULS | N85E | 362 | E | 257.00 | -30 | NNE | MODERATE BREEZES THEN STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249692 | ||
| 1796-10-14T09:00 | -39.55 | 47.78 | 362 | 9.3 | ISLE ST PAULS | N83E | 287 | S87E | 147.00 | -29 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES | RAIN AT TIMES | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249693 | ||
| 1796-10-15T09:00 | -39.75 | 52.12 | 362 | 9.3 | ISLE ST PAULS | N82E | 257 | S87E | 200.00 | -29 | NNE, VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249694 | ||
| 1796-10-16T08:00 | -39.47 | 56.30 | 343 | 19.0 | ISLE ST PAULS | N80E | 186 | N81:30E | 198.00 | -28 | NBE | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249695 | |||
| 1796-10-17T08:00 | -40.30 | 59.33 | 356 | 22.6 | ISLE ST PAULS | N70E | 143 | N68:30E | 150.00 | -27 | SW, NNE | STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | RAIN AT TIMES | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249696 | ||
| 1796-10-18T08:00 | -39.23 | 62.72 | 223 | 9.3 | ISLE ST PAULS | N71:40E | 87 | N68E | 170.00 | -25 | W, WSW | FRESH BREEZES AND HEAVY SQUALLS | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249697 | ||
| 1796-10-19T08:00 | -37.78 | 66.55 | 362 | 6.7 | ISLE ST PAULS | 23 | N65E | 200.00 | -25 | VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249698 | |||
| 1796-10-20T07:00 | -37.17 | 68.63 | 184 | 1.0 | ISLE ST PAULS | S35W | 17 | N71E | 106.00 | -19 | VARIABLE, SSW | MODERATE BREEZES THEN LIGHT AIRS | PLEASANT THEN HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249699 | ||
| 1796-10-21T07:00 | -36.50 | 71.60 | 4 | 6.7 | MADRAS | N3W | 992 | N74E | 149.00 | -19 | N, NNE | MODERATE BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249700 | ||
| 1796-10-22T07:00 | -35.95 | 73.82 | 354 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N3W | 982 | N73E | 113.00 | -17 | NBE | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249701 | ||
| 1796-10-23T07:00 | -35.27 | 75.50 | 354 | 6.7 | MADRAS | N9W | 980 | N59E | 77.00 | -17 | VARIABLE, NBE | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, THEN STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY, MODERATE BREEZES | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249702 | ||
| 1796-10-24T07:00 | -33.53 | 77.60 | 288 | 6.7 | MADRAS | N6W | 938 | N36:30E | 130.00 | -16 | SW, NWBW | MODERATE BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249703 | ||
| 1796-10-25T07:00 | -31.72 | 78.47 | 124 | 2.6 | MADRAS | N8W | 907 | N34E | 130.00 | -11 | VARIABLE, SE | LIGHT BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249704 | ||
| 1796-10-26T07:00 | -29.55 | 80.15 | 362 | 2.6 | MADRAS | N11W | 867 | N34E | 150.00 | -11 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES | CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249705 | ||
| 1796-10-27T07:00 | -27.08 | 81.32 | 362 | 6.7 | MADRAS | N13W | 830 | N23E | 161.00 | -8 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES THEN MODERATE BREEZES | CLEAR THEN HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249706 | ||
| 1796-10-28T06:00 | -24.60 | 82.70 | 61 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N16W | 785 | N30E | 170.00 | -7 | VARIABLE, ENE | FRESH BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249707 | ||
| 1796-10-29T06:00 | -22.72 | 83.40 | 106 | 22.6 | MADRAS | N11W | 754 | N21E | 119.00 | -7 | VARIABLE, ESE | FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY THEN STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249708 | ||
| 1796-10-30T06:00 | -22.12 | 83.52 | 362 | 2.6 | MADRAS | N19W | 742 | N11E | 36.00 | -4 | VARIABLE | STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY THEN LIGHT BREEZES | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249709 | |
| 1796-10-31T06:00 | -22.83 | 83.92 | 362 | 2.6 | MADRAS | N18W | 749 | S62E | 49.00 | -7 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249710 | ||
| 1796-11-01T06:00 | -21.05 | 84.08 | 362 | 6.7 | MADRAS | N20W | 720 | N5W | 104.00 | -4 | VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES | CLOUDY THEN HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249711 | ||
| 1796-11-02T06:00 | -18.90 | 84.25 | 86 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N21W | 687 | N6E | 130.00 | -4 | VARIABLE, E | MODERATE BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZES | HAZY THEN CLEAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249712 | ||
| 1796-11-03T06:00 | -16.53 | 85.58 | 362 | MADRAS | N26W | 658 | N29E | 164.00 | -2 | VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLY | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249713 | |||
| 1796-11-04T06:00 | -13.20 | 86.78 | 111 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N29W | 605 | N19E | 211.00 | -2 | SE, ESE | FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY | HEAVY RAIN | CLEAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249714 | |
| 1796-11-05T06:00 | -10.12 | 87.55 | 362 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N34W | 561 | N1E | 189.00 | 0 | VARIABLE | FRESH BREEZES | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249715 | |||
| 1796-11-06T06:00 | -7.10 | 88.50 | 114 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N39W | 524 | N17 | 190.00 | 1 | SSW, ESE | FRESH BREEZES | CLEAR THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249716 | ||
| 1796-11-07T06:00 | -4.82 | 89.37 | 114 | 9.3 | N21E | 147.00 | 1 | ESE | LIGHT BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZES | HAZY THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249717 | |||||
| 1796-11-08T06:00 | -3.13 | 93.07 | 362 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N48W | 487 | N26E | 114.00 | 1 | VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS THEN FRESH BREEZES | CLOUDY THEN HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249718 | ||
| 1796-11-09T06:00 | 0.43 | 93.80 | 294 | MADRAS | N48W | 350 | N12:30E | 216.00 | 1 | WBN, WNW | FRESH BREEZES THEN HEAVY SQUALLS | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249719 | ||
| 1796-11-10T06:00 | 1.07 | 94.22 | 294 | 9.3 | ACHIN | N18E | 90 | N27E | 66.00 | 1 | VARIABLE, WNW | FRESH BREEZES | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249720 | |
| 1796-11-11T06:00 | 1.98 | 94.55 | 305 | 6.7 | ACHIN | N17W | 70 | N20E | 60.00 | 1 | VARIABLE, NWBW | MODERATE BREEZES AND SQUALLY | RAIN | HAZY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249721 | |
| 1796-11-12T06:00 | 2.55 | 94.67 | 362 | 0.0 | ACHIN | N18:30W | 59 | N11E | 37.00 | 2 | VARIABLE | CALM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249722 | |||
| 1796-11-13T06:00 | 3.98 | 95.58 | 317 | 9.3 | ACHIN | N | 27 | N31E | 111.00 | 2 | VARIABLE, NW | FRESH BREEZE | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249723 | ||
| 1796-11-14T00:00 | 4.48 | 362 | 1.0 | NW SUMATRA | NNW | 10 | VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249724 | |||||||
| 1796-11-15T00:00 | 5.12 | 362 | 2.6 | PAPE OF SURAT | E1/2N | 7 | VARIABLE | LIGHT BREEZES | HAZY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249725 | ||||||
| 1796-11-16T06:00 | 5.78 | 94.70 | 362 | 1.0 | MADRAS | N42W | 213 | N40E | 39.00 | 2 | VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249726 | |||
| 1796-11-17T06:00 | 6.97 | 93.45 | 216 | 1.0 | MADRAS | N65W | 296 | N51E | 90.00 | 2 | VARIABLE, SBE, SWBS | LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249727 | |||
| 1796-11-18T06:00 | 7.67 | 92.13 | 137 | 6.7 | MADRAS | N64W | 254 | N59E | 95.00 | 2 | VARIABLE, SE | LIGHT AIRS THEN MODERATE BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249728 | ||
| 1796-11-19T06:00 | 9.13 | 90.95 | 362 | 2.6 | MADRAS | N68W | 214 | N40W | 112.00 | 2 | E, VARIABLE | LIGHT AIRS THEN LIGHT BREEZES | CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249729 | ||
| 1796-11-20T06:00 | 10.07 | 90.43 | 126 | 2.6 | MADRAS | N72W | 199 | N59W | 63.00 | 2 | NEBN, VARIABLE, SEBE | MODERATE BREEZES THEN LIGHT BREEZES | RAIN | CLOUDY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249730 | |
| 1796-11-21T06:00 | 11.22 | 88.58 | 362 | 9.3 | MADRAS | N76W | 157 | N59W | 128.00 | 2 | NE, VARIABLE | MODERATE BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZES | VARIABLE THEN CLOUDY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249731 |