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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 THAMES cruise from Java Head to Portsmouth started at 1820-12-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752475, 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: -4.426239 * Median Longitude: 13.714862 * South-bound Latitude: -36.120000 * West-bound Longitude: -43.570000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.930000 * East-bound Longitude: 104.420000
Date/Time Start: 1820-12-14T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-04-08T12:00:00
Event(s):
Thames_18201214_NMM_LOG/C/22 * Latitude Start: -6.070000 * Longitude Start: 105.770000 * Latitude End: 50.750000 * Longitude End: -0.980000 * Date/Time Start: 1820-12-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1821-04-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Thames, Voyage: Java Head - Portsmouth, 1st Observer: Charles Le Blanc (Captain), Company: EIC, Other ship information: 1330BM
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
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.
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.
Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
10 Present weatherwwWeather description
11 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
12 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
13 ClearnessClearness
14 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
15 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
16 FogFog1 If fog was reported
17 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
18 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
19 HailHail1 If hail was reported
20 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
21 CommentComment
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
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1820-12-14T05:00-6.65104.253622.61WNW, SSW, VARIABLELIGHT VARIABLE WINDS AND SQUALLYRAINHEAVY SWELL FROM S0100000253355
1820-12-15T05:00-7.40104.223622.61WSW, VARIABLEVARIABLE LIGHT WINDSCONSTANT RAINTHICK CLOUDY WEATHER0100000253356
1820-12-16T05:00-8.42104.42456.70NW, NEMODERATE BREEZESMIDDLE PART RAINCLOUDY0100000253357
1820-12-17T05:00-9.07104.00681.00N, ENELIGHT VARIABLE AIRSSOUTHERLY SWELL0000000253358
1820-12-18T05:00-8.92103.521806.70SFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, VARIABLE AND CALM, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESSWELL SEFAIR0000000253359
1820-12-19T05:00-9.25102.271352.60SSE, S, SELIGHT BREEZESPLEASANT WEATHER0000000253360
1820-12-20T05:00-10.35100.851466.70SE, SEBSPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000253361
1820-12-21T05:00-11.5099.421132.60SEBS, SE, ESELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000253362
1820-12-22T05:00-12.3898.451586.70SE, SSEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000253363
1820-12-23T06:00-13.3896.431569.3-2SEBS, SE, SSEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253364
1820-12-24T06:00-15.0393.3213312.3-2SEBLOWING FRESH0000000253365
1820-12-25T06:00-16.8090.1813312.3-2ESE, SEFRESH TRADE WITH SQUALLSRAIN AT TIMES0100000253366
1820-12-26T06:00-18.2086.7010812.3-5ESEFRESH TRADEFINE0000000253367
1820-12-27T06:00-19.6383.3010811.6-5ESEFRESH TRADE AND SQUALLY, LATTERLY DECREASINGFINE0000000253368
1820-12-28T07:00-20.9879.771089.3-5VARIABLE, ESEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS PLEASANT TRADEFINE, MIDDLE UNSETTLEDSW SWELL0000000253369
1820-12-29T07:00-21.7577.13849.3-6ESE, VARIABLE, EMODERATE TRADEFINE0000000253370
1820-12-30T07:00-22.4774.551299.3-6ESE, VARIABLE, SEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253371
1820-12-31T07:00-23.2571.781029.3-11EBS, SE, E, VARIABLE, ESEMODERATE TRADEFINE0000000253372
1821-01-01T07:00-23.6869.18346.7-11E, ENE, NEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000253373
1821-01-02T08:00-24.4866.25347-13NNE, NLATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FAIR0100000253374
1821-01-03T08:00-24.6764.751676.7-13NBW, WNW, SBW, ENE, VARIABLE, SFIRST PART BLOWING STRNG WITH SQUALLS, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATERAINHIGH SW SWELLMIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0100000253375
1821-01-04T08:00-24.8362.871786.7-13SBWMODERATE BREEZESFINELARGE SWELL FROM SSW0000000253376
1821-01-05T08:00-25.1259.831546.7-15SBW, SBEPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation253377
1821-01-06T08:00-25.6857.4573-17ESE, ENE, VARIABLE, EVARIABLE WINDSFINE0000000253378
1821-01-07T08:00-26.4755.02517.3-17E, EBN, ENEINCREASING BREEZESFAIR0000000253379
1821-01-08T09:00-27.3552.373416.7-19NNE, ENE, NE, NBE, NPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000253380
1821-01-09T09:00-27.9251.13292-23N, NWVARIABLE WINDSVARIABLE WEATHER0000000253381
1821-01-10T09:00-28.0750.42457.3-23E, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT VARIABLE AIRS AND CALMS, LATTER INCREASING BREEZECLOUDY0000000253382
1821-01-11T09:00-28.5847.6222-23NEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESHFINE0000000253383
1821-01-12T09:00-29.0545.30245-25NE, ENE, VARIABLE, WVARIABLE WINDSTHICK WEATHER0000000253384
1821-01-13T09:00-29.5241.7775-26SW, SSE, SE, ESE, EBSFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS STRONG BREEZESFINE0000000253385
1821-01-14T09:00-30.8739.0053-26E, EBNFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER FRESHCLOUDY0000000253386
1821-01-15T10:00-31.1237.30198-27N, SWFIRST PART STRONG BREEZES WITH HARD SQUALLSFIRST PART RAINMIDDLE AND LATTER FAIR0100000253387
1821-01-16T10:00-30.9036.901531.0-27SSW, SLIGHT VARIABLE AIRS AND CALMSCLEAR0000000253388
1821-01-17T10:00-31.1835.571536.7-27NW, SFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER PLEASANT BREEZESFINELATTERLY HEAVY SWELL FROM SW0000000253389
1821-01-18T10:00-32.3033.42416.7-27SSE, E, ENEPLEASANT BREEZESFINEHEAVY SWELL, LATTERLY SMOOTH WATER0000000253390
1821-01-19T10:00-34.0029.88399.3-29ENESTEADY BREEZESHAZY0000000253391
1821-01-20T10:00-35.0327.782861.0-29NE, NNE, VARIABLE, NWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT VARIABLE AIRSTHICK FOGGY WEATHER0010000253392
1821-01-21T10:00-34.9226.7824119.0-29ESE, SW, WFIRST PART LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS, MIDDLE VARIABLE, LATTER FRESH GALESTHICK0000000253393
1821-01-22T10:00-34.8025.7726422.6-29VARIABLE, WNWFIRST AND LATTER PARTS STRONG GALES, MIDDLE MODERATEMIDDLE RAIN0100000253394
1821-01-23T10:00-34.8024.732646.7-29WNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLS, LATTER MORE MODERATELATTER FINEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAIN0100000253395
1821-01-24T10:00-34.6723.322646.7-29WNWFIRST PART BLOWING STRONG, LATTER MODERATELATTER FINE0000000253396
1821-01-25T10:00-35.0823.272411.0-29SWBW, WLIGHT VARIABLE AIRSFINESTRONG RIPPLINGS0000000253397
1821-01-26T11:00-35.2721.27107-28VARIABLE, SW, SEMIDDLE VARIABLEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FINEMIDDLE RAIN0100000253398
1821-01-27T11:00-35.4719.5019712.3-28S, VARIABLE, SWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLE, LATTER STRONG BREEZESLATTER RAIN0100100253399
1821-01-28T11:00-36.1218.9228722.6-28NWBW, VARIABLE, NNW, NWFRESH BREEZES, LATTER STRONG GALES WITH HARD SQUALLSLATTER RAIN0100000253400
1821-01-29T11:00-35.3019.422426.7-28WNW, WFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH GALES WITH HARD SQUALLS, LATTER MORE MODERATELATTER FINE0000000253401
1821-01-30T11:00-35.1319.18231.0-28W, NE1/2EFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLEMIDDLE AND LATTER FINESW SWELL0000000253402
1821-01-31T11:00-34.5217.18131-27VARIABLE, SSW, SSEFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE STRONG, LATTER SETTLEDMIDDLE CLOUDY, LATTER CLEAR0000100253403
1821-02-01T11:00-32.1713.6813112.3-27S, SSESTRONG BREEZESFINE0000000253404
1821-02-02T11:00-29.7310.652009.3-25SBE, S, SWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000253405
1821-02-03T11:00-27.407.871216.7-25SBW, SBE, SSE, SEBSPLEASANT BREEZESHAZY0000000253406
1821-02-04T12:00-25.405.431226.7-24SBE, SBW, VARIABLE, SSE, SEBSPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000253407
1821-02-05T12:00-23.383.081349.3-24S, VARIABLE, SSEPLEASANT TRADECLOUDY0000000253408
1821-02-06T12:00-21.270.771479.3-22SBEMODERATE TRADECLOUDY0000000253409
1821-02-07T12:00-19.12-1.581479.3-22SBEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253410
1821-02-08T12:00-17.50-3.671389.3-20SBE, SSEMODERATE TRADECLOUDY0000000253411
1821-02-16T12:00-14.35-7.1248-20E, VARIABLE, ENEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT TRADE, LATTER SQUALLYFIRST PART FINELATTER RAIN0100100253412
1821-02-17T13:00-12.82-8.681176.7-18VARIABLE, ESE, SELIGHT VARIABLE TRADEMIDDLE RAIN0100000253413
1821-02-18T13:00-11.00-10.521289.3-18SBE, SEBSMODERATE TRADEMIDDLE RAINLATTER FAIR0100000253414
1821-02-19T13:00-9.05-12.18151-18SE, SSE, SBELIGHT RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000253415
1821-02-20T13:00-7.23-13.921196.7-16VARIABLE, SELIGHT VARIABLE TRADEFINE0000000253416
1821-02-21T13:00-5.28-15.631199.3-16SSE, SEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253417
1821-02-22T13:00-3.20-17.401429.3-16SSEMODERATE TRADEPLEASANT WEATHER0000000253418
1821-02-23T13:00-0.82-19.451449.3-14SSEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253419
1821-02-24T13:000.85-20.473012.6-14SSE, SBE, SWBS, NWLIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000253420
1821-02-25T13:001.61-20.70211-14SWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAIN0100000253421
1821-02-26T13:002.37-20.933621.0-14VARIABLELIGHT VARIABLE AIRS AND CALMSFINE0000000253422
1821-02-27T13:002.75-20.90301.0-15SBW, SW, NELIGHT AIRS AND CALMSRAIN AT TIMES0100000253423
1821-02-28T13:002.84-20.91362-15W, VARIABLEVARIABLE WINDSVARIABLE WEATHERMIDDLE RAIN0100000253424
1821-03-01T13:002.93-20.922551.0-15NW, WLIGHT AIRS AND CALMSFINE0000000253425
1821-03-02T13:003.55-20.93302.6-15W, WNW, NW, NELIGHT VARIABLE WINDSCLOUDY0000000253426
1821-03-03T13:003.88-21.54301.0-15VARIABLE, N, W, NELIGHT VARIABLE AIRS AND CALMSRAIN0100000253427
1821-03-04T13:004.20-22.15302.6-15NELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000253428
1821-03-05T14:005.00-23.77216.7-13NEBNLIGHT TRADEFINE0000000253429
1821-03-06T14:005.00-25.033629.3-13NBE, VARIABLEVARIABLE TRADECLOUDY0000000253430
1821-03-07T14:005.28-26.303476.7-13NPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000253431
1821-03-08T14:005.75-27.80356.7-10NNE, NELIGHT TRADEFINE0000000253432
1821-03-09T14:006.80-29.30359.3-10NEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253433
1821-03-10T14:008.23-30.70349.3-11NEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253434
1821-03-11T14:009.83-32.173412.3-11NEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH TRADEHAZY0000000253435
1821-03-12T14:0012.12-34.353712.3-8NEFRESH TRADEFINE0000000253436
1821-03-13T14:0014.20-36.23359.3-10NEPLEASANT TRADEFINE0000000253437
1821-03-14T15:0016.40-37.854912.3-7NEBEFRESH TRADESMOOTH WATERCLEAR0000000253438
1821-03-15T15:0019.05-38.63599.3-9NEBE, ENETRADECLOUDY0000000253439
1821-03-16T15:0020.42-39.17362-9EBN, VARIABLEFIRST PART LIGHT TRADE, MIDDLE AND LATTER LIGHT VARIABLE AIRSFINELATTER RAIN0100000253440
1821-03-17T15:0021.33-39.051041.0-9E, ESELIGHT AIRSNW SWELL0000000253441
1821-03-18T15:0021.50-39.181.0-9LIGHT AIRS AND CALMSFAIR0000000253442
1821-03-19T15:0023.60-40.2757-11N, ENEFIRST PART LIGHT BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH WITH SQUALLSRAIN AT TIMES0100000253443
1821-03-20T15:0026.12-41.13576.7-11E, VARIABLE, ENEFIRST PART STRONG BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFINE0000000253444
1821-03-21T15:0028.07-42.02546.7-14E, VARIABLE, ENEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000253445
1821-03-22T15:0029.45-43.353622.6-12NEBE, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESFINEHEAVY SWELL FROM NW0000000253446
1821-03-23T15:0031.05-43.57896.7-12ENE, EBSFIRST PART STRONG BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFINEHIGH N SWELL0000000253447
1821-03-24T15:0032.37-43.40782.6-12VARIABLE, SE, ELIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000253448
1821-03-25T15:0034.17-41.751746.7-17SEBE, SBE, SBWPLEASANT BREEZESFINE0000000253449
1821-03-26T15:0035.17-40.472531.0-17SWBW, WSW, VARIABLE, WLIGHT AIRSFINESWELL FROM NW0000000253450
1821-03-27T15:0035.53-39.32512.6-17WSW, NW, NNW, ENELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000253451
1821-03-28T15:0036.52-39.221180.0-17NE, SECALM AND VARIABLE0000000253452
1821-03-29T15:0037.60-38.322041.0-21ESE, EBN, SE, SSE, SWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000253453
1821-03-30T14:0038.58-36.432712.6-22SSW, VARIABLE, WNW, W, WNWVARIABLE LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000253454
1821-03-31T14:0039.55-34.25237-22VARIABLE, W, WBSFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER INCREASINGCLOUDY0000000253455
1821-04-01T14:0041.27-30.6723612.3-23WSW, SSW, WBSSTRONG BREEZES AND SQUALLYMIDDLE RAINLATTER FAIR0100000253456
1821-04-02T14:0042.72-27.003116.7-27WBS, N, NNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS STRONG BREEZES, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS RAINLATTER FAIR0100000253457
1821-04-03T14:0043.80-24.3732212.3-27VARIABLE, NW, WSW, WBN, WBS, NBWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MIDDLE AND LATTER INCREASING TO STRONG BREEZESHEAVY SWELL0000000253458
1821-04-04T13:0045.32-19.6731212.3-26N, NBW, NNWSTRONG BREEZESHIGH SWELLCLOUDY0000000253459
1821-04-05T13:0046.62-15.1786.7-26NBW, NNW, N, NEBNFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER MODERATELATTER THICKLATTER RAIN0100000253460
1821-04-06T13:0047.53-12.723206.7-29NBE, VARIABLE, NBWFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, LATTER PLEASANT BREEZESHEAVY SWELL FROM NWFIRST PART THICK HAZY WEATHER0000000253461
1821-04-07T13:0048.73-8.073116.7-27N, NNWFIRST PART STRONG WINDS, LATTER MODERATESMOOTH WATERCLOUDY0000000253462
1821-04-08T12:0049.93-3.973341.01-26NNW, VARIABLE, NFRESH BREEZES TO LIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000253463