Not logged in
PANGAEA.
Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science

García-Herrera, Ricardo; Können, Gunther P; Wheeler, Dennis A; Prieto, Maria del Rosario; Jones, Philip D; Koek, Frits B (2010): Meteorological observations during TILBURY cruise from Java Head to St. Helena started at 1769-02-08 [dataset]. British Library, London, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752502, 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

Always quote citation above when using data! You can download the citation in several formats below.

RIS CitationBibTeX CitationShow MapGoogle Earth

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: -26.020405 * Median Longitude: 46.530405 * South-bound Latitude: -35.780000 * West-bound Longitude: -4.500000 * North-bound Latitude: -7.800000 * East-bound Longitude: 104.380000
Date/Time Start: 1769-02-08T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-04-22T12:00:00
Event(s):
Tilbury_17690208_BL_L/MAR/B/551D * Latitude Start: -6.070000 * Longitude Start: 105.770000 * Latitude End: -15.890000 * Longitude End: -5.750000 * Date/Time Start: 1769-02-08T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1769-04-22T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tilbury, Voyage: Java Head - St Helena, 1st Observer: William Hunt (Captain), Company: EIC
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 CommentComment
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1186 data points

Data

Download dataset as tab-delimited text — use the following character encoding:


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 
Comment
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1769-02-08T05:00-7.80104.382792.6JAVA HEADNE10S33W92.00-2WNW, NWBW, WBN, W, WBNLIGHT BREEZESVARIABLE0000000256566
1769-02-09T05:00-9.32104.112686.7S10W89.00-2WBS, WBN, W, WMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256567
1769-02-10T05:00-10.62103.232916.7S36W90.00-2NWBW, WBN, WNWMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000256568
1769-02-11T05:00-11.40102.633026.1S39W56.00-2WNW, NWBW, WNW, NWBWDECREASING BREEZESFAIR0000000256569
1769-02-12T05:00-11.87102.582911.0SBW24.00-2W, WBS, W, SBW, WNWLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000256570
1769-02-13T05:00-12.07102.781892.6S33E21.00-2SSW, S, SBE, SBWLIGHT WINDS AND CALMFAIR0000000256571
1769-02-14T05:00-12.65101.441776.7S66W86.00-3SBE, S, SEBS, SMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000256572
1769-02-15T05:00-13.27100.791552.6S49W51.00-3SBE, SEBS, SE, SSELIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000256573
1769-02-16T05:00-13.43100.531551.0S49W21.00-3SEBS, SE, S, SSELIGHT AIRS AND CALMSFAIR0000000256574
1769-02-17T05:00-13.92100.06362S33W51.00-3SBE, SE, VARIABLE, E, VARIABLEVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256575
1769-02-18T05:00-14.8798.8312116.3S47W98.00-3E, SSE, S, SEBEINCREASING GALESVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256576
1769-02-19T06:00-15.9897.091329.3S50W131.00-3SSE, SEBS, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256577
1769-02-20T06:00-16.7094.6115512.3S56W157.00-3SEBS, SSEFRESH TRADEFAIR0000000256578
1769-02-21T06:00-17.5792.2314212.3S64W152.00-4SEBSFRESH TRADEFAIR0000000256579
1769-02-22T06:00-17.9090.141429.3S75W123.00-4SE, EBS, SE, SEBSMODERATE TRADEFAIR0000000256580
1769-02-23T06:00-18.3588.381209.3S73W105.00-4SEBS, EBN, VARIABLE, SEBEMODERATE TRADEFAIR0000000256581
1769-02-24T06:00-18.6586.761656.7S68W99.00-4SSE, EBN, SEBE, SBELIGHT TRADEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256582
1769-02-25T06:00-19.5784.481209.3S63W144.00-4ESE, SEBEPLEASANT TRADEFAIR0000000256583
1769-02-26T07:00-20.7381.6810812.3S63W176.00-5SEBE, ESEFRESH TRADE AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000256584
1769-02-27T07:00-21.3278.4613012.3S74W188.00-5EBS, ESE, SEFRESH TRADECLOUDY0000000256585
1769-02-28T07:00-22.1775.0911812.3S73W196.00-6SE, SEBEFRESH TRADECLOUDY0000000256586
1769-03-01T07:00-22.5371.7610212.3S82W186.00-11EBS, ESEFRESH TRADEFAIR0000000256587
1769-03-02T07:00-22.9268.809019.0S82W171.00-11E, EBS, EBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256588
1769-03-03T08:00-23.1366.49889.3S83W134.00-13SE, SEBS, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256589
1769-03-04T08:00-22.8864.831336.7N88W98.00-13SWBS, SEBSMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256590
1769-03-05T08:00-23.0862.3620922.6S85W143.00-16SSW, S, SSE, SWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000256591
1769-03-06T08:00-23.3759.4715319.0WBS169.00-16ESE, EBS, E, SBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256592
1769-03-07T08:00-23.7257.058319.0S61W156.00-18E, ENE, EBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256593
1769-03-08T08:00-25.6754.452719.0S64W162.00-18NBE, NE, NNW, NEFRESH GALESVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256594
1769-03-09T08:00-27.1952.883429.3S52W121.00-18NE, NEBE, NFRESH BREEZESLARGE SWELL FROM SCLOUDY0000000256595
1769-03-10T09:00-28.2150.66229.3S65W142.00-23ENE, NE, NEFRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY0000000256596
1769-03-11T09:00-28.6347.294319.0S85W190.00-25NEBE, NNE, ENEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000256597
1769-03-12T09:00-29.0446.2235822.6S70W70.00-25NWBN, WNW, SW, NNESTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000256598
1769-03-13T09:00-29.5644.602009.3S75W100.00-25SWBS, SBW, S, SBW, SWFRESH BREEZESFIRST PART HAZY, LATTER FAIR0000000256599
1769-03-14T09:00-29.9742.861669.3S76W106.00-25SSW, SBW, SWBS, SBWFRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE CLOUDY0000000256600
1769-03-15T09:00-30.9141.302009.3S59W111.00-25SBW, S, SBE, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256601
1769-03-16T09:00-32.0539.241559.3S61W137.00-25SSE, SEBS, SSE, SEBE, SFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256602
1769-03-17T09:00-32.5937.787514.7S82W89.00-26EBN, ENE, EBSDECREASING GALES0000000256603
1769-03-18T10:00-32.5737.143629.3N81W47.00-26SW, W, SWBS, VARIABLEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS AND CALM, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000256604
1769-03-19T10:00-32.5134.4219916.3N86W156.00-26SSW, S, SBE, SWINCREASING GALESFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000256605
1769-03-20T10:00-32.7931.8813319.0S87W144.00-25SEBE, SSE, SEBS, SSEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000256606
1769-03-21T10:00-33.1929.611219.3S86W130.00-25ESE, SEBE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256607
1769-03-22T10:00-33.4027.80766.7S86W98.00-25SEBE, E, NE, EBSMODERATE BREEZESFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000256608
1769-03-23T10:00-34.0426.0545S73W65.00-23E, NWBN, WSW, SWBW, ENEVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256609
1769-03-24T10:00-34.5025.26236S59W57.00-23NE, NNE, EBN, WBSVARIABLEFAIR0000000256610
1769-03-25T10:00-34.7122.824519.0S74W136.00-23NNE, NBW, ENEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256611
1769-03-26T10:00-34.8423.0032619.0S12E2.00-23WSW, SW, SWBW, NBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256612
1769-03-27T10:00-34.8722.6014622.6N83W29.00-23SE, SWBS, S, SBESTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation256613
1769-03-28T11:00-35.1219.6018216.3CAPE LAGULLASNBE5N81W157.00-21EBS, NEBE, ENE, SSWINCREASING GALES AND VARIABLE0000000256614
1769-03-29T11:00-34.5517.85476.7N79W49.00-21ESE, E, ENEMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000256615
1769-03-30T11:00-35.2817.9892S2E37.00-21WNW, WBN, WBS, ESEVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256616
1769-03-31T11:00-35.7818.34272S80E12.00-21W, NEBN, WSW, WNWVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256617
1769-04-01T11:00-35.2518.82294N30E37.00-21NNW, NWBW, NW, NWVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256618
1769-04-02T11:00-34.9319.31219.0N52E24.00-21N, NBE, SBW, NNEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256619
1769-04-03T11:00-35.2219.7315922.6S30E30.00-21SSW, WSW, SWBS, SSTRONG GALESCLOUDY0000000256620
1769-04-04T11:00-34.9720.181590.0S81E18.00-21SBE, NNE, SFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, LATTER CALMCLOUDY0000000256621
1769-04-05T11:00-34.6218.50929.3LANDNEBEN69W94.00-21EBS, EBN, E, ESEFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000256622
1769-04-06T11:00-34.5215.001162.6LANDWNW4S75W27.00-19SWBS, SE, SELIGHT WINDS AND CALMSHAZY0000000256623
1769-04-07T11:00-35.2513.48206S54W55.00-19SSE, SSW, S, SSE, SWVARIABLEVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256624
1769-04-08T11:00-35.3512.56172S82W49.00-19NBW, NWBW, NBE, SBWVARIABLE WITH CALMSVARIABLE WEATHER0000000256625
1769-04-09T11:00-35.7511.12716.3S73W83.00-16NBE, VARIABLE, NNEINCREASING GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000256626
1769-04-10T11:00-35.409.3079.3N76W102.00-16NE, NNEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000256627
1769-04-11T11:00-35.508.953551.0N89W26.00-16NNE, VARIABLE, NBELIGHT AIRS AND CALMSCLOUDY0000000256628
1769-04-12T11:00-34.879.39277N16E46.00-16NWBW, NW, NBW, WNWLIGHT BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINCLOUDY0100000256629
1769-04-13T11:00-33.978.75243N30W81.00-16WSW, SWBW, SW, WBSINCREASING GALES, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINCLOUDY0100000256630
1769-04-14T12:00-31.957.1419919.0N34W163.00-15SSW, S, SWBSFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256631
1769-04-15T12:00-29.835.2817619.0N40W166.00-15SBE, SSE, SBWFRESH GALESFAIR0000000256632
1769-04-16T12:00-27.583.4016519.0N39W174.00-15SBE, SFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000256633
1769-04-17T12:00-26.021.7015619.0N39W161.00-13SSE, SBEFRESH GALESFIRST PART CLOUDY, LATTER FAIR0000000256634
1769-04-18T12:00-24.070.1114519.0N38W158.00-13SSEFRESH GALESFIRST PART SMALL RAINFAIR0100000256635
1769-04-19T12:00-22.23-1.321449.3N37W149.00-14SEBS, SSEFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000256636
1769-04-20T12:00-20.40-2.73146N37W151.00-12SEBS, SE, SSEFRESH BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYFAIR0000000256637
1769-04-21T12:00-17.97-3.59101N19W172.00-12SEBE, E, EBN, ESEFRESH GALES, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINCLOUDY0100000256638
1769-04-22T12:00-16.10-4.50779.3N28W134.00-13SE, EFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000256639