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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 TREMENDOUS cruise from Simons Bay to Bombay started at 1801-10-03 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752509, 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: -14.583111 * Median Longitude: 71.939000 * South-bound Latitude: -41.280000 * West-bound Longitude: 19.170000 * North-bound Latitude: 18.620000 * East-bound Longitude: 93.020000
Date/Time Start: 1801-10-03T11:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-12-31T07:00:00
Event(s):
Tremendous_18011003_NMM_ADM/L/T201 * Latitude Start: -33.380000 * Longitude Start: 17.270000 * Latitude End: 18.500000 * Longitude End: 72.820000 * Date/Time Start: 1801-10-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1801-12-31T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tremendous, Voyage: Simon'S Bay - Bombay, 1st Observer: John Osborne (Captain), 2nd Observer: Christopher Nixon (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy
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 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 CommentComment
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
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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 
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 
Comment
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1801-10-03T11:00-34.9719.173336.7CAPE LAGUILLASN78E19S53E48.00-27NW, NMODERATEHAZY WEATHER0000000257536
1801-10-04T11:00-35.7820.581311.0BAY ST BRAIZEN41E35S58E94.00-27SSEMODERATE, AT 7 FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, AT 12 LIGHT AIRSHAZY WEATHER0000000257537
1801-10-05T11:00-36.5321.403111.0TELEMARQUES11E48S41E57.00-27E, NNWLIGHT AIRS0000000257538
1801-10-06T10:00-37.6722.82287SLOT VAN CAPELE243S61E145.00-28NWFRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000257539
1801-10-07T10:00-37.7025.223321.0SLOT VAN CAPELE203E114.00-28NNW, NMODERATE BREEZES, AT 7 CALM, AT 12 LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000257540
1801-10-08T10:00-38.2726.28176.7SLOT VAN CAPELN86E130S55E69.00-28NNW, N, NEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257541
1801-10-09T10:00-38.2727.901291.0SLOT VAN CAPELN85:47E163S47E30.00-29N, SSELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000257542
1801-10-10T10:00-39.1028.553622.6SLOT VAN CAPELN79E150S31E54.00-29SSW, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257543
1801-10-11T10:00-39.3031.0259.3SLOT VAN CAPELN73:55E118S83E114.00-29E, NEBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257544
1801-10-12T10:00-39.0833.50285SLOT VAN CAPELN62E60N81:34E131.00-30N, VARIABLE, NWFRESH BREEZES, AT 11 SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000257545
1801-10-13T10:00-38.9836.7028512.3SLOT VAN CAPELN43E36N89E149.00-30NWSTRONG BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257546
1801-10-14T09:00-38.8738.833629.3BOURBONN39E463N89E109.00-30WSW, VARIABLEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257547
1801-10-15T09:00-39.5041.056022.6BOURBONN34E447S70E112.00-30SEBE, EASTERLYPM LIGHT AIRS, AM STRONG GALES0000000257548
1801-10-16T09:00-39.0543.457119.0BOURBONN30E420N78E115.00-30ESE, EBSFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000257549
1801-10-17T09:00-38.7346.083199.3BOURBONN25E393N76E129.00-30WSW, NBWLIGHT AIRS, AT 8 FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257550
1801-10-18T09:00-38.0848.40252ST PAULSN88:37E470N70E116.00-29WNW, WBNMODERATE, AM SQUALLYCLOUDY0000100a trivial correction was made in this observation257551
1801-10-19T09:00-37.1751.1520922.6ST PAULSS89:3E422N72E143.00-27SWBWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000257552
1801-10-20T08:00-37.1752.583466.7ST PAULSS89E401E68.00-25SWBS, NBEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257553
1801-10-21T08:00-37.9355.37176.7ST PAULSN88:39E346S73E141.00-28NEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257554
1801-10-22T08:00-38.9557.8318ST PAULSN84:48E316S63E131.00-27NEPM STRONG GALES0000000257555
1801-10-23T08:00-39.7758.85362ST PAULSN81:25E300S47E71.00-27VARIABLEPM FRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000257556
1801-10-24T08:00-40.5360.003626.7ST PAULSN77:50E286S48E72.00-27NEBE, VARIABLEPM FRESH GALES, AM MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000257557
1801-10-25T08:00-41.1261.303626.7ST PAULSN74E261S68E71.00-27VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES0000000257558
1801-10-26T08:00-41.2863.253586.7ST PAULSN71:32E239S84E89.00-25NNEMODERATE BREEZES0000000257559
1801-10-27T08:00-41.0764.533359.3ST PAULSN71:6E219N77E60.00-25NE, VARIABLE, NFRESH BREEZESRAINAT 10 CLOUDY0100000257560
1801-10-28T07:00-38.9568.052019.3ST PAULSN79:32E158N50:37E200.00-24SWFRESH BREEZES0000000257561
1801-10-29T07:00-37.5370.23156ST PAULSE122N51E133.00-24SW, SE, SPM FRESH BREEZESRAIN0100000257562
1801-10-30T07:00-37.4871.883621.0ST PAULSS35:21E91N87:48E78.00-19VARIABLEPM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000257563
1801-10-31T07:00-37.2774.97174ST PAULSS76:15E46N85E148.00-17WBN, SSW, SBWPM MODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAINPM CLOUDY0100000257564
1801-11-01T07:00-37.2578.73209MALDIVEN5W733N54E54.00-16SSW, SWPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000257565
1801-11-02T07:00-37.3281.05254MALDIVEN9W743S82E111.00-16WPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000257566
1801-11-03T06:00-37.0783.22324CLOATS ISLANDN30E347N82E105.00-14WNW, NNWPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000257567
1801-11-04T06:00-36.0085.12335CLOATS ISLANDN27E313N55E113.00-14NBWPM MODERATE BREEZES0000000257568
1801-11-05T06:00-35.4087.153469.3CLOATS ISLANDN22E287N70E106.00-14NEBN, NLIGHT BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000257569
1801-11-06T06:00-34.2788.37178CLOATS ISLANDN18E260N44E94.00-13SBWPM MODERATE BREEZES0000000257570
1801-11-07T06:00-32.0588.47194CLOATS ISLANDN22E217N132.00-9SBW, SSWPM MODERATE BREEZES0000000257571
1801-11-08T06:00-30.2088.47182CLOATS ISLANDN28E187N111.00-9SBWPM LIGHT BREEZEPM CLOUDY0000000257572
1801-11-09T06:00-27.6589.20126CLOATS ISLANDN33E133N14E160.00-9SEPM FRESH BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000257573
1801-11-10T06:00-24.8289.53118CLOATS ISLANDN51E90N6E167.00-6SEBEPM FRESH BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000257574
1801-11-11T06:00-22.4389.7297TRUE BRITON ROCKN42W340N4E148.00-4EBSPM FRESH BREEZESPM CLEAR0000000257575
1801-11-12T06:00-19.9589.92131TRUE BRITON ROCKN49W310N4:30E150.00-4SEPM FRESH BREEZES0000000257576
1801-11-13T06:00-18.1090.08120TRUE BRITON ROCKN55W290N5E111.00-4SEBEPM FRESH BREEZES, AM SQUALLY0000000257577
1801-11-14T06:00-16.4590.38996.7TRUE BRITON ROCKN61W267N8E126.00-2EBSPM FRESH BREEZES, AM MODERATE0000000257578
1801-11-15T06:00-14.8790.82111TRUE BRITON ROCKN68W260N14E105.00-2ESEPM MODERATEPM CLOUDY0000000257579
1801-11-16T06:00-13.0591.5099DONDRA HEADN29W430N20E118.00-2EBSPM MODERATEPM CLOUDY0000000257580
1801-11-17T06:00-10.5092.081136.7DONDRA HEADN34W393N13E152.000ESEMODERATECLEAR0000000257581
1801-11-18T06:00-8.2592.53362DONDRA HEADN39W363N11E137.000VARIABLEMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN AT TIMESCLEAR0100000257582
1801-11-19T06:00-6.9092.7891DONDRA HEADN43W347N11E78.001SE, EPM LIGHT BREEZESPM HEAVY RAIN0100000257583
1801-11-20T06:00-5.5793.02125DONDRA HEADN46W327N11E78.001SEBEPM LIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000257584
1801-11-21T06:00-4.8392.92362DONDRA HEADN50W320N11E45.001SBE, VARIABLEPM LIGHT AIRSPM FAIR0000000257585
1801-11-22T06:00-3.9892.70102DONDRA HEADN51W309N48.001NBW, EBSPM LIGHT AIRSAM SHOWERS OF RAINPM FAIR1100000257586
1801-11-23T06:00-2.9092.47159DONDRA HEADN54W297N56.001SW, SSEPM LIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000257587
1801-11-24T06:00-1.6392.34205DONDRA HEADN59W287N5E76.002SW, SSWPM LIGHT BREEZESPM PLEASANT WEATHER0000000257588
1801-11-25T06:000.2592.48216HOG ISLANDN43E60N11E115.002SWBSPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYPM PLEASANT WEATHER0000000257589
1801-11-26T06:001.6292.35272NICOBARN5E103N4E79.002WBN, NWBW, VARIABLE, WPM SQUALLYPM RAIN0100000257590
1801-11-27T06:002.4292.08362BALE OF COTTONN66W159N4W50.002VARIABLEPM MODERATE BREEZESPM CLOUDY0000000257591
1801-11-28T06:002.8391.381372.6BALE OF COTTONN69W147N41W37.002SECALM, AM LIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257592
1801-11-29T06:003.4291.22362BALE OF COTTONN74W147N7E35.002SSW, W, VARIABLEPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYPM CLOUDY0000000257593
1801-11-30T06:004.6789.8625BALE OF COTTONN82W113N42W102.002VARIABLE, NNEPM LIGHT AIRSPM CLOUDY0000000257594
1801-12-01T06:005.1088.973621.0DONDRAN86W208N50W41.002NNE, VARIABLEPM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AM LIGHT AIRSAM RAIN0100000257595
1801-12-02T06:005.7388.263620.0DONDRAN89:43W200N37W48.002NEBN, VARIABLECALMRAINCLOUDY0100000257596
1801-12-03T06:005.7387.63362DONDRAN89:46W190W24.002VARIABLEPM LIGHT BREEZES0000000257597
1801-12-04T06:005.3285.91362BALE OF COTTONN86:57W56S73W93.002VARIABLEPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN0100000257598
1801-12-05T06:006.1085.58362BALE OF COTTONS6:53W57N7W48.002WNW, VARIABLELIGHT AIRS, AM SQUALLY0000000257599
1801-12-06T06:006.4384.223286.7DONDRAS84:31W136N72W72.002WSW, NWBNMODERATE BREEZES WITH SQUALLS AT TIMES0000000257600
1801-12-07T06:006.5083.27362TRINCOMALYN71W126N87W44.002SSW, SW, VARIABLEPM MODERATE BREEZES, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN0100000257601
1801-12-08T06:006.5082.663621.0TRINCOMALYN69W113W23.002SW, VARIABLEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALMPM CLOUDY0000000257602
1801-12-09T07:005.7582.34339TRINCOMALYN62W123S8W44.001VARIABLE, NNWPM LIGHT AIRSPM CLOUDY0000000257603
1801-12-10T07:005.4281.893621.0DONDRA HEADN86:6W102S37W22.001NW, VARIABLEPM LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000257604
1801-12-11T07:005.2880.501DONDRA HEADN83W82S84W64.001NBW, NPM SQUALLYPM RAIN0100000257605
1801-12-12T07:005.5379.901PONT DU GALLENBE31NPM MODERATEPM FAIR0000000257606
1801-12-13T07:005.7779.9512.6PONT DU GALLEN31E41NFRESH BREEZES, AM LIGHT WINDS0000000257607
1801-12-14T07:006.0280.0016.7PONT DU GALLES85W5N35W14.001NMODERATECLOUDY0000000257608
1801-12-15T07:006.4079.8316.7CAPE COMERINN53W53N26W23.001NMODERATECLOUDY0000000257609
1801-12-16T07:006.9279.0216.7COLUMBOE15N66W61.001NMODERATECLOUDY0000000257610
1801-12-17T07:007.3579.1716.7CAPE COMERINN69W32N20E27.001NMODERATECLOUDY0000000257611
1801-12-18T07:007.5077.9816.7CAPE COMERINS80W8N64W79.001NMODERATECLOUDY0000000257612
1801-12-19T07:007.8877.6012.6CAPE COMERINN37W41NLIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000257613
1801-12-20T07:007.9577.403602.6CAPE COMERINNBE40NLIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000257614
1801-12-21T07:008.1576.773622.6ANJENGON37W13N72W53.000VARIABLELIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000257615
1801-12-22T07:009.3776.101692.6COCHINN22E12NBE73.000NBW, VARIABLE, SBELIGHT BREEZESHAZY WEATHER0000000257616
1801-12-23T07:0010.3775.783621.0CRANGANOUE60VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000257617
1801-12-24T07:0011.0875.453621.0CALLICUTTE70SW, VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000257618
1801-12-25T07:0011.7574.983621.0MOUNT DILLYNEBN60VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000257619
1801-12-26T07:0012.7874.513621.0FORMOSAE3/4N90VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000257620
1801-12-27T07:0013.6874.043621.0ISLE ST MARYSSSE80VARIABLELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000257621
1801-12-28T07:0015.0273.57681.0ONOREE1/2S80VARIABLE, ENELIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM0000000257622
1801-12-29T07:0016.2873.103041.0ACKREAE10N14W78.000NWBWLIGHT AIRS AND CALM0000000257623
1801-12-30T07:0017.5772.85900.0DABOULE6N13W79.000NE, ECALM0000000257624
1801-12-31T07:0018.6272.40226.7BOMBAYN50E11N15W65.00-1ESE, NNELIGHT AIRS, AT 8 MODERATEAT 8 CLEAR0000000257625