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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 Mauritius to Madras started at 1805-08-13 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752517, 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: -0.229130 * Median Longitude: 71.130435 * South-bound Latitude: -18.850000 * West-bound Longitude: 58.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 10.670000 * East-bound Longitude: 82.720000
Date/Time Start: 1805-08-13T08:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1805-09-04T07:00:00
Event(s):
Tremendous_18050813_NMM_ADM/L/T202 * Latitude Start: -20.100000 * Longitude Start: 57.410000 * Latitude End: 12.100000 * Longitude End: 80.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1805-08-13T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1805-09-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tremendous (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Mauritius - Madras, 1st Observer: John Osborn (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 74G 1656BM
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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 ClearnessClearness
16 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
17 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
18 FogFog1 If fog was reported
19 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
20 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
21 HailHail1 If hail was reported
22 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
438 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 
Precip descr
15 
Clearness
16 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
17 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
18 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
19 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
20 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
21 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
22 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1805-08-13T08:00-18.8558.701016.7ISLE CORGADOSN30E53N28E126.00-12SE-ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000257906
1805-08-14T08:00-17.1759.981266.7ISLE CORGADOSS20E13N36E124.00-9EBS-SEMODERATEFAIR0000000257907
1805-08-15T08:00-16.6360.931262.6SOUTH ROQUPRIZS31:30E144N57E65.00-9SEPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY, AM FAIR0000000257908
1805-08-16T08:00-14.7863.031286.7SOUTH ROQUPRIZS26E95N47E166.00-7SEMODERATEFAIR0000000257909
1805-08-17T08:00-11.8765.781309.3SOUTH ROQUPRIZS31W32N42E240.00-5SEFRESH BREEZESPM FAIR, AM CLOUDY0000000257910
1805-08-18T08:00-8.9066.951306.7SWIFT BANKS38W99N21E192.00-5SEPM FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY, AM MODERATEAM CLOUDY0000000257911
1805-08-19T08:00-5.8866.841096.7ISLE MALIQUES32E334N192.00-4SEBS-ESEPM MODERATE, AM MODERATE AND SQUALLYAM RAIN AT TIMESPM FAIR0100000257912
1805-08-20T08:00-2.4567.04155MALIQUES39E288N6E185.00-3SEBS-SSEMODERATE, AM SQUALLYAM RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000257913
1805-08-21T07:00-0.4267.831346.7MALIQUES46E249N19E165.00-1SSE-SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000257914
1805-08-22T07:000.9068.151792.6MALIQUES48E221N20E77.00-1SSE, VARIABLE, SLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257915
1805-08-23T07:002.4568.502692.6MALIQUES53E194N20E82.00-1SBW-WLIGHT BREEZESPM CLOUDY, AM FAIR0000000257916
1805-08-24T07:003.8269.803376.7MALIQUES53E148N43E124.00-1WNW-NNWMODERATEPM CLOUDY, AM FAIR0000000257917
1805-08-25T07:005.3071.033146.7MALIQUES58E112N38E130.00-1NNW-NWMODERATEFAIR0000000257918
1805-08-26T07:007.2772.333146.7MALIQUES73E66N36E145.00-1NWMODERATEPM FAIR, AM CLOUDY0000000257919
1805-08-27T07:008.2573.733602.6MALIQUEE25N57E109.000NNW, NW, NPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESPM FAIR, AM CLOUDY0000000257920
1805-08-28T07:008.7274.992812.6MALIQUES28W11N71E87.000NNE-WBNPM MODERATE, AM LIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000257921
1805-08-29T07:008.2876.492932.6POINT DE GALLES66E110S78E100.000WBN, WNWLIGHT BREEZESPM FAIR, AM CLOUDY0000000257922
1805-08-30T07:007.5877.833052.6POINT DE GALLES64:30E74S66E95.001NWBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000257923
1805-08-31T07:006.5779.702496.7POINT DE GALLES64E25S66E133.001WNW-WSWPM LIGHT BREEZES, AM MODERATEPM CLOUDY, AM FAIR0000000257924
1805-09-01T07:005.7381.502606.7GREAT BASSESN58E15S70E120.001WBSMODERATEFAIR0000000257925
1805-09-02T06:007.5782.722956.7FLAGSTAFF POINT TRINCOMALEEN52W34N32E106.002WSW-WNWMODERATEPM HAZY, AM FAIR0000000257926
1805-09-03T07:008.5781.682716.7MADRASN15W94N45W88.001WSW, S-WMODERATEFAIR0000000257927
1805-09-04T07:0010.6780.472266.7MADRASN48N30W145.001SWMODERATEFAIR0000000257928