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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 TRYAL cruise from Charlestown to Deptford started at 1766-07-25 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752542, 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: 42.616875 * Median Longitude: -42.872500 * South-bound Latitude: 32.880000 * West-bound Longitude: -78.990000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.370000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.270000
Date/Time Start: 1766-07-25T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-08-25T12:00:00
Event(s):
Tryal_17660725_NMM_ADM/L/T218 * Latitude Start: 31.830000 * Longitude Start: -77.920000 * Latitude End: 49.180000 * Longitude End: -5.320000 * Date/Time Start: 1766-07-25T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1766-08-25T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tryal (Sloop (?)), Voyage: Charlestown - Deptford, 1st Observer: James Williams (Captain), 2nd Observer: Alexander Fordyce (2nd Officer/Lt. Author), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 14G 272BM (?)
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:
303 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)
1766-07-25T17:0032.88-78.992266.7SULLIVANS ISLANDS83W15N83E44.001SEBS, SWMODERATECLOUDY0000000259653
1766-07-26T17:0033.62-76.661699.3SULLIVANS ISLANDS73:6W56N69E124.000SEBS, SBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000259654
1766-07-27T17:0034.37-74.491589.3SULLIVANS ISLANDS70:22W93N69E116.000SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000259655
1766-07-28T17:0034.78-72.621582.6SULLIVANS ISLANDS72:26W129N75E96.000S, SSELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000259656
1766-07-29T17:0035.57-70.461562.6SULLIVANS ISLANDS72:22W164N68E112.00-2SSELITTLE WINDFAIR0000000259657
1766-07-30T17:0036.23-69.271336.7SULLIVANS ISLANDS68:24W187N54E70.00-2SEMODERATECLOUDY0000000259658
1766-07-31T16:0037.22-66.771659.3SULLIVANS ISLANDS67:40W232N68E128.00-4SBEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES0100000259659
1766-08-17T14:0047.77-27.811822.6SULLIVANS ISLANDS69W840N75E79.00-21SBW, SSWLITTLE WINDFAIR0000000259660
1766-08-18T14:0047.83-26.291596.7SULLIVANS ISLANDS69W861N82E60.00-21SWBS, SMODERATECLEAR0000000259661
1766-08-19T14:0048.27-25.341142.6SULLIVANS ISLANDS69:22W876N67E46.00-21SELITTLE WINDCLEAR0000000259662
1766-08-20T14:0048.60-24.54922.6SULLIVANS ISLANDS69:13W887N60E32.00-21SSE, ESELITTLE WINDCLEAR0000000259663
1766-08-21T14:0048.67-22.672042.6SULLIVANS ISLANDS69W914N88E74.00-21SWLITTLE WINDCLEAR0000000259664
1766-08-22T13:0048.83-18.3429419.0SULLIVANS ISLANDS79:50W974N87E174.00-21SWBW, WNW, NWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000259665
1766-08-23T13:0048.93-13.872729.3LIZARDN78E102N87E176.00-21WNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000259666
1766-08-24T13:0048.93-10.571596.7SULLIVANS ISLAND1085E134.00-21W, SSW, SMODERATECLOUDY0000000259667
1766-08-25T12:0049.37-7.2734019.0LIZARDN45E17N79E138.00-20W, WNW, NW, NFRESH GAESHAZY0000000259668