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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 TWEED cruise from Rio de Janeiro to Spithead started at 1824-12-28 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752562, 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: 5.946909 * Median Longitude: -27.677818 * South-bound Latitude: -24.470000 * West-bound Longitude: -40.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.570000 * East-bound Longitude: -7.050000
Date/Time Start: 1824-12-28T15:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1825-02-23T12:00:00
Event(s):
Tweed_18241228_NMM_HTN/1/A * Latitude Start: -23.370000 * Longitude Start: -43.120000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1824-12-28T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1825-02-23T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tweed (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Rio De Janeiro - Spithead, 1st Observer: Frederick Hunn (Captain), 2nd Observer: Henry Keppel (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 28G 499BM
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 ClearnessClearness
19 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
20 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
21 FogFog1 If fog was reported
22 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
23 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
24 HailHail1 If hail was reported
25 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
26 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
1073 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
17 
Precip descr
18 
Clearness
19 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
20 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
21 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
22 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
23 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
24 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
25 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
26 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1824-12-28T15:00-23.60-40.503621.0FERDINAND NERONHAN21E420S64E82.002NW, VARIABLE, CALM, S1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM LIGHT WINDS NOON LIGHT AIRS 1PM LIGHT BREEZES 2PM CALM MIDNIGHT MODERATE1AM SQUALLY WITH LIGHTNINGAM RAIN NOON HEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100100260550
1824-12-29T15:00-22.58-38.623406.7TRININDADAN76.30E18089.30E120.002SSE, VARIABLE, NNW, NBW, 8PM CALM SSWAM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES 8PM CALM MIDNIGHT LIGHT AIRSAM CLOUDY NOON FINE 8PM CLOUDY0000000260551
1824-12-30T15:00-22.35-38.02561.0TRININDADAN78E169N79E51.000SSW, CALM, NEBE, NE, VARIABLE, E1AM LIGHT AIRS 4AM CALM NOON LIGHT AIRS PM LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY NOON FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260552
1824-12-31T14:00-22.65-37.383622.6TRININDADAN69E157S37E75.00-1ENE, NEBE, ENE, VARIABLE EBN1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZES1AM CLOUDY 8AM FINE0000000260553
1825-01-01T14:00-22.63-37.123626.7TRININDADAN74E153N26E62.00-1EBN, ENE, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESFINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260554
1825-01-02T14:00-21.22-37.073626.7TRININDADAN85E147N18E91.00-3NEBN, VARIABLEAM MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT LIGHT BREEZES3PM SQUALLY1AM FINE 8AM CLOUDY MIDNIGHT FINE0000000260555
1825-01-03T14:00-20.53-36.77421.0TRININDADAEAST147N18E91.00-3VARIABLE, NEBE, NE, VARIABLEAM LIGHT BREEZES NOON LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM PM LIGHT AIRSFINE0000000260556
1825-01-04T14:00-21.07-35.773622.6TRININDADAN86.3E125S32E71.00-3NE, NNE, VARIABLEAM LIGHT AIRS NOON LIGHT WINDS 8PM LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATENOON RAINYFINE0100000260557
1825-01-05T14:00-21.52-34.173572.6TRININDADAN76E85S77E91.00-3VARIABLE, NNE, N, VARIABLE, NEBEAM MODERATE BREEZES NOON LIGHT BREEZES 4PM LIGHT WINDS MIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZES1AM FINE 8AM CLOUDY 4PM FINE 8PM CLOUDY MIDNIGHT F0000000260558
1825-01-06T14:00-22.25-32.723622.6TRININDADAN68E76S70E92.00-3NEBE, VARIABLE, NE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 4AM LIGHT BREEZES 4PM LIGHT AIRS 8PM MODERATE MIDNIGHT LIGHT BREEZESFINE 8PM CLOUDY0000000260559
1825-01-07T14:00-23.18-31.673622.6TRININDADAN43E68S56E73.00-5ENE, NE, VARIABLE, NEAM LIGHT BREEZES 6PM MODERATE7PM SQUALLYAM CLOUDY NOON FINE0000000260560
1825-01-08T14:00-24.13-29.38406.7TRININDADAN2E72S64E127.00-5NE, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT LIGHT BREEZESFINE0000000260561
1825-01-09T14:00-24.47-27.57406.7MARTIN DASN2W83S81E94.00-5VARIABLE, NBW, NE, NWBWAM LIGHT BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES2PM SQUALLY MIDNIGHT SQUALLY WITH RAIN6PM THICK RAINY WEATHERAM FINE0100000260562
1825-01-10T14:00-24.20-26.202859.3MARTIN DASN32.3W89N78E74.00-8N, WNW, NWBN, NWFRESH BREEZESSQUALLY1AM RAIN AT TIMES NOON RAINCLOUDY0100000260563
1825-01-11T14:00-23.37-24.953522.6ASCENSIONN34E370N65E76.00-8VARIABLE, N, NWNOON LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT CALM1AM SQUALLY1AM RAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000260564
1825-01-12T14:00-23.18-24.701276.7ASCENSIONN31E360N64E21.00-8CALM, SSE, SE1AM CALM 6AM LIGHT AIR NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY NOON FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260565
1825-01-13T14:00-21.00-24.50816.7ASCENSIONN36E327N10E121.00-9E, VARIABLEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000260566
1825-01-14T14:00-18.13-24.30816.7EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN13E372N7E173.00-9E 1/2 N, ESE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM FRESH BREEZES NOON MODERATEAM CLOUDY NOON FINE PM FINE0000000260567
1825-01-15T14:00-15.53-24.15809.3EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN14W320N9E155.00-10EBS, VARIABLE, EBN, EAM MODERATE BREEZES NOON FRESH BREEZES 6PM MODERATEPM SQUALLYFINE0000000260568
1825-01-16T14:00-12.58-24.88806.7EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN17E263N7E175.00-10EAM MODERATE BREEZES PM FRESH BREEZES6.30AM SQUALLYFINE0000000260569
1825-01-17T14:00-9.73-23.67796.7EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN21E207N16E174.00-11VARIABLE, E1AM FRESH BREEZES 8AM MODERATE BREEZES 4PM FRESH BREEZESMIDNIGHT SQUALLYFINE0000000260570
1825-01-18T14:00-6.70-22.7512412.3EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN22E147N26E182.00-11SEBE, SE1AM FRESH BREEZES 8AM MODERATE BREEZES NOON FRESH TRADE 4PM MODERATE 8PM MODERATE TRADE MIDNIGHT MODERATE BREEZES1AM SQUALLYAM CLOUDY NOON FINE 4PM CLOUDY 8PM FINE MIDNIGHT C0000000260571
1825-01-19T13:00-3.67-21.931106.7EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN28.30E83N23E184.00-14SEBE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM MODERATE TRADE NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZESMIDNIGHT SQUALLYAM CLOUDY 8PM FINE0000000260572
1825-01-20T13:00-0.72-21.231206.7EQUATOR IN LONG 20WN60E29N28E177.00-15SSE, SEAM MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT LIGHT TRADE WIND1AM SQUALLY 6AM SQUALLYNOON FINE 8PM CLOUDY0000000260573
1825-01-21T13:001.83-20.431436.7PORTO PRAYAN11.50W267N21E153.00-15N, CALM, SSE, SW1AM LIGHT WINDS 8AM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES 4PM CALM 6PM LIGHT AIRS MIDNIGHT LIGHT BREEZES8PM RAINAM CLOUDY NOON FINE 4PM CLOUDY0100000260574
1825-01-22T13:002.63-20.252551.0PORTO PRAYAN14W253N14E44.00-15SW, VARIABLE, W, CALM, NW, VARIABLE, SE8AM LIGHT AIRS 1PM LIGHT BREEZES 4PM LIGHT AIRS MIDNIGHT LIGHT BREEZES1AM RAINY1AM UNSETTLED 7AM CLOUDY0100000260575
1825-01-23T13:003.90-20.481432.6PORTO PRAYAN15W227N9.30E89.00-15SE, SSE, SLIGHT BREEZES3.30AM SQUALLY3.30AM RAIN MIDNIGHT RAINAM CLOUDY NOON FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0100000260576
1825-01-24T13:004.50-20.233611.0PORTO PRAYAN17W217N4E39.00-15NW, VARIABLE, ENE, E, CALM1AM LIGHT BREEZES 4AM LIGHT AIRS 6PM LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT LIGHT AIRS4AM HEAVY RAINCLOUDY0100000260577
1825-01-25T13:004.82-20.633626.7PORTO PRAYAN16W210N32W50.00-15CALM, E, VARIABLE, NE, ENE1AM CALM 3AM BREEZE NOON MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY NOON FINE0000000260578
1825-01-26T14:005.90-22.95109.3SANTA CRUZN11W232N63E147.00-13NEBN, NNE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 4AM FRESH BREEZESFINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260579
1825-01-27T14:007.58-24.35426.7SANTA CRUZN4W190N37W137.00-14NE, NEBE, ENEAM FRESH BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000260580
1825-01-28T14:009.25-25.503626.7ST MICHAELN570N26E137.00-14ENE, VARIABLE, NEAM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATEFINE0000000260581
1825-01-29T14:0010.62-27.68346.7CORVON6W584N56W142.00-11NNE, NE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM MODERATE NOON MODERATE BREEZES1AM FINE 8AM CLOUDY NOON FINE0000000260582
1825-01-30T14:0011.90-29.78126.7CORVON3W557N46W133.00-11NE, NNE, NEBE, VARIABLE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATEFINE0000000260583
1825-01-31T14:0013.63-31.173626.7CORVON522N31W119.00-13NE, VARIABLE, EBS, E1AM MODERATE BREEZES 4AM MODERATE NOON MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE1AM FINE 4AM CLOUDY NOON FINE0000000260584
1825-02-01T14:0016.27-31.45889.3CORVON1.30E468N153.00-13E, EBS, VARIABLE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM FRESH BREEZES 4PM MODERATE MIDNIGHT FRESH BREEZESMIDNIGHT SQUALLY1AM FINE 8AM CLOUDY 4PM FINE0000000260585
1825-02-02T14:0019.50-31.97769.3CORVON2E427N1W196.00-14VARIABLE, EFRESH BREEZESNOON SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000260586
1825-02-03T14:0022.65-32.553626.7CORVON4E343N7W189.00-14E, VARIABLE1AM FRESH BREEZES 8AM MODERATE BREEZES 8PM FRESH BREEZESAM CLOUDY NOON FINE PM CLOUDY0000000260587
1825-02-04T14:0025.40-33.607612.3CORVON8.30E288N9W168.00-14EAM FRESH BREEZES NOON STRONG BREEZES 8PM FRESH BREEZESSQUALLY WEATHER 11AM HEAVY SQUALL 8PM SQUALLY WITH LIGHTNING0000100260588
1825-02-05T14:0028.08-34.42749.3CORVON12E238N12W169.00-16ENE, EFRESH BREEZES 8PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE9.30AM SQUALLYFINE0000000260589
1825-02-06T14:0030.70-35.55746.7CORVON22E193N16W167.00-16EAM FRESH BREEZES NOON MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE4.50PM SQUALLYFINE0000000260590
1825-02-07T14:0032.88-36.42496.7CORVON32E160N13W141.00-19E, ENE1AM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT LIGHT AIRS1AM FINE 8AM CLOUDY NOON FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260591
1825-02-08T15:0033.78-37.97362CORVON43E160N41W91.00-17NE, VARIABLE, CALMAM LIGHT AIRS NOON VARIABLE WINDS PM LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS 8PM CALMAM CLOUDY NOON FINE 8PM CLOUDY0000000260592
1825-02-09T14:0033.98-37.172511.0CORVON42E153N2E16.00-19CALM, W, WBSWSW1.251AM CALM NOON LIGHT AIRS MIDNIGHT LIGHT WINDSFINE0000000260593
1825-02-10T14:0034.92-35.772406.7PICON68E132N60E118.00-19SSW, WBSAM LIGHT BREEZES NOON MODERATE MIDNIGHT STRONG BREEZESAM FINE PM CLOUDY0000000260594
1825-02-11T14:0036.78-32.2816012.3PICON61E68N61E230.00-20SSTRONG BREEZESAM SQUALLY WEATHER 8PM SQUALLS AT TIMESNOON RAIN PM RAIN MIDNIGHT HEAVY RAINCLLOUDY0100000260595
1825-02-12T14:0038.58-28.502026.7-23S, SW, CALM, SW, NW, VARIABLEAM STRONG BREEZES NOON MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATE9.30AM SQUALLYAM RAINY WEATHER NOON HEAVY RAINCLOUDY MIDNIGHT FINE0100000260596
1825-02-13T14:0037.75-26.723266.7PT DELGADA ST MICHAELSE16N67E108.00-23WNW, VARIABLE, NBW, NWBNAM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT FRESH BREEZES1AM SQUALLYFINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260597
1825-02-17T14:0038.28-22.932476.7ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN44.15E332N73E110.00-23WSW, W, WBS1/2SMODERATE BREEZES1AM CLOUDY 8AM HAZY PM CLOUDY MIDNIGHT HAZY0000000260598
1825-02-18T13:0040.15-20.032296.7ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN45E273N50E181.00-24WBS1/2S, WSWMODERATE BREEZES1AM THICK HAZY WEATHER NOON CLOUDY PM CLOUDY0000000260599
1825-02-19T13:0042.22-17.682246.7ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN46E223N43E170.00-24W, WSW, WNWMODERATE BREEZES1AM FINE 8AM CLOUDY NOON FINEPM FINE MIDNIGHT HAZY0000000260600
1825-02-20T13:0044.32-15.402226.7ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN47E165N40E167.00-26SWBS, WSW, SMODERATE BREEZESMIDNIGHT SQUALLYHAZY 8PM CLOUDY0000000260601
1825-02-21T13:0046.77-12.651886.7ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN53E103N43E194.00-26SSW, SWBS, VARIABLE, S1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM MODERATE NOON MODERATE BREEZES MIDNIGHT MODERATEAM CLOUDY NOON FINE MIDNIGHT CLOUDY0000000260602
1825-02-22T13:0048.93-8.701536.7ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN58E36N47E203.00-27S, SSEAM MODERATE BREEZES NOON MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZESAM CLOUDY NOON FINE0000000260603
1825-02-23T12:0049.57-7.053629.3ST AGNES LIGHTHOUSEN50E8N58E90.00-25S, SE, VARIABLE, SEBE, EAM FRESH BREEZES PM MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000260604