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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 Funchal to Porta Praya started at 1827-10-01 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752564, 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: 25.855000 * Median Longitude: -18.888750 * South-bound Latitude: 18.450000 * West-bound Longitude: -23.170000 * North-bound Latitude: 31.800000 * East-bound Longitude: -16.480000
Date/Time Start: 1827-10-01T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1827-10-08T14:00:00
Event(s):
Tweed_18271001_NMM_LOG/N/B/2 * Latitude Start: 32.270000 * Longitude Start: -16.930000 * Latitude End: 14.120000 * Longitude End: -25.350000 * Date/Time Start: 1827-10-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1827-10-08T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Tweed (6th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Funchal - Porta Praya, 1st Observer: Lord John Spencer Churchill (Captain), 2nd Observer: J.D. Ramsay (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 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
14 ClearnessClearness
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 CommentComment
23 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
151 data points

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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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
Comment
23 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1827-10-01T13:0031.80-16.903622.6PITON ROCKSS10W38S10W48.00-20VARIABLEAM LIGHT AIRS 4AM LIGHT BREEZES PM LIGHT BREEZES MIDNIGHT LIGHT AIRSFINE0000000260615
1827-10-02T13:0030.98-16.48932.6PITON ROCKSS23E19S10W44.00-20ESE2AM LIGHT AIRS 4AM LIGHT WINDS 2PM LIGHT AIRS 4PM LIGHT WINDSFINE0000000260616
1827-10-03T13:0029.13-17.063626.7BONAVISTASWBW1/2W1-20ESE, VARIABLE, ENE, SE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 4AM FRESH BREEZES NOON MODERATE BREEZES 6PM MODERATEAM CLOUDY NOON FINE 6PM CLOUDY0000000260617
1827-10-04T13:0027.27-17.63716.7FERRO, SOUTHERN POINTNWBN12S11W47.00-19E1AM LIGHT VARIABLE AIRS 3AM CALM 8AM MODERATE 1PM MODERATE BREEZES 4PM MODERATE AIRS 8PM MODERATE MIDNIGHT LIGHT WINDSAM CLOUDY 4PM FINE0000000260618
1827-10-05T13:0025.80-18.421056.7ST NICHOLASS32W214S31W114.00-19SEBE1AM LIGHT WINDS 8AM MODERATE PM MODERATE1AM FINE 4AM CLOUDY 8AM FINE 6PM CLOUDY 8AM FINE0000000260619
1827-10-06T13:0023.53-19.921056.7ST NICHOLASS32W162S30W142.00-19SEBE, NEBEAM MODERATE PM MODERATE BREEZES1AM FINE 4AM CLOUDY NOON HAZY PM CLOUDY0000000260620
1827-10-07T13:0019.88-21.53386.7ST NICHOLASS32W108S33W142.00-18NEBE, NE1AM MODERATE BREEZES 8AM MODERATE PM MODERATEAM CLOUDY NOON FINE PM FINE0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation260621
1827-10-08T14:0018.45-23.17296.7ST NICHOLASS57W46S30W178.00-16NE, EBNAM MODERATE 4PM FRESH BREEZES 6PM MODERATE BREEZESAM FINE 4PM CLOUDY 6PM FINE0000000260622