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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 VALK cruise from Havana to Rotterdam started at 1827-04-20 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752609, 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: 38.665600 * Median Longitude: -42.836400 * South-bound Latitude: 24.660000 * West-bound Longitude: -81.300000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.750000 * East-bound Longitude: -4.310000
Date/Time Start: 1827-04-20T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1827-05-15T12:00:00
Event(s):
Valk_18270420_MAR_D23905_4661 * Latitude Start: 23.596000 * Longitude Start: -82.434000 * Latitude End: 51.900000 * Longitude End: 3.930000 * Date/Time Start: 1827-04-20T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1827-05-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Valk (Brik), Voyage: Havana - Rotterdam, 1st Observer: W.J. Van Ees (Kltz), Company: MAR, Other ship information: JOURNAAL VAN DE VALK, OP ZIJN REIZEN TUSSEN NEDERLAND, SURINAME, CURAÇAO EN AFRIKA TUSSEN 1824 EN 1832. VAART VOORNAMELIJK IN WEST-INDIE. BEMANNING VAN 106 KOPPEN, BEWAPEND MET 16 30-PONDS STUKKEN EN 2 8-PONDERS. JOURNAAL BEGINT OP 24 SEPTEMBER 1824. BEGIN MET INVOEREN OP 22 JANUARI 1827, OMDAT PAS DAN GOEDE WEERGEGEVENS WORDEN GEGEVEN.
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
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
10 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
11 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
15 Present weatherwwWeather description
16 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
17 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
18 Cloud typeCloud type
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
462 data points

Data

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State sea descr
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Hail
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ID
1827-04-20T17:0024.66-81.301184.6VM8NO 1/2 N19.75ZEILENDE VAN HAVANA NAAR NEDERLAND.5OZOBRAMZEILSKOELTEBEWOLKTE LUCHT0000000263753
1827-04-21T17:0025.81-79.731742.6VM8ONO 1/8 O18.255ZTOFLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTE0000000263754
1827-04-22T17:0028.70-78.841626.7VM8NOTO 2/3 O30.504ZZOMARSZEILSKOELTEBEWOLKTE LUCHT0000000263755
1827-04-23T17:0030.35-75.411594.6VM8ONO45.001ZZOBRAMZEILSKOELTEBEWOLKTE LUCHT0000000263756
1827-04-24T17:0032.20-72.3020215.4VM8ONO50.00-1WZW-ZZWDICHT GEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEBUIJIGMET REGEN1100000263757
1827-04-25T17:0033.45-69.033349.3VM8ONO51.00-4NW-NNWGEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEWEERLICHTREGENBUIJIGE LUCHT1100100263758
1827-04-26T16:0034.46-65.3530915.4VM8O 2/3 N51.25-6W-NWONGESTADIG HARDE KOELTEHARDE WINDVLAGEN MET BLIKSEM, DONDERREGENHOGE ZEEBUIJIGE LUCHT1100100263759
1827-04-27T16:0034.71-61.563299.3VM8O 1/2 N51.00-9NW-NNWGEREEFDE MARSZEILSKOELTEAFKLARENDE MET WEERLICHTSOMS REGEN0100100263760
1827-04-28T16:0035.17-58.293402.0VM8O49.00-9NTWAFNEMENDE KOELTEAFSLECHTENDE ZEEBEWOLKTE LUCHT0000000263761
1827-04-29T16:0035.83-55.141694.6VM8O44.25-11ZBRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENBUIJIGE LUCHT1100000263762
1827-04-30T15:0036.37-51.391674.6VM8O51.25-13ZBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN MEERDERE KOELTEMIN OF MEER OPKLAREND0000000263763
1827-05-01T15:0037.40-46.8717615.4VM8O55.25-16Z-ZTWONGESTADIG HARDE KOELTEREGENBUIJIGE LUCHT1100000263764
1827-05-02T15:0038.09-43.051602.9VM8O45.50-20ZAANNEMENDE KOELTEBUIJIGE LUCHT1000000263765
1827-05-03T15:0038.41-38.831822.0VM8O 1/8 N51.50-21ZZWAFNEMENDE KOELTEBETROKKEN LUCHT0000000263766
1827-05-04T14:0038.88-34.201816.7VM8O54.75-22ZZWMARSZEILSKOELTEREGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT0100000263767
1827-05-05T14:0039.90-31.11225VM8O 7/8 N47.50-23WZWMINDERE KOELTEAFNEMENDE LUCHT0000000263768
1827-05-06T14:0041.08-28.382702.9VM8ONO 1/4 O34.75-23WNWAANNEMENDE KOELTEBETROKKEN LUCHT0000000263769
1827-05-08T13:0044.56-20.563122.9VM8NOTO55.50-26NNWAANNEMENDE KOELTEHARDE REGENBUIENHOGE ZEE1100000263770
1827-05-09T13:0045.69-17.46357VM8NOTO 7/8 O40.00-26NNOSTERK WAAIENDZWARE BUIEN1000000263771
1827-05-10T13:0045.97-17.39289VM8NO 2/3 N-26NNW-NWMEERDERE KOELTENREGENBUIJIGE LUCHT1100000263772
1827-05-11T13:0047.92-14.341301.0VM8NOTO 1/3 O46.25-28ZZOFLAUWE KOELTEDIKKE LUCHT0000000263773
1827-05-12T13:0048.38-11.711429.3VM8O25.25-27ZTOSTIJVE MARSZEILSKOELTEDIKKE BUIJIGE LUCHT1000000263774
1827-05-13T12:0049.75-7.35882.0VM8OTN54.00-25OZOAFNEMENDE KOELTEHELDERE LUCHT0000000263775
1827-05-14T12:0049.29-7.013132.6VM8ZOTO 1/2 O14.00-25NNWFLAUWE BRAMZEILSKOELTEHELDERE LUCHT0000000263776
1827-05-15T12:0049.61-4.312006.71VM8Z 1/8 W6.25BESTEK SEDERT PEILING IN DE OCHTEND. PEILEN GOUDSTAART. KOMEN 22 MEI OP DE REDE VAN HELLEVOETSLUIS. VERTREKKEN VANDAAR OP 27 SEPTEMBER.-25OZO-ZWMARSZEILSKOELTEREGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT0100000263777