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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 Van der Palm cruise from Samarang to Macao started at 1848-07-15 [dataset]. Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut, De Bilt, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752635, 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: 6.736875 * Median Longitude: 110.026250 * South-bound Latitude: -6.920000 * West-bound Longitude: 106.600000 * North-bound Latitude: 22.170000 * East-bound Longitude: 114.070000
Date/Time Start: 1848-07-15T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1848-07-30T12:00:00
Event(s):
Van_der_Palm_18480715_V_REIS_21_P201-212 * Latitude Start: -6.780000 * Longitude Start: 110.070000 * Latitude End: 21.700000 * Longitude End: 113.857000 * Date/Time Start: 1848-07-15T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1848-07-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Van Der Palm, Voyage: Samarang - Macao, 1st Observer: J.J. Muntendam (Kapitein)
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
Pressure, atmosphericPPPPhPaNo temperature correction was applied. The following factors have been used for the conversion to hPa: 2.54 cm in an inch; 13.596 specific gravity of mercury; 980.65 cm/s gravity at 45° latitude
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
--1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
10 WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
11 GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
12 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
13 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.
14 Wind scale referenceWind scale ref#Name of, or reference to the wind scale that has been used
15 Sensor readingReadingarbitrary unitsReading of the air pressure
16 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.
17 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
18 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
19 Present weatherwwWeather description
20 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
21 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
22 Cloud typeCloud type
23 ClearnessClearness
24 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
25 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
26 FogFog1 If fog was reported
27 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
28 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
29 HailHail1 If hail was reported
30 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
31 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
301 data points

Data

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Date/Time

Latitude

Longitude

dd [deg]

ff [m/s]

PPPP [hPa]

Landmark

Bearing

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10 
Watch
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Glasses
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Comment
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Decl [deg]
14 
Wind scale ref [#]
15 
Reading [arbitrary units]
16 
Wind dir descr
17 
Cur dir descr
18 
Wind force descr
19 
ww
20 
Precip descr
21 
State sea descr
22 
Cloud type
23 
Clearness
24 
Gusts
25 
Rain
26 
Fog
27 
Snow
28 
Thunder
29 
Hail
30 
Sea ice
31 
ID
1848-07-15T13:00-6.92110.453626.7PV8ANKER OP EN ONDER ZEIL..14VAR3/4W42, W01W20V131100100264222
1848-07-16T13:00-6.28110.00246.7PV814NNO3/4V04, V000000000264223
1848-07-17T13:00-4.68109.451026.7PV814OTZ4V05, V10, V00H000000000264224
1848-07-18T13:00-2.17109.151476.7PV814ZOTZ4H000000000264225
1848-07-19T13:00-0.52107.521596.7PV814ZZO3/4V01H000000000264226
1848-07-20T13:001.63106.601934.6PV823ZTW3H000000000264227
1848-07-21T13:003.27106.731934.6PV823ZTW3H000000000264228
1848-07-22T13:005.40107.232276.7PV824ZW6/4Z01V030000000264229
1848-07-23T13:006.85106.972726.7PV824W5/4W21V030100000264230
1848-07-24T13:008.57108.722509.3PV825WZW4/5W01V03, V00H001000000264231
1848-07-25T13:0010.87110.7820515.41008.2PV82729.77ZZW6/7W20Z01H01, H000100000264232
1848-07-26T13:0013.37112.0320512.31007.9PV82629.76ZZW5/6Z01H010000000264233
1848-07-27T12:0015.93113.582049.31007.9PV81529.76ZZW5V04H01, H000000000264234
1848-07-28T12:0019.35114.072946.71005.8PV81429.70WNW5/4W20V10, V050100000264235
1848-07-29T12:0020.95113.601812.61006.2PV81229.71Z EN OS002W30V00H000000100264236
1848-07-30T12:0022.17113.5411.0GROOT LADRONAN?N1PV811N10000000264237