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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 VANGUARD cruise from Gibraltar to Port Royal started at 1802-01-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752652, 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: 24.382222 * Median Longitude: -40.550556 * South-bound Latitude: 16.430000 * West-bound Longitude: -67.700000 * North-bound Latitude: 34.770000 * East-bound Longitude: -10.320000
Date/Time Start: 1802-01-16T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-02-02T17:00:00
Event(s):
Vanguard_18020116_NMM_ADM/L/V138 * Latitude Start: 35.970000 * Longitude Start: -5.550000 * Latitude End: 17.870000 * Longitude End: -76.830000 * Date/Time Start: 1802-01-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-02-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vanguard (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Gibraltar - Port Royal Jamaica, 1st Observer: Charles Inglis (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 74G 1799BM. LENGTH 168FT, BEAM 46FT 9IN, DEPTH 19FT 9IN. THREE MASTS, SQUARE RIGGED. 28 32PDR, 28 18PDR, 18 9PDR GUNS. COMPLEMENT 550. BUILt IN 1787 AT DEPTFORD, UK. CONVERTED TO PRISON SHIP IN 1812 AND TO A POWDER HULK IN 1814. BROKEN UP IN 1821.
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:
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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)
1802-01-16T13:0034.77-10.3229.3MADEIRAS70:15W114S74W230.00-21NE, NNEFRESH GALES, STEADY BREEZESFINE0000000264992
1802-01-17T13:0033.87-13.73136.7PORT SANCTOS67:23W47S73W179.00-21NEBNMODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000264993
1802-01-18T13:0032.50-15.203516.7PORT SANCTOS54:7W21S42W121.00-20NW1/2W, NNW, NBELIGHT BREEZES THEN MODERATEFINE THEN CLOUDY0000000264994
1802-01-19T13:0030.45-19.173309.3BARBADOSS65:12W822S59W238.00-19NE, NBWSTEADY BREEZESRAINFINE, THEN HAZY0100000264995
1802-01-20T14:0028.47-23.63276.7BARBADOSS65:30W735S63W263.00-18ESE, NEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000264996
1802-01-21T14:0026.70-27.92999.3BARBADOSS65:34W653S65W251.00-14ESEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000264997
1802-01-22T14:0025.80-31.921219.3ANTIGUAS72:31W581S76W223.00-14ESE, SEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000264998
1802-01-23T14:0024.87-35.92446.7ANTIGUAS72:37W522S76W231.00-12NEBEMODERATE BREEZES THEN MODERATEFINE THEN CLOUDY0000000264999
1802-01-24T15:0024.03-39.87246.7ANTIGUAS71:8W431S77W222.00-10NEBNPLEASANT BREEZESRAINFINE0100000265000
1802-01-25T15:0023.33-43.80389.3ANTIGUAS69:31W358S79W220.00-7NESTEADY BREEZESFINE0000000265001
1802-01-26T15:0022.73-47.43616.7ANTIGUAS67:06W292S80W205.00-7ENEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000265002
1802-01-27T15:0021.78-50.77656.7ANTIGUAS65:23W227S73W195.00-3ENEMODERATE BREEZESFINE0000000265003
1802-01-28T16:0020.93-53.97446.7ANTIGUAS62:8W166S74W185.00-1SE, NESTEADY BREEZES, THEN MODERATECLEAR THEN CLOUDY0000000265004
1802-01-29T16:0020.00-57.97809.3BARBADOSS58:53W84S76W231.001N, EBNMODERATE BREEZES, AM FRESH BREEZESRAIN0100000265005
1802-01-30T16:0018.17-61.6069BARBADOSS23:12W8S62W234.001ENEFRESH BREEZES, HEAVY SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY0100000265006
1802-01-31T16:0017.40-63.62721.0ANTIGUAS78E36S68W123.004SSE, SBE, ENESTEADY BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRS INCLINING TO CALMFINE0000000265007
1802-02-01T16:0016.65-65.371951.0MONSERATN8S66W110.004SBE, SEBE, SBWMODERATE BREEZES, AM LIGHT AIRSFIN0000000265008
1802-02-02T17:0016.43-67.701292.6AUTOVELLAS74:25W77S85W150.005SEBELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000265009