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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 Halifax to Jamaica started at 1802-10-12 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752654, 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: 31.508095 * Median Longitude: -63.740476 * South-bound Latitude: 22.030000 * West-bound Longitude: -70.170000 * North-bound Latitude: 41.450000 * East-bound Longitude: -60.070000
Date/Time Start: 1802-10-12T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-11-01T17:00:00
Event(s):
Vanguard_18021012_NMM_ADM/L/V138 * Latitude Start: 43.400000 * Longitude Start: -63.030000 * Latitude End: 17.700000 * Longitude End: -76.760000 * Date/Time Start: 1802-10-12T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1802-11-01T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vanguard (3rd Rate Frigate), Voyage: Halifax - Jamaica, 1st Observer: John Walker (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 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
16 ClearnessClearness
17 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
18 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
19 FogFog1 If fog was reported
20 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
21 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
22 HailHail1 If hail was reported
23 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
24 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
401 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 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
14 
Precip descr
15 
State sea descr
16 
Clearness
17 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
18 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
19 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
20 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
21 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
22 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
23 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
24 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1802-10-12T16:0041.45-62.232926.7NW END OF BERMUDASS9:4E183S17E191.00-12NNE, NWBWFRESH BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZESFAIR AND FINE0000000265024
1802-10-13T16:0040.03-62.02446.7NW END OF BERMUDASS9:36E184S7E86.00-12SE, SBE, NEBELIGHT BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZESFINE AND CLOUDY0000000265025
1802-10-14T16:0038.57-60.822026.7NW END OF BERMUDASS3:2E123S37E110.00-12SW, SW1/2W, SWBSMODERATEFAIR0000000265026
1802-10-15T16:0038.33-60.072026.7NW END OF BERMUDASS2:46W118S68E38.00-12SBW, SSW, SWBSMODERATE, LIGHT BREEZES, MODERATE BREEZESFAIR AND VAR0000000265027
1802-10-16T16:0037.73-60.501579.3NW END OF BERMUDASS37:40W126S31W42.00-12SSE, SEBS, SBEMODERATE BREEZES THEN FRESH BREEZESFINE0000000265028
1802-10-17T16:0037.28-61.12999.3NW END OF BERMUDASS36:39W113S47W40.00-8SE1/2E, SE, EBS1/2SFRESH BREEZESGREAT SWELLCLOUDY0000000265029
1802-10-18T16:0035.93-61.121279.3ST GEORGE TOWN BERMUDAS46:55W93S83.00-8SEBE, ESE, SEFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000265030
1802-10-19T16:0034.20-61.121056.7NW PORTO SECS53:59W49S104.00-8SE, ESEMODERATE THEN MODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000265031
1802-10-20T16:0032.63-61.521059.3GREAT BAYOS, E PTS24:16W306S12W96.00-8ESEFRESH BREEZESFINE0000000265032
1802-10-21T16:0030.62-62.881226.7GREAT BAYOS, E PTS39:53W232S30W140.00-2VARIABLE, SE, SEBEMODERATE BREEZES, MODERATE AND SQUALLSFAIR THEN CLOUDY0000000265033
1802-10-22T16:0029.07-64.551336.7GREAT BAYOS, E PTS43:7W201S43W128.00-2SEMODERATE THEN MODERATE BREEZESCLEAR0000000265034
1802-10-23T16:0027.87-65.781441.0GREAT BAYOS, E PTS41:34W162S42W97.00-2SEBSMODERATE THEN MODERATE BREEZES THEN LIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000265035
1802-10-24T16:0028.30-65.421331.0GREAT BAYOS, E PTS46:38W173N36E32.00-2SEBE, ESE, SEMODERATE THEN LIGHT AIRSFINE0000000265036
1802-10-25T16:0028.02-65.351116.7GREAT BAYOS, E PTS42:16W170S11E17.00-2EBS1/2S, ESEMODERATEFINE0000000265037
1802-10-26T16:0027.98-65.131331.0GREAT BAYOS, E PTS43:22W172S11E12.00-2ESE, E, SELIGHT AIRSFINE0000000265038
1802-10-27T16:0027.93-65.13991.0GREAT BAYOS, E PTS43:22W172S2.00-2E, EBN, EBSLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000265039
1802-10-28T16:0028.05-64.971331.0GREAT BAYOS, E PTS43:45W175N53E12.00-2SSE, EBN, SELIGHT AIRS AND LIGHT BREEZESCLEAR THEN FINE0000000265040
1802-10-29T16:0026.80-64.97971.0GREAT BAYOS, E PTS49:11W155S75.001ENE, EBN, E1/2SLIGHT AIRSFINE0000000265041
1802-10-30T16:0025.40-65.70696.7GREAT BAYOS, E PTS54:53W128S25W93.001ESE, VARIABLE, ENEMODERATE THEN LIGHT AIRS, SQUALLY, MODERATE BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000265042
1802-10-31T17:0023.45-67.981159.3GREAT BAYOS, E PTS60:49W71S47W171.002EBN, ESEMODERATE BREEZES, FRESH BREEZESFINE THEN CLOUDY0000000265043
1802-11-01T17:0022.03-70.171176.7GREAT BAYOS, E PTS74:54W24S55E148.004E, ESESQUALLY, MODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000265044