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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 VANSITTART cruise from Java Head to St. Helena started at 1768-03-23 [dataset]. British Library, London, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752656, 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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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: -25.993919 * Median Longitude: 45.016351 * South-bound Latitude: -36.300000 * West-bound Longitude: -4.510000 * North-bound Latitude: -7.180000 * East-bound Longitude: 104.060000
Date/Time Start: 1768-03-23T05:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-06-06T00:00:00
Event(s):
Vansittart_17680323_BL_L/MAR/B/46B * Latitude Start: -6.070000 * Longitude Start: 105.770000 * Latitude End: -15.890000 * Longitude End: -5.750000 * Date/Time Start: 1768-03-23T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1768-06-06T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vansittart, Voyage: Java Head - St Helena, 1st Observer: Roger Fish Palmer (Captain), Company: EIC, Other ship information: 676BM
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
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 CommentComment
28 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
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Data

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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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
17 
Precip descr
18 
State sea descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
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Comment
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ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1768-03-23T05:00-7.18104.063626.7JAVA HEADN19:50E24S61W63.00-2WBS, SBE, SSE, SEBE, VARIABLEPLEASANT BREEZE WITH SOME PASSING SQUALLSRAIN0100000265194
1768-03-24T05:00-8.45102.841229.3S57W86.00-2SEBS, SSE, SEBEPLEASANT GALELARGE SWELL FROM SHAZY0000000265195
1768-03-25T05:00-9.50101.581449.3JAVA HEADN52:30E89SW3/4W93.00-2SBE, SSE, SEBSPLEASANT GALELARGE SWELL FROM SFAIR0000000265196
1768-03-26T05:00-9.62100.061676.7JAVA HEADN60:45E116S84W90.00-2S, SBW, S, SBEPLEASANT BREEZELARGE SWELL FROM SFAIR0000000265197
1768-03-27T05:00-9.7599.341562.6JAVA HEADN62:46E130S74W44.00-2SBE, SSE, SBW, SSW, SSELIGHT BREEZEPLEASANT0000000265198
1768-03-28T05:00-10.0099.462571.0JAVA HEADN60:10E131S17E25.00-2SWBW, SWBS, SSW, SW, WBN, WBSLIGHT AIRSFAIR AND PLEASANT0000000265199
1768-03-29T05:00-10.6399.142792.6JAVA HEADN56:54E142S27W40.00-2W, WBNLIGHT BREEZES INTERSPERSED WITH PASSING SQUALLSRAIN0100000265200
1768-03-30T05:00-11.4298.632912.6JAVA HEADN54:15E160SWBS54.00-2WBN, NEBN, NEBE, WNWLIGHT BREEZESFAIR0000000265201
1768-03-31T05:00-12.9797.69986.7JAVA HEADN50:00E193SWBS99.00-3VARIABLE, EBS, ESE, EBSPLEASANT BREEZESLARGE SWELLFAIR0000000265202
1768-04-01T06:00-14.0597.0365JAVA HEADN50:58E230SWBW117.00-3NEBE, ENEPASSING SQUALLSGREAT DEAL OF RAINCLOUDY0100000265203
1768-04-02T06:00-15.4394.4342JAVA HEADN51:20E272S48W125.00-3ESE, SE, NEFREQUENT SQUALLSGREAT DEAL OF RAINLARGE SWELL FORM SCLOUDY0100000265204
1768-04-03T06:00-16.7291.7112219.8JAVA HEADN52:50E329SWBW1/2W178.00-2SE, SEBEVERY FRESH GALE PASSING SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000265205
1768-04-04T06:00-17.7388.6615419.8JAVA HEADN56:10E387WSW1/4W186.00-4SSEVERY FRESH GALEHAZY0000000265206
1768-04-05T06:00-18.7785.6915412.3JAVA HEADN58:40E445S70W179.00-4SSEVERY FRESH SETTLED TRADEHAZY0000000265207
1768-04-06T06:00-19.8782.7815419.0JAVA HEADN59:10E503WSW178.00-4SEBS, SE, SEBE, SSEFRESH GALES AND FREQUENT SQUALLSRAINCLOUDY0100000265208
1768-04-07T07:00-20.8780.441199.3JAVA HEADN59:30E553S64W147.00-5ESE, ENE, EBS, SEBEPLEASANT GALE FREQUENT SQUALLSRAINFAIR0100000265209
1768-04-08T07:00-21.9078.261089.3JAVA HEADN59:50E595S66W133.00-5E, ESEPLEASANT GALESMOOTH WATERHAZY0000000265210
1768-04-09T07:00-22.5376.199215.4JAVA HEADN60:45E640S73W120.00-9E, EBSCONSTANT GALESMOOTH WATERPLEASANT0000000265211
1768-04-10T07:00-23.1374.13819.3JAVA HEADN61:15E680S72W120.00-9EBS, EPLEASANT TRADESMOOTH WATERFAIR0000000265212
1768-04-11T07:00-23.9271.7412413.1JAVA HEADN62E725S72W139.00-11SEFRESH STEADY GALEFAIR0000000265213
1768-04-12T07:00-24.5069.0910212.3JAVA HEADN62:30E767S76W149.00-11ESEFRESH TRADEPLEASANT0000000265214
1768-04-13T08:00-25.1066.5910019.0JAVA HEADN63:04E808S77W140.00-13E, ESEFRESH GALEFAIR0000000265215
1768-04-14T08:00-25.7564.617715.4JAVA HEADN63:24E840S76W110.00-13VARIABLE, ENE, NEBE, EMODERATE GALEPLEASANT0000000265216
1768-04-15T08:00-26.1362.634319.0JAVA HEADN63:40E867S78W109.00-13N, NBW, SW, SWBS, WBS, NEBEFRESH GALEVARIABLERAIN0100000265217
1768-04-16T08:00-25.3361.432326.7JAVA HEADN64:40E883NWBW76.00-16SWBW, SW, SWBS, WSWMODERATE BREEZELARGE SWELL FROM SWFAIR0000000265218
1768-04-17T08:00-25.4760.161989.3JAVA HEADN66E910W1/2N69.00-16SW, SBW, SWBSFRESH BREEZELARGE SWELL FROM W0000000265219
1768-04-18T08:00-25.9358.2617515.4JAVA HEADN66:30E947S75W107.00-16SSW, SBE, S, VARIABLE, SBWMODERATE GALEPLEASANT0000000265220
1768-04-19T08:00-27.7855.6114819.0JAVA HEADN66:48E1030S64W159.00-21SEBS, VARIABLE, SBEFRESH GALEPLEASANT0000000265221
1768-04-20T08:00-28.0352.6911419.0JAVA HEADN67:30E1060S71W164.00-21SEBS, ESE, EBS, E, SEFRESH GALESFAIR0000000265222
1768-04-21T09:00-28.9049.646719.0JAVA HEADN68:15E1113S72W168.00-23EBS, E, EBN, EFRESH GALECLOUDY0000000265223
1768-04-22T09:00-29.5246.21656.7JAVA HEADN68:30E1180S79W183.00-25EBS, EFORMER VERY STRONG GALES, MID AND LATTER MORE MODERATECLOUDY0000000265224
1768-04-23T09:00-29.5244.017615.4JAVA HEADN68:40E1210S86W114.00-25SEBE, SWBW, SW, WSW, EBSMODERATE GALE AND VARIABLEFAIR0000000265225
1768-04-24T09:00-29.4742.242230.0JAVA HEADN69:24E1241N86W94.00-25SWBS, SSW, VARIABLE, WSWPLEASANT GALE, LATTER CALMFAIR0000000265226
1768-04-25T09:00-30.1542.023621.0JAVA HEADN69:10E1240SBW20.00-25NBW, NW, VARIABLEMAJOR PART CALM, LATTER LIGHT AIRS0000000265227
1768-04-26T09:00-31.6740.88206.7JAVA HEADN68E1273SWBS90.00-25NW, NWBW, WNW, NWBN, NEPLEASANT BREEZEFAIR0000000265228
1768-04-27T09:00-32.0739.912791.0JAVA HEADN67:10E1317SWBS72.00-25NW, WNW, NW, WNW, NWBWFRESH GALE, LATTER LIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000265229
1768-04-28T09:00-32.1038.571782.6JAVA HEADN67:25E1322S80W60.00-25ESE, EBS, NEBN, NBW, N, SSWLIGHT BREEZE AND VARIABLEFAIR0000000265230
1768-04-29T09:00-33.2237.643126.7JAVA HEADN67E1347S38W64.00-26NW, NWBN, NWBW, NBW, NNWNBW3MODERATE BREEZEPLEASANT0000000265231
1768-04-30T10:00-33.6035.6430015.4JAVA HEADN66:04E1375S80W93.00-26NNW, N, NWBNMODERATE GALESMOOTH WATERCLOUDY0000000265232
1768-05-01T10:00-34.0532.4732419.0JAVA HEADN67:20E1415S86W149.00-25N, NBE, NBWFRESH GALEFAIR0000000265233
1768-05-02T10:00-34.3029.9134619.0JAVA HEADN68:04E1450W1/2S118.00-25VARIABLE, NW, WSW, SW, SWBW, NBEFRESH GALEHAZY0000000265234
1768-05-03T10:00-34.2228.762001.0JAVA HEADN68:10E1461W1/2S49.00-25NE, NBE, SWCALM LATTER LIGHT AIRS0000000265235
1768-05-04T10:00-35.1227.233376.7JAVA HEADN67:04E1472S51W88.00-23NNW, NW, NWBW, NMODERATE BREEZESFAIR0000000265236
1768-05-05T10:00-35.5226.722811.0JAVA HEADN66:20E1473S42W27.00-23WNW, WBN, VARIABLE, NWBWFORMER FRESH GALES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSVARIABLE0000000265237
1768-05-06T10:00-35.5324.0515719.0JAVA HEADN67:15E1503S89W124.00-23SE, E, ENE, NE, NW, WNW, WBN, SFRESH GALE AND VARIABLECLOUDY0000000265238
1768-05-07T11:00-35.3322.022496.7JAVA HEADN67:50E1523N71W97.00-21WBS, SWBW, SW, S, SE, WPLEASANT BREEZELARGE CONFUSED SWELLFAIR0000000265239
1768-05-08T11:00-36.3021.002601.0JAVA HEADN67:40E1533S82W42.00-21W, WNW, NBW, NNE, NEBN, WBNLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000265240
1768-05-09T11:00-35.5519.383051.0JAVA HEADN69:40E1562NW1/4W65.00-21VARIABLE, N, NW, NWBNFORMER PLEASANT GALES, MID AND LATER LIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000a trivial correction was made in this observation265241
1768-05-10T11:00-35.4019.9829415.4JAVA HEADN69:38E1559S88E31.00-21SSW, SWBW, SBW, NWFORMER CALM, MID AND LATTER GALES OF WIND ATTENDED WITH VIOLENT SQUALLS0000000265242
1768-05-11T11:00-34.9319.501826.7JAVA HEADN66:50E1577S43E34.00-21NBE, SSW, SW, NWBN, SSWSTRONG GALES BECOMING MODERATEFAIR0000000265243
1768-05-13T11:00-34.9319.65806.7LANDNW - NNE1/2E8S73W56.00-21SE, EBS, SWBW, SW, EBSMODERATE BREEZESPLEASANT0000000265244
1768-05-14T11:00-35.1819.172151.0LANDWBN - EBN6S38W37.00-21SW, SWBW, NW, NWBW, WNW, SWBWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000265245
1768-05-15T11:00-35.5219.102831.0S6W38.00-21WNW, WBN, NW, NWBN, VARIABLE, NWBWFORMER FRESH GALES, LATTER LIGHT AIRSPLEASANT0000000265246
1768-05-16T11:00-35.4518.323289.3CAPE FALSON62:16W9N88W67.00-21ESE, ENE, EBS, EBN, NE, NBWLIGHT AIRS INCREASING TO PLEASANT GALEFAIR0000000265247
1768-05-17T11:00-35.6517.6227219.0CAPE FALSON42:10E31S71W42.00-21WBN, NWBW, NW, NNW, WBS, WNWFRESH GALE SOME HARD SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000265248
1768-05-18T11:00-34.8216.4424015.4CAPE FALSON83:10E42N51W75.00-19WSW, SWBW, WBN, WBSMODERATE GALESWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000265249
1768-05-19T11:00-34.5017.022852.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPEN89:20E21N60W24.00-19NW, NWBW, WNW, NBW, NWBWLIGHT BREEZEPLEASANT0000000265250
1768-05-20T11:00-34.4516.893192.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES87:40E25N80W15.00-19NWBN, NBW, NNW, N, NNWLIGHT BREEZEFAIR0000000265251
1768-05-21T11:00-33.5516.42330CAPE OF GOOD HOPES58:45E39N24W58.00-19N, NWBN, WBN, W, WBS, SWBW, NBWVARIABLE WITH PASSING SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000265252
1768-05-22T11:00-32.3314.912171.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES53:25E73NW1/2W98.00-19SW, VARIABLE, EBS, SWBWFRESH GALES DECREASING TO LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000265253
1768-05-23T11:00-32.4313.8136219.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES62E90S84W57.00-19NNE, NBW, N, NNW, VARIABLEFORMER LIGHT BREEZES REMIANDER FRESH GALESVARIABLE0000000265254
1768-05-24T11:00-32.1213.62319CAPE OF GOOD HOPES58:55E95N14W37.00-19NBW, NNW, WBS, W, VARIABLE, NNWVARIABLE BREEZES PASSING SQUALLSRAIN0100000265255
1768-05-25T11:00-30.4013.3922915.4CAPE OF GOOD HOPES45:45E119N6W115.00-19WNW, NWBW, W, WSWGALES OF WIND WITH FREQUENT HARD SQUALLSRAINDARK CLOUDY0100000265256
1768-05-26T11:00-29.1712.492646.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES43:19E147N32W87.00-17WBS, W, WSW, WBNGALES BEGAN TO ABATE TO PLEASANT BREEZE0000000265257
1768-05-27T11:00-27.9811.442426.7CAPE OF GOOD HOPES42:40E165NW81.00-17WBSPLEASANT BREEZESWELL FROM WCLOUDY0000000265258
1768-05-28T11:00-26.459.412189.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES44:06E224NW1/2W139.00-18SSW, VARIABLE, SEBS, SWBWPLEASANT GALECLOUDY0000000265259
1768-05-29T11:00-25.137.5612812.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES45:25E264NW1/2W132.00-18SSE, SBW, SSW, VARIABLE, SEBSSTEADY GALESMOOTH WATERCLOUDY0000000265260
1768-05-30T12:00-24.536.641882.6CAPE OF GOOD HOPES45:30E283N51W65.00-15SW, SSWLIGHT BREEZECLOUDY0000000265261
1768-05-31T12:00-23.385.2136219.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES46:20E311N49W105.00-15WBN, SW, SSW, SWBS, VARIABLEFORMER CALM, MID AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND VARIABLESMALL RAINCLOUDY0100000265262
1768-06-01T12:00-21.183.0113019.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES45:43E353N43W179.00-16SSE, SEBSFRESH GALE AND PASSING SQUALLSCLOUDY0000000265263
1768-06-02T12:00-19.421.5612119.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES45:04E381N37W137.00-14SSE, SEFRESH GALECLOUDY0000000265264
1768-06-03T12:00-17.520.491449.3CAPE OF GOOD HOPES43E413N29W126.00-14SBE, SSESETTLED TRADEPLEASANT0000000265265
1768-06-04T12:00-16.40-1.1615419.0CAPE OF GOOD HOPES44:10E453N53W120.00-15VARIABLE, SBEFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000265266
1768-06-05T12:00-16.13-4.5115619.8CAPE OF GOOD HOPES48:32E537N86W194.00-13SE, SEBS, VARIABLE, SBEVERY FRESH GALECLOUDY0000000265267
1768-06-06T00:0014619.8ST HELENA (IN SIGHT)NNWSEBSVERY FRESH GALEDARK CLOUDY0000000265268