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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 Vliegende Faam cruise from Elmina to Golf van Guineeguinea started at 1760-05-03 [dataset]. Rijksarchief Zeeland, Middelburg, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752730, 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: 3.876364 * Median Longitude: 4.860000 * South-bound Latitude: 2.670000 * West-bound Longitude: 1.550000 * North-bound Latitude: 5.250000 * East-bound Longitude: 8.200000
Date/Time Start: 1760-05-03T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1760-05-13T11:00:00
Event(s):
Vliegende_Faam_17600503_MCC_20_1160 * Latitude Start: 4.900000 * Longitude Start: -1.350000 * Latitude End: 4.180000 * Longitude End: 3.100000 * Date/Time Start: 1760-05-03T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1760-05-13T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vliegende Faam (Snauw), Voyage: Elmina - Golf Van Guineeguinea, 1st Observer: J. Bougue (Schipper), Company: MCC, Other ship information: SCHIP BEMAND MET 25 KOPPEN EN 8 KANONNEN
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
Image number/nameImage no/nameIdentification Number of the original image
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
10 LandmarkLandmarkName of second landmark
11 BearingBearingBearing of the second landmark
12 WatchWatchName of the period of 4 hours which is known as a watch or duty on board ships
13 GlassesGlassesNumber of glasses within a watch; one watch equals 8 glasses
14 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
15 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
16 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
17 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.
18 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.
19 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
20 Present weatherwwWeather description
21 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
22 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
23 Cloud typeCloud type
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:
217 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...)

Image no/name
(Identification Number of the ...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)
10 
Landmark
(Name of second landmark)
11 
Bearing
(Bearing of the second landmark)
12 
Watch
(Name of the period of 4 hours...)
13 
Glasses
(Number of glasses within a wa...)
14 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
15 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
16 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
17 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
18 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
19 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
20 
ww
(Weather description)
21 
Precip descr
22 
State sea descr
23 
Cloud type
24 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
25 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
26 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
27 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
28 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
29 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
30 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
31 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1760-05-03T12:005.251.552992.6MCC_20_1160_0038CAAP CORSNW3VM8ZZO2.00SCHIP VAART WEER IN ZEE NAAR DE BOGT. KOERS EN VERHEID SINDS DE PEILING-16NWLABBER KOELTE0000000268922
1760-05-04T12:004.952.231874.6MCC_20_1160_0038VM8OZO12.00-16S MORGENS ZZWS MORGENS BRAMZEILSKOELTETRAVAAT UIT T O, S MORGENS DONDER EN WEERLICHT UIT NO EN ZOHOGE DEINING UIT ZZWS MORGENS DIKKE TRAVATIGE LUCHT0000100268923
1760-05-05T12:005.152.392542.6MCC_20_1160_0038VM8ZOTO5.50-16WLABBER KOELTES AVONDS REGEN BUIEN1100000268924
1760-05-06T12:004.433.331866.7MCC_20_1160_0038VM8ZOTO19.50-17WZW-ZZWMARSZEILSKOELTEREGEN BUIEN1100000268925
1760-05-07T12:004.133.890.0MCC_20_1160_0039VM8OZO11.50-17STILTE0000000268926
1760-05-08T12:003.534.591972.6MCC_20_1160_0039VM8ZOTO15.00-17ZWTZLABBER KOELTE0000000268927
1760-05-09T12:003.255.601636.7MCC_20_1160_0039VM8OTZ 1/2 Z18.00-17ZMARSZEILSKOELTEDIKKE LUCHT0000000268928
1760-05-10T12:003.136.581866.7MCC_20_1160_0039VM8OTZ17.00-17ZZWSTIJVE BRAMZEILSKOELTE0000000268929
1760-05-11T12:002.977.281742.6MCC_20_1160_0039VM8OTZ12.50-17Z-ZTWLABBER KOELTE EN STILTEREGENDIKKE LUCHT0100000268930
1760-05-12T11:003.187.821852.6MCC_20_1160_0039VM8OTZ10.50-18Z-ZZWLABBER KOELTES NACHTS ZWARE DONDERSLAGEN EN STERKE WEERLICHT RONDOMEN HARDE REGEN0100100268931
1760-05-13T11:002.678.202072.6MCC_20_1160_0040FERNANDEPOONTO7FERNANDEPOONOVM8ZO11.00BEVONDT VOLGENS DE PEILING 43 MIJLEN OOSTELIJKER TE WEZEN ALS GEGIST WAS. SCHIP GAAT UITEINDELIJK VOOR ANKER BIJ DE REDE VAN NAZARETH EN VAART VERDER NAAR RIO GABON, TERWIJL HET ZICH BEZIGHOUDT MET DE AANKOOP VAN TANDEN, CREVEL, WAS EN ROODHOUT-18ZWGEMENE KOELTES MORGENS REGEN0100000268932