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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 VULTURE cruise from Lizard to Lisbon started at 1763-09-16 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752798, 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: 44.046875 * Median Longitude: -9.738750 * South-bound Latitude: 39.200000 * West-bound Longitude: -12.120000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.470000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.350000
Date/Time Start: 1763-09-16T12:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-10-02T00:00:00
Event(s):
Vulture_17630916_NMM_ADM/L/V124 * Latitude Start: 49.810000 * Longitude Start: -5.260000 * Latitude End: 38.530000 * Longitude End: -9.740000 * Date/Time Start: 1763-09-16T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1763-10-02T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Vulture (Sloop), Voyage: Lizard - Lisbon, 1st Observer: Charles Hudson (Captain), 2nd Observer: Francis Parry (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 10G 267BM
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 Present weatherwwWeather description
15 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
16 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
17 ClearnessClearness
18 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
19 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
20 FogFog1 If fog was reported
21 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
22 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
23 HailHail1 If hail was reported
24 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
25 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
320 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 
ww
(Weather description)
15 
Precip descr
16 
State sea descr
17 
Clearness
18 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
19 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
20 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
21 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
22 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
23 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
24 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
25 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1763-09-16T12:0049.47-5.352852.6LIZARDN6:00E10SBW30.00-19NNE, NNW, NWBWLITTLE WINDSFAIR0000000273112
1763-09-17T12:0048.50-6.152516.7LIZARDN23:00E32SSW1/2W64.00-19WMODERATERAIN IN THE MID PARTCLOUDY0100000273113
1763-09-18T12:0047.97-7.482622.6LIZARDN37:00E150WSW1/4W63.00-19WBS, SWBW, SSW, WBNFIRST PART MODERATE, LATTER FRESH GALES, AT 11 LITTLE WINDRAINFIRST AND LATTER PART CLOUDY, MID CLEAR, 11 HAZY0100000273114
1763-09-19T13:0047.92-8.552056.7LIZARDNE1/4E60W4:00S43.00-20W, SSW, SWFIRST AND LATTER PART MODERATE, MID SQUALLYTHUNDER AND LIGHTNINGRAINFIRST PART FAIR, LATTER CLOUDY0100100273115
1763-09-20T13:0047.05-8.932516.7LIZARDNE1/2N78S9:00W53.00-19WMODERATERAIN0100000273116
1763-09-21T13:0045.15-9.722626.7LIZARDN32:00E112S16:00W119.00-19NW, WBNFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY, 6AM MORE MODERATE0000000273117
1763-09-22T13:0044.50-11.00127LIZARDN36:00E135W31:00S75.00-19S, SEBSFIRST PART FRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000273118
1763-09-23T13:0043.93-11.8215019.0LIZARDN37:00E151W44:00S49.00-19WSW, SSW, SBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER PART FRESH GALESSWELL FROM THE W0000000273119
1763-09-24T13:0043.18-12.031616.7LIZARDN36:00E176SSW1/4W50.00-19SBE, SE, SMODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, MID CLOUDY0000000273120
1763-09-25T13:0042.78-12.1215019.0CAPE FINISTERE12:00N39S3/4W25.00-19SBW, SSE, SBEFIRST AND LATTER FRESH GALESRAINFIRST AND LATTER CLOUDY, MID HAZY0100000273121
1763-09-26T13:0042.60-11.0817219.0CAPE FINISTERE23:00N25SEBS13.00-19SBE, SSW, SBWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYMUCH LIGHTNING TO THE WRAINCLOUDY0100100273122
1763-09-27T13:0041.95-10.2821819.0CAPE FINISTERN21:00E27SE55.00-18SSW, SWBS, SWBWFRESH GALESCLEAR0000000273123
1763-09-28T13:0041.07-10.38286CAPE FINISTERN14:00E44S1/2W53.00-18WSW, WBS, WBN, NWBWFRESH GALES, AT 8 SQUALLYGREAT SWELL FROM THE WCLEAR0000000273124
1763-09-29T13:0039.92-10.532751.0CAPE FINISTERN12:00E67S1/2W69.00-18WNWFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000273125
1763-09-30T13:0039.56-10.321401.0LITTLE BURLINGESE7-18NNW, SW, SSELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000273126
1763-10-01T13:0039.20-10.0820726.8LITTLE BURLINGNE1/2E11SW1/2W35.00-18SBE, SW QTRFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH, LATTER HARD GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000273127
1763-10-02T00:0022522.6ST JULIANS FORTPASSINGSWBS, WSW, SWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000273128