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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 WARWICK cruise from River of St Lawrence to Spithead started at 1777-11-11 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752835, 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: 47.664500 * Median Longitude: -31.692000 * South-bound Latitude: 45.750000 * West-bound Longitude: -59.830000 * North-bound Latitude: 49.370000 * East-bound Longitude: -5.220000
Date/Time Start: 1777-11-11T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1777-11-30T12:00:00
Event(s):
Warwick_17771111_NMM_ADM/L/W28 * Latitude Start: 47.070000 * Longitude Start: -59.830000 * Latitude End: 50.680000 * Longitude End: -0.960000 * Date/Time Start: 1777-11-11T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1777-11-30T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Warwick (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: River Of St Lawrence - Spithead, 1st Observer: John Moutrey (Captain), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 50G 1053BM
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 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:
384 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 
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)
1777-11-11T16:0047.07-59.831099.3CAPE RAYNNE18SSW1/2W55.00-15NE, VARIABLE, ESE, SEBEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESMIDDLE RAINFIRST PART CLOUDY0100000276975
1777-11-12T16:0046.27-56.6227619.0CAPE RAYNW45SEBS85.00-17SEBS, W, WNWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER FRESH GALESFIRST PART THICK FOGMIDDLE RAINLATTER CLOUDY0110000276976
1777-11-13T16:0046.40-54.6221919.0CAPE RACEN84E27E1/2N84.00-17WBN, SBE, SWBWFRESH GALESRAIN AT TIMESCLOUDY0100000276977
1777-11-14T15:0046.15-50.072649.3CAPE RACENWBW29E1/2S149.00-17WSW, WBNFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000276978
1777-11-15T15:0046.15-46.801856.7CAPE RACEN80W62E136.00-18WNW, SSWMODERATE BREEZESFIRST PART HAILCLOUDY0000010276979
1777-11-16T15:0045.75-44.2527522.6CAPE RACEN81W111S81E115.00-18SSW, SBE, WNWFIRST PART MODERATE BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER STRONG GALESFIRST PART THICK WEATHERMIDDLE AND LATTER HAZY0000000276980
1777-11-17T15:0046.33-42.0815022.6CAPE RACEN86W139N68E90.00-19WNW, WSW, SBEFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS FRESH BREEZES, LATTER STRONG GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLEAR0000000276981
1777-11-18T15:0046.42-40.00156.7CAPE RACEN87W166E1/4N80.00-19SBW, NNW, NEBNFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEHAZY0000000276982
1777-11-19T15:0046.67-37.7818419.0CAPE RACEW197EBN95.00-19NE, S, SSWFRESH GALESHAZY0000000276983
1777-11-20T14:0046.87-33.816019.0CAPE RACES86W240E1/2N129.00-19SSW, NW, EBNFRESH GALESHAZY0000000276984
1777-11-21T14:0047.73-29.8316719.0LIZARDE3/4N300EBN1/2N150.00-24ENE, SBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000276985
1777-11-22T14:0048.43-26.3016819.0LIZARDN88E270EBN1/2E149.00-24SBWFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000276986
1777-11-23T14:0048.87-23.2314619.0LIZARDN85E241EBN125.00-24SBW, S, SBEFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER FRESH GALES AND SQUALLYFIRST PART CLOUDY0000000276987
1777-11-24T13:0049.32-20.831359.3LIZARDN86E212EBN1/2N99.00-23S, SBE, SSEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000276988
1777-11-25T13:0049.32-18.221689.3LIZARDN86E148E103.00-23S, SBWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000276989
1777-11-26T13:0049.32-15.821806.7LIZARDN87E146E95.00-23SBW, SW, SSWMODERATECLOUDY0000000276990
1777-11-27T13:0049.37-11.2318022.6LIZARDN82E82E180.00-23SWBW, SSWSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000276991
1777-11-28T13:0048.72-8.90909.3LIZARDN68E18ESE100.00-23W, NNE, NE, EBN, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000276992
1777-11-29T13:0049.35-8.4016822.6SCILLYENE32N28E43.00-23SEBE, S, SBWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE AND LATTER STRONG GALESFIRST PART HAZY, MIDDLE AND LATTER CLOUDY0000000276993
1777-11-30T12:0048.78-5.2223722.6LIZARDNNE14E1/4S136.00-22SWBS, WBSSTRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000276994