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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 Porto Praya to St. Helena started at 1778-03-02 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752837, 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: -3.566857 * Median Longitude: -8.615429 * South-bound Latitude: -19.370000 * West-bound Longitude: -21.600000 * North-bound Latitude: 12.780000 * East-bound Longitude: -2.600000
Date/Time Start: 1778-03-02T13:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-04-05T12:00:00
Event(s):
Warwick_17780302_NMM_ADM/L/W28 * Latitude Start: 14.860000 * Longitude Start: -23.500000 * Latitude End: -15.890000 * Longitude End: -5.750000 * Date/Time Start: 1778-03-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1778-04-05T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Warwick (4th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Porto Praya - St Helena, 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:
662 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)
1778-03-02T13:0012.78-21.60449.3ASCENSIONS31:38E480SSE1/2E161.00-12NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277014
1778-03-03T13:009.77-19.58459.3ASCENSIONS16:27E364SEBS215.00-11NE, NEBEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277015
1778-03-04T13:007.72-17.983494.6ASCENSIONS13E318SE1/2S150.00-11NE, NGENTLE BREEZESFINE PLEASANT WEATHER0000000277016
1778-03-05T13:006.55-16.983481.0ASCENSIONS9:09E289SE1/4S88.00-12NEBE, NLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000277017
1778-03-06T13:005.28-15.733141.0ASCENSIONS5:48E261SE103.00-12NWBNLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000277018
1778-03-07T13:004.13-14.27303ASCENSIONS2W239SEBE105.00-12NWHOT SULTRY WEATHER0000000277019
1778-03-08T13:003.40-13.271911.0ASCENSIONS5:56W222SEBE74.00-12NW, SSWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000277020
1778-03-09T13:003.10-13.051011.0ASCENSIONS7:!3W215SEBS23.00-12SW, ESELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000277021
1778-03-10T13:002.90-12.731792.6ASCENSIONS8:54W206SE26.00-12SE, S, SBWLIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277022
1778-03-11T13:002.65-11.451896.7ASCENSIONS13W228E1/2S80.00-14VARIABLE, S, SSWMODERATECLEAR0000000277023
1778-03-12T13:001.87-9.801896.7ASCENSIONS25:51W212ESE1/2S112.00-14SWBS, SSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277024
1778-03-13T13:001.17-8.671896.7ASCENSIONS34:29W215ESE1/2E100.00-14SWBS, SSWMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277025
1778-03-14T13:000.45-8.38166ASCENSIONS41:15W216S1/2W46.00-14SSW, EBS, SFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS CLOUDY0100000277026
1778-03-15T12:000.20-6.571879.3ST MATTHEWSS17:54E34EBS102.00-16S, SSWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277027
1778-03-16T12:00-0.63-5.582326.7ST MATTHEWSS27W23SE83.00-16SSW, NBE, WSWFIRST AND LATTERPARTS MODERATE BREEZESMIDDLE HEAVY SHOWERS OF RAINFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FAIR, MIDDLE DARK AND CLOUD1100000277028
1778-03-17T12:00-1.67-4.38187ST MATTHEWSN84:30W105SE102.00-16S, SSWFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS LIGHTNINGLATTER RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS DARK AND CLOUDY, LATTER CLO0100100277029
1778-03-18T12:00-2.00-3.40119ST HELENAS11:35W286ESE65.00-16S, SERAINCLOUDY0100000277030
1778-03-19T12:00-2.63-2.631439.3ST HELENAS15W277S53:26E59.00-15EBN, S, SSEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000277031
1778-03-20T12:00-3.13-2.631546.7ST HELENAS15W267S30.00-15S, SBW, SBEMODERATE BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277032
1778-03-21T12:00-3.80-3.801599.3ST HELENAS13:27W248WSW3/4S78.00-15SBW, S, S1/2EFIRST AND LATTER PARTS FRESH BREEZESFIRST AND LATTER PARTS CLEAR, MIDDLE CLOUDY0000000277033
1778-03-22T12:00-3.67-2.881761.0ST HELENAS14:50W294E1/2N55.00-15S, SBWLIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000277034
1778-03-23T12:00-4.00-2.601310.0ST HELENAS16:34W250SE3/4S29.00-15SSW, SEBSCALM0000000277035
1778-03-24T12:00-4.77-3.151542.6ST HELENAS15:05W237SWBS60.00-15SEBS, SBELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277036
1778-03-25T12:00-6.00-3.981319.3ST HELENAS12:26W205SWBS89.00-15SSE, SEBSFIRST AND MIDDLE PARTS MODERATE, LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277037
1778-03-26T12:00-7.72-5.381329.3ST HELENAS1:34W164SW1/2S132.00-14SBE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277038
1778-03-27T12:00-9.45-6.121329.3ST HELENAS131SSW115.00-14SE, SEBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277039
1778-03-28T12:00-10.70-6.931446.7ST HELENAS7:19E107S30:56W93.00-14SE, SSEMODERATECLOUDY0000000277040
1778-03-29T12:00-11.33-7.221442.6ST HELENAS10:58E95SSW42.00-14SEBS, SEBE, SSELIGHT BREEZES AND CALM0000000277041
1778-03-30T12:00-12.55-7.22992.6ST HELENAS15:25E72S71.00-14SE, SEBE, ESELIGHT BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277042
1778-03-31T12:00-14.03-7.151216.7ST HELENAS24:27E43S1/4E85.00-14ESE, SBE, SEMODERATEFAIR0000000277043
1778-04-01T13:00-15.68-7.731356.7ST HELENAS77:28E29S20W98.00-11SE, SEBE, SEBSMODERATEFAIR0000000277044
1778-04-02T13:00-17.50-7.731036.7ST HELENAN43:46E41S109.00-10EBS, ESEMODERATEFAIR0000000277045
1778-04-03T13:00-19.37-7.731149.3ST HELENAN23E73S108.00-10EBS, ESE, SEBE,FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000277046
1778-04-04T12:00-18.83-7.121119.3ST HELENAN16:49E58NE49.00-13EBS, ESE, SEBEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000277047
1778-04-05T12:00-17.35-6.121219.3ST HELENAN4:46W27N33E106.00-14EBS, ESE, SEBE, SEFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYFLYING SHOWERS OF RAIN1100000277048