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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 WOOLWICH cruise from Antigua to England started at 1759-05-14 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752919, 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: 36.018182 * Median Longitude: -47.595000 * South-bound Latitude: 21.250000 * West-bound Longitude: -62.770000 * North-bound Latitude: 46.000000 * East-bound Longitude: -25.690000
Date/Time Start: 1759-05-14T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1759-06-04T14:00:00
Event(s):
Woolwich_17590514_NMM_ADM/L/W148 * Latitude Start: 17.000000 * Longitude Start: -60.500000 * Latitude End: 51.530000 * Longitude End: 1.920000 * Date/Time Start: 1759-05-14T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1759-06-04T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Woolwich (5th Rate Frigate), Voyage: Antigua - England, 1st Observer: Peter Parker (Captain), 2nd Observer: Thomas Towers (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 44G 814BM
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 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
12 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.
13 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.
14 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
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:
427 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 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
12 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
13 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
14 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
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)
1759-05-14T16:0021.25-62.34716.7ANTIGUAS7:00E80N120.003ENEFIRST PART SQUALLY, MIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000281790
1759-05-15T16:0023.33-62.34576.7ANTIGUAS4:00E121N130.001EBN, NEBEFIRST AND LATTER PARTS MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000281791
1759-05-16T16:0025.17-62.77586.7ANTIGUAS10:00E158NBW110.002EBN, NEBEMIDDLE AND LATTER MODERATEFIRST PART FAIR, MID AND LATTER FAIR0000000281792
1759-05-17T16:0026.30-62.5958ANTIGUAS5:00E180N11:00E76.002EBN, NEBEFIRST AND MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTER SQUALLYRAINFIRST AND MID CLOUDY0100000281793
1759-05-18T16:0027.50-62.26996.7ANTIGUAS2:00E207N16:00E78.00-2ENE, EBSFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MID AND LATTER MODERATECLOUDY0000000281794
1759-05-19T16:0028.63-61.171336.7ANTIGUAS3:00E227N43:00E90.00-2ESE, SEMODERATEFAIR0000000281795
1759-05-20T16:0030.63-58.871226.7ANTIGUAS10:00W272NE168.00-2SEBEMODERATEFAIR0000000281796
1759-05-21T16:0032.70-56.511526.7ANTIGUAS16:00W320NE176.00-6SEBS, SSEMODERATE BREEZESRAIN0100000281797
1759-05-22T16:0034.30-54.17275ANTIGUAS20:00W367NE1/2E132.00-6SBW, WSW, WBNFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE LIGHT AIRS, LATTER SQUALLYDRIZZLING RAIN1ST HAZY0100000281798
1759-05-23T15:0035.33-52.2146.7ANTIGUAS24:00W397N52:00E122.00-7WNW, NBEFIRST PART LIGHT AIRS, MID SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATERAINLATTER HAZY0100000281799
1759-05-24T15:0037.20-50.143089.3ANTIGUAS27:00W450NE1/2E160.00VARIATION 10:00W-7NNW, NWFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000281800
1759-05-25T15:0038.17-48.092376.7ANTIGUAS29:00W473N60:00E120.00-11WNW, WSWMODERATEFAIR0000000281801
1759-05-26T15:0039.45-45.541356.7ANTIGUAS32:00W520NEBE137.00VARIATION 13:11W-11S, SEBSMODERATEFAIR0000000281802
1759-05-27T15:0040.87-43.011359.3ANTIGUAS34:00W566NEBE159.00-11SE, SEBE, SEBSFIRST PART MODERATE, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYDRIZZLING RAIN0100000281803
1759-05-28T15:0042.03-39.811346.7ANTIGUAS37:00W620N63:00E160.00-12SBE, SEBSFIRST PART FRESH GALES, LATTER MODERATELATTER CLOUDY0000000281804
1759-05-29T15:0042.58-38.072091.0ANTIGUAS38:00W647N69:00E84.00VARIATION 21:00W-16SBE, SWFIRST PART FRESH BREEZES, MIDDLE MODERATE, LATTERLIGHT AIRSHAZY0000000281805
1759-05-30T14:0043.00-35.9176.7ANTIGUAS39:00W670N75:00E100.00VARIATION 21:00W-16WBS, NW, NNEFIRST AND MID PART MODERATE, LATTER A PLEASANT BREEZEFIRST AND MID CLOUDY0000000281806
1759-05-31T14:0043.77-33.612889.3ANTIGUAS41:00W699N70:00E106.00-16NNE, NW, NWBWFIRST AND MID PARTS LIGHT BREEZES, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000281807
1759-06-01T14:0044.53-31.61976.7ANTIGUAS42:00W733N62:00E98.00-16NWBW, E, ESEFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATERAINMID AND LATTER FAIR0100000281808
1759-06-02T14:0044.53-31.121306.7ANTIGUAS42:00W739N39:00E28.00-16SE, SEBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000281809
1759-06-03T14:0045.13-29.262096.7ANTIGUAS43:00W767ENE95.00-16SEBS, SSW, SWFIRST AND MID APRTS LIGHT AIRS, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESDRIZZLING RAINFIRST AND MIDDLE FAIR0100000281810
1759-06-04T14:0046.00-25.692536.7ANTIGUASW820N71:00E166.00-17SW, W, WBFIRST PART FRESH GALES, MID AND LATTER MODERATEDRIZZLING RAINFIRST PART HAZY0100000281811