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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 Jamaica to Martinique started at 1794-06-19 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752924, 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: 26.138000 * Median Longitude: -64.262333 * South-bound Latitude: 14.000000 * West-bound Longitude: -72.500000 * North-bound Latitude: 32.620000 * East-bound Longitude: -58.030000
Date/Time Start: 1794-06-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-07-19T16:00:00
Event(s):
Woolwich_17940619_NMM_ADM/L/W153 * Latitude Start: 17.700000 * Longitude Start: -76.760000 * Latitude End: 14.690000 * Longitude End: -60.570000 * Date/Time Start: 1794-06-19T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1794-07-19T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Woolwich (Storeship), Voyage: Jamaica - Martinique, 1st Observer: William Charles Fahie (Captain), 2nd Observer: Richard Delafons (2nd Officer/Lieutenant), Company: Royal Navy, Other ship information: 896BM
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 ClearnessClearness
15 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
16 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
17 FogFog1 If fog was reported
18 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
19 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
20 HailHail1 If hail was reported
21 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
22 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
582 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 
Clearness
15 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
16 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
17 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
18 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
19 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
20 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
21 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
22 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1794-06-19T00:0022.351139.3MAGUUANANE1/2E11ESEFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000281812
1794-06-20T17:0024.13-72.501156.7MARTINIQUES49E290N23E100.002ESEMODERATECLEAR0000000281813
1794-06-21T17:0025.40-71.723626.7MARTINIQUES48E300N20E81.002VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281814
1794-06-22T17:0025.97-70.451156.7MARTINIQUES37E289N64E77.002SE, ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281815
1794-06-23T17:0026.95-69.681151.0MARTINIQUES35E295N47E62.002ESELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000281816
1794-06-24T17:0026.00-69.853622.6MARTINIQUES35E283S9W55.002SE, VARIABLELIGHT BREEZES AND VARIABLE0000000281817
1794-06-25T17:0024.95-70.071266.7MARTINIQUES39E268S13W72.002SEBEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281818
1794-06-26T17:0023.73-70.233626.7MARTINIQUES43E251S7W68.002VARIABLEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281819
1794-06-27T17:0024.60-69.90929.3MARTINIQUES39E260N17E68.002EFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000281820
1794-06-28T17:0026.03-69.051156.7MARTINIQUES32E271N20E97.002ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281821
1794-06-29T17:0027.30-68.35926.7MARTINIQUES28E289N30E75.002EMODERATECLOUDY0000000281822
1794-06-30T17:0028.42-67.671136.7MARTINIQUES24E300N34E76.000ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281823
1794-07-01T16:0029.82-66.823626.7MARTINIQUES18E325N35E88.00-2VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000281824
1794-07-02T16:0030.85-66.131112.6MARTINIQUES12E330N12E57.00-2ESELIGHT BREEZESCLEAR0000000281825
1794-07-03T16:0031.50-65.171116.7BERMUDASN34E24N60E59.00-2ESEMODERATECLEAR0000000281826
1794-07-04T16:0032.20-64.383621.0FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES11E350S54E52.00-2VARIABLEMODERATE, LIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLECLEAR0000000281827
1794-07-05T16:0032.62-63.331301.0FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES8E359N74E53.00-5SELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000281828
1794-07-06T16:0031.87-61.573621.0FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES45E340S63E10.00-4VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000281829
1794-07-07T16:0031.18-60.572211.0FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES1W330S40E79.00-4SWLIGHT AIRSCLEAR0000000281830
1794-07-08T16:0029.98-60.132216.7FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES3W390S21E59.00-4NW, SWMODERATECLEAR0000000281831
1794-07-09T16:0029.50-59.632219.3FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES5W302S41E41.00-4SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000281832
1794-07-10T16:0029.50-58.373626.7FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES9W298E66.00-4VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000281833
1794-07-11T16:0028.33-59.123626.7FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES10W273S34W69.00-4VARIABLEMODERATECLEAR0000000281834
1794-07-12T16:0027.20-59.051122.6FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES12W249S1E67.00-1EBN, ESELIGHT WINDSCLEAR0000000281835
1794-07-13T16:0025.43-58.52676.7FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES10W217S18E95.00-1ENEMODERATEFAIR0000000281836
1794-07-14T16:0023.13-58.033626.7FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES16W175S11E95.00-1VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000281837
1794-07-15T16:0021.20-58.233626.7FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES22:15W141S5W87.001VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000281838
1794-07-16T16:0019.75-58.883629.3FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES23W118S27W98.001VARIABLEFIRST PART MODERATE, MIDDLE SQUALLY, LATTER FRESH BREEZESFIRST PART CLEAR, LATTER CLOUDY0000000281839
1794-07-17T16:0017.73-58.82919.3FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES36W76S5E99.001EFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLY0000000281840
1794-07-18T16:0014.87-60.40719.3FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES56W18S28W195.003ENEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000281841
1794-07-19T16:0014.00-61.25939.3FORT ROYAL, MARTINIQUES79WS27W164.003EFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000281842