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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 Carlisle Bay to Woolwich started at 1797-08-02 [dataset]. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752925, 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: 35.811556 * Median Longitude: -47.714889 * South-bound Latitude: 19.620000 * West-bound Longitude: -64.280000 * North-bound Latitude: 51.170000 * East-bound Longitude: -11.000000
Date/Time Start: 1797-08-02T16:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-09-15T13:00:00
Event(s):
Woolwich_17970802_NMM_ADM/L/W153 * Latitude Start: 13.000000 * Longitude Start: -60.150000 * Latitude End: 50.320000 * Longitude End: -9.900000 * Date/Time Start: 1797-08-02T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1797-09-15T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Woolwich (Storeship), Voyage: Carlisle Bay - Woolwich, 1st Observer: Daniel Dobrec (Captain), 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 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
15 State of the sea descriptionState sea 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:
850 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 
Precip descr
15 
State sea 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)
1797-08-02T16:0019.62-64.281166.7BERMUDAN1/2E258N68.003ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281843
1797-08-03T16:0020.63-63.651046.7BERMUDAN239NNE1/2E69.003EBSMODERATECLOUDY0000000281844
1797-08-04T16:0021.85-63.55936.7BERMUDAN219N1/4E65.003EMODERATECLOUDY0000000281845
1797-08-05T16:0022.47-63.88826.7BERMUDAN1/2E214WNW50.003EBNMODERATEFAIR0000000281846
1797-08-06T16:0023.15-64.20632.6BERMUDAN1/2E192WNW48.001NEBE1/2ELIGHT WINDSCLOUDY0000000281847
1797-08-07T16:0023.05-63.923621.0BERMUDAN1/4E194E1/2S17.001VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000281848
1797-08-08T16:0023.07-63.923391.0BERMUDAN1/4E194E1/2S17.001NNWCALMS, LIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000281849
1797-08-09T16:0023.73-63.923621.0BERMUDAN1/4E194N40.001VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000281850
1797-08-10T16:0024.95-64.15916.7BERMUDAN1/4E193N1/2W68.001EBN, ELIGHT AIRS, MODERATECLOUDY0000000281851
1797-08-11T16:0026.10-63.88696.7BERMUDAN130N1/4E69.001ENEMODERATECLEAR0000000281852
1797-08-12T16:0027.08-63.88912.6BERMUDAN108N62.001EMODERATE, LIGHT WINDS AND VARIABLEFAIR0000000281853
1797-08-13T16:0027.93-63.783621.0BERMUDAN91N1/2E50.00-2VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000281854
1797-08-14T16:0028.73-63.401116.7BERMUDAN1/2E78N1/2E55.00-2ESEMODERATECLOUDY0000000281855
1797-08-15T16:0029.53-64.251226.7BERMUDAN14E60N42E62.00-2SEBELIGHT WINDS, MODERATEFAIR, CLOUDY0000000281856
1797-08-16T16:0030.33-63.181446.7BERMUDAN4W42N50E72.00-2SEBSMODERATECLEAR0000000281857
1797-08-17T16:0030.63-62.831226.7BERMUDAN14W44N43E26.00-2SEBEMODERATECLEAR0000000281858
1797-08-18T16:0030.67-62.451420.0BERMUDAN23W44N84E20.00-4SEBSLIGHT AIRS, CALMSCLOUDY0000000281859
1797-08-19T16:0031.10-61.702890.0BERMUDAN42W45N55E47.00-4SWBW, WNWLIGHT AIRS, CALMSCLOUDY0000000281860
1797-08-20T16:0032.08-60.353626.7BERMUDAN75E53N58E90.00-4VARIABLEMODERATEFAIR0000000281861
1797-08-21T16:0033.08-58.451969.3CORVON73:50E459N58E113.00-7SSWMODERATE, FRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000281862
1797-08-22T16:0034.27-56.182169.3CORVON75E423N51E121.00-9SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000281863
1797-08-23T16:0035.72-54.3228426.8CORVON77:46E377N46E125.00-9WNWLIGHT WINDS, HARD GALESCLOUDY0000100281864
1797-08-24T16:0036.35-52.6828426.8CORVON78:55E349N64E87.00-9WNWHARD GALES0000000281865
1797-08-25T15:0037.45-50.532829.3CORVON81:42E311N58E121.00-11WNWFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000281866
1797-08-26T15:0037.97-49.023621.0CORVON83:02E289N65E78.00-16VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000281867
1797-08-27T15:0037.98-48.3836222.6CORVON82:48E271N88E30.00-16VARIABLEBREEZES, STRONG GALES AND SQUALLY0000000281868
1797-08-28T15:0038.58-47.1836226.8CORVON84:53E247N58E67.00-17VARIABLEHARD GALES AND SQUALLYVERY HEAVY SWELL FROM W0000000281869
1797-08-29T15:0040.30-43.6036226.8CORVOS86:22E189N56E189.00-17VARIABLEFRESH GALES, HARD GALES AND SQUALLYHAZY0000000281870
1797-08-30T15:0040.87-40.972976.7N74E124.00-18NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000281871
1797-08-31T15:0041.70-38.472976.7SCILLYN69E472NEBE3/4E123.00-18NWMODERATECLOUDY0000000281872
1797-09-01T14:0042.03-37.122969.3SCILLYN69E457N71E64.00-20NWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000281873
1797-09-02T14:0042.83-36.983626.7SCILLYN71E441N3/4E48.00-23VARIABLELIGHT AIRS AND VARIABLE, MODERATEHAZY0000000281874
1797-09-03T14:0043.40-36.923621.0SCILLYN72.32E439N4E37.00-23VARIABLELIGHT AIRSCLOUDY0000000281875
1797-09-04T14:0044.30-35.851359.3SCILLYN74:!2E411EBN1/2E71.00-23SSEFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000281876
1797-09-05T14:0045.30-33.582479.3CAPE CLEARN69:21E337NEBE114.00-23WFRESH BREEZESHAZY0000000281877
1797-09-06T14:0046.15-31.231791.0CAPE CLEARN70:06E300NEBE1/2E111.00-24SSWLIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000281878
1797-09-07T14:0047.03-29.182466.7CAPE CLEARN71:34ENEBE1/4E105.00-24WMODERATECLOUDY0000000281879
1797-09-08T14:0047.13-27.282466.7CAPE CLEARN70:06E241E1/2N78.00-24WMODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000281880
1797-09-09T14:0047.05-26.483256.7CAPE CLEARN68:49E232EBS1/2S33.00-24NBWMODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000281881
1797-09-10T14:0047.57-26.22512.6CAPE CLEARN70:59E227NEBE3/4E33.00-28EBNLIGHT BREEZESRAIN AT TIMES0100000281882
1797-09-11T14:0048.32-23.2826526.8CAPE CLEARN71E180N68E116.00-28WNWLIGHT AIRS, HARD GALES AND SQUALLYCLOUDY0000000281883
1797-09-12T13:0046.67-19.0026926.8CAPE CLEARN70E100N61E112.00-24WNWHARD GALES WITH VIOLENT GUSTS OF WIND0000000281884
1797-09-13T13:0050.60-15.1024319.0CAPE CLEAREBN66NEBE3/4E162.00-27WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES0100000281885
1797-09-14T13:0051.17-13.0024319.0CAPE CLEARE1/2N33E1/2N160.00-27WFRESH GALES AND SQUALLYRAIN AT TIMES0100000281886
1797-09-15T13:0051.00-11.0024419.0CAPE CLEARE1/2N4E1/2N120.00-26WFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000281887