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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 YORKE cruise from St. Pauls to Madras started at 1780-04-26 [dataset]. Public Record Office, Kew, United Kingdom, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752947, 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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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: -12.731471 * Median Longitude: 87.167941 * South-bound Latitude: -36.220000 * West-bound Longitude: 79.990000 * North-bound Latitude: 11.000000 * East-bound Longitude: 89.420000
Date/Time Start: 1780-04-26T07:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-05-29T06:00:00
Event(s):
Yorke_PRO_SDM/51/4402 * Latitude Start: -36.220000 * Longitude Start: 79.990000 * Latitude End: 12.100000 * Longitude End: 80.500000 * Date/Time Start: 1780-04-26T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1780-05-29T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Yorke (Storeship), Voyage: St Pauls - Madras, 1st Observer: Emmanuel Stephens (1st Officer/Master), Company: Royal Navy
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 Current direction descriptionCur dir descrDirection of the current. This direction points to where the current is flowing towards to.
14 Current speed descriptionV descr
15 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
16 Present weatherwwWeather description
17 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
18 State of the sea descriptionState sea descr
19 ClearnessClearness
20 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
21 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
22 FogFog1 If fog was reported
23 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
24 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
25 HailHail1 If hail was reported
26 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
27 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
659 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 
Cur dir descr
(Direction of the current. Thi...)
14 
V descr
15 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
16 
ww
(Weather description)
17 
Precip descr
18 
State sea descr
19 
Clearness
20 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
21 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
22 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
23 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
24 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
25 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
26 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
27 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1780-04-26T07:00-36.2279.993229.3ST PAULSS50:30W51N56E156.00-16NNWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283776
1780-04-27T06:00-35.2282.573359.3ST PAULSS57:6W96N66E150.00-14N, NBWFRESH BREEZESCLEAR0000000283777
1780-04-28T06:00-35.3784.4799.3ST PAULSS66W122N85E94.00-14NNEFRESH BREEZESLATTER RAINCLEAR0100000283778
1780-04-29T06:00-33.8785.523019.3ST PAULSS58:31W152N26E101.00-14WSW, NWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER FRESH BREEZESHEAVY RAINFIRST HAZY, MID AND LATTER CLOUDY0100000283779
1780-04-30T06:00-32.9086.702111.0ST PAULSS56:33W179NEBN70.00-14SE, SWFIRST MODERATE BREEZES, MID AND LATTER LIGHT AIRSFIRST CLEAR, MID AND LATTER FAIR0000000283780
1780-05-01T06:00-32.7087.521221.0ST PAULSS57:48W192ENE30.00-13NBW, SELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000283781
1780-05-02T06:00-32.4388.6711.0ST PAULSS59:19W212EBN1/2N60.00-10SW, NBELIGHT AIRSFAIR0000000283782
1780-05-03T06:00-31.3889.42350ST PAULSS56:36W231S31E74.00-10NNW, WNW, SSW-S, NFIRST AND MID LIGHT AIRS, LATTER SQUALLYVARIABLE0000000283783
1780-05-04T06:00-29.7589.241709.3ST PAULSS50:14W253N1/2W99.00-10SE-EBS, SFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID LIGHT AIRSSMALL RAINFIRST AND MID HAZY, LATTER CLEAR0100000283784
1780-05-05T06:00-27.4588.977219.0ST PAULSS42:48W283N1/2W140.00-7ESE, EBNFRESH GALESFAIR0000000283785
1780-05-06T06:00-25.0288.971069.3ST PAULSS37:12W322N146.00-7ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283786
1780-05-07T06:00-22.9388.49949.3ST PAULSS32:17W353N12W128.00-7EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283787
1780-05-08T06:00-21.1788.10869.3ST PAULSS28:47W380NBW109.00-4EBN, EFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000283788
1780-05-09T06:00-19.2888.10869.3ST PAULSS26:27W409N113.00-4EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283789
1780-05-10T06:00-17.0087.64999.3ST PAULSS23:8W453NBW140.00-2EBSFIRST AND LATTER FRESH BREEZES, MID SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000283790
1780-05-11T06:00-14.7287.64999.3ST PAULSS21:14W496N137.00-2E, EBSFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283791
1780-05-12T06:00-12.5287.641119.3ST PAULSS20:47W540N132.00-2SEBE-E, ESEFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283792
1780-05-13T06:00-10.6387.5255FRYERS HOODN8W362N4W113.00-1EBN-E, NEBEFIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYLIGHTNINGRAINCLOUDY0100100283793
1780-05-14T06:00-8.8387.52899.3FRYERS HOODN8:55W326N108.00-1EFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283794
1780-05-15T06:00-6.6287.671139.3FRYERS HOODN10:55W283N1/4E133.000E-ESEFRESH BREEZESFAIR0000000283795
1780-05-16T06:00-4.8887.75158FRYERS HOODN12:4W248N3E104.000SSEFIRST AND MID MODERATE BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYRAINFIRST AND MID FAIR, LATTER VARIABLE0100000283796
1780-05-17T06:00-3.6287.82203FRYERS HOODN13:45W223N1/4E77.000SW, VARIABLE,-S, SSWSQUALLYHEAVY RAIN0100000283797
1780-05-18T06:00-1.8287.92170FRYERS HOODN16:55W190N1/4E109.001E, SBEFIRST AND MID FRESH BREEZES, LATTER SQUALLYRAINCLOUDY0100000283798
1780-05-19T06:00-0.6388.151146.7FRYERS HOODN20:45W169NBE72.001VARIABLE, SE, ESESSW4 FTHMS PER HRFIRST LIGHT AIRS INCLINABLE TO CALM, MID SQUALLY, LATTER MODERATE BREEZESRAINCLOUDY0100000283799
1780-05-20T06:000.5288.321366.7FRYERS HOODN25:5W149N9E70.001SSW, WNW, SEMODERATERAINCLOUDY0100000283800
1780-05-21T06:002.0088.822949.3FRYERS HOODN34:46W128N19E95.001WBS, WNWSSW4 FTHMS PER HRFIRST SQUALLY, REMAINDER FRESH BREEZESHEAVY RAINHAZY0100000283801
1780-05-22T06:003.6288.8224919.0FRYERS HOODN45W103N97.001WBS, WSWFRESH GALES AND SQUALLY0000000283802
1780-05-23T06:005.2088.1523719.0FRYERS HOODN55:13W72NNW104.001SWBWSSW4 FTHMS PER HRFRESH GALESCLOUDY0000000283803
1780-05-24T06:006.4088.042269.3FRYERS HOODN73:16W60N6W73.001SWFRESH BREEZES AND SQUALLYRAIN0100000283804
1780-05-25T06:007.5587.29237MADRASN36:08W141NWBN81.001SWBW, SWBWSQUALLYRAIN0100000283805
1780-05-26T06:008.2786.79226MADRASN37:2W118N34W53.001VARIABLE, SWBW, SW, SWFIRST LIGHT BREEZES INTERMIXED WITH CALMS, 4 SQUALLYHEAVY RAINHEAVY SEA FROM SW0100000283806
1780-05-27T06:009.3885.852269.3MADRASN35:41W94NW1/2N87.001SWBS, SWFRESH BREEZESCLOUDY0000000283807
1780-05-28T06:0010.1584.442269.3MADRASN24:20W67N61W96.001SWBS, SWFRESH BREEZESLIGTHNING IN MID PARTHAZY0000100283808
1780-05-29T06:0011.0083.192159.3MADRASN3:22W44N55W90.001SSW, SWBS, SWBSFRESH BREEZESLIGHTNING TO SWCLOUDY0000100283809