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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 ZWALUW cruise from Curacao to La Guayra started at 1818-12-09 [dataset]. Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands, Den Haag, Netherland, PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.752988, 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: 11.650000 * Median Longitude: -68.324000 * South-bound Latitude: 11.220000 * West-bound Longitude: -68.370000 * North-bound Latitude: 11.860000 * East-bound Longitude: -68.280000
Date/Time Start: 1818-12-09T17:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1818-12-17T00:00:00
Event(s):
Zwaluw_18181209_MAR_D23905_5332 * Latitude Start: 12.370000 * Longitude Start: -68.570000 * Latitude End: 10.710000 * Longitude End: -67.520000 * Date/Time Start: 1818-12-09T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 1818-12-17T00:00:00 * Campaign: Cliwoc_cruise * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Ship: Zwaluw (Brik), Voyage: Curacao - La Guayra, 1st Observer: J.H. Bolken (Kltz), Company: MAR, Other ship information: BEWAPEND MET 16 CARRONEDES VAN 24 POND EN 2 KANONNEN VAN 6 POND. 103 MAN EQUIPAGE
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
Image number/nameImage no/nameIdentification Number of the original image
LandmarkLandmarkName of first landmark
BearingBearingBearing of the first landmark
Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the first landmark
10 LandmarkLandmarkName of second landmark
11 BearingBearingBearing of the second landmark
12 Distance to landmarkDistancearbitrary unitsDistance to the second landmark
13 --1 If position is considered to be coastal (in port or near coastal disturbances)
14 CourseCourseCourse of the ship during the past 24 hours
15 DistanceDistancearbitrary unitsDistance travelled during the previous 24 hours
16 CommentCommentOther remarks, that were not possible to put in the other remark fields
17 Comment 2 (continued)Comm 2Other remarks
18 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.
19 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.
20 Wind force descriptionWind force descrAll reported wind forces on this day
21 Present weatherwwWeather description
22 Precipitation descriptionPrecip descr
23 Cloud typeCloud type
24 GustsGusts1 If wind gusts are reported
25 Precipitation/RainRain1 If rain was reported
26 FogFog1 If fog was reported
27 Snow typeSnow1 If snow was reported
28 ThunderThunder1 If thunder and or lightning was reported
29 HailHail1 If hail was reported
30 Sea iceSea ice1 If sea-ice or icebergs were reported
31 IdentificationIDCLIWOC 2.1 line number
Size:
192 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...)

Image no/name
(Identification Number of the ...)

Landmark
(Name of first landmark)

Bearing
(Bearing of the first landmark)

Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the first landmark)
10 
Landmark
(Name of second landmark)
11 
Bearing
(Bearing of the second landmark)
12 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance to the second landmark)
13 
-
(1 If position is considered t...)
14 
Course
(Course of the ship during the...)
15 
Distance [arbitrary units]
(Distance travelled during the...)
16 
Comment
(Other remarks, that were not ...)
17 
Comm 2
(Other remarks)
18 
Decl [deg]
(It is generally accepted by t...)
19 
Wind dir descr
(All reported wind directions ...)
20 
Wind force descr
(All reported wind forces on t...)
21 
ww
(Weather description)
22 
Precip descr
23 
Cloud type
24 
Gusts
(1 If wind gusts are reported)
25 
Rain
(1 If rain was reported)
26 
Fog
(1 If fog was reported)
27 
Snow
(1 If snow was reported)
28 
Thunder
(1 If thunder and or lightning...)
29 
Hail
(1 If hail was reported)
30 
Sea ice
(1 If sea-ice or icebergs were...)
31 
ID
(CLIWOC 2.1 line number)
1818-12-09T17:0011.86-68.33514.6MAR_D23905_5331_0046FORT NASSAU (6H00)NTW2TAFELBERG (6H00)ONO6OTZ-NOONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERMET WEINIG REGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT0100000286678
1818-12-10T17:0011.78-68.31514.6MAR_D23905_5331_0047TAFELBERG OP CURACAON 1/2 WKLEIN CURACAO (GIS)NNO56OTZ-NOONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEGOED WEERMET WEINIG REGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT0100000286679
1818-12-11T17:0011.77-68.281194.6MAR_D23905_5331_0047TAFELBERGNW 3/4 WPORTE CABELLO (GIS)Z 1/3 OOZO 1/3 O9.256O-OZOBRAMZEILSKOELTE EN LABBERKOELTEWEINIG REGENOVERDRIJVENDE LUCHT0100000286680
1818-12-12T17:0011.62-68.33744.6MAR_D23905_5331_0047PUNT FUCACASZ 1/2 WPORTE CABELLO (GIS)Z 1/2 O186O-ONOLABBERE BRAMZEILSKOELTE EN FLAUWE KOELTEGOED WEER0000000286681
1818-12-13T17:0011.22-68.37744.6MAR_D23905_5331_0047PUNT FUCACASZTOPORTE CABELLO (GIS)ZTO 1/2 O12ZO 1/4 Z11.006OZO-ONOBRAMZEILSKOELTEREGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT0100000286682
1818-12-14T00:004519.0MAR_D23905_5331_0048KASTEEL PORTE CABELLO (18H00)ZWTW3KONINGS EILAND (18H00)ZZW 1/4 W1OZO-NOONGESTADIGE ONDERZEILSKOELTEBUIIGE LUCHTMET REGENBETROKKEN LUCHT1100000286683
1818-12-15T00:0010.75454.6MAR_D23905_5331_0048PUNT FUCACASWTN 1/2 NLA GUAYRA (GIS)O 3/4 Z13OZO 1/2 O5.50OZO-NOONGESTADIGE BRAMZEILSKOELTEZWARE WINDBUIENZWARE REGENBUIEN1100000286684
1818-12-16T00:0011.18452.6MAR_D23905_5331_0048LA GUAYRA (GIS)ZZO9NOTO13.25ZO-NOLABBER EN BRAMZEILSKOELTEBUIIGE LUCHTMET REGENBEWOLKTE LUCHT1100000286685
1818-12-17T00:00904.6MAR_D23905_5331_00481VANAF HIER GAAT HET VERDER NAAR PORTE CABELLO EN DAN WEER NAAR CURACAO VERVOLGENS ARUBA EN WEER CURACAO DAN NAAR BONAIRE TOEN NAAR LA GUAYRA, TERUG NAAR BONAIRE TERUG NAAR LA GUAYRA, PORTE CABELLO,CURACAO, LA GUAYRA, PORTE CABELLO, CURACAO, LA GUAYRA. BONAIRE, LA GUAYRA, CURACAO EN DAN EINDELLIJK OP 5 MEI 1919 NAAR EUROPA.ONO-OBRAMZEILSKOELTEBUIIGE LUCHTBEWOLKTE LUCHT1000000286686