CLIWOC: A climatological database for the world's oceans 1750–1854

R. García-Herrera; G. P. Können; D. A. Wheeler; M. R. Prieto; P. D. Jones; F. B. Koek

doi:10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6

CLIWOC: A climatological database for the world's oceans 1750–1854

R. García-Herrera, G. P. Können, D. A. Wheeler, M. R. Prieto, P. D. Jones, F. B. Koek

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Abstract

We have compiled a meteorological database over the world's oceans by digitizing data from European ship logbooks of voyages in the period 1750-1854. The observations are carefully reviewed and transformed into quantitative data. The chief contents of the database are wind direction and wind force information, from a period without standardized scales. It is found that the information content of these so-called non-instrumental data is much higher than previously believed. The 105-year CLIWOC database extends existing meteorological world ocean databases like ICOADS back in time by a full century.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Climatic Change
Volume	73
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-005-6952-6
Publication status	Published - 2005

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