HadDTR: Hadley Centre sea-surface temperature diurnal temperature range climatology
The Hadley Centre sea-surface temperature diurnal temperature range climatology is a 5x5 degree gridded climatology of the diurnal range of sea surface temperature as measured by drifting buoys.
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National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified "The Climate Data Guide: HadDTR: Hadley Centre sea-surface temperature diurnal temperature range climatology.” Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/haddtr-hadley-centre-sea-surface-temperature-diurnal-temperature-range-climatology on 2025-07-10.
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Acknowledgement of the Climate Data Guide project is also appreciated:
Schneider, D. P., C. Deser, J. Fasullo, and K. E. Trenberth, 2013: Climate Data Guide Spurs Discovery and Understanding. Eos Trans. AGU, 94, 121–122, https://doi.org/10.1002/2013eo130001
Key Figures
Hadley Centre: Annual mean daily SST range (C) for period 1990-2004. (Climate Data Guide; D. Shea)
Other Information
Drifting bouys
5x5