1997 08 - daily - mean of ECMWF ERA-40 daily air temperature at 2m (k); A.P.Barrett, CU BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 286.0 285.6 285.7 285.6 285.7 285.6 285.3 284.7 284.4 284.2 284.3 284.5 284.6 284.6 284.4 284.1 284.0 283.9 283.5 283.4 283.2 283.2 282.8 282.5 282.3 281.8 281.6 281.0 280.3 279.8 279.6 34 Hudson Bay 289.2 286.9 287.5 288.8 290.2 291.1 291.0 290.7 287.9 285.4 285.2 285.1 285.3 286.6 286.3 285.4 285.2 286.3 286.7 287.1 287.2 288.1 289.2 288.9 288.9 288.6 288.6 288.2 288.4 288.4 287.3 36 Hudson Strait 281.5 280.1 280.0 280.6 281.5 283.9 282.4 278.5 284.3 290.1 284.0 282.3 284.5 284.9 282.9 282.8 283.5 282.7 284.3 284.2 284.7 285.9 285.8 284.1 284.5 285.6 285.9 281.3 280.2 282.8 285.8 98 Bering Strait 286.0 285.4 285.6 286.2 287.4 287.8 286.3 286.4 287.1 288.2 287.7 285.8 284.1 284.1 285.7 285.6 282.8 281.0 281.2 282.4 283.4 284.4 284.2 282.7 282.5 282.2 282.2 281.9 281.1 281.6 282.5 128 Arctic subocean 273.2 272.7 272.9 271.6 271.4 271.7 272.7 272.8 272.7 272.8 273.3 273.9 274.1 273.6 272.5 271.8 272.4 271.6 270.1 270.1 269.5 268.8 267.4 268.2 267.0 265.9 265.0 262.5 261.5 262.6 263.2 130 Chukchi Sea 288.0 286.4 285.3 284.1 284.3 284.6 284.7 285.1 286.3 287.8 285.9 283.9 282.3 282.9 283.1 282.9 278.8 277.7 280.1 281.4 282.6 283.6 283.4 280.7 278.9 278.2 279.7 280.5 280.7 280.8 280.7 132 Beaufort Sea 286.7 286.6 287.6 290.0 291.5 291.9 289.8 284.8 285.1 285.9 286.6 288.1 289.7 288.0 285.1 285.2 285.2 284.7 283.4 284.0 285.4 287.0 286.0 286.1 286.0 286.5 287.9 286.7 284.3 282.2 281.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 278.3 280.2 281.6 281.3 280.6 277.0 276.6 276.7 277.0 277.2 277.4 278.9 282.0 282.5 279.8 278.7 280.9 281.4 278.9 276.4 276.8 277.5 276.6 274.4 275.4 275.4 276.0 276.4 273.2 271.6 271.7 136 Foxe Basin 277.8 278.9 279.4 280.4 280.9 278.4 275.7 274.7 275.7 276.3 276.7 277.8 277.4 279.6 281.7 282.3 281.5 282.7 284.0 283.1 279.9 278.3 278.0 277.9 275.3 275.0 273.6 274.1 274.3 272.6 276.8 138 Baffin Bay 272.3 271.9 271.7 270.2 270.2 269.8 269.8 269.8 269.5 268.7 269.5 271.1 271.1 269.9 268.7 269.0 269.1 268.8 268.4 269.5 268.2 267.2 266.6 266.6 263.4 260.7 260.2 260.3 260.9 260.9 259.8 139 South Greenland 273.2 273.0 272.0 271.0 270.7 270.3 269.8 269.7 269.2 268.9 273.1 276.6 276.1 274.6 273.9 273.1 272.4 272.0 272.2 271.1 270.1 269.6 269.7 268.8 268.5 267.5 267.4 268.2 266.2 265.8 264.8 140 Greenland Sea 271.4 270.8 271.4 270.9 270.3 269.0 269.1 269.7 268.6 268.3 267.5 272.0 271.7 271.5 268.0 267.8 267.0 266.9 266.4 267.7 265.6 264.3 263.5 264.6 263.6 258.8 256.8 256.3 257.0 258.5 259.6 142 Norwegian Sea 288.8 288.3 286.0 286.1 286.4 288.5 289.0 290.5 288.7 284.1 284.2 284.2 284.6 284.3 284.9 286.5 288.3 288.4 286.9 287.2 289.3 288.5 285.1 284.0 283.7 284.9 285.0 286.7 289.9 289.9 288.1 144 Barents Sea 287.6 285.7 285.9 286.0 285.7 286.1 287.1 287.5 289.8 290.8 287.0 282.4 282.2 282.6 282.9 282.8 283.5 284.3 284.8 285.0 283.8 285.7 287.4 286.6 285.4 282.7 283.6 284.8 281.5 280.0 279.3 146 Kara Sea 289.8 290.4 289.9 288.9 288.1 287.9 287.9 287.5 286.9 286.7 286.9 286.7 286.1 286.1 287.2 288.5 288.7 287.8 287.4 287.0 286.0 284.9 284.1 284.1 284.5 284.4 283.7 282.6 281.9 281.0 281.1 148 Laptev Sea 288.8 287.9 287.7 286.6 285.9 285.5 285.4 285.0 285.0 286.3 287.8 289.0 288.5 288.3 287.3 286.5 286.3 285.6 284.1 284.0 284.8 284.9 284.2 283.8 283.8 282.8 282.5 282.2 282.4 281.3 280.4 150 East Siberian Sea 284.5 285.1 285.7 285.3 286.2 287.9 288.4 289.2 288.5 284.7 284.2 282.3 284.9 285.9 287.5 282.5 281.6 285.1 287.6 286.7 284.2 283.0 281.0 281.8 281.5 281.4 280.2 278.8 279.5 280.7 283.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.1 283.8 284.8 286.3 287.2 285.5 284.4 284.8 284.5 285.4 284.4 284.0 283.7 283.3 284.4 284.5 283.4 283.7 282.9 282.9 283.3 282.4 282.9 283.7 283.4 282.5 281.8 282.1 282.7 283.9 282.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 288.8 288.7 288.7 288.3 291.6 289.3 289.4 289.8 288.0 286.6 285.5 285.7 285.3 285.5 286.0 284.9 285.3 284.8 283.7 285.2 284.8 283.7 284.8 284.8 284.4 282.4 283.4 282.8 284.5 286.3 283.7