1960 01 - daily - mean of daily NCEP sigma-0.995 temperature with 25-km topography correction (K); RIMS mask V1; C. Oelke, NSIDC, May 2003 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 251.1 250.2 249.8 249.4 249.8 249.5 249.0 248.8 248.4 248.0 247.1 247.0 247.2 248.3 248.8 248.0 248.5 250.2 250.6 250.2 250.0 250.2 249.7 250.0 250.4 250.9 250.7 250.5 250.4 250.6 251.5 34 Hudson Bay 255.5 254.7 250.5 246.2 245.1 246.7 246.1 243.9 245.8 250.4 254.5 258.0 257.0 256.4 256.7 256.4 257.0 257.7 257.8 256.8 255.8 256.0 255.2 255.0 254.6 250.1 248.7 249.5 251.4 252.6 255.6 36 Hudson Strait 245.9 249.3 251.7 248.9 243.7 241.2 238.3 237.4 236.8 237.0 239.8 245.3 251.7 260.3 260.8 265.8 265.7 265.6 270.5 266.8 264.2 257.7 253.5 251.1 258.3 261.2 256.1 248.3 252.3 246.1 239.2 98 Bering Strait 250.7 252.5 262.0 264.9 264.0 260.1 258.1 258.8 259.0 254.4 247.8 243.4 243.4 245.1 243.3 243.0 249.6 255.0 258.1 256.8 255.8 256.2 257.9 259.9 258.6 257.6 256.8 252.0 250.1 251.7 256.5 128 Arctic subocean 234.4 240.8 242.7 239.6 244.4 245.8 241.7 245.4 251.6 253.3 249.1 244.2 239.7 240.5 239.1 240.2 247.3 247.6 248.6 246.9 241.2 235.2 232.7 233.5 242.6 245.9 243.5 242.7 246.4 246.9 244.2 130 Chukchi Sea 240.2 247.9 254.1 253.2 259.7 255.1 252.2 254.2 249.9 242.3 238.7 239.8 241.3 240.7 237.6 234.4 236.2 239.6 240.5 241.7 244.3 247.3 248.5 257.3 261.6 259.6 255.5 250.3 245.8 242.1 245.1 132 Beaufort Sea 251.5 248.1 249.9 250.3 253.4 251.3 250.5 251.6 251.8 252.4 249.6 246.5 249.4 255.9 255.6 251.4 251.3 257.0 258.6 256.1 252.7 251.1 250.6 251.4 248.4 247.9 244.0 241.4 245.0 251.0 257.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.7 239.4 239.3 238.4 237.9 236.8 236.7 238.0 238.0 236.4 235.5 237.3 239.7 244.4 247.6 249.9 248.9 250.2 251.4 249.3 245.3 241.0 237.1 237.6 236.9 234.9 235.5 238.1 240.4 236.7 238.2 136 Foxe Basin 244.7 243.1 238.2 238.0 243.1 244.0 242.7 243.5 240.7 239.3 239.1 241.1 244.0 251.5 250.8 251.4 258.1 262.7 261.8 261.5 253.4 246.9 238.2 235.0 239.9 248.8 251.2 249.1 239.7 242.0 235.2 138 Baffin Bay 239.8 241.0 244.5 243.3 245.5 249.4 251.9 254.3 256.6 250.9 249.9 248.0 244.5 245.7 248.5 247.9 250.9 252.7 252.6 251.0 247.6 238.6 234.8 237.3 242.1 245.1 247.4 251.0 250.4 248.0 250.0 139 South Greenland 247.0 247.7 248.6 249.2 255.0 258.6 257.5 262.3 259.2 258.0 258.6 260.3 260.4 259.1 259.7 261.0 259.8 257.3 257.2 255.5 253.7 250.0 247.9 246.6 250.0 254.3 255.2 255.2 252.2 252.4 250.8 140 Greenland Sea 243.7 247.0 244.0 245.1 254.0 255.2 250.3 254.0 258.8 256.5 251.6 251.7 248.7 241.5 244.5 241.8 241.1 249.6 244.7 247.5 244.1 242.3 237.1 244.5 252.5 252.5 249.4 250.5 250.5 249.6 248.6 142 Norwegian Sea 273.7 272.6 272.3 272.6 273.8 272.6 268.6 265.0 267.7 269.6 262.1 262.3 263.8 267.9 267.3 265.8 265.9 263.9 264.3 266.2 267.5 269.0 272.8 273.0 273.8 271.5 269.2 265.7 261.9 263.5 266.9 144 Barents Sea 259.7 260.8 265.8 266.4 261.3 256.3 251.2 252.2 252.0 251.7 256.1 256.4 253.9 250.8 253.3 253.3 254.3 253.5 255.3 258.5 260.0 259.0 257.9 258.6 256.9 258.5 253.4 249.1 252.0 252.6 254.9 146 Kara Sea 257.9 254.7 251.3 251.8 252.8 253.0 252.9 250.5 248.2 247.5 245.6 243.8 243.9 246.1 246.7 245.3 244.3 245.0 244.9 245.5 247.9 252.0 253.1 253.2 253.6 254.6 254.5 254.8 252.8 251.6 251.3 148 Laptev Sea 241.0 241.0 240.2 239.0 237.6 237.4 239.4 240.4 240.8 240.1 238.2 237.9 239.1 239.1 238.7 238.4 239.1 241.1 241.3 240.4 240.7 240.8 240.8 240.4 240.6 243.8 248.2 249.5 249.4 249.9 249.1 150 East Siberian Sea 243.8 243.9 245.2 246.7 244.4 245.3 246.4 244.7 243.3 241.3 241.9 247.6 248.8 245.1 244.1 240.0 240.0 241.2 240.3 241.7 243.6 245.4 243.9 242.4 242.6 244.0 245.9 248.5 248.9 249.4 249.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.9 268.7 272.2 274.0 273.8 268.9 266.3 265.2 266.4 264.0 260.0 257.7 257.2 257.5 259.2 262.5 268.4 271.0 272.4 271.2 269.1 267.9 267.6 268.2 266.8 266.6 265.6 265.9 267.0 268.2 270.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.6 270.9 269.9 274.1 271.9 267.1 266.2 270.1 269.0 267.6 253.8 247.2 245.0 250.6 252.8 258.4 263.2 265.3 267.7 268.1 268.8 271.6 272.7 273.1 271.6 270.1 269.2 267.0 262.6 256.0 253.2