1960 03 - 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 251.2 251.5 251.5 250.7 250.5 251.0 251.8 252.2 252.1 251.9 252.3 253.0 254.2 255.4 255.8 255.9 256.0 256.1 256.0 255.7 255.1 255.2 256.5 256.8 257.1 257.3 256.1 256.1 256.4 257.3 258.3 34 Hudson Bay 252.7 252.3 252.5 253.1 252.7 253.8 255.6 256.0 255.4 255.2 255.7 255.8 257.5 261.0 263.2 264.3 263.9 265.1 263.7 262.9 262.1 255.9 256.2 254.0 256.8 258.0 255.8 254.2 256.5 257.2 260.0 36 Hudson Strait 265.8 260.8 257.4 253.7 250.4 251.2 250.4 251.2 248.4 245.2 246.7 249.1 251.1 253.5 254.4 256.4 261.4 261.8 260.2 258.3 254.6 253.4 251.6 247.0 246.5 248.0 248.8 242.7 245.0 248.2 252.7 98 Bering Strait 263.7 265.1 262.2 260.3 260.4 255.7 253.8 253.2 251.9 250.7 250.7 254.3 256.1 256.7 256.3 257.5 257.1 256.0 256.9 258.1 261.7 263.1 265.0 265.1 263.5 263.9 261.0 258.0 255.3 255.4 256.1 128 Arctic subocean 243.5 243.5 243.0 242.8 239.7 239.6 238.7 237.2 237.9 241.9 240.9 238.1 237.0 237.3 237.1 237.9 235.3 233.8 234.3 234.7 234.0 235.0 240.2 239.7 239.0 242.2 243.9 249.2 252.3 248.9 246.2 130 Chukchi Sea 267.7 261.9 266.3 264.0 255.5 254.6 252.6 252.6 252.8 250.4 253.4 254.5 257.3 253.8 252.2 249.4 247.0 246.7 252.8 260.3 261.7 260.1 259.4 258.3 258.2 259.1 260.4 259.0 254.3 254.1 255.1 132 Beaufort Sea 255.5 257.4 257.5 256.3 254.5 253.7 253.6 253.4 251.3 248.4 247.6 249.9 256.0 256.1 257.1 258.0 263.4 263.6 263.3 259.0 253.3 257.0 258.2 260.6 261.7 257.8 252.4 250.5 250.5 253.6 255.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.6 251.6 251.6 246.0 245.6 244.5 243.2 243.7 242.0 239.8 240.5 242.3 244.9 245.4 245.3 243.6 243.2 245.5 246.1 240.8 240.3 241.6 243.1 245.8 240.9 240.0 239.8 241.0 242.9 243.3 243.9 136 Foxe Basin 261.0 257.8 253.5 251.1 247.2 246.4 244.0 242.8 242.5 242.4 241.0 241.2 243.8 249.1 251.7 252.6 252.0 248.5 248.0 247.1 242.5 240.3 238.3 238.7 238.7 242.0 244.2 245.8 245.9 247.8 246.2 138 Baffin Bay 243.7 241.0 239.9 241.3 241.3 241.1 239.6 239.5 245.6 246.2 242.3 236.7 235.6 240.1 245.3 245.4 243.7 243.2 246.3 245.9 243.4 241.9 247.6 248.9 250.0 254.1 257.4 258.8 253.1 252.3 254.7 139 South Greenland 249.7 247.5 246.4 246.3 248.1 247.7 247.9 250.6 256.2 255.4 253.0 249.2 248.6 254.6 257.0 256.0 257.1 260.8 261.0 260.2 259.4 261.3 261.0 260.0 260.5 262.5 262.8 260.6 259.2 260.9 262.5 140 Greenland Sea 236.2 237.6 243.4 243.6 244.4 244.8 242.6 239.6 247.9 250.3 247.3 239.7 236.0 241.0 246.1 246.5 246.0 249.5 248.3 248.5 246.5 245.3 248.5 252.3 253.2 255.9 256.4 257.4 256.1 252.0 256.1 142 Norwegian Sea 268.1 272.1 272.9 274.0 273.8 274.6 273.7 272.7 271.4 271.6 271.0 271.2 270.3 269.8 269.5 270.2 273.2 273.5 274.2 274.1 274.4 274.7 274.9 274.9 274.5 273.8 273.2 272.2 272.4 271.7 271.4 144 Barents Sea 251.8 251.0 252.5 252.8 254.8 259.9 265.9 269.1 263.1 259.6 259.0 259.1 255.5 253.6 252.5 256.5 259.6 263.0 266.0 267.0 266.0 268.7 269.1 265.1 264.6 264.6 268.0 265.1 258.9 260.1 260.5 146 Kara Sea 251.0 252.4 252.7 251.3 250.5 250.5 252.0 253.5 254.2 254.2 256.0 257.0 257.3 255.8 255.0 254.5 254.2 254.4 255.1 255.5 256.2 257.6 259.0 260.0 260.2 260.1 257.2 258.5 260.9 262.3 261.5 148 Laptev Sea 243.0 241.8 242.5 242.9 243.0 245.2 246.0 246.0 245.4 245.8 246.6 249.7 252.8 255.0 255.4 255.2 253.8 250.6 249.0 249.0 248.8 249.7 252.1 252.7 253.1 252.6 253.5 255.0 255.2 255.6 257.9 150 East Siberian Sea 249.1 250.8 249.2 247.3 251.8 257.4 258.0 254.9 254.6 260.1 260.2 260.1 259.7 264.4 263.0 258.7 254.5 253.6 251.6 252.5 251.0 248.0 248.6 250.5 251.9 254.0 255.0 258.0 259.6 259.5 258.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.9 268.6 266.3 264.7 262.3 259.2 259.6 258.9 256.9 258.6 262.7 263.7 264.7 263.1 263.3 268.8 269.5 267.8 265.4 266.8 270.0 269.5 271.6 270.0 269.6 269.5 267.9 265.6 264.0 264.8 266.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.6 269.9 266.7 266.1 266.2 259.5 256.3 255.8 255.6 253.0 256.4 256.8 258.2 258.7 257.8 259.1 258.0 255.4 254.9 259.6 266.5 270.3 271.8 271.1 269.1 269.6 267.2 265.5 261.5 259.6 260.7