1960 05 - 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 268.0 267.7 267.7 267.7 268.1 268.7 269.6 270.2 270.6 271.5 272.7 273.5 273.8 273.8 274.0 274.2 274.5 274.5 274.5 274.5 275.1 275.8 275.5 275.9 276.1 276.2 276.7 277.3 278.0 278.6 278.7 34 Hudson Bay 273.1 271.7 271.8 273.5 274.4 273.6 274.0 275.9 275.5 276.7 278.5 281.3 282.7 282.2 280.3 280.1 280.2 280.0 279.9 280.7 282.1 281.6 280.8 282.6 282.9 283.0 283.3 283.7 284.2 284.9 284.1 36 Hudson Strait 274.0 272.6 272.6 271.4 269.6 271.6 269.2 268.2 268.8 265.7 266.7 269.3 271.3 276.6 276.9 272.2 271.7 273.6 272.1 272.1 273.1 276.1 274.0 276.4 277.6 273.6 274.6 278.9 278.3 278.2 278.5 98 Bering Strait 273.6 274.0 273.0 272.9 272.8 273.6 273.7 273.7 274.0 272.9 272.0 273.3 274.4 275.9 276.4 275.6 274.4 274.4 274.5 274.6 276.4 278.5 279.4 281.0 280.4 278.6 278.3 277.5 278.2 277.0 276.6 128 Arctic subocean 255.5 253.8 254.3 254.2 259.7 258.6 259.1 259.9 261.3 262.7 265.5 267.0 269.4 269.0 267.5 266.4 262.9 259.5 259.5 262.8 264.2 263.4 264.0 263.7 263.9 265.8 267.2 268.7 268.4 268.7 268.9 130 Chukchi Sea 271.1 271.2 270.8 268.7 268.5 269.0 268.2 268.8 270.0 268.4 267.4 271.3 271.4 272.2 272.6 272.6 270.8 270.3 270.6 270.4 270.7 274.8 275.0 274.5 275.1 274.3 274.3 274.0 273.8 272.2 270.8 132 Beaufort Sea 272.0 271.1 269.7 269.0 271.1 273.7 275.2 275.3 276.0 278.6 279.3 276.5 275.3 273.8 274.2 274.9 275.1 274.7 275.8 276.0 275.7 277.0 278.0 278.9 278.0 277.5 278.4 278.7 280.1 281.3 280.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.6 263.1 265.6 264.0 261.6 262.8 263.1 265.0 266.6 268.9 270.6 270.4 269.3 268.2 268.6 269.5 269.7 268.7 268.6 269.8 270.6 270.1 268.3 266.7 268.8 269.3 271.7 271.6 271.7 272.5 273.4 136 Foxe Basin 268.6 271.1 270.3 268.3 264.4 264.2 263.4 263.2 264.8 264.7 265.0 266.4 266.6 267.5 267.3 266.1 267.4 270.0 271.4 271.1 271.4 271.5 271.4 271.0 268.8 267.6 268.2 271.1 271.6 271.6 272.1 138 Baffin Bay 259.1 257.7 253.4 249.8 250.3 253.5 256.1 257.7 260.6 262.7 265.4 267.1 268.2 267.5 267.2 267.1 267.0 265.7 264.0 263.5 264.1 263.0 261.7 261.1 259.8 261.1 263.2 265.4 265.5 267.7 266.8 139 South Greenland 265.6 264.2 261.2 259.9 260.5 262.6 262.6 264.4 266.2 266.5 268.7 268.9 268.9 269.1 270.8 270.2 270.6 269.7 268.3 267.2 266.9 266.9 265.2 264.3 264.3 265.5 265.6 267.1 268.5 271.1 271.3 140 Greenland Sea 256.7 252.0 248.0 248.6 251.7 253.9 258.4 258.9 259.9 262.3 265.8 268.2 268.5 269.7 269.7 268.9 266.7 264.2 261.4 259.5 260.4 260.6 260.4 260.7 261.0 265.2 267.1 268.7 268.1 268.7 269.7 142 Norwegian Sea 273.6 274.5 275.6 275.6 277.2 278.3 279.8 280.8 281.5 282.1 282.1 280.9 280.0 280.8 280.0 279.4 278.7 278.8 277.5 274.3 274.2 276.8 279.2 281.3 280.0 281.4 285.1 284.3 282.9 282.8 283.9 144 Barents Sea 276.7 278.0 277.7 277.3 277.1 275.6 275.4 274.1 272.9 273.7 275.8 277.3 276.6 275.0 275.1 275.5 275.4 275.9 278.0 278.0 274.2 272.6 275.6 279.4 281.1 279.3 280.8 282.0 281.3 281.2 282.1 146 Kara Sea 266.2 266.1 267.4 268.1 268.4 269.3 271.1 272.0 272.4 272.8 273.0 273.3 273.5 274.1 274.5 275.0 276.1 277.0 276.8 276.5 278.1 279.6 279.1 278.4 278.3 278.1 278.2 278.8 279.8 280.8 281.4 148 Laptev Sea 263.7 264.5 264.9 264.7 265.1 264.7 265.6 265.8 266.6 268.1 269.8 271.1 271.3 271.1 271.7 272.9 273.5 273.3 273.7 273.6 273.5 274.8 275.5 275.5 275.9 276.1 276.4 277.0 277.7 277.8 278.5 150 East Siberian Sea 266.7 266.9 265.5 265.9 266.3 266.2 265.6 265.5 263.8 264.1 266.4 267.7 268.9 269.6 270.1 270.2 270.2 270.1 270.3 270.9 270.9 269.7 267.0 267.0 269.2 270.8 272.0 273.0 275.2 275.4 274.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.4 276.0 277.5 277.4 276.9 277.6 277.9 276.4 275.2 275.6 275.0 275.7 276.0 277.2 278.3 277.4 277.4 277.1 275.9 277.3 280.2 281.9 282.7 284.0 283.4 281.5 278.9 278.9 278.5 276.6 275.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.9 276.6 277.4 278.4 277.1 278.5 280.4 279.0 275.4 275.5 277.5 276.5 276.6 278.5 281.5 281.4 281.1 280.6 280.0 280.6 284.0 280.9 279.5 280.7 281.5 285.6 282.3 280.4 281.4 280.1 277.9