1960 07 - 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 283.3 283.6 284.0 284.5 284.9 285.0 285.7 285.8 285.4 285.3 285.4 285.6 285.6 286.1 286.1 286.1 285.9 285.6 285.3 285.5 285.8 285.6 285.2 285.1 285.1 285.3 284.9 284.5 284.3 283.9 284.4 34 Hudson Bay 285.6 285.8 285.5 286.5 288.4 290.2 291.7 291.5 289.9 290.1 289.8 288.4 286.5 287.5 287.8 288.8 289.9 290.9 290.4 290.4 291.0 290.7 291.2 291.8 290.7 290.9 290.3 289.1 288.3 286.9 288.6 36 Hudson Strait 280.9 280.9 282.2 282.7 283.1 282.6 284.7 284.9 281.8 280.9 281.1 282.9 282.0 281.4 283.1 280.4 279.9 281.0 283.9 284.2 283.4 284.8 285.7 286.3 286.7 287.6 286.3 284.2 286.3 284.5 287.1 98 Bering Strait 284.6 284.8 285.0 285.6 283.4 282.1 281.6 280.9 282.1 283.3 285.0 287.6 289.3 290.5 288.2 286.5 286.4 286.1 287.4 287.5 286.9 285.8 284.1 283.6 283.6 283.7 284.2 283.9 284.7 283.7 283.3 128 Arctic subocean 275.5 274.5 273.2 273.1 274.5 275.7 274.9 274.9 274.9 275.0 275.0 276.3 275.7 275.6 275.8 277.1 276.0 275.9 275.1 274.5 274.2 274.5 275.4 275.4 274.9 274.8 274.3 274.9 275.4 275.2 275.3 130 Chukchi Sea 282.5 284.4 283.6 282.5 278.8 277.2 278.7 280.1 282.2 284.5 285.1 286.0 286.0 286.9 284.3 284.9 284.1 288.1 288.1 285.0 284.6 283.8 281.3 281.5 281.6 281.7 281.7 281.8 282.7 281.6 280.1 132 Beaufort Sea 286.0 285.7 286.7 287.3 287.0 286.5 287.6 284.5 282.2 282.4 283.5 286.0 288.8 288.6 286.9 287.9 290.1 288.8 286.9 286.5 286.4 285.9 285.1 284.2 283.9 284.2 283.7 284.2 285.6 287.6 288.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 281.8 283.4 284.6 283.8 284.1 283.5 283.4 284.2 283.7 282.5 281.2 279.2 278.1 280.2 282.4 284.0 284.9 286.2 283.1 282.2 281.7 279.0 277.8 278.4 279.6 279.3 277.7 277.5 277.8 278.8 280.1 136 Foxe Basin 279.6 281.5 282.5 280.7 280.3 280.8 280.8 280.1 280.3 281.2 283.4 283.2 281.9 281.3 281.6 282.3 284.1 284.0 283.3 284.7 282.8 283.7 282.3 280.8 279.7 281.0 278.7 278.3 279.9 280.0 280.3 138 Baffin Bay 275.3 273.9 272.6 272.0 272.6 273.6 274.5 274.2 274.3 274.2 274.1 274.2 273.7 273.2 273.8 273.7 273.3 273.2 273.2 273.3 272.5 273.9 274.0 273.0 272.6 273.0 272.6 272.3 273.1 273.4 273.6 139 South Greenland 274.6 275.2 275.0 274.5 274.3 273.9 274.5 273.9 274.1 274.1 274.0 274.2 273.8 272.9 273.1 272.6 272.8 272.8 272.4 272.6 272.8 273.6 272.7 271.9 272.4 273.0 272.5 272.5 273.6 273.1 272.8 140 Greenland Sea 273.9 272.6 271.1 271.6 272.9 274.1 274.3 273.8 273.2 272.6 273.1 272.4 270.9 270.9 272.0 272.0 271.7 271.4 271.3 271.6 271.3 271.7 272.1 270.9 270.7 271.4 271.7 271.6 271.6 271.8 271.4 142 Norwegian Sea 280.9 281.4 281.4 284.1 286.8 288.0 287.7 287.7 286.9 287.0 286.7 286.2 284.7 284.3 285.5 285.7 287.0 286.3 285.7 282.7 281.7 283.7 285.2 285.4 286.1 286.3 286.8 287.5 289.5 289.1 288.9 144 Barents Sea 290.9 290.6 289.8 288.1 286.4 286.6 287.3 288.0 288.5 288.8 289.6 290.9 291.1 291.1 289.8 288.8 290.0 290.8 290.9 290.2 288.1 286.7 286.4 287.5 288.1 288.4 290.4 291.5 290.8 290.1 290.7 146 Kara Sea 285.0 285.1 285.0 284.9 286.2 286.7 287.1 287.4 287.6 286.5 286.0 286.4 286.5 287.1 287.8 287.7 286.2 285.9 286.2 287.3 288.5 288.7 288.3 288.3 288.3 288.2 287.5 287.3 286.6 286.4 286.6 148 Laptev Sea 280.6 281.2 283.5 286.5 287.9 287.7 289.2 290.2 289.0 289.2 290.1 289.2 288.8 289.2 288.4 287.7 286.7 285.8 285.3 285.6 286.2 286.1 286.0 285.6 285.3 285.5 285.2 285.7 285.0 283.6 284.0 150 East Siberian Sea 283.1 286.3 289.1 288.8 285.2 282.4 283.4 285.5 287.4 287.0 286.0 285.7 287.6 289.6 291.2 290.9 289.9 287.2 285.8 284.2 284.9 285.0 284.8 285.3 286.5 288.3 286.8 282.0 280.7 281.1 281.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.5 280.3 281.4 281.0 279.7 279.2 279.2 279.7 280.1 282.3 285.0 286.6 287.8 285.3 283.4 283.6 284.4 281.5 283.0 284.3 285.9 285.1 283.1 282.1 282.4 282.6 282.5 282.2 283.3 282.8 281.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.9 285.3 284.1 285.3 283.6 282.2 282.6 282.0 281.8 286.1 287.0 289.7 292.2 293.1 291.2 289.3 290.1 289.6 288.4 288.9 288.6 286.5 285.0 285.6 283.5 284.2 283.5 283.6 283.2 282.7 282.4