1960 08 - 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 284.2 284.1 284.2 284.4 284.3 284.4 284.2 284.3 284.3 284.2 284.0 284.0 283.3 283.0 282.9 283.1 283.3 282.9 282.8 282.8 282.8 282.1 281.2 280.6 280.5 280.6 280.3 279.9 279.8 279.9 280.0 34 Hudson Bay 288.9 288.8 287.8 288.7 289.1 289.1 288.6 288.1 288.2 289.1 289.5 288.7 287.1 285.4 286.9 289.7 292.1 290.9 291.0 291.2 289.9 288.4 286.2 286.6 287.6 287.2 286.6 286.0 286.5 287.0 287.5 36 Hudson Strait 282.3 280.9 281.4 280.1 280.5 281.4 280.9 281.3 281.1 280.7 280.8 280.9 281.8 283.0 280.2 279.9 283.0 284.7 286.3 285.2 283.5 283.9 280.0 279.2 280.5 284.1 284.9 281.3 282.6 281.6 280.7 98 Bering Strait 283.1 284.2 283.4 283.5 284.0 283.6 284.2 284.3 284.8 284.6 286.5 288.8 287.4 285.6 282.5 280.8 282.2 281.5 281.3 281.1 280.9 281.0 281.1 281.1 278.9 280.1 280.5 279.6 277.7 277.2 277.3 128 Arctic subocean 275.5 274.7 274.5 275.3 275.9 275.4 274.8 275.1 275.0 274.8 274.4 274.1 273.0 272.4 272.8 272.5 272.2 272.7 272.5 272.1 270.6 269.2 268.3 269.5 270.0 269.9 269.8 269.0 268.8 269.0 269.9 130 Chukchi Sea 280.4 280.8 281.4 282.2 283.3 283.1 282.6 282.3 282.5 281.1 283.1 285.1 284.2 282.1 278.7 276.3 277.6 278.9 280.1 280.7 280.8 281.1 281.5 280.8 280.5 280.5 279.1 277.1 276.3 276.1 276.0 132 Beaufort Sea 287.4 287.9 289.8 289.0 287.1 286.8 288.9 290.0 289.6 289.4 289.0 288.8 286.2 285.0 285.4 284.8 282.9 281.4 281.0 281.5 281.6 281.7 281.2 280.1 279.1 279.7 280.6 281.5 279.9 278.5 278.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.6 281.7 283.7 284.5 285.2 285.4 285.0 285.0 281.6 279.6 278.6 278.8 279.4 277.1 277.7 278.1 278.4 277.8 277.8 277.8 279.6 279.9 279.7 278.9 277.4 277.0 277.0 277.4 277.7 277.9 277.3 136 Foxe Basin 280.8 280.4 282.0 282.2 282.2 282.4 282.0 285.1 285.1 283.0 282.3 281.5 281.1 280.0 278.9 277.7 278.4 278.2 278.0 277.0 278.3 278.2 277.5 277.4 278.4 278.8 279.9 279.2 278.6 279.1 279.5 138 Baffin Bay 273.7 273.4 272.5 273.3 274.9 274.4 274.3 274.7 274.9 274.4 274.4 273.1 272.3 271.5 271.1 270.9 270.8 271.3 270.4 269.9 268.9 267.9 267.9 266.9 267.3 267.5 267.4 268.3 270.2 272.3 272.8 139 South Greenland 272.2 271.8 272.2 274.0 274.6 275.4 275.5 275.0 274.5 274.3 272.8 272.2 272.3 272.0 272.0 271.7 271.6 271.9 271.7 271.4 270.6 270.2 270.0 270.1 270.5 271.7 272.5 273.5 274.4 274.2 272.9 140 Greenland Sea 271.9 271.9 270.8 270.9 272.0 273.3 272.6 271.6 272.0 272.5 271.3 270.2 269.1 267.6 266.9 267.6 267.8 267.1 266.8 266.4 265.8 264.2 262.9 264.1 265.1 264.3 264.1 264.6 266.8 269.7 270.9 142 Norwegian Sea 289.8 289.7 288.6 286.8 286.4 285.7 285.8 285.7 285.6 285.9 285.8 285.0 284.7 284.1 284.5 285.1 284.3 283.9 283.1 284.2 283.8 283.7 284.7 285.4 285.3 284.4 282.7 282.8 281.2 280.0 279.6 144 Barents Sea 291.5 287.9 283.0 282.6 284.1 284.1 282.1 282.8 283.9 284.7 285.7 287.0 288.3 288.7 287.9 287.7 287.9 287.1 284.9 284.5 284.4 283.9 282.7 282.4 282.9 283.9 284.6 283.8 282.0 280.9 281.4 146 Kara Sea 285.7 285.3 285.4 285.6 285.3 285.8 285.5 285.5 285.7 285.2 284.1 284.0 283.7 284.1 284.3 284.5 284.3 284.7 285.4 285.7 286.0 285.7 285.1 283.5 282.5 281.9 281.4 281.2 281.7 282.1 282.3 148 Laptev Sea 284.4 285.2 286.5 285.8 284.4 284.4 284.2 284.0 284.4 285.1 286.0 285.9 285.3 285.1 283.4 282.7 283.3 283.8 282.7 282.7 282.8 281.1 280.5 280.5 281.6 282.0 280.9 279.0 277.9 278.0 278.2 150 East Siberian Sea 282.3 282.3 282.2 285.2 286.0 283.1 282.3 283.0 281.8 280.8 279.5 279.5 280.3 283.6 286.1 287.8 286.1 281.8 281.7 281.6 281.9 281.3 279.3 277.2 276.3 276.3 276.7 277.1 276.9 277.6 278.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.5 281.5 281.5 281.5 281.3 282.1 283.5 283.9 285.1 286.8 287.3 285.6 284.1 283.7 282.5 281.7 281.0 280.5 279.9 279.9 281.3 281.6 280.4 280.8 281.5 281.9 280.7 278.2 278.0 278.5 279.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.2 283.7 283.9 284.0 282.6 283.2 283.3 282.5 283.6 285.8 288.8 287.4 285.5 285.2 284.2 283.5 282.1 280.5 281.4 282.1 284.3 282.5 282.6 283.1 285.1 284.0 280.0 277.8 279.2 280.7 281.9