1961 04 - 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 261.3 261.1 261.4 261.0 260.8 260.9 261.5 262.3 262.6 262.4 262.0 262.1 262.0 262.4 263.0 263.8 264.5 264.9 265.4 266.0 266.4 266.9 267.4 267.9 267.8 267.4 267.3 267.7 268.3 268.3 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 261.0 266.0 267.9 266.0 264.1 264.4 263.5 265.0 268.2 265.9 263.4 264.9 268.4 268.6 267.6 267.7 269.5 272.1 274.1 275.7 275.1 273.5 271.3 270.9 272.3 271.0 270.3 269.6 270.7 270.5 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 265.7 265.8 266.8 268.2 269.4 268.5 266.5 265.1 263.2 263.5 263.0 264.1 267.5 267.1 266.1 263.4 265.1 267.6 269.3 268.7 266.8 268.8 270.7 270.2 269.0 269.1 268.6 269.4 271.0 271.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 263.3 259.8 259.5 258.3 258.8 262.7 262.5 258.5 259.3 263.1 261.6 261.8 259.2 258.4 261.7 262.3 259.8 260.5 261.3 258.5 259.0 264.7 268.1 268.8 270.3 270.7 269.9 270.4 268.9 267.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 241.1 243.6 246.3 245.0 244.2 243.2 242.7 244.6 245.3 244.7 246.4 247.4 250.7 250.0 248.9 249.1 254.1 258.1 259.0 257.8 253.0 252.3 255.0 257.1 256.9 259.3 261.5 257.9 255.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 260.4 255.1 251.4 250.4 250.8 253.2 254.4 253.0 256.1 255.8 259.6 260.9 255.1 253.3 254.0 254.4 255.3 255.9 252.2 252.9 255.2 260.2 261.8 267.4 267.1 264.1 264.4 265.0 265.5 268.2 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 264.2 261.4 260.3 260.9 260.9 260.6 262.8 262.7 254.6 254.7 256.8 258.4 255.8 255.8 259.7 266.0 267.5 266.0 267.2 265.9 263.6 264.3 269.5 271.6 270.0 269.5 269.6 270.3 270.0 267.8 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.5 245.9 245.4 245.6 247.8 246.6 247.0 248.7 247.9 247.7 249.3 251.0 250.2 250.5 252.7 256.7 261.2 261.3 264.0 265.7 264.1 261.3 261.1 261.5 259.6 259.8 261.4 264.8 265.6 261.9 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 253.5 257.8 254.9 250.9 250.2 253.2 257.6 254.5 253.9 256.7 257.2 259.0 256.5 258.3 263.3 264.1 266.0 264.9 263.5 262.4 264.7 266.6 267.8 268.4 264.3 263.3 264.6 266.1 266.7 265.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 242.8 248.1 254.3 251.6 245.2 243.3 244.5 248.0 250.2 249.0 248.4 249.2 247.5 249.1 249.6 250.7 251.1 254.0 256.6 256.0 255.7 253.7 255.2 258.8 261.9 262.3 262.5 262.9 262.2 261.1 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 256.9 258.6 259.4 260.0 258.1 251.8 253.3 257.6 260.2 260.5 260.2 258.4 255.4 253.7 252.5 252.6 255.2 256.6 257.2 256.7 259.6 261.8 262.6 265.2 265.6 265.9 265.0 264.7 265.9 266.6 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.4 244.5 249.2 249.6 248.5 246.9 246.1 245.0 246.0 245.9 242.3 241.7 241.7 246.7 248.3 249.2 246.8 247.9 251.4 252.4 252.9 252.4 251.2 254.6 258.7 259.8 260.8 260.6 259.0 258.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 269.4 269.8 270.3 269.9 269.5 270.6 271.9 270.5 269.9 269.8 270.5 271.8 273.3 274.5 273.8 274.4 275.6 273.9 271.1 272.1 274.3 275.3 275.0 276.6 278.1 277.8 275.7 274.8 275.4 274.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.7 269.6 270.1 269.1 268.0 268.2 268.8 268.9 268.2 267.6 267.5 266.4 266.5 267.0 268.4 268.9 269.0 267.9 269.4 268.3 263.5 263.4 266.7 266.5 268.2 269.8 268.1 264.8 265.2 266.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 270.2 269.0 268.7 268.4 268.4 268.1 268.4 268.5 268.9 268.9 269.2 269.1 269.3 269.5 269.3 269.4 269.3 267.8 266.9 269.5 271.5 271.9 270.3 269.4 269.4 269.7 269.5 269.9 271.4 273.1 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 256.3 254.3 253.1 253.2 254.1 255.7 258.1 261.9 262.6 261.6 260.2 258.9 258.6 259.4 259.6 260.1 262.1 264.2 264.4 263.8 265.6 266.7 268.9 268.7 265.4 262.6 262.9 263.7 264.3 263.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 249.5 250.3 250.8 251.0 253.6 255.7 255.5 255.5 256.4 259.5 259.5 257.6 258.3 261.5 262.2 260.6 257.5 256.8 257.8 257.7 258.1 258.2 257.5 260.9 263.0 264.8 265.9 268.3 268.1 267.5 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 270.1 268.5 269.1 270.3 272.2 271.4 269.6 270.6 270.9 268.7 267.6 267.3 267.1 269.6 269.1 266.4 268.5 267.8 266.9 267.4 271.6 273.7 275.3 275.6 274.1 274.0 274.7 274.1 272.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.9 264.6 266.2 267.3 272.2 270.6 265.3 267.9 273.0 268.1 268.2 269.8 269.9 265.4 262.2 261.6 265.0 268.4 262.4 262.0 268.5 273.4 272.8 275.1 273.0 269.4 269.5 272.8 274.6 273.4 -9999.0