1961 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 268.6 268.6 269.0 269.5 269.7 270.0 269.5 269.4 269.7 269.8 269.8 270.4 271.0 271.6 272.1 272.6 273.2 274.6 275.6 275.9 275.5 274.8 274.8 274.8 275.4 276.6 277.2 277.0 277.4 277.4 277.1 34 Hudson Bay 272.3 273.1 273.2 274.1 276.1 278.0 276.2 273.5 271.0 270.9 274.1 276.2 275.7 275.4 273.8 272.5 273.7 278.6 281.3 281.8 282.6 283.1 282.8 280.0 277.2 279.7 280.5 278.6 280.0 284.1 284.7 36 Hudson Strait 270.7 267.4 266.6 264.8 261.8 269.6 271.4 271.2 272.5 273.4 268.7 267.2 269.2 270.7 268.8 271.7 266.8 265.3 269.8 272.8 269.9 269.8 272.8 273.4 273.1 272.3 273.2 274.7 271.7 271.3 271.9 98 Bering Strait 267.8 268.6 270.0 271.0 271.8 271.2 271.5 273.3 274.0 273.6 272.7 271.3 271.7 273.0 275.1 276.2 276.3 275.7 275.4 275.2 274.5 276.1 278.5 278.8 278.2 277.7 278.9 278.2 279.3 279.8 280.0 128 Arctic subocean 254.1 252.9 250.9 251.0 252.5 251.6 253.5 257.1 258.4 256.1 255.8 259.5 259.0 260.1 261.7 260.4 260.9 261.2 261.1 261.5 260.3 261.3 261.6 261.3 263.8 261.7 261.4 263.2 266.1 266.9 266.7 130 Chukchi Sea 270.8 272.5 271.8 271.1 271.6 271.7 271.2 272.6 272.5 272.6 270.7 270.1 270.6 270.3 271.5 272.5 271.9 271.1 270.7 270.1 269.9 270.7 273.5 275.0 276.4 276.6 276.5 277.1 276.6 275.9 277.2 132 Beaufort Sea 267.5 268.1 270.1 271.3 270.2 268.4 266.3 267.9 271.0 271.6 268.5 268.6 270.1 271.2 272.1 274.1 277.5 279.4 280.2 281.8 281.6 280.9 281.8 281.2 281.3 282.8 282.5 281.5 282.6 283.3 282.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.3 256.9 258.7 261.7 260.7 258.4 254.9 258.0 261.4 261.2 260.0 260.1 261.0 260.3 263.0 264.6 265.4 265.4 265.3 266.6 268.5 268.5 267.6 269.3 270.8 267.5 267.4 270.6 272.5 272.9 272.2 136 Foxe Basin 264.4 259.8 258.0 256.9 258.7 261.1 259.6 258.4 259.1 260.7 261.4 259.8 259.9 261.7 261.5 263.3 262.2 261.2 261.7 261.0 262.0 265.2 267.5 267.7 266.9 267.4 267.3 267.4 266.9 269.4 271.5 138 Baffin Bay 259.2 256.0 253.3 253.1 255.5 256.0 257.3 259.0 260.5 259.1 258.9 262.0 262.8 263.3 262.5 262.1 261.8 263.8 263.8 260.1 259.6 258.3 258.0 258.3 260.9 261.1 261.5 262.2 263.7 264.6 264.5 139 South Greenland 267.1 265.2 263.7 263.7 263.8 264.9 265.7 264.5 263.5 264.2 265.6 266.9 267.4 266.5 267.3 267.6 267.6 269.6 270.4 267.6 267.2 264.1 262.2 264.0 267.0 270.0 269.9 268.8 270.6 271.1 268.2 140 Greenland Sea 258.0 256.7 255.2 255.8 259.4 260.2 259.1 259.8 261.1 260.0 258.9 261.7 263.6 264.6 264.2 264.8 264.9 265.3 267.9 266.2 262.7 258.5 256.1 256.4 259.2 262.7 264.6 266.1 267.3 269.1 267.4 142 Norwegian Sea 275.8 276.8 277.2 277.6 277.6 278.4 277.9 277.6 276.8 276.0 276.2 277.5 277.7 277.5 277.0 277.6 278.2 278.3 277.0 276.3 276.8 277.7 277.4 277.5 276.9 275.4 276.3 277.5 279.2 281.8 284.6 144 Barents Sea 266.2 268.0 271.5 271.8 269.9 270.6 273.1 275.1 274.6 273.7 273.4 273.1 274.3 277.3 278.0 277.0 275.4 274.2 273.1 273.6 275.2 276.9 278.3 277.5 278.4 280.0 279.7 279.6 281.8 282.3 282.0 146 Kara Sea 273.8 273.0 272.0 271.9 271.8 272.1 271.0 269.8 270.5 271.9 272.6 273.0 273.7 274.7 275.6 276.8 277.3 278.8 279.6 279.8 278.3 278.1 277.7 277.9 279.5 281.2 281.8 280.8 279.2 276.6 276.4 148 Laptev Sea 264.3 266.1 268.0 269.2 269.5 269.4 269.7 270.0 270.1 269.9 269.2 269.3 269.6 269.6 270.4 270.7 271.2 272.3 273.7 274.9 274.5 270.1 269.8 271.5 272.3 273.6 275.6 276.6 277.1 276.3 275.2 150 East Siberian Sea 268.5 269.4 270.5 269.7 269.6 269.9 270.4 270.2 268.5 267.1 267.1 267.6 269.0 269.8 269.3 269.3 269.4 270.1 271.3 272.1 272.7 272.2 271.8 271.1 271.6 271.7 272.6 272.8 274.0 275.1 275.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.1 271.1 273.0 274.2 274.5 275.5 274.8 276.4 278.0 277.7 275.2 273.8 274.5 275.4 276.7 277.6 277.7 276.7 275.8 274.9 276.0 278.3 279.1 278.7 276.8 277.1 276.8 276.8 278.4 278.1 277.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.4 274.9 276.4 277.4 277.9 278.2 281.4 279.6 279.6 276.5 273.3 273.9 276.6 278.8 278.7 279.6 278.9 278.5 278.1 278.1 277.7 279.8 278.8 280.4 280.6 279.8 280.0 279.7 280.4 281.0 280.3