1961 10 - 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 270.0 270.1 270.4 270.2 269.8 268.9 268.2 267.4 266.7 266.5 265.8 265.4 265.2 265.6 264.7 263.6 263.4 263.7 264.1 264.1 264.4 264.5 264.6 264.0 263.3 262.9 262.7 262.5 262.9 264.0 263.7 34 Hudson Bay 274.9 275.1 277.5 280.5 281.2 280.1 276.9 272.9 273.2 276.5 276.0 272.7 271.3 275.0 277.4 280.1 276.4 271.7 270.8 269.9 268.0 269.7 271.8 271.0 269.3 268.3 270.0 271.0 269.3 271.0 272.1 36 Hudson Strait 275.8 276.2 272.7 272.2 272.9 274.4 275.5 279.0 272.5 269.3 271.5 278.2 270.7 267.0 268.7 269.3 269.7 272.0 271.6 265.5 265.1 264.0 266.5 273.0 272.2 269.9 270.2 270.2 267.7 268.2 269.6 98 Bering Strait 271.6 272.2 271.7 270.3 268.2 266.4 265.6 265.7 263.6 261.8 260.7 260.7 261.5 264.1 263.1 261.1 265.8 265.6 267.1 270.8 270.2 267.9 265.4 262.2 260.8 258.2 257.3 256.8 260.8 260.8 258.9 128 Arctic subocean 250.5 250.2 250.0 250.2 254.1 257.6 259.6 255.9 252.5 250.7 249.6 248.6 246.9 246.5 248.3 247.8 244.6 245.1 246.1 249.6 249.9 250.6 250.7 253.2 252.2 251.9 249.9 250.7 257.0 257.8 255.2 130 Chukchi Sea 269.9 268.9 268.6 268.5 268.2 267.6 266.9 266.3 265.7 264.5 263.1 263.0 262.2 262.3 263.5 263.1 264.1 266.7 272.7 272.2 271.4 269.4 266.8 264.6 263.6 262.3 261.9 260.1 259.8 261.2 265.1 132 Beaufort Sea 273.5 275.6 276.8 276.7 273.2 267.7 265.6 264.8 266.2 263.5 260.9 263.3 268.0 272.3 276.3 271.7 267.3 269.1 266.6 263.8 266.3 267.6 267.1 264.2 262.5 265.0 265.3 263.0 266.7 269.1 263.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.2 263.7 261.3 258.7 257.8 257.1 257.4 257.7 257.1 256.6 254.7 253.3 255.8 256.2 254.5 252.8 252.4 251.7 249.3 249.9 255.5 255.0 252.1 253.0 255.0 253.8 256.7 261.7 258.6 258.3 258.5 136 Foxe Basin 268.6 269.1 268.8 267.9 269.6 269.6 266.3 264.8 264.5 263.5 266.7 265.2 261.7 261.7 261.4 258.4 260.5 264.5 262.4 257.8 256.8 256.6 258.0 267.2 267.9 260.3 257.5 260.7 263.5 265.9 265.7 138 Baffin Bay 252.2 254.2 257.7 257.5 258.6 259.0 259.0 256.4 253.7 254.5 253.9 252.7 250.7 249.2 248.4 248.9 250.2 251.4 253.2 256.6 260.1 257.3 256.5 257.5 259.4 258.0 251.8 248.6 251.6 257.1 259.2 139 South Greenland 258.7 261.8 262.8 262.0 259.8 259.5 259.8 257.3 259.6 261.9 261.0 260.4 260.1 261.0 257.6 255.0 259.5 267.3 270.3 270.3 266.2 263.5 263.3 264.3 264.5 262.9 259.8 254.6 250.1 253.8 256.4 140 Greenland Sea 249.2 249.7 252.4 254.8 254.3 252.9 252.8 253.0 252.2 255.7 256.3 252.8 249.1 247.1 247.2 247.4 247.9 248.8 252.6 257.2 259.7 260.9 257.2 258.0 255.6 256.4 249.7 245.1 248.1 253.9 253.4 142 Norwegian Sea 281.3 282.3 281.8 280.9 279.9 280.4 281.9 281.3 280.5 280.5 280.4 278.8 279.3 280.4 279.4 277.5 276.5 276.5 277.8 279.9 281.0 281.1 279.7 278.8 278.5 277.5 277.5 277.5 277.0 275.4 274.5 144 Barents Sea 278.7 279.3 276.8 276.4 275.7 273.9 276.0 277.2 277.6 276.5 277.0 276.9 276.9 275.6 275.1 275.4 275.4 275.3 274.5 273.6 274.3 273.6 272.8 273.8 273.6 273.8 274.4 275.4 276.4 275.8 275.3 146 Kara Sea 271.2 270.6 270.7 270.4 271.0 270.3 269.0 268.5 267.7 268.0 268.0 267.3 266.3 265.5 262.6 260.9 261.2 262.2 263.2 264.1 264.8 265.7 266.8 265.4 264.7 264.4 263.8 264.3 264.7 265.9 266.4 148 Laptev Sea 269.3 267.9 268.2 267.2 266.7 267.4 267.9 268.1 266.9 263.6 262.5 263.5 263.4 261.9 259.7 258.3 258.6 259.4 259.8 258.8 259.0 259.3 259.2 258.1 257.8 258.5 258.9 258.4 257.0 256.3 256.5 150 East Siberian Sea 269.4 268.6 267.1 266.7 264.5 265.1 265.8 265.2 264.7 265.7 265.0 264.3 264.4 264.7 261.2 257.6 256.9 256.1 256.8 257.4 256.6 254.8 255.2 256.1 255.9 255.0 255.7 255.0 259.1 261.4 258.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.1 278.4 276.8 275.0 272.9 271.6 272.5 274.3 268.6 265.0 265.8 267.7 270.4 272.3 269.9 271.0 273.3 271.5 270.9 273.7 274.2 272.6 270.5 268.8 267.5 267.6 267.2 270.2 271.5 265.4 262.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.7 277.0 275.5 274.2 272.1 273.2 275.3 273.7 268.4 266.4 265.6 262.9 260.5 260.5 261.2 269.6 273.0 273.8 277.0 277.1 275.9 273.4 271.5 268.8 266.1 265.3 264.2 265.4 264.1 263.1 261.8