1962 01 - 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 252.0 251.6 250.5 249.9 251.5 252.0 251.4 250.7 251.3 251.7 251.4 251.1 251.0 251.1 251.2 251.7 252.2 253.1 253.8 253.4 254.2 254.2 252.4 251.8 250.7 249.3 247.9 248.6 249.8 250.9 252.7 34 Hudson Bay 253.2 254.8 255.2 247.1 248.0 253.7 254.2 251.0 249.8 251.4 256.8 252.1 249.6 249.0 245.5 243.7 241.7 244.7 246.4 246.5 249.8 254.0 252.5 257.2 252.3 250.5 244.3 245.5 249.2 247.5 248.5 36 Hudson Strait 253.9 244.3 241.3 242.2 243.2 243.2 243.4 246.6 248.8 245.1 249.1 243.6 240.6 248.0 251.9 251.7 249.8 244.5 248.9 247.1 245.8 249.9 249.9 243.9 241.6 241.9 247.9 244.0 244.8 240.1 237.9 98 Bering Strait 259.0 254.9 249.6 249.6 254.8 253.2 252.2 254.5 262.0 262.2 260.5 261.3 259.2 256.1 256.8 262.6 260.7 262.5 265.5 263.4 262.5 261.8 252.4 248.1 247.2 243.1 242.3 242.9 247.0 252.6 259.6 128 Arctic subocean 240.3 238.8 237.0 237.2 238.7 239.6 238.9 240.9 235.3 230.5 231.3 238.4 243.4 248.3 254.3 251.3 250.6 249.6 249.3 242.4 242.1 241.1 237.4 236.6 237.6 241.1 241.6 239.2 239.3 242.5 243.9 130 Chukchi Sea 251.3 248.5 243.2 241.1 242.3 255.8 260.6 257.9 258.8 258.7 260.3 265.5 265.5 263.5 259.6 264.4 265.6 266.3 269.3 263.7 259.7 254.5 245.9 246.3 245.1 243.4 240.5 240.0 242.1 243.8 251.5 132 Beaufort Sea 256.8 262.4 254.1 251.4 257.7 255.9 250.2 248.3 251.5 264.8 263.7 258.8 251.8 246.4 245.6 247.0 252.5 255.0 256.9 260.8 262.6 261.0 261.1 250.2 245.2 240.5 240.5 246.0 247.8 250.6 258.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.2 240.3 241.7 244.0 242.5 240.9 241.9 243.3 251.0 242.6 237.6 237.8 237.8 239.1 237.6 241.1 244.1 245.1 246.9 244.4 243.3 239.2 238.4 235.2 233.0 232.5 234.4 235.8 236.5 241.5 241.8 136 Foxe Basin 241.2 243.8 242.5 241.8 241.4 239.3 239.4 241.0 244.4 239.9 236.6 240.5 240.0 237.7 241.9 241.5 248.5 247.1 246.6 245.2 239.5 241.8 239.6 238.8 235.0 231.1 232.7 234.5 235.4 236.8 236.4 138 Baffin Bay 251.3 247.6 243.5 242.1 243.5 242.8 240.9 240.4 237.0 235.7 239.4 246.0 252.2 251.4 252.8 252.7 250.0 247.9 246.6 243.9 243.3 242.2 241.4 243.5 247.3 247.3 242.5 243.3 244.5 245.9 243.7 139 South Greenland 258.0 255.9 251.0 249.4 248.7 248.8 249.8 247.7 246.0 245.4 247.2 251.4 253.4 253.0 250.4 249.2 251.3 251.2 249.7 248.4 247.8 246.8 247.6 251.2 255.6 250.7 249.5 254.0 254.4 247.9 246.5 140 Greenland Sea 250.2 242.7 238.2 236.3 237.6 236.6 237.2 235.7 233.7 234.7 242.3 250.6 250.4 248.9 254.1 253.0 251.1 247.1 244.8 241.8 238.7 238.6 237.6 240.0 244.6 249.6 251.2 246.1 245.7 244.8 246.4 142 Norwegian Sea 266.7 272.0 273.2 272.8 272.6 269.4 269.5 273.1 272.9 272.8 271.1 271.8 270.0 268.0 265.9 268.0 269.3 269.0 267.6 266.0 266.0 266.3 266.4 264.7 266.3 265.1 265.2 265.3 269.2 273.4 273.4 144 Barents Sea 262.9 264.2 262.7 261.8 259.3 256.1 251.9 251.8 259.2 261.4 263.5 264.2 267.4 267.5 266.9 264.0 261.8 265.9 264.2 263.4 263.2 259.4 254.7 254.1 255.8 257.1 256.8 253.2 256.0 262.9 266.2 146 Kara Sea 253.1 253.7 256.7 258.8 257.9 257.6 257.7 255.1 254.0 253.5 250.8 250.8 253.4 256.8 256.9 257.4 258.0 256.8 258.0 257.9 259.0 259.3 258.2 257.9 256.6 254.3 253.4 255.3 256.4 255.9 256.3 148 Laptev Sea 244.1 241.9 240.0 241.7 247.5 249.3 248.4 251.8 249.0 246.4 245.0 243.1 241.7 242.6 246.7 247.6 248.2 251.6 250.7 250.0 250.6 250.3 249.9 250.7 250.0 251.6 248.4 244.8 244.4 247.9 251.6 150 East Siberian Sea 239.3 239.7 239.0 238.5 242.7 241.1 242.2 241.2 242.8 243.8 241.0 244.8 245.2 240.7 238.1 240.6 242.4 243.3 244.1 243.7 245.9 246.0 244.5 243.9 247.6 248.3 251.2 251.5 247.3 245.6 244.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.8 267.4 264.2 265.4 268.2 265.9 261.9 262.8 270.8 271.4 268.6 265.2 265.6 264.4 264.4 264.2 264.2 264.6 267.4 270.6 272.3 271.0 263.6 258.5 253.9 249.2 251.0 256.3 262.6 271.0 267.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.7 252.7 249.2 249.5 248.6 252.6 257.5 264.3 268.7 262.4 262.2 270.7 271.1 269.0 268.0 270.6 268.3 265.9 264.4 268.9 273.6 267.7 254.6 252.1 251.2 247.3 242.1 245.2 249.9 255.3 256.8