1962 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 261.4 261.9 261.8 261.7 261.9 262.2 263.1 263.9 263.7 263.8 264.4 264.8 264.6 263.7 263.8 264.4 264.8 265.3 265.9 266.2 266.3 266.0 266.0 266.2 266.1 266.5 267.4 268.3 268.8 269.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 263.3 265.6 266.6 267.2 266.2 264.6 262.7 262.1 262.7 263.5 263.5 264.5 265.7 266.0 266.5 269.3 271.4 271.3 271.3 273.1 272.0 269.9 269.5 270.2 270.1 268.7 269.5 270.1 271.3 274.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 257.2 256.4 257.8 259.4 251.7 252.9 257.2 254.6 256.8 261.9 263.6 263.1 263.3 261.9 261.6 259.8 257.7 258.5 260.4 263.8 268.6 260.9 259.9 260.3 259.9 259.3 258.7 258.5 258.8 260.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 267.2 266.9 266.0 264.8 264.2 264.6 267.0 267.2 264.1 262.9 262.5 260.5 262.9 263.9 265.0 264.2 263.9 266.2 268.5 268.4 268.1 267.3 267.8 269.0 269.1 269.4 268.7 267.4 265.9 265.7 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 244.6 241.5 241.3 240.2 241.8 244.6 245.2 247.6 248.2 250.0 251.1 251.6 250.6 249.4 250.5 251.2 250.8 249.2 248.4 249.7 251.6 252.1 253.1 251.9 250.7 251.5 254.9 256.5 257.4 258.3 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 258.7 258.9 258.7 256.1 257.3 265.3 266.2 262.1 262.5 262.8 252.9 250.0 254.3 257.2 256.7 255.9 255.1 256.9 259.7 261.7 260.8 262.7 266.2 268.6 267.8 265.0 265.0 260.7 259.6 262.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 269.3 267.3 264.5 263.8 260.2 259.7 260.1 262.9 262.8 262.1 262.2 263.9 265.9 268.2 270.3 269.5 267.3 268.9 270.4 267.6 267.2 266.9 267.6 267.6 268.8 268.9 270.0 270.3 269.4 268.6 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.5 255.0 246.5 246.8 246.1 245.5 246.4 249.5 251.4 252.2 253.6 255.7 256.8 257.1 259.4 261.4 261.5 257.9 255.9 253.8 254.9 254.6 254.7 255.9 256.9 256.6 258.0 258.9 260.4 261.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 257.3 256.0 255.9 249.4 250.4 253.0 250.9 251.3 250.5 253.6 256.4 259.0 262.2 258.2 255.4 254.6 257.9 261.2 260.8 256.8 257.3 259.3 260.3 259.7 261.1 261.0 260.4 258.6 257.1 258.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 247.2 245.3 245.2 244.2 246.2 247.7 249.2 250.0 249.6 249.4 249.4 249.8 250.1 249.4 248.6 249.2 250.0 253.0 256.0 259.0 258.3 259.4 259.1 257.3 258.7 260.0 262.1 263.3 262.4 260.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 253.5 253.1 252.0 251.1 252.9 254.7 255.0 254.6 253.7 254.2 255.1 256.5 258.5 260.1 259.5 258.2 258.4 262.3 264.4 264.1 263.0 263.5 261.9 263.4 264.0 264.1 265.5 266.3 265.4 265.7 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 240.8 240.4 239.8 242.6 244.0 244.2 246.5 247.4 247.8 247.8 247.3 247.5 247.3 247.2 248.0 249.2 249.1 249.5 251.9 257.2 259.9 259.0 258.7 256.2 257.0 257.4 259.7 262.3 262.1 262.6 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 270.8 271.6 271.2 270.6 271.0 271.8 272.1 272.0 272.0 271.9 271.6 273.1 272.2 271.0 275.0 275.6 274.5 273.2 273.0 274.7 275.1 277.0 276.5 276.2 276.8 276.3 275.1 273.3 271.5 272.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 266.8 268.4 271.3 272.1 272.7 273.4 273.8 274.1 273.7 273.4 272.4 271.2 272.5 274.5 269.9 269.8 270.8 272.6 269.6 265.8 265.6 265.0 271.3 272.7 269.9 270.8 271.8 272.4 275.0 276.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 266.0 268.0 267.8 266.9 267.4 268.9 270.1 270.9 271.5 272.3 272.5 271.4 268.3 265.3 266.4 266.7 266.5 266.7 268.2 269.1 269.0 268.6 267.3 266.5 267.1 269.1 270.5 271.6 272.3 272.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 255.1 255.9 257.6 258.2 258.4 259.6 263.4 264.2 263.0 262.4 265.3 266.9 265.9 262.0 259.4 260.5 262.7 260.8 260.7 261.2 263.1 265.1 265.5 266.9 264.7 263.4 264.9 266.7 267.6 267.7 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 252.0 251.8 252.7 257.2 264.3 259.9 257.4 259.2 258.8 255.9 257.4 262.0 263.3 263.6 264.7 265.2 265.5 267.9 267.8 267.6 267.1 265.3 265.0 263.5 264.3 265.8 264.7 268.0 270.4 271.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.0 273.6 274.1 272.5 271.7 270.3 271.2 271.9 267.9 266.9 268.9 269.7 270.0 269.7 270.8 270.6 271.9 272.1 271.5 271.8 271.1 270.9 271.4 271.4 271.1 271.5 270.8 271.3 269.4 269.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.4 274.3 274.8 273.6 272.0 270.8 271.8 271.9 268.6 270.0 270.2 264.8 260.4 262.4 265.7 265.1 264.5 269.6 272.2 270.6 268.7 268.3 269.4 270.7 271.1 272.2 272.3 268.5 263.4 264.5 -9999.0