1962 08 - 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 285.7 285.4 285.1 285.0 285.1 284.6 284.1 283.6 283.4 283.4 283.7 283.8 283.8 283.6 283.6 283.5 283.3 282.8 282.5 282.0 281.9 281.7 281.6 281.3 281.5 281.6 281.3 280.4 279.9 279.9 280.2 34 Hudson Bay 288.4 287.1 285.4 285.4 287.6 287.5 286.6 287.3 289.1 290.2 290.4 289.6 289.2 289.1 288.1 285.8 285.2 286.0 286.3 286.9 288.1 288.8 288.5 287.7 288.2 288.6 288.4 286.7 286.0 285.2 285.6 36 Hudson Strait 286.1 283.7 279.9 279.3 281.2 279.8 279.3 280.9 281.5 284.4 287.5 285.2 282.3 283.5 282.6 283.6 283.0 281.2 280.4 280.3 279.8 281.0 283.5 284.0 284.2 283.8 283.6 280.9 281.0 284.3 280.8 98 Bering Strait 287.6 286.8 286.1 285.0 283.8 283.0 284.4 284.6 284.0 284.9 286.0 287.2 287.3 287.0 287.2 285.5 285.3 284.7 284.9 284.8 284.2 283.3 281.7 280.7 280.7 281.1 281.3 281.2 280.6 278.6 275.2 128 Arctic subocean 275.4 274.9 274.6 274.0 273.6 276.0 275.3 275.1 274.0 273.6 273.4 272.9 270.9 270.1 270.6 271.5 270.4 270.0 269.0 268.5 268.6 268.0 268.0 267.0 266.1 265.0 265.1 266.2 265.8 269.0 270.8 130 Chukchi Sea 283.9 284.2 283.2 282.3 281.1 281.6 283.6 283.4 283.9 285.1 283.8 285.4 285.8 286.3 286.4 284.3 282.0 279.8 279.8 280.8 280.5 278.4 277.1 278.0 277.1 277.6 278.8 279.1 278.1 274.2 273.4 132 Beaufort Sea 289.2 287.7 287.1 286.6 286.8 286.2 286.6 286.9 286.3 285.7 287.0 287.8 288.0 286.7 287.6 288.0 287.5 285.5 285.0 285.5 284.7 284.1 283.6 283.7 281.7 282.3 282.8 282.6 282.8 282.6 281.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.2 275.4 277.6 278.3 280.9 282.5 283.2 281.6 280.5 280.2 280.2 280.8 281.9 281.0 276.8 278.7 280.6 279.2 276.6 275.1 275.2 276.5 278.6 279.9 278.9 278.1 278.5 278.4 276.8 276.0 276.0 136 Foxe Basin 279.7 280.2 279.4 278.6 279.7 280.4 281.5 280.9 278.9 278.8 279.8 278.9 278.0 278.5 278.0 278.5 279.0 279.9 278.3 276.3 275.2 275.4 275.0 276.5 277.8 277.6 277.3 277.9 278.1 277.7 277.4 138 Baffin Bay 273.2 273.3 272.4 271.9 272.7 273.4 273.7 273.3 271.9 271.6 271.6 270.2 269.0 268.2 267.8 268.0 267.9 268.1 267.5 267.1 266.0 263.5 262.7 262.6 263.2 264.0 265.0 265.7 265.9 267.8 269.0 139 South Greenland 272.3 272.9 272.7 271.8 271.6 270.6 271.5 272.2 271.7 271.4 271.1 270.7 271.2 270.0 269.4 269.0 269.6 269.8 271.3 271.7 271.2 270.5 268.4 267.6 268.1 268.4 267.5 267.4 267.4 266.6 266.9 140 Greenland Sea 270.8 270.1 269.4 270.0 270.2 271.0 270.9 270.8 269.3 269.3 268.6 266.6 265.3 265.2 264.1 264.8 263.9 265.5 266.9 267.4 267.9 264.4 261.7 260.9 263.0 263.2 262.5 261.7 261.0 262.5 264.7 142 Norwegian Sea 283.0 281.7 282.0 283.5 283.3 282.8 281.7 282.9 282.1 281.7 283.3 282.9 281.6 280.2 280.3 281.4 282.2 282.9 283.7 282.8 282.4 282.7 282.9 282.6 282.9 282.5 281.8 281.2 280.5 280.2 279.8 144 Barents Sea 282.7 283.2 282.9 283.8 285.3 285.6 285.7 285.2 285.6 284.7 284.1 283.9 284.6 284.0 283.1 282.2 280.7 280.6 281.8 281.8 281.3 278.9 279.1 281.6 283.1 283.8 283.5 282.5 282.6 282.1 281.3 146 Kara Sea 290.1 290.1 289.7 289.1 287.8 287.1 286.7 286.1 285.7 284.9 284.8 285.3 285.3 285.9 287.4 288.2 287.7 286.3 284.5 283.1 282.8 282.7 283.5 282.9 283.2 283.1 282.6 282.8 283.4 283.9 284.6 148 Laptev Sea 289.1 290.1 290.9 291.7 290.3 288.0 285.1 282.9 282.2 282.7 283.3 283.2 283.2 283.1 283.1 283.7 284.0 283.5 284.3 285.2 286.0 285.7 284.3 282.5 282.7 283.5 282.6 280.7 278.8 279.4 281.1 150 East Siberian Sea 279.9 277.4 280.3 280.4 283.7 284.0 284.8 282.7 282.5 281.4 282.5 283.4 284.2 284.4 282.3 281.2 282.8 284.8 285.1 280.3 277.7 280.4 282.9 285.0 286.1 284.7 282.1 276.8 271.3 271.8 275.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 286.9 285.9 285.3 283.3 281.9 281.9 282.8 282.3 281.6 282.7 284.3 285.4 285.3 284.6 284.5 284.1 283.8 283.6 283.1 282.9 282.7 282.3 281.8 280.7 280.8 280.7 281.6 283.8 285.7 282.5 278.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 287.8 287.1 285.2 282.8 282.0 283.9 283.5 282.3 283.4 285.1 287.5 288.7 287.7 287.1 284.8 284.5 284.6 286.1 285.9 285.8 284.7 284.2 283.3 281.2 281.3 281.9 282.9 284.6 285.3 281.5 279.1