1962 09 - 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 280.4 280.3 280.3 280.0 279.7 279.1 278.3 277.9 277.7 278.1 277.9 277.2 276.3 275.5 275.1 274.7 274.6 274.2 273.4 273.4 273.6 274.1 274.2 274.2 274.1 273.4 272.9 272.7 272.4 271.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 286.4 284.5 282.9 281.5 282.9 283.3 282.4 280.3 280.1 281.9 282.9 283.3 282.8 282.4 281.7 281.9 281.5 280.4 278.3 279.3 280.5 281.5 283.6 282.4 281.5 280.7 281.2 283.3 283.5 282.7 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 279.5 279.1 279.6 283.3 282.0 282.9 281.6 279.8 278.9 277.6 278.3 279.7 279.6 280.6 278.5 275.8 274.8 276.6 276.7 275.0 273.4 273.4 274.0 277.7 274.5 271.5 271.1 273.0 276.8 278.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 274.3 277.7 279.3 277.5 276.6 276.8 276.4 275.6 274.7 273.4 274.9 273.6 273.1 271.9 270.9 271.3 272.1 271.9 273.7 276.5 275.5 274.3 275.8 276.5 277.2 275.3 273.7 272.5 272.3 272.6 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 270.1 267.3 268.4 267.4 268.3 268.7 266.6 265.6 265.3 264.1 262.1 259.8 256.9 254.2 250.9 252.2 257.2 259.1 258.7 258.2 254.5 253.2 254.3 255.0 256.4 251.9 255.8 256.2 255.6 253.4 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 273.5 276.6 275.5 274.8 278.2 278.1 276.4 276.1 276.4 275.8 273.2 271.3 270.0 269.0 269.9 269.9 270.4 271.6 272.6 274.3 274.9 273.7 274.1 273.9 274.6 273.8 273.2 272.2 270.3 268.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 277.8 275.9 279.3 282.1 280.5 277.8 274.8 275.8 277.0 277.1 276.7 276.7 277.0 277.8 279.0 278.3 279.3 278.7 280.1 281.1 282.1 282.0 279.5 281.2 282.7 283.1 279.8 277.9 276.5 276.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.6 272.9 272.3 274.4 274.0 272.8 273.5 272.5 271.6 270.5 270.1 271.0 271.6 272.1 272.2 270.1 267.2 268.5 269.6 268.7 268.1 272.3 270.0 267.3 267.7 270.8 272.8 271.7 268.1 265.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 277.2 277.7 277.1 277.0 275.1 275.1 275.1 275.8 275.2 274.3 274.0 274.8 273.9 273.0 272.8 272.5 270.9 269.9 270.0 270.1 269.5 269.4 269.7 269.4 268.7 268.7 269.6 273.3 273.8 271.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 267.8 268.6 270.2 268.5 268.7 266.4 265.0 264.0 264.6 265.2 263.0 259.2 256.3 252.0 250.9 252.2 254.3 256.8 258.4 257.3 257.5 256.5 255.4 255.4 254.6 252.3 252.3 255.6 256.2 255.5 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 268.7 272.1 271.2 269.3 269.9 270.4 269.7 267.6 269.1 269.7 267.4 264.8 262.1 259.6 260.9 264.5 268.0 267.1 264.5 265.5 267.3 263.8 260.5 259.1 259.1 258.9 259.7 261.1 262.7 262.7 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 265.5 263.4 266.3 265.5 264.9 264.5 261.1 260.1 258.4 262.8 260.2 256.4 252.7 249.9 248.0 247.0 249.7 252.7 255.0 253.7 253.9 254.2 250.3 249.9 250.7 247.5 248.8 251.5 252.4 252.1 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 279.2 279.0 279.9 281.2 281.4 280.5 279.9 280.1 279.3 279.5 279.0 278.4 277.9 277.5 277.2 278.5 279.4 279.1 278.4 279.0 278.4 278.6 279.1 279.7 279.2 279.9 280.8 279.4 279.2 279.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.1 280.7 280.5 280.3 279.7 279.6 280.3 280.9 281.1 281.4 281.0 281.6 282.0 282.3 280.8 279.1 277.8 277.8 278.3 279.3 280.6 280.5 280.0 279.4 280.0 278.6 277.0 277.1 277.3 278.2 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 285.6 285.6 284.5 283.9 284.1 284.2 283.5 282.5 281.9 282.4 282.2 281.5 280.3 279.9 280.2 280.1 279.7 279.2 277.1 275.3 274.7 275.7 276.5 277.3 277.5 277.0 276.6 275.5 274.8 272.8 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 282.4 283.2 283.2 281.3 278.9 278.5 279.0 279.6 280.3 280.4 279.6 278.8 278.0 276.9 275.7 273.6 272.1 269.9 268.6 269.6 270.8 271.8 272.0 271.0 269.8 268.7 268.0 267.0 267.2 267.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 275.9 274.6 277.1 281.2 281.5 275.9 274.2 276.4 273.3 275.6 276.4 273.9 273.8 270.2 267.4 265.6 267.0 268.0 266.0 265.0 265.0 265.3 267.0 268.5 268.5 267.1 266.4 265.4 264.8 264.4 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.8 280.4 281.8 279.9 277.7 276.7 277.0 277.7 277.2 276.3 276.6 276.0 275.3 274.8 274.8 276.4 275.7 277.5 279.1 280.1 278.4 278.3 279.8 278.6 278.2 276.5 275.6 275.5 276.3 276.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.5 284.0 281.9 278.4 278.6 279.6 278.8 279.1 279.3 279.3 279.1 276.4 274.2 274.1 274.5 274.6 275.4 278.8 279.7 279.9 278.7 279.4 280.2 278.6 276.8 276.8 277.5 276.9 276.9 274.6 -9999.0