1963 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 250.6 250.9 250.6 250.9 251.8 252.2 251.6 251.1 250.2 249.7 250.2 250.4 250.3 249.6 249.3 248.9 247.5 247.6 250.0 250.6 250.0 249.6 251.4 252.0 252.0 252.6 252.5 251.8 253.2 254.9 254.1 34 Hudson Bay 253.1 258.4 257.5 257.4 259.5 262.9 259.9 257.6 254.3 248.3 244.5 244.2 246.8 244.5 244.3 246.5 246.2 242.7 242.6 243.4 241.7 239.8 244.5 248.6 247.2 246.3 247.9 249.2 247.2 248.7 251.9 36 Hudson Strait 253.9 261.3 261.9 259.9 260.6 262.3 258.9 255.6 257.3 262.8 262.1 250.5 246.1 252.6 247.0 245.1 245.5 243.7 245.5 239.0 246.4 242.3 238.8 241.5 241.2 241.4 244.4 244.8 248.0 245.2 246.2 98 Bering Strait 244.7 244.4 245.9 244.8 245.2 245.1 244.1 241.4 241.8 247.6 255.4 258.1 260.5 262.0 264.3 268.7 268.7 269.9 271.6 269.8 262.5 257.9 259.6 260.1 265.0 269.1 267.4 265.4 268.7 270.4 264.0 128 Arctic subocean 242.3 238.8 237.1 239.1 239.7 235.4 236.4 240.3 240.9 243.3 241.8 240.5 245.1 248.4 242.7 241.7 238.7 238.2 236.5 233.7 233.7 236.9 242.7 238.8 238.7 239.3 240.2 245.0 244.2 241.1 250.2 130 Chukchi Sea 245.3 242.9 243.7 240.7 240.9 240.3 234.1 242.0 249.7 247.5 243.5 250.2 256.9 253.4 259.5 266.3 271.4 271.8 269.9 265.4 262.3 260.5 258.6 260.5 267.9 269.4 269.0 270.9 271.8 271.1 267.3 132 Beaufort Sea 247.6 245.6 246.0 250.3 255.2 254.4 253.5 249.4 242.5 240.9 246.0 250.8 247.9 246.9 249.3 254.8 251.0 251.0 263.4 258.8 248.9 241.2 245.8 247.9 250.8 255.3 257.7 254.1 258.8 262.6 253.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.4 240.2 240.1 238.9 239.7 238.8 237.6 242.8 248.6 240.7 237.4 238.3 243.5 243.9 241.1 239.5 237.6 238.2 236.1 234.2 238.3 243.1 245.3 246.0 243.6 243.4 243.7 241.7 244.7 238.7 235.2 136 Foxe Basin 244.7 243.3 252.8 247.6 245.1 253.5 256.1 261.7 247.2 251.5 253.6 259.6 247.2 244.4 245.8 241.6 240.1 238.3 237.6 243.1 240.7 256.2 256.9 241.6 239.1 240.6 238.6 237.3 239.6 243.7 240.3 138 Baffin Bay 249.1 244.4 242.7 249.0 240.5 239.4 245.8 250.7 252.7 252.9 253.6 256.1 258.6 253.8 254.0 245.6 238.8 239.2 240.6 241.6 243.5 245.9 250.0 246.2 240.3 245.4 243.9 241.4 241.8 253.2 255.1 139 South Greenland 256.8 255.3 253.1 253.4 252.1 251.6 252.3 253.0 254.6 256.7 258.7 260.7 260.2 258.7 259.5 251.0 245.2 246.0 253.1 256.1 255.4 258.4 256.6 248.7 248.9 251.7 248.7 247.5 251.7 260.4 262.8 140 Greenland Sea 250.7 244.6 237.9 242.7 243.8 235.8 239.0 244.0 246.0 251.9 252.5 254.6 251.4 253.7 251.6 249.9 237.7 236.2 239.4 242.2 239.0 240.1 243.4 241.6 236.3 241.0 241.7 239.8 240.7 251.0 260.2 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 268.2 267.1 267.4 264.8 264.5 264.7 266.2 264.9 264.7 265.0 266.6 264.4 260.9 261.6 262.0 269.9 274.0 269.7 266.2 270.7 271.2 270.7 268.8 272.1 269.1 273.7 274.4 273.0 268.4 265.2 144 Barents Sea 254.2 256.6 255.5 256.6 260.0 258.3 258.9 259.6 257.5 252.4 252.0 249.7 249.6 248.4 247.6 250.1 249.1 250.7 253.3 253.2 254.1 256.4 256.3 255.0 257.2 254.4 255.4 259.6 262.6 262.0 260.1 146 Kara Sea 254.3 253.8 254.1 253.6 254.1 254.9 253.4 253.2 254.3 255.8 254.6 253.5 254.3 253.3 248.9 246.6 247.5 249.1 250.7 253.4 255.6 256.0 256.5 256.8 256.2 255.3 254.6 253.9 255.9 256.9 255.9 148 Laptev Sea 245.4 246.8 246.1 244.5 247.3 248.2 249.2 247.5 243.6 243.2 246.5 245.6 241.6 241.1 246.4 245.0 241.5 240.3 242.6 244.5 244.6 244.5 246.7 249.4 250.4 251.1 248.1 247.5 247.3 248.3 248.8 150 East Siberian Sea 248.3 246.2 246.5 248.6 245.8 243.5 244.2 245.5 245.0 240.8 240.9 240.8 241.0 241.5 241.7 243.2 245.1 247.5 249.2 248.0 247.3 247.3 248.7 250.4 248.6 248.5 252.4 249.2 248.9 251.0 251.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.0 259.2 261.2 261.9 261.5 264.9 261.0 253.1 251.2 261.1 267.5 272.9 272.6 273.7 272.6 272.9 272.3 272.5 274.3 274.5 271.6 270.1 270.5 271.1 270.9 271.7 271.4 269.6 271.2 271.2 271.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 255.7 252.8 252.3 250.9 247.2 247.4 247.3 245.8 252.1 268.6 273.2 274.6 274.3 275.0 275.5 275.9 275.1 275.4 273.9 274.2 273.1 274.4 272.9 275.1 274.9 275.3 274.7 275.0 275.2 273.1 270.5