1963 03 - 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 253.9 254.0 254.6 255.4 257.1 257.4 257.1 257.3 257.9 258.2 257.7 256.6 255.8 254.3 254.0 254.0 253.9 253.2 253.2 253.7 254.4 255.8 256.3 256.4 255.9 256.5 257.2 256.6 256.3 255.9 256.1 34 Hudson Bay 255.9 256.1 255.5 257.5 262.2 260.8 256.2 252.2 252.9 253.7 256.6 254.9 253.8 252.7 252.9 254.2 254.5 257.1 260.6 261.3 261.1 263.0 266.7 266.2 262.3 264.1 265.6 265.6 266.2 262.8 261.2 36 Hudson Strait 245.6 245.5 248.8 247.9 246.1 248.1 254.2 256.0 251.3 248.1 250.7 251.3 251.5 245.4 251.5 248.9 249.7 254.6 254.7 256.5 258.1 257.1 251.6 255.1 249.2 252.8 258.8 255.9 252.9 257.6 249.3 98 Bering Strait 258.5 256.4 257.5 258.3 261.2 263.0 262.2 265.1 263.3 259.7 251.4 248.7 251.9 249.5 251.1 250.6 252.6 253.1 253.4 254.9 255.5 257.0 258.9 263.4 264.3 261.9 253.6 251.6 253.0 255.5 261.3 128 Arctic subocean 237.0 240.7 238.7 238.1 238.6 239.8 243.4 243.6 241.4 241.3 241.7 239.3 238.0 238.9 240.9 239.9 240.5 240.1 239.2 237.8 238.9 239.2 239.6 239.3 240.5 241.2 241.5 241.4 240.9 244.0 246.7 130 Chukchi Sea 251.6 248.5 243.6 243.1 245.7 245.9 247.8 255.2 249.5 242.8 244.6 247.7 249.0 250.5 249.3 252.3 252.7 253.2 252.8 251.7 260.2 254.8 257.5 258.6 262.8 251.3 248.7 246.5 251.6 259.3 262.6 132 Beaufort Sea 261.2 259.1 259.2 261.0 261.8 261.4 260.7 261.8 265.5 263.6 258.7 251.5 248.5 247.1 247.8 249.1 252.3 253.6 253.2 254.6 255.8 257.7 257.2 258.5 261.3 263.5 262.2 256.3 252.9 252.9 254.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.6 241.4 242.9 241.6 240.3 238.0 238.6 241.4 242.8 244.8 241.1 238.0 236.9 238.7 240.7 241.7 242.5 243.0 242.2 240.7 239.1 240.2 241.9 243.7 244.6 241.1 241.1 240.6 240.6 243.1 243.6 136 Foxe Basin 242.2 245.5 244.8 242.2 242.1 242.5 245.0 250.9 249.4 247.9 246.0 245.9 243.7 240.1 243.5 245.3 243.3 241.8 244.3 248.5 249.4 244.4 238.3 240.9 242.1 241.5 242.5 239.0 238.0 241.1 242.1 138 Baffin Bay 244.9 245.4 248.5 250.0 252.3 251.8 248.5 245.4 248.1 251.6 251.9 249.0 247.6 247.8 241.4 238.1 241.7 242.8 241.6 241.6 245.0 248.3 249.2 243.7 240.0 241.0 241.8 244.5 250.4 253.5 248.0 139 South Greenland 254.9 257.4 261.1 260.2 259.7 255.9 254.3 255.6 258.8 259.8 258.8 256.8 255.4 253.1 251.8 252.9 255.2 254.8 255.7 257.5 258.5 260.9 260.2 256.0 251.7 250.2 251.0 253.5 258.9 256.9 257.8 140 Greenland Sea 242.6 248.4 250.1 251.3 251.2 250.3 247.7 245.5 245.4 248.1 249.7 248.9 245.8 245.6 242.6 240.3 242.3 243.4 243.3 240.5 240.6 243.9 250.2 252.4 252.0 252.2 253.4 253.6 252.4 253.3 252.1 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 273.3 273.4 274.1 272.9 273.0 272.1 267.2 267.1 267.8 267.4 265.7 264.6 266.7 267.7 268.4 267.8 269.0 268.5 267.7 269.1 267.7 267.4 269.7 268.7 267.1 268.0 269.2 270.0 270.0 271.1 144 Barents Sea 262.0 256.7 250.8 253.5 260.0 261.5 258.8 255.4 255.2 255.9 256.4 254.8 255.0 252.6 253.2 253.8 252.7 251.6 252.9 253.4 254.6 255.5 257.5 257.7 257.2 256.3 256.9 257.0 256.2 253.2 256.1 146 Kara Sea 257.6 257.3 258.4 259.0 259.5 261.5 262.2 261.2 261.8 263.4 264.4 264.7 263.0 259.9 260.1 261.8 259.1 255.1 254.8 256.5 257.6 259.0 258.7 258.2 258.8 260.9 263.4 261.0 258.3 258.2 257.6 148 Laptev Sea 247.4 250.4 251.1 251.7 253.8 253.5 255.9 260.5 260.5 259.8 260.3 260.2 261.6 261.3 257.2 253.7 254.0 253.4 250.2 248.3 248.8 251.0 250.6 250.8 249.4 249.6 251.2 255.3 256.5 253.7 253.5 150 East Siberian Sea 245.0 243.5 244.4 245.5 247.9 250.3 251.2 251.8 253.7 254.4 253.4 254.7 255.2 254.7 254.8 254.1 250.9 249.5 250.1 251.1 248.8 248.2 247.2 245.4 247.5 247.8 250.6 251.8 252.6 253.8 256.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.6 268.4 271.5 271.9 272.2 272.2 271.9 273.0 271.1 271.5 262.5 263.1 265.4 261.5 265.0 261.6 263.8 263.9 263.7 262.6 262.3 264.7 263.7 267.0 270.9 270.5 261.1 257.7 259.5 260.6 264.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 263.9 263.8 271.1 272.3 272.7 270.7 273.6 274.2 271.0 265.9 256.7 263.2 258.2 262.7 263.3 262.1 268.4 264.4 259.9 260.2 267.2 268.7 266.7 271.3 274.4 265.8 258.0 252.8 254.2 259.8 266.6