1964 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 254.7 254.0 252.3 252.0 252.3 251.4 251.1 250.6 250.5 250.4 250.5 251.2 252.6 253.1 253.1 252.5 251.7 250.9 250.2 250.0 249.9 249.7 250.0 250.0 250.8 251.5 251.6 252.1 252.0 252.1 252.5 34 Hudson Bay 266.6 262.3 258.7 256.4 254.4 254.7 256.3 254.8 251.6 249.7 248.5 250.3 252.8 254.9 257.5 253.3 249.7 250.3 253.3 257.2 255.3 250.7 250.5 250.2 252.0 253.7 251.9 256.0 257.1 257.6 259.8 36 Hudson Strait 250.6 257.2 247.7 245.7 242.7 243.7 244.1 245.6 250.8 250.5 255.1 254.2 249.3 243.5 243.2 244.5 247.3 244.1 241.5 244.9 256.2 257.0 250.4 258.5 255.4 253.2 255.8 251.2 251.7 245.4 242.9 98 Bering Strait 256.3 253.4 251.0 253.0 254.3 249.1 245.0 245.8 246.3 245.6 248.2 251.4 251.4 251.3 252.7 254.1 252.1 247.0 242.8 239.9 241.1 242.8 247.4 252.0 254.6 255.3 254.4 252.8 250.9 249.7 251.9 128 Arctic subocean 241.7 238.2 238.2 238.3 238.5 237.4 236.0 235.5 235.3 234.0 232.3 235.3 238.2 253.5 243.0 240.2 243.4 246.6 249.2 247.4 242.5 239.4 240.9 241.3 238.1 236.8 235.9 234.6 234.9 235.3 235.1 130 Chukchi Sea 249.3 250.6 248.3 246.0 247.9 246.8 247.7 245.8 243.7 242.5 242.2 244.0 244.4 249.0 250.7 249.5 247.0 244.0 240.4 240.2 244.5 246.2 248.7 250.2 251.3 249.7 247.4 244.3 242.1 236.1 238.2 132 Beaufort Sea 263.0 260.1 257.7 256.4 258.2 258.8 255.5 249.3 250.9 251.3 249.5 250.9 253.6 253.2 249.8 251.0 250.6 247.2 245.9 244.6 242.5 241.9 243.9 247.6 247.3 248.1 254.1 252.1 252.1 254.9 254.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.3 243.4 239.1 238.8 239.6 239.2 237.4 237.3 242.4 243.2 241.7 237.4 234.3 235.7 237.2 236.2 235.5 235.1 235.3 235.4 237.4 238.9 239.9 238.9 238.8 240.5 241.4 239.7 237.6 237.4 241.4 136 Foxe Basin 239.6 241.2 240.6 238.3 235.0 235.4 234.2 236.0 234.5 236.5 238.7 242.7 239.8 233.3 242.4 251.7 249.2 245.4 238.7 237.0 244.3 249.4 244.6 240.4 243.4 247.6 243.7 242.5 240.7 239.7 239.7 138 Baffin Bay 241.9 245.7 247.3 246.0 243.0 237.9 238.3 237.5 234.6 232.3 233.1 239.4 254.1 256.5 249.5 254.5 260.3 259.0 255.0 248.2 244.1 242.4 247.0 242.0 238.7 242.1 245.5 244.3 242.1 240.6 238.5 139 South Greenland 249.8 254.9 254.6 256.2 256.6 250.9 251.5 247.3 243.9 244.8 245.5 254.2 262.5 261.7 262.1 263.5 264.2 261.2 255.4 253.4 251.0 251.8 254.5 252.8 254.9 256.9 256.3 254.0 249.7 246.8 242.8 140 Greenland Sea 239.8 242.1 244.6 245.7 251.2 243.6 239.0 240.2 236.9 232.3 233.0 236.3 247.9 260.1 257.7 252.9 255.0 253.9 252.4 250.1 246.2 241.3 242.3 241.4 235.7 236.2 240.3 242.0 240.9 240.5 238.9 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 269.9 275.8 275.0 273.6 272.8 273.8 275.2 275.4 273.7 276.0 272.7 267.2 266.8 269.4 272.9 273.8 273.7 273.8 275.5 274.2 272.3 274.3 269.9 265.9 265.8 264.3 270.7 274.2 273.8 271.0 144 Barents Sea 265.9 258.9 254.7 262.1 266.6 263.3 258.9 264.6 267.6 268.5 263.6 260.3 263.8 260.4 258.0 256.4 258.2 260.1 253.2 253.1 257.9 256.3 250.4 253.1 258.8 254.4 252.4 253.3 252.9 256.9 260.3 146 Kara Sea 258.1 256.3 255.3 254.8 255.4 257.4 258.2 256.8 255.5 255.2 256.5 256.0 254.5 256.2 258.0 257.6 256.1 255.5 255.7 254.9 252.4 251.6 252.3 253.6 256.6 257.8 256.6 257.9 257.6 256.3 255.7 148 Laptev Sea 243.8 247.8 247.2 246.2 246.2 243.8 245.6 249.2 252.2 253.4 251.4 250.0 251.8 249.1 247.0 246.9 245.8 246.4 247.1 248.6 253.0 254.8 252.7 247.3 245.0 246.0 246.9 246.4 248.5 248.7 249.5 150 East Siberian Sea 241.6 241.8 240.7 238.3 239.0 237.8 233.7 232.4 231.9 235.0 238.2 240.2 240.0 240.4 238.9 238.7 239.3 240.5 240.6 239.5 240.0 243.3 243.2 242.7 239.9 237.8 238.6 242.7 244.9 250.3 249.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.5 267.1 266.5 268.5 268.8 264.0 261.3 264.0 262.5 260.1 263.9 268.0 269.6 267.7 269.3 269.3 266.0 261.5 257.9 253.7 252.9 256.7 262.9 264.4 267.3 268.4 270.1 267.4 265.7 265.8 267.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 257.6 258.1 257.1 258.9 256.3 254.4 257.5 254.4 250.7 256.3 268.9 271.5 266.1 267.9 267.7 262.2 258.7 255.4 253.8 249.4 252.7 262.5 270.1 270.4 270.9 268.8 264.4 265.0 263.8 262.6 268.4