1964 11 - 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 261.9 261.4 260.6 260.9 261.2 261.2 261.1 260.2 259.3 258.8 258.6 258.2 257.5 256.8 257.0 256.8 256.8 256.0 254.7 253.8 254.4 254.1 254.1 253.4 252.3 250.9 250.3 251.3 252.0 252.2 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 273.0 275.1 273.4 272.1 272.0 273.0 274.0 272.6 269.7 268.3 268.8 267.7 266.4 264.0 264.1 265.9 267.3 260.7 256.8 254.7 256.3 258.7 260.0 259.0 259.2 255.6 252.4 252.1 252.3 251.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 263.6 263.5 263.6 266.5 267.6 270.0 269.9 268.9 267.1 264.0 264.7 262.5 261.2 263.4 264.7 262.6 260.1 262.5 266.3 260.8 262.4 262.1 261.5 259.8 259.6 263.6 263.2 255.5 261.7 259.5 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 259.7 257.9 257.0 257.3 260.4 258.5 256.2 255.8 255.9 253.4 252.8 250.6 249.5 257.2 262.7 260.8 261.3 265.2 263.6 259.8 261.9 258.1 258.9 259.2 258.8 253.9 251.3 250.8 250.1 250.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 243.2 242.6 244.8 244.8 245.3 247.1 247.5 244.7 245.4 247.6 246.5 242.6 242.2 241.1 240.2 239.0 241.3 242.0 240.9 237.0 239.2 242.8 240.8 242.3 241.6 243.1 244.6 242.3 245.1 247.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 259.6 259.1 257.0 255.4 257.0 255.7 254.9 253.1 251.8 250.7 251.2 248.6 248.1 252.2 259.2 261.6 263.2 265.5 260.4 253.7 254.2 262.6 266.0 265.6 262.5 258.8 256.5 255.1 256.0 257.1 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 262.4 261.2 261.4 263.9 265.1 266.6 264.7 262.5 260.4 259.1 259.6 259.6 256.6 256.2 265.7 267.1 262.1 259.2 260.8 260.8 263.0 260.3 256.4 254.3 250.2 248.8 247.1 246.6 246.8 247.3 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.7 253.1 254.3 255.1 259.4 260.0 260.7 258.5 255.0 252.2 253.3 254.3 253.2 251.2 251.3 251.0 245.5 243.9 243.9 244.5 246.1 246.1 245.6 244.0 243.1 242.9 242.7 242.8 245.7 247.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 253.5 253.1 262.3 259.1 254.9 255.4 257.7 258.3 259.2 253.5 250.7 250.3 254.0 255.2 252.4 250.4 256.6 260.5 258.3 254.8 252.0 246.8 247.1 246.1 245.6 247.0 245.5 242.8 243.6 238.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 240.7 242.1 245.7 248.2 247.2 245.1 246.6 249.6 252.0 252.6 249.1 246.5 247.1 243.0 240.1 239.5 240.7 241.4 241.4 241.7 245.3 247.6 247.7 247.2 246.0 244.9 243.9 247.7 247.9 242.2 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 257.5 259.9 257.9 259.1 256.6 255.8 255.6 254.9 254.8 256.0 258.3 258.2 254.6 250.1 247.4 247.9 248.3 248.9 249.6 251.9 253.5 255.3 254.1 252.2 250.3 248.5 250.5 256.4 251.9 251.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 238.2 238.9 241.6 243.8 241.7 239.6 239.2 239.5 243.1 248.0 245.4 240.7 238.7 237.7 239.2 238.6 238.9 240.7 242.4 239.5 240.9 244.5 244.1 244.4 242.4 241.7 241.2 242.8 247.1 243.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 276.2 275.8 275.1 273.1 270.0 269.9 269.0 270.5 273.7 275.9 272.2 272.1 273.1 273.7 273.9 273.1 271.7 272.0 272.1 271.0 271.1 272.8 273.4 273.0 271.5 270.8 270.4 268.6 267.5 265.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 272.4 271.0 271.9 269.1 266.6 263.9 263.0 263.9 263.3 263.7 264.8 265.8 263.6 261.3 264.2 267.3 267.6 266.3 264.0 259.8 255.8 254.4 254.8 256.3 258.0 259.0 259.3 257.6 254.1 251.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 266.1 263.8 261.4 262.8 265.5 266.6 264.9 262.6 262.1 263.5 263.3 261.6 261.8 261.3 258.1 256.8 259.1 260.7 259.0 259.6 258.9 258.0 257.4 253.4 250.9 251.4 254.1 257.2 257.8 259.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 255.8 256.3 256.1 254.4 251.5 251.2 255.2 255.6 254.7 252.6 251.3 255.6 255.5 253.3 252.7 251.0 248.5 246.3 244.0 242.5 243.6 242.2 243.9 248.1 246.0 242.0 239.1 241.2 245.7 248.3 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 253.9 251.9 250.9 249.2 247.4 244.7 243.3 242.9 244.0 243.8 242.9 240.8 241.1 241.8 242.1 241.7 243.5 242.8 243.2 244.1 245.8 247.8 249.7 252.8 260.1 259.1 256.5 255.0 252.6 248.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.0 267.5 268.6 269.6 271.9 269.3 265.3 267.9 270.6 267.7 266.0 262.7 264.2 271.2 271.1 270.2 273.1 274.8 273.2 272.7 269.5 265.4 263.3 260.8 260.8 257.4 255.6 254.7 255.7 257.6 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.7 266.4 263.5 269.0 270.6 267.4 264.4 269.8 266.7 259.3 257.3 258.2 264.6 272.9 271.0 272.8 275.0 273.0 268.3 263.6 263.7 258.3 260.9 263.8 265.3 265.4 259.8 253.3 259.6 263.4 -9999.0