1965 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 246.3 246.8 247.5 247.3 245.7 245.2 245.4 245.3 245.9 247.8 249.2 248.8 249.7 250.4 251.6 252.8 253.6 254.0 253.6 252.3 251.0 250.1 250.5 250.4 249.6 248.4 247.7 247.6 248.7 249.6 249.3 34 Hudson Bay 249.8 251.7 254.1 254.4 252.3 249.9 249.9 249.0 244.8 243.8 246.1 246.2 246.0 246.1 248.0 255.0 258.5 257.6 258.8 255.1 256.8 250.3 247.9 252.1 252.8 250.9 249.9 245.1 247.6 250.7 251.5 36 Hudson Strait 249.0 244.2 249.3 250.6 246.6 241.4 241.3 252.1 261.1 246.3 240.2 242.0 242.9 241.3 241.5 243.5 246.0 247.4 245.4 245.1 246.7 245.3 242.1 244.1 249.9 253.7 251.7 261.8 265.3 258.7 253.3 98 Bering Strait 237.4 240.9 244.6 246.1 242.3 241.0 242.5 242.3 242.8 243.5 245.0 250.1 256.0 257.5 254.7 250.4 255.7 258.4 263.2 261.9 256.9 257.6 257.2 254.7 253.2 247.8 247.2 249.2 250.6 248.7 247.1 128 Arctic subocean 236.8 235.2 235.1 234.4 234.8 236.7 238.9 238.6 235.6 235.3 236.3 236.6 237.3 240.8 242.4 237.4 235.9 232.9 234.0 238.2 242.6 241.9 242.4 245.4 248.4 252.8 253.3 250.4 245.3 240.7 238.7 130 Chukchi Sea 237.5 243.7 249.2 249.9 250.9 247.0 239.7 240.9 246.3 247.1 245.4 243.7 243.6 240.3 238.3 234.7 236.0 244.0 260.3 263.5 256.2 251.5 254.5 256.4 254.6 249.0 252.0 255.5 252.2 247.1 243.2 132 Beaufort Sea 241.9 241.9 240.4 239.4 238.3 236.5 236.4 239.2 239.9 242.5 242.1 242.6 252.2 261.3 262.7 264.5 263.5 264.1 262.0 264.0 255.6 253.0 254.4 250.8 247.9 245.9 246.0 249.1 250.0 248.1 246.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.5 236.5 235.6 236.1 234.4 235.2 237.7 238.1 236.8 237.9 241.6 242.7 241.2 244.2 248.4 244.3 243.3 244.6 239.0 237.9 239.5 242.8 241.8 239.8 238.5 241.0 242.8 243.6 242.5 242.7 242.9 136 Foxe Basin 242.6 237.7 239.8 238.5 236.0 235.3 236.9 243.8 247.9 255.0 254.5 243.3 243.3 240.6 243.4 244.5 242.7 241.5 240.0 235.8 234.0 235.2 236.9 238.0 240.8 244.1 246.4 248.0 248.3 252.3 253.9 138 Baffin Bay 246.9 242.8 236.2 235.0 237.3 241.3 241.1 237.2 238.1 244.8 250.1 247.9 245.1 243.3 244.8 243.1 238.9 236.3 235.5 235.3 235.2 237.3 248.0 252.2 254.7 254.0 251.5 248.4 244.2 244.9 249.0 139 South Greenland 250.9 248.6 245.2 247.6 250.9 254.2 249.0 247.3 249.3 253.2 252.5 249.2 248.1 246.4 245.2 246.1 246.9 246.1 243.4 241.8 240.6 246.2 253.0 255.6 258.2 256.6 254.4 254.7 257.7 260.3 259.6 140 Greenland Sea 242.0 241.0 235.8 233.5 234.8 240.1 243.2 242.9 240.0 238.7 242.9 242.3 241.0 237.5 242.5 243.0 238.5 234.5 231.5 231.7 231.6 237.6 247.3 252.6 252.3 253.7 250.9 247.8 243.0 239.7 244.9 142 Norwegian Sea 270.3 269.8 268.8 268.4 267.7 267.3 270.9 267.6 262.9 262.2 266.8 272.7 272.2 272.6 272.4 270.7 270.9 270.0 266.9 265.1 265.9 266.5 267.5 267.5 268.3 268.3 265.7 266.8 267.9 267.4 268.6 144 Barents Sea 259.0 260.6 260.7 258.0 253.9 250.4 251.1 252.6 252.7 252.6 252.3 254.0 258.7 264.3 266.9 267.7 267.3 267.0 266.8 261.7 259.0 258.6 257.5 256.8 255.5 253.7 255.2 257.5 259.2 256.3 255.7 146 Kara Sea 252.1 253.3 255.7 254.7 251.5 250.4 250.4 249.7 251.5 255.0 254.8 252.6 254.3 256.1 258.9 260.2 260.1 259.9 259.3 258.4 255.9 254.0 253.2 252.4 251.5 249.0 246.9 246.4 249.1 252.8 252.4 148 Laptev Sea 238.9 238.6 237.7 237.6 237.6 238.2 237.0 236.6 238.7 243.9 248.6 247.9 242.4 238.7 238.8 240.4 242.6 245.2 244.4 242.9 245.0 247.3 247.5 244.0 240.2 241.1 240.5 241.1 242.2 243.0 241.6 150 East Siberian Sea 236.3 238.3 237.6 241.4 240.0 241.1 249.4 250.1 249.1 244.5 244.6 246.6 247.1 243.8 241.9 241.3 240.2 239.9 238.9 239.6 239.2 237.7 238.5 240.5 243.4 243.4 246.6 245.2 242.6 241.8 241.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 250.3 248.6 251.0 251.2 249.8 253.1 252.2 250.9 255.5 261.1 265.3 268.4 272.2 269.6 267.8 268.2 273.2 273.1 273.0 272.0 269.1 267.6 266.7 264.4 262.7 261.5 258.7 261.2 262.5 262.7 262.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 244.5 250.6 260.4 252.1 255.3 259.8 250.3 245.9 252.8 255.6 263.1 265.1 267.9 268.0 256.8 253.5 262.2 272.6 273.2 269.4 265.3 261.8 263.4 266.0 261.9 258.6 261.4 260.9 256.1 254.4 259.6