1966 05 - 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 268.5 269.3 269.8 270.0 270.2 270.6 271.2 271.5 271.4 271.7 271.8 271.7 271.8 272.4 272.5 272.6 273.3 273.5 273.9 274.7 275.5 275.8 276.0 276.6 276.2 276.3 277.1 277.1 277.4 277.6 278.2 34 Hudson Bay 267.7 269.9 270.5 272.9 274.3 270.7 270.7 270.3 271.1 272.5 273.0 273.9 275.2 276.2 277.7 279.2 279.8 279.3 279.1 280.2 281.8 282.9 282.5 282.3 281.3 282.4 280.7 279.6 279.5 280.6 282.3 36 Hudson Strait 262.0 261.7 262.6 264.5 266.0 269.8 265.6 268.7 264.3 265.2 266.4 268.1 268.7 267.8 268.9 270.1 270.8 271.8 272.8 274.5 277.1 274.6 272.7 275.0 277.5 276.3 275.5 275.6 275.5 274.4 274.6 98 Bering Strait 270.3 271.9 272.9 271.8 270.3 271.3 272.7 272.5 271.5 272.5 272.4 270.8 272.0 272.8 271.3 269.9 272.3 273.8 273.2 272.6 272.5 273.2 273.0 272.8 273.9 274.1 274.4 274.8 275.5 276.5 276.7 128 Arctic subocean 255.7 257.6 257.3 258.0 257.9 258.2 258.1 259.3 261.3 264.5 265.1 262.2 259.9 259.7 259.7 261.3 261.4 260.4 262.7 265.2 266.9 267.7 267.9 266.9 266.8 268.4 270.4 268.5 269.8 270.5 269.8 130 Chukchi Sea 270.4 269.6 269.5 266.7 263.7 263.0 264.6 264.2 264.6 266.8 265.8 267.3 268.8 266.7 263.0 263.9 266.4 268.7 270.0 269.9 268.2 265.8 268.4 270.1 270.7 268.9 270.0 271.2 273.5 274.6 275.0 132 Beaufort Sea 268.1 270.4 273.9 273.9 273.5 275.6 278.7 280.8 279.8 277.5 277.5 278.0 276.2 275.8 275.3 275.0 276.1 277.2 278.1 277.6 275.9 275.4 275.8 275.3 275.4 278.7 279.5 277.6 277.3 277.6 278.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.2 257.8 259.6 258.8 258.2 260.3 262.6 265.6 268.3 270.4 270.5 268.2 267.9 270.2 270.1 270.7 269.0 267.8 270.5 271.5 271.4 271.4 271.1 271.3 271.5 272.4 272.9 274.4 275.9 273.5 271.7 136 Foxe Basin 253.3 254.7 257.6 258.5 259.1 261.1 262.6 262.4 261.8 264.7 270.2 268.0 266.0 266.3 268.7 269.1 269.8 270.3 270.1 270.4 268.1 268.2 269.4 270.2 269.2 269.0 273.0 274.3 273.9 273.5 273.9 138 Baffin Bay 257.1 255.9 254.7 254.2 254.6 255.8 257.6 259.6 258.9 260.5 260.5 260.0 259.6 259.6 260.5 261.7 263.0 262.6 262.2 262.7 263.3 263.5 264.2 264.9 264.8 266.6 267.4 267.1 267.5 268.1 267.9 139 South Greenland 261.9 261.5 260.7 260.3 258.9 259.9 260.5 260.4 259.3 259.5 261.3 260.5 260.5 262.8 263.9 264.8 265.6 265.7 265.4 264.6 264.5 264.0 265.0 267.0 268.2 268.1 268.7 268.2 268.7 269.4 270.5 140 Greenland Sea 256.0 255.8 253.5 254.1 255.0 255.4 254.9 254.2 255.0 256.2 256.6 256.4 256.2 257.9 259.8 259.6 259.8 260.0 260.5 260.7 261.2 261.2 262.7 264.1 263.5 262.3 264.3 265.3 265.7 265.7 266.8 142 Norwegian Sea 277.4 277.0 276.3 275.1 273.2 272.8 273.5 273.0 272.9 274.4 277.2 278.9 280.2 280.9 278.6 278.1 279.5 281.5 281.6 279.8 278.7 276.6 277.2 278.5 276.4 276.3 276.3 276.5 278.0 278.6 278.5 144 Barents Sea 274.2 273.4 270.4 269.0 270.1 272.5 269.7 272.0 274.4 273.3 272.5 271.1 270.4 272.3 275.4 278.7 277.8 277.1 279.6 283.3 285.0 284.4 281.7 280.4 285.2 283.5 281.9 281.7 283.4 282.1 279.3 146 Kara Sea 275.1 274.9 275.1 274.7 274.9 275.6 276.8 275.8 274.8 274.8 274.3 273.9 274.3 274.6 273.3 272.6 274.7 275.3 275.5 276.4 277.9 278.3 280.1 280.9 278.4 278.6 280.8 281.2 280.4 280.8 282.2 148 Laptev Sea 266.2 268.8 270.3 270.9 271.1 271.5 271.5 272.3 272.8 272.9 272.7 273.1 273.3 273.8 274.2 273.9 272.2 272.1 272.9 273.9 275.2 275.4 273.9 275.8 275.6 273.6 274.8 275.2 276.2 276.0 276.8 150 East Siberian Sea 267.4 266.0 266.8 267.6 268.0 268.5 267.8 266.9 268.4 268.1 268.9 270.7 270.0 270.5 271.7 270.1 271.2 270.7 270.4 270.5 271.5 274.0 274.3 274.2 274.7 275.1 275.9 277.6 279.5 279.7 278.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.6 274.2 274.0 273.0 273.1 275.5 276.5 275.1 272.9 274.1 274.4 273.4 274.1 273.2 273.8 273.1 272.6 273.5 272.9 273.7 275.1 274.6 273.3 273.4 274.3 275.0 274.3 274.6 275.7 276.4 276.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.5 276.6 276.1 275.8 275.2 273.6 273.5 273.4 274.1 273.6 273.4 273.3 275.6 274.9 271.2 268.7 271.6 274.4 275.1 275.6 276.6 274.4 272.9 275.2 275.5 275.1 274.1 274.2 276.5 279.2 279.6