1966 09 - 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 280.7 279.9 279.2 278.7 278.5 278.6 278.3 278.4 278.6 278.4 278.3 278.2 278.4 278.1 278.6 278.1 278.1 278.0 277.8 277.7 277.6 277.2 276.7 276.2 275.9 275.2 274.6 274.0 273.6 272.8 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 287.1 286.7 286.3 285.7 285.4 286.1 286.9 287.4 286.5 284.6 285.7 286.5 284.8 281.2 282.4 282.9 282.7 283.5 284.6 285.7 285.2 283.7 281.8 279.7 277.9 278.0 277.5 277.3 276.8 276.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 278.1 279.3 280.6 281.8 282.3 280.9 280.4 279.0 278.1 276.3 275.9 276.9 281.6 279.9 276.6 274.9 275.5 275.6 274.4 275.6 280.5 281.8 280.6 279.4 278.3 277.6 276.4 275.2 274.9 274.7 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 278.1 277.4 276.9 277.1 277.3 277.7 276.9 277.2 277.8 276.0 275.2 276.8 278.2 276.5 278.3 280.2 278.4 278.2 278.7 277.2 275.9 275.1 276.2 276.4 276.4 278.4 278.1 277.2 276.7 276.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 271.2 268.7 267.3 266.1 265.8 265.6 262.2 260.9 261.2 261.8 262.1 260.6 261.5 260.3 257.6 258.4 260.3 261.8 263.5 264.4 260.7 256.3 256.5 256.0 257.6 256.6 254.5 251.0 251.7 251.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 273.9 274.2 275.0 275.6 276.3 277.2 277.7 278.3 276.8 273.9 274.7 275.6 276.2 275.6 275.0 275.7 276.0 276.4 276.9 275.2 273.8 275.2 275.9 276.1 274.8 275.0 275.7 275.8 276.2 275.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 282.1 280.6 279.1 280.5 282.1 281.5 279.6 278.6 279.9 280.2 278.7 276.4 280.7 284.1 284.9 284.7 284.6 284.5 283.4 281.8 281.2 280.8 280.2 278.2 277.5 276.6 275.9 276.8 277.5 277.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.8 277.8 276.5 275.8 274.8 273.9 272.8 273.0 273.1 274.3 273.9 271.5 271.2 273.6 273.2 269.5 270.4 274.3 277.3 275.4 270.8 269.0 268.6 267.4 265.8 263.0 263.4 264.1 264.4 264.1 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 279.1 280.5 279.6 276.5 274.0 274.3 274.0 274.1 272.9 272.4 272.4 273.2 273.5 273.2 273.4 273.0 272.3 272.4 273.3 275.6 276.4 275.2 273.8 273.2 273.0 274.0 273.1 273.5 273.6 273.2 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 269.0 267.4 264.6 263.2 262.0 261.7 259.9 258.5 258.6 260.5 262.3 262.6 259.6 256.8 258.2 258.7 258.4 257.9 259.5 262.5 264.6 262.8 260.6 259.2 258.7 259.4 259.6 259.6 262.0 261.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 267.0 265.8 265.4 264.2 264.3 263.9 263.5 263.6 264.8 265.4 264.7 263.0 261.9 262.7 265.1 265.3 267.6 265.0 261.5 260.0 263.2 266.4 268.7 269.0 269.2 269.1 268.7 267.6 267.4 265.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 264.6 264.6 263.5 260.0 257.6 257.5 256.9 256.1 256.1 257.3 258.2 257.6 255.7 252.9 251.9 251.9 253.0 253.4 253.2 258.9 263.1 263.1 262.3 258.7 255.7 255.0 252.2 252.1 254.2 254.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 281.4 280.3 280.8 281.9 282.7 282.4 281.7 278.2 276.3 277.3 278.3 278.5 279.9 279.1 278.2 278.1 277.0 277.1 279.6 278.3 276.2 276.9 277.3 278.0 276.1 274.0 273.5 274.1 275.2 276.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 278.9 281.5 282.3 282.9 284.0 284.4 284.2 283.2 280.9 278.4 276.4 276.4 276.5 277.1 279.5 280.2 279.7 278.9 277.8 276.6 276.7 275.3 274.6 274.2 274.1 274.2 274.9 275.4 274.6 273.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 285.9 283.1 280.8 280.7 281.0 282.0 282.1 282.7 283.9 284.7 284.6 284.7 285.1 284.8 283.8 282.0 281.4 281.1 281.9 283.3 283.7 283.2 281.7 281.2 281.9 281.1 280.1 278.8 278.8 278.2 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 279.1 280.4 281.6 279.2 277.0 275.7 275.0 275.3 275.1 275.0 275.9 277.3 277.0 277.2 279.2 279.2 279.0 278.3 275.3 272.8 272.8 273.7 274.7 276.5 276.6 273.3 272.8 271.7 269.0 266.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 275.8 276.4 277.7 277.8 278.4 278.7 279.3 280.5 279.6 278.6 276.4 273.6 273.7 274.3 274.5 274.9 276.6 276.7 276.6 275.4 273.0 271.7 271.6 271.8 272.2 273.1 271.7 270.1 269.2 268.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.8 278.1 278.1 279.3 278.3 278.6 277.5 277.4 278.3 279.1 278.7 280.2 280.2 279.7 281.4 280.8 278.5 279.1 278.6 277.7 276.7 276.2 277.4 278.2 280.1 280.8 279.5 278.3 277.6 277.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.0 281.5 281.9 280.9 279.5 280.3 279.0 278.7 280.7 281.3 282.0 281.6 281.1 279.6 280.1 282.5 279.8 279.3 280.1 279.8 277.9 278.3 278.7 279.0 278.7 281.2 282.4 281.1 280.3 278.8 -9999.0