1966 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 260.6 260.6 260.3 259.8 258.9 257.3 256.0 255.3 254.8 254.3 253.9 254.4 254.9 254.4 253.7 253.8 254.4 255.3 255.8 256.9 257.1 255.6 254.5 254.6 253.8 252.2 251.0 251.7 253.0 253.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 262.9 262.3 265.7 265.9 263.4 263.2 260.1 258.6 258.4 260.7 259.4 257.6 258.1 257.5 257.9 257.3 256.0 257.3 261.1 262.7 265.8 264.4 260.1 258.3 261.3 262.7 256.9 257.2 258.2 252.9 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 263.3 267.4 267.7 272.9 270.4 267.5 267.1 266.6 265.3 262.5 268.4 264.6 261.5 259.8 259.3 258.9 257.9 258.6 258.0 261.7 258.9 265.9 268.7 265.1 260.3 263.0 267.0 260.3 264.2 266.1 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 264.0 264.7 263.7 263.7 261.3 264.1 264.1 262.0 258.6 255.2 253.6 254.4 254.1 253.1 255.8 253.1 258.9 261.9 259.9 260.4 263.9 265.1 264.1 262.9 258.1 253.3 253.7 255.0 259.3 259.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 242.8 240.7 243.3 245.0 244.7 241.9 245.7 246.0 248.0 248.5 250.2 250.1 246.3 245.7 243.9 245.5 243.5 243.6 245.7 245.1 241.3 240.8 242.2 238.1 239.3 242.3 241.6 240.5 244.8 247.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 259.0 257.4 259.2 260.6 261.8 268.6 268.5 263.6 258.4 255.6 256.1 255.8 258.4 260.2 264.8 265.7 264.4 263.7 259.1 262.1 263.0 263.4 261.8 257.3 253.3 250.0 256.4 265.2 267.2 262.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.7 266.7 262.9 258.2 257.3 251.8 254.6 255.2 256.0 253.3 250.8 249.6 250.6 249.6 248.5 249.3 251.7 258.6 259.1 258.0 254.4 250.9 251.8 252.5 254.7 250.6 248.6 249.6 250.9 254.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.3 252.4 252.9 247.6 247.5 248.4 247.8 247.3 248.2 249.1 248.2 247.6 246.1 245.1 244.3 243.8 244.7 247.2 251.0 248.9 245.2 242.2 239.5 238.2 235.9 235.8 238.8 242.0 240.2 242.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 263.3 258.1 262.4 262.2 263.7 260.4 261.8 262.0 259.5 256.8 258.7 259.4 257.1 256.7 255.1 254.4 253.6 251.9 253.2 252.8 251.1 253.8 251.1 248.4 250.6 252.2 256.8 250.7 249.8 249.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 254.0 250.6 248.8 249.5 248.6 250.4 250.2 251.9 251.9 251.2 249.3 247.1 247.6 246.4 245.5 245.6 247.6 248.7 246.7 243.9 244.9 244.3 240.4 240.2 242.5 240.8 243.2 247.9 246.0 243.1 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 265.2 259.5 254.3 252.9 259.7 260.1 256.0 254.8 254.4 256.6 254.0 255.8 255.0 250.1 248.9 250.9 256.3 254.1 248.9 251.0 255.3 249.8 249.6 252.1 249.4 247.4 249.4 253.8 249.7 246.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 250.3 250.3 246.9 245.6 242.7 246.0 247.3 246.9 246.4 246.7 245.8 246.6 243.8 241.9 240.5 241.7 243.1 246.0 243.5 241.5 241.8 240.8 238.7 236.8 238.9 239.4 239.2 241.5 241.2 240.9 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.6 271.5 274.2 273.3 272.1 273.6 273.9 276.5 275.9 272.4 269.7 272.3 275.0 275.3 274.5 272.7 270.7 269.7 271.7 270.9 270.8 270.2 270.8 270.9 272.3 271.3 272.4 273.3 271.2 270.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 264.7 267.8 266.7 267.5 267.3 267.8 269.5 269.2 269.6 271.7 271.4 270.1 266.7 267.7 267.5 269.1 269.9 268.5 266.4 269.2 267.1 267.4 266.5 266.6 266.9 268.6 269.4 268.8 267.4 265.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 262.6 261.0 261.2 262.5 262.0 257.3 254.6 254.7 254.3 253.1 253.8 257.5 260.7 260.5 258.1 258.8 258.2 258.3 260.3 262.2 261.1 258.4 259.3 261.3 258.6 254.1 251.1 251.7 255.3 259.2 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.5 255.7 255.7 253.7 251.8 251.1 249.4 247.8 246.8 246.2 245.6 245.0 244.0 245.1 246.1 246.4 246.4 245.8 244.3 246.6 248.5 247.2 244.8 244.2 244.1 243.7 242.4 244.1 245.8 245.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 262.2 260.6 259.6 260.4 257.9 254.6 251.7 249.9 248.9 247.8 248.3 250.3 254.2 252.5 249.6 245.5 244.3 245.3 245.6 246.8 247.0 247.2 244.7 245.0 243.2 246.1 251.9 247.2 243.9 246.6 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.2 272.1 271.0 271.1 266.7 270.1 268.5 268.7 266.9 264.3 266.2 265.3 259.7 257.6 260.0 260.9 265.3 265.3 264.8 263.5 266.1 270.7 272.1 272.2 269.4 265.0 261.2 258.8 262.6 264.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.1 268.1 267.0 265.3 268.7 272.2 271.4 270.7 268.8 270.7 271.9 267.8 260.7 258.3 262.0 262.8 272.3 268.5 271.6 269.6 271.8 273.6 272.9 272.6 268.8 261.0 256.0 257.1 263.8 265.0 -9999.0