1968 03 - 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 257.7 258.3 257.6 257.6 257.1 257.4 257.5 257.3 257.2 257.6 257.7 256.9 257.7 258.5 259.3 259.9 258.8 258.2 258.1 258.9 259.9 261.1 261.9 261.9 262.0 262.6 262.9 262.7 262.4 262.0 261.9 34 Hudson Bay 261.7 260.2 262.1 264.3 261.1 259.3 262.6 263.6 261.1 256.4 252.6 253.5 255.3 258.2 261.2 264.1 263.2 262.0 259.9 258.7 257.5 259.7 263.5 265.8 267.1 270.3 271.8 272.3 271.5 268.8 265.2 36 Hudson Strait 253.3 247.9 247.7 254.2 250.6 244.4 241.3 241.1 243.0 246.7 251.8 246.8 247.4 246.8 245.8 253.1 254.3 254.0 255.3 251.9 249.0 250.4 254.0 251.5 251.5 255.9 260.8 261.5 265.4 270.3 270.1 98 Bering Strait 262.4 263.0 264.4 263.3 261.6 260.6 259.8 259.3 260.3 261.1 261.7 259.1 259.6 260.3 259.5 257.1 255.4 255.6 257.3 259.9 264.8 266.4 262.9 260.1 261.1 260.8 260.9 261.5 261.1 260.8 260.7 128 Arctic subocean 235.0 235.3 233.6 232.9 235.9 238.0 238.3 238.3 237.1 240.0 242.0 240.3 240.1 244.0 245.0 246.4 245.7 245.3 247.1 246.9 246.3 245.1 244.6 243.9 243.4 241.9 240.9 241.0 241.1 241.5 243.4 130 Chukchi Sea 244.1 245.0 251.6 251.4 250.9 253.0 253.9 254.0 254.5 256.1 257.7 255.0 258.8 262.1 260.3 259.3 257.4 256.1 258.7 260.8 259.9 260.0 258.3 255.6 255.0 255.9 255.8 255.3 256.8 262.5 260.5 132 Beaufort Sea 267.1 267.7 268.2 267.2 266.0 266.3 264.2 261.5 257.5 254.9 254.0 255.1 257.0 258.3 257.4 255.2 254.1 253.8 254.1 257.3 262.9 268.7 270.8 268.4 267.0 266.1 266.7 264.6 263.6 261.4 261.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.3 253.6 243.5 238.7 240.2 244.1 246.4 244.2 240.0 241.0 245.4 249.0 249.7 247.7 244.5 245.2 246.3 246.4 248.8 250.1 251.3 251.8 254.1 257.2 256.8 255.8 255.1 253.2 249.5 248.1 250.1 136 Foxe Basin 240.7 246.2 245.6 241.4 236.4 234.8 237.8 242.5 242.7 242.8 243.5 243.4 244.0 243.7 242.1 243.2 244.0 244.0 243.7 245.5 248.6 249.6 250.2 249.3 250.8 254.7 256.3 255.9 257.0 261.9 265.2 138 Baffin Bay 232.5 234.6 232.4 231.9 237.3 242.9 241.6 238.4 237.7 241.6 247.0 242.1 244.5 246.9 244.8 246.7 243.8 242.2 240.8 243.5 242.2 241.7 241.9 240.4 239.8 240.3 242.2 243.3 241.5 241.2 245.4 139 South Greenland 246.6 246.3 249.4 256.3 257.1 263.5 257.7 254.7 259.3 264.3 260.4 252.1 252.9 250.7 251.1 250.2 246.0 245.5 244.9 244.8 245.5 245.5 246.7 247.9 249.1 251.7 251.0 249.1 250.9 251.5 255.2 140 Greenland Sea 235.4 235.5 231.5 235.4 239.0 247.1 246.3 239.7 236.2 238.8 244.3 239.3 238.7 243.7 242.4 244.7 242.5 239.7 240.6 242.4 240.3 239.0 238.5 236.9 235.9 235.7 236.3 238.0 238.0 237.0 238.9 142 Norwegian Sea 274.2 272.1 271.1 271.4 272.6 269.4 272.2 273.2 268.2 267.7 267.5 268.8 270.7 265.5 265.9 266.6 268.4 268.2 268.4 270.2 270.3 271.5 271.7 273.1 274.5 273.8 274.9 275.4 274.4 273.2 272.6 144 Barents Sea 266.9 268.3 267.1 265.5 266.0 265.3 264.4 264.3 265.6 266.1 264.9 260.6 261.4 260.8 263.1 262.0 261.1 263.3 267.9 268.7 267.4 270.2 269.9 270.4 271.1 271.0 269.1 270.2 269.4 262.6 261.5 146 Kara Sea 259.4 259.7 259.3 259.7 259.7 259.8 260.6 260.2 261.2 264.6 266.3 266.9 266.7 268.0 268.9 268.3 266.1 264.8 263.7 265.0 267.2 268.3 268.8 268.7 268.5 268.4 267.7 266.6 265.6 266.7 266.6 148 Laptev Sea 259.3 260.2 257.6 255.6 254.8 253.7 252.9 254.4 255.8 254.3 253.3 253.4 255.9 255.0 257.9 261.5 261.9 260.7 260.5 260.2 259.5 259.4 260.2 260.2 259.6 260.6 262.6 263.6 264.8 264.3 263.8 150 East Siberian Sea 250.4 253.4 252.3 251.1 251.0 250.7 251.4 255.2 255.9 255.8 256.5 253.0 250.4 250.1 251.5 250.5 252.0 255.8 257.2 257.0 255.0 253.9 252.1 251.6 251.4 251.8 252.0 252.6 253.3 255.8 258.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.2 273.1 272.6 271.9 270.5 269.9 269.7 270.3 270.2 270.6 268.8 267.5 265.9 267.0 265.1 262.7 260.7 259.8 261.0 266.3 271.2 270.2 267.4 267.0 268.1 267.5 266.6 266.2 265.9 266.3 267.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.2 268.9 267.5 262.2 266.6 268.3 269.8 269.5 269.9 268.9 267.7 265.0 264.8 267.6 268.2 267.2 265.1 262.9 258.6 257.5 260.4 261.4 264.3 267.0 271.1 269.6 265.2 261.7 266.9 268.8 269.4