1968 07 - 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 284.4 284.4 284.6 284.8 285.1 285.0 284.8 284.2 284.2 284.2 285.0 285.8 286.3 286.7 286.7 286.0 285.7 285.6 284.9 284.4 284.6 284.9 285.0 284.5 284.3 284.3 284.1 283.8 283.7 283.4 283.4 34 Hudson Bay 283.1 284.4 286.1 285.8 286.4 287.9 288.0 285.4 284.5 285.3 287.1 287.6 289.3 289.1 289.1 288.3 288.6 288.5 287.9 288.0 287.4 286.6 285.5 285.0 286.5 287.1 285.6 284.7 285.4 286.1 285.4 36 Hudson Strait 280.7 281.7 282.6 281.5 281.4 281.0 281.9 282.0 282.8 281.0 281.6 279.4 278.8 282.7 286.5 282.6 280.6 283.2 284.6 282.2 281.6 282.8 284.0 280.5 279.3 280.9 281.4 281.8 281.5 280.9 281.1 98 Bering Strait 282.8 282.9 283.1 283.9 284.0 285.0 286.5 287.5 287.2 286.6 285.9 286.0 285.2 284.5 285.3 284.8 284.5 284.7 285.6 285.9 286.7 287.1 288.2 287.3 287.0 286.1 286.6 286.0 286.0 286.1 285.9 128 Arctic subocean 273.7 273.4 273.7 273.9 273.9 273.7 274.1 274.7 275.2 275.0 274.6 274.6 274.4 275.0 274.4 274.3 273.9 275.0 275.5 274.3 274.0 273.3 273.8 273.7 272.9 272.9 272.7 272.0 272.2 272.2 271.9 130 Chukchi Sea 278.3 276.9 277.5 279.6 280.4 282.2 284.4 287.3 288.2 287.1 285.0 284.0 283.4 282.4 283.2 283.1 283.5 283.3 283.7 284.1 284.3 284.3 287.5 287.5 287.2 288.2 288.4 285.8 284.1 286.7 286.3 132 Beaufort Sea 283.4 284.7 285.7 287.0 287.5 286.2 285.4 285.2 285.6 284.4 284.8 286.2 285.7 284.8 284.2 285.7 286.4 287.2 287.7 286.5 285.8 285.4 285.7 285.5 284.3 283.3 283.9 284.8 286.1 286.7 288.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 277.6 276.1 275.4 275.9 276.6 276.5 276.5 277.0 276.9 276.5 277.7 277.7 277.8 277.4 277.7 278.2 278.4 279.1 279.6 278.9 277.4 276.9 277.7 278.0 276.8 276.2 277.0 277.6 278.8 277.9 276.8 136 Foxe Basin 274.5 275.3 275.4 274.9 275.2 275.0 276.6 275.7 275.3 275.5 276.1 275.0 275.0 275.6 275.3 274.1 274.2 275.0 276.1 277.3 277.7 277.0 276.0 275.8 275.3 276.2 276.4 276.7 277.5 275.5 275.4 138 Baffin Bay 269.6 269.7 271.4 271.5 271.9 271.5 273.0 274.4 274.1 273.3 273.0 273.1 273.3 273.6 272.9 272.3 272.3 272.7 273.3 273.6 273.6 273.6 272.8 273.2 272.3 271.3 271.5 272.0 271.5 269.7 270.2 139 South Greenland 271.0 271.7 272.7 273.6 274.2 274.8 274.7 274.8 274.2 273.1 273.2 274.0 274.2 274.6 273.8 272.9 274.4 274.5 274.2 274.4 274.9 273.5 272.9 273.3 272.5 272.6 272.6 272.8 272.1 272.3 272.5 140 Greenland Sea 270.3 269.3 271.0 272.0 272.3 271.7 271.0 271.4 271.1 272.0 271.7 272.9 273.1 274.0 273.3 271.9 272.7 274.0 274.4 273.7 274.5 274.1 273.0 272.1 271.8 271.4 270.7 269.7 269.6 269.6 268.7 142 Norwegian Sea 285.3 287.1 289.6 284.3 281.9 281.5 281.5 281.2 280.6 279.4 279.1 279.6 280.0 282.0 284.1 284.7 285.6 283.3 281.7 282.0 282.0 282.5 283.6 283.3 282.5 282.1 283.0 283.4 283.1 284.4 284.3 144 Barents Sea 288.9 286.9 284.8 286.3 286.0 283.3 281.3 282.1 281.9 280.5 281.5 283.5 285.2 287.2 286.8 285.8 285.0 283.6 282.1 281.6 281.3 281.2 280.4 280.7 282.2 281.8 281.6 283.0 284.1 283.4 283.0 146 Kara Sea 290.2 290.0 289.3 289.1 289.7 288.6 287.7 286.4 286.0 285.8 287.2 289.6 291.5 293.4 293.4 293.2 292.4 291.8 290.6 289.4 289.8 290.6 290.6 289.2 287.7 287.4 286.9 285.7 284.6 284.6 285.6 148 Laptev Sea 287.6 286.5 287.0 286.5 286.9 288.7 289.0 287.6 290.1 292.1 291.8 290.9 290.9 290.8 289.9 286.5 286.0 285.3 283.4 283.5 284.6 286.2 287.4 287.5 288.4 289.3 290.3 290.6 290.2 287.6 286.3 150 East Siberian Sea 286.6 287.5 288.4 288.6 287.5 284.8 284.2 286.3 284.2 284.3 286.8 288.1 283.4 281.3 282.8 283.3 282.4 281.1 279.4 279.0 279.9 280.3 281.4 280.9 281.0 281.7 281.5 281.9 281.8 281.5 282.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 284.5 281.8 281.4 281.5 281.8 282.8 284.7 285.3 281.9 282.1 281.8 281.5 280.9 281.4 282.3 282.1 282.0 283.2 283.7 285.5 285.4 285.6 285.8 286.1 287.4 286.4 283.8 282.8 283.0 282.7 283.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.5 283.9 285.3 284.8 285.8 287.0 288.0 287.6 286.4 285.7 286.5 286.3 284.0 283.1 282.5 282.8 283.3 285.1 285.0 286.5 288.2 288.2 288.7 289.8 291.3 291.6 289.9 286.5 285.5 283.6 283.4