1969 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 252.5 252.7 253.5 253.4 252.7 252.4 252.9 254.1 254.8 256.6 257.6 257.5 256.5 255.1 254.5 254.6 254.2 254.1 255.2 256.6 257.4 257.5 257.1 256.5 255.2 254.8 254.9 254.7 254.7 255.8 256.8 34 Hudson Bay 262.4 260.8 259.6 258.7 258.3 257.3 258.4 261.3 260.8 260.0 259.9 261.1 261.2 261.1 260.4 257.8 257.7 257.3 258.9 261.7 263.9 265.2 265.8 263.9 261.0 261.6 260.2 255.3 252.9 253.7 256.1 36 Hudson Strait 261.6 258.5 253.9 249.9 252.0 260.3 265.5 264.1 263.0 261.8 262.7 261.0 257.4 255.2 257.3 254.6 245.0 242.2 246.2 250.8 258.3 261.5 263.0 266.8 264.4 258.0 261.0 263.6 262.8 257.1 252.2 98 Bering Strait 258.5 255.6 255.7 256.9 257.4 259.0 262.5 263.0 262.7 263.4 261.7 259.3 256.9 253.8 251.8 251.3 249.7 250.8 255.1 261.1 261.3 256.7 255.4 256.2 256.2 255.8 256.7 259.3 263.3 264.3 264.2 128 Arctic subocean 235.3 236.4 237.2 238.8 237.5 236.2 236.0 236.7 238.4 240.3 241.0 237.7 233.3 234.5 237.1 237.6 238.7 241.9 243.0 243.0 240.1 238.1 241.1 240.6 238.3 237.7 237.9 237.3 236.3 240.3 243.1 130 Chukchi Sea 256.1 251.1 245.3 246.5 249.3 252.1 259.0 260.1 256.1 252.6 251.2 250.2 250.0 249.2 252.7 249.2 244.3 248.5 251.3 252.9 248.7 243.2 242.7 242.6 245.4 248.4 252.0 255.0 262.1 266.4 262.9 132 Beaufort Sea 261.1 260.1 262.1 263.9 263.8 262.2 261.1 262.1 261.9 264.0 262.0 261.0 260.8 257.0 255.0 254.5 253.0 253.2 256.6 259.4 261.6 259.8 257.1 257.9 259.7 255.7 251.8 251.4 252.9 257.8 260.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.1 249.4 249.6 251.7 254.2 254.4 252.3 249.1 247.0 248.6 249.6 248.3 244.5 239.7 238.7 239.2 241.2 243.2 244.0 245.7 244.6 244.6 245.2 243.6 244.2 241.1 241.5 242.3 242.3 244.2 245.3 136 Foxe Basin 247.4 244.1 243.8 243.2 244.1 250.3 252.3 252.8 249.2 247.2 245.7 246.6 244.0 240.4 237.2 237.5 239.2 239.0 240.6 243.7 248.3 252.1 250.3 251.8 251.3 246.5 248.9 249.5 248.8 249.7 251.9 138 Baffin Bay 240.3 239.9 241.0 240.3 238.6 237.8 238.5 238.9 242.3 246.1 249.2 243.4 236.2 232.5 232.7 234.8 234.9 239.4 243.9 243.7 244.0 247.5 248.6 244.9 245.0 245.2 243.5 242.9 243.2 244.7 247.2 139 South Greenland 249.2 249.4 249.9 249.7 248.8 248.2 248.8 250.4 253.1 255.0 256.2 252.7 246.5 245.3 245.2 248.8 250.1 252.3 253.4 255.1 256.1 257.4 258.6 259.3 259.9 260.1 253.8 253.8 255.9 257.2 256.9 140 Greenland Sea 237.5 235.5 235.5 234.3 233.1 232.8 234.1 236.5 239.0 241.8 246.5 242.6 236.4 235.6 236.1 242.8 240.0 242.5 244.1 248.0 245.7 244.8 249.5 247.2 243.4 243.2 243.3 242.5 243.8 244.2 243.8 142 Norwegian Sea 272.8 271.6 271.3 269.0 270.5 269.9 267.4 267.3 267.4 267.9 266.6 265.0 267.1 270.5 271.5 270.5 269.4 270.0 271.0 270.0 270.5 272.4 272.7 272.0 272.4 271.2 272.9 271.4 271.4 271.0 270.7 144 Barents Sea 263.4 264.2 263.8 261.7 260.9 260.6 262.2 264.5 263.2 262.7 262.1 258.4 256.6 256.0 257.8 261.8 265.7 264.3 262.2 260.6 258.1 259.2 259.2 258.6 255.1 260.0 263.4 261.5 256.3 260.6 266.5 146 Kara Sea 251.0 253.3 255.3 255.4 254.0 253.5 254.4 256.4 258.4 261.1 262.6 264.0 262.8 260.7 260.2 259.7 258.5 256.9 257.6 259.2 260.5 258.5 257.4 257.5 254.9 255.4 258.0 259.4 259.0 257.9 257.5 148 Laptev Sea 243.6 244.0 245.3 244.9 243.4 241.7 239.9 240.6 242.5 247.1 250.7 252.2 254.2 254.8 254.8 255.3 254.9 255.0 254.6 253.3 253.9 257.6 257.0 254.3 252.5 250.4 250.2 251.1 253.0 255.5 257.1 150 East Siberian Sea 242.0 242.1 243.4 243.1 242.0 242.2 242.5 243.2 242.5 243.6 245.1 249.1 252.1 253.4 252.6 252.9 252.2 251.6 249.7 247.6 247.0 248.7 249.4 251.9 252.9 253.1 252.0 249.6 247.6 246.9 247.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.4 266.9 268.5 268.9 267.9 270.0 271.2 269.8 270.8 271.2 270.6 269.1 267.0 265.4 261.6 259.7 261.6 263.8 266.1 269.5 270.9 269.8 269.1 268.7 268.4 269.8 268.1 270.3 270.9 272.2 272.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.4 267.3 269.3 269.9 269.6 272.3 272.5 270.9 272.4 272.5 269.8 268.6 266.9 261.4 255.3 258.7 263.7 264.8 269.7 272.7 271.9 269.0 262.9 262.7 264.4 269.8 269.8 269.2 268.1 270.3 269.2