1970 04 - 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 262.1 261.8 261.8 261.5 261.9 262.1 262.1 262.2 263.1 263.6 263.7 264.1 264.4 264.6 265.5 266.3 266.0 264.7 264.0 264.3 264.9 265.6 265.4 265.9 266.0 266.3 266.2 266.3 266.6 266.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 262.3 263.2 261.4 261.2 262.6 262.2 264.8 264.6 265.2 264.9 265.2 266.5 267.6 268.0 268.5 268.7 269.5 268.7 270.3 270.7 269.0 270.5 272.2 274.0 273.9 274.7 273.3 271.7 271.8 272.4 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 260.1 260.2 258.3 261.3 259.4 256.0 254.8 253.9 255.9 260.5 265.6 264.8 263.8 262.9 261.9 260.0 261.2 262.3 261.4 262.1 264.8 265.7 266.9 270.2 272.0 272.0 270.4 266.4 263.1 265.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 263.6 260.0 260.6 261.4 261.8 261.6 260.4 259.9 260.0 260.4 260.6 260.5 266.8 268.0 268.3 269.9 269.2 269.6 269.0 269.6 270.8 269.8 268.1 267.1 264.0 263.0 265.6 267.2 269.4 269.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 244.3 243.7 246.9 247.6 245.4 246.7 248.1 252.8 257.7 254.5 249.6 246.1 245.4 250.3 251.9 248.7 245.2 242.7 241.6 243.0 245.1 248.4 248.2 246.3 245.0 244.2 246.2 248.5 249.5 250.1 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 256.8 253.3 250.6 251.7 252.6 252.6 252.3 251.0 250.6 250.0 250.5 251.0 255.6 257.3 262.7 267.7 267.8 268.6 269.9 269.5 270.5 266.1 262.2 260.4 259.2 259.8 261.4 261.5 261.8 261.1 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 266.3 262.7 260.9 261.8 261.1 261.9 260.3 260.3 263.5 265.2 265.1 265.8 267.2 268.7 270.0 270.6 270.9 270.7 270.5 271.1 270.5 271.3 271.1 270.3 268.3 266.4 265.9 267.5 270.0 271.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.8 248.2 248.4 248.4 249.2 249.4 248.5 249.0 251.3 253.4 254.7 256.4 258.7 260.0 262.8 261.7 259.4 258.1 255.4 250.9 251.3 253.8 254.7 256.0 255.7 255.9 255.6 256.1 257.8 258.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 253.0 253.8 254.4 253.9 253.9 254.8 257.2 254.9 252.4 253.1 255.1 258.4 258.8 256.7 257.3 260.3 258.1 254.3 254.3 256.2 250.4 251.1 253.0 257.7 256.6 258.9 257.3 255.5 258.3 257.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 254.1 252.3 250.8 248.4 249.4 255.4 260.6 263.0 261.2 254.9 249.5 247.2 246.9 246.2 248.4 250.0 248.0 246.0 245.4 246.6 247.9 249.1 246.9 246.3 246.1 242.7 243.0 245.4 245.8 245.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 259.3 257.6 255.9 255.7 261.6 266.8 266.5 266.1 265.2 264.4 262.5 257.9 256.2 254.1 253.3 253.6 253.0 254.0 254.4 254.1 255.3 255.8 254.8 255.3 257.6 259.6 258.9 262.0 264.0 262.6 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 251.0 250.2 250.1 248.0 248.1 254.3 259.9 262.7 262.8 259.3 250.6 244.6 241.0 239.9 243.6 247.2 248.2 246.2 248.1 251.2 252.3 251.4 249.8 250.1 248.0 246.2 244.9 248.5 248.7 249.1 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 269.2 270.0 270.9 270.5 271.0 271.5 272.6 272.5 271.6 271.6 272.1 272.0 270.7 271.3 275.3 275.3 274.4 273.8 272.7 272.3 272.6 272.9 272.8 272.2 272.5 272.9 272.1 272.0 273.6 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.0 268.3 271.5 271.7 271.7 272.9 274.2 273.3 273.2 271.8 268.5 268.9 270.1 269.0 266.9 267.0 270.9 267.3 261.1 259.8 265.4 268.6 267.2 264.7 264.0 267.6 269.8 270.5 270.9 272.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 269.6 269.8 268.6 267.7 268.6 267.8 266.4 266.6 268.1 270.3 272.0 271.2 269.2 269.6 271.9 271.6 267.8 266.6 267.6 268.7 268.4 266.5 265.6 268.9 271.0 270.4 269.6 269.2 268.5 267.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 257.0 257.6 260.5 259.8 258.6 257.5 256.8 256.3 257.1 258.7 260.4 263.7 264.2 263.0 262.9 265.8 269.3 265.0 260.3 261.0 264.1 269.1 268.9 264.2 264.6 266.8 266.7 264.6 264.6 264.3 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 251.7 253.6 257.0 258.7 256.9 255.8 255.6 256.8 256.1 253.7 251.8 253.5 254.7 256.4 255.6 258.3 259.3 261.1 262.2 260.2 259.3 260.2 262.6 266.0 264.4 263.4 266.1 269.1 268.3 269.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.6 267.0 268.5 267.3 266.3 267.8 267.4 267.9 268.1 268.5 265.9 267.7 272.3 272.6 272.6 273.2 272.6 272.0 271.2 272.0 272.2 270.9 269.7 270.3 269.1 269.0 271.7 272.0 273.0 272.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.1 264.9 260.6 257.0 256.9 258.0 262.1 264.4 262.2 260.2 259.6 270.5 273.1 271.9 272.8 273.8 273.4 272.8 272.1 274.2 272.5 270.9 270.7 269.2 265.3 267.3 271.7 272.8 273.9 273.2 -9999.0