1971 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 249.4 250.6 251.4 251.5 251.1 251.8 252.7 254.2 255.3 256.2 257.0 257.8 258.4 258.7 258.9 259.0 259.4 258.6 257.6 256.8 256.8 257.3 257.5 257.5 257.6 257.1 256.3 256.4 256.7 256.4 256.5 34 Hudson Bay 256.1 256.0 260.9 263.9 260.7 258.5 256.8 256.7 258.3 259.6 261.3 262.1 263.4 263.6 261.6 261.5 263.4 264.3 264.2 263.2 260.6 258.6 257.3 258.4 259.1 259.7 262.0 263.4 263.6 262.8 260.9 36 Hudson Strait 255.7 249.9 249.4 252.3 251.1 250.3 250.7 254.1 262.5 264.4 259.5 255.8 255.0 255.5 259.0 260.1 264.9 265.3 264.0 261.9 259.0 258.1 258.1 258.2 257.2 257.2 255.8 257.3 259.1 260.9 260.7 98 Bering Strait 248.9 251.4 247.4 246.6 244.9 245.3 247.6 249.0 250.0 252.5 252.9 251.4 250.2 252.0 252.2 256.5 262.3 263.8 265.2 263.2 260.8 260.4 259.8 258.5 257.5 257.5 255.9 255.9 255.5 255.6 257.4 128 Arctic subocean 241.3 242.7 241.8 242.5 244.0 244.4 243.7 242.0 240.4 240.4 241.7 244.8 248.6 250.7 249.9 247.4 248.4 249.2 247.7 245.3 245.5 249.2 248.5 245.1 242.9 241.3 241.5 241.1 242.6 241.6 239.2 130 Chukchi Sea 237.6 243.8 246.3 240.8 240.3 242.0 241.8 244.6 243.2 243.4 241.8 241.1 242.2 244.1 244.3 247.3 261.0 265.8 267.4 267.8 264.3 260.0 262.1 261.5 260.9 259.1 255.2 252.0 253.6 254.1 254.1 132 Beaufort Sea 251.5 258.7 258.7 251.4 246.6 248.4 253.2 257.5 258.8 261.8 262.1 261.3 261.5 262.4 262.5 263.1 263.7 264.7 263.9 259.9 256.4 256.1 256.3 255.1 254.4 253.7 253.3 254.8 255.1 254.8 255.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.5 244.6 246.6 247.3 246.7 245.4 244.2 244.9 245.1 246.0 246.7 248.1 249.3 252.1 253.6 254.1 254.9 255.6 255.1 253.6 252.2 250.4 249.3 247.7 246.0 244.6 242.5 242.5 242.9 244.1 244.1 136 Foxe Basin 248.4 245.1 241.9 244.8 247.0 252.1 253.5 253.6 252.6 253.1 252.9 253.2 253.2 253.8 256.6 259.8 261.7 261.7 261.3 258.7 253.4 251.1 250.3 249.4 249.7 251.8 250.3 245.8 243.2 248.7 252.9 138 Baffin Bay 245.7 245.9 244.3 243.8 243.3 244.3 246.0 247.9 248.5 248.2 249.7 251.8 253.1 251.7 251.5 251.2 252.0 247.8 245.5 244.6 243.8 243.5 243.3 242.3 240.7 241.3 241.8 242.2 242.0 240.3 241.6 139 South Greenland 252.8 253.8 255.0 253.3 254.0 258.0 260.2 259.9 261.1 259.8 258.8 256.5 255.6 256.5 256.8 256.8 255.4 252.7 249.8 247.8 247.9 249.4 250.3 251.5 251.1 250.9 251.4 252.2 251.6 252.0 253.5 140 Greenland Sea 247.0 245.0 244.6 245.2 243.8 243.4 244.2 244.4 244.1 243.9 245.3 246.4 247.6 249.1 249.3 247.5 245.1 241.2 241.1 240.8 240.3 242.7 244.6 242.3 240.1 237.7 237.7 239.9 242.6 241.6 239.7 142 Norwegian Sea 261.2 262.4 262.5 264.8 269.2 272.7 272.4 270.4 266.1 265.6 267.8 269.2 270.0 269.4 269.5 270.2 270.7 269.3 269.5 270.1 269.2 268.0 268.2 269.2 269.4 267.6 265.3 266.5 272.7 274.3 274.4 144 Barents Sea 252.2 255.5 259.1 260.5 260.3 261.0 262.1 264.0 263.1 263.7 264.9 264.0 264.4 263.7 264.2 263.9 265.0 268.3 268.7 267.6 264.6 259.7 258.9 261.0 258.2 261.5 262.3 261.4 265.1 266.5 268.5 146 Kara Sea 247.0 248.2 249.4 250.5 252.7 254.2 255.0 256.6 257.7 258.3 259.5 261.1 262.0 263.7 264.6 264.1 265.1 263.2 259.8 258.5 261.5 263.2 262.6 261.6 264.3 262.5 258.2 258.0 258.5 258.5 259.1 148 Laptev Sea 245.7 246.2 246.3 245.7 246.8 247.9 249.2 251.1 253.1 255.1 255.6 257.6 258.0 255.4 255.8 254.0 249.5 246.1 246.6 248.6 250.7 253.2 257.2 259.0 257.6 257.0 257.8 256.7 256.3 255.1 253.8 150 East Siberian Sea 248.1 250.2 247.5 248.3 246.3 245.9 246.9 248.4 247.1 245.7 246.3 249.1 250.0 247.6 246.5 245.9 244.3 242.8 244.8 249.4 251.3 256.6 257.4 256.9 256.0 256.0 257.3 256.5 255.3 253.0 255.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.6 266.6 259.7 255.9 252.4 254.1 255.2 257.7 260.1 264.0 265.9 264.7 263.6 262.8 263.3 266.0 269.5 269.6 268.6 267.1 265.0 263.6 263.6 263.8 264.3 263.7 265.3 267.4 266.8 265.2 266.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.2 246.7 244.7 249.1 244.7 241.9 242.7 243.6 246.2 245.5 244.6 244.1 245.5 247.6 249.1 268.5 271.0 270.0 270.5 268.6 266.6 264.8 262.2 261.9 263.3 267.7 268.7 268.6 264.3 263.2 264.0