1971 05 - 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 270.7 271.4 271.8 271.8 271.8 271.8 272.3 272.2 271.5 271.6 272.2 272.7 273.2 272.8 273.2 273.8 273.9 273.9 273.9 274.1 274.1 274.5 274.6 274.9 274.8 275.1 276.1 276.6 276.4 276.5 276.7 34 Hudson Bay 274.6 276.0 278.0 279.0 279.5 279.0 277.5 279.1 279.3 277.2 276.9 278.4 279.4 277.2 276.9 277.3 276.3 275.3 276.8 278.1 277.7 277.4 277.6 278.8 279.4 280.9 282.6 283.1 281.6 279.6 279.1 36 Hudson Strait 267.2 267.2 266.4 267.8 269.1 269.9 270.8 271.7 271.8 271.8 269.5 268.5 270.6 271.4 268.2 268.7 269.1 270.9 270.6 269.7 271.7 271.1 269.4 268.8 268.7 269.9 272.2 274.1 272.8 273.2 272.0 98 Bering Strait 266.4 268.5 269.7 268.2 267.6 268.2 269.8 267.9 268.8 269.3 270.8 271.3 271.1 271.1 270.6 271.3 271.8 272.2 272.9 273.6 273.9 273.3 272.8 273.4 273.5 273.7 273.5 274.1 274.6 275.3 274.7 128 Arctic subocean 254.5 252.8 252.3 253.5 254.5 255.9 259.7 262.1 261.9 261.0 259.3 258.6 259.8 260.7 260.4 260.3 262.3 263.8 264.0 263.3 263.7 264.1 264.0 263.0 262.7 262.5 261.9 262.0 263.9 265.9 267.1 130 Chukchi Sea 260.1 261.8 260.2 259.8 261.8 264.6 264.6 263.3 264.7 263.9 262.8 263.7 264.8 266.9 268.0 269.2 269.3 269.6 271.1 271.4 272.7 272.7 271.3 272.3 272.5 272.7 272.6 272.5 272.7 274.5 273.6 132 Beaufort Sea 271.8 273.8 273.9 274.5 273.5 271.0 274.6 273.5 269.5 271.4 275.4 278.4 279.3 277.4 275.8 275.4 276.1 276.4 277.3 277.1 277.6 278.9 279.8 279.9 279.5 279.3 279.2 278.8 280.1 281.7 282.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 263.8 265.9 265.7 266.0 267.3 264.4 262.2 261.5 259.1 262.3 264.7 264.6 264.8 264.3 265.0 264.6 264.8 265.9 266.4 266.1 266.8 270.8 274.3 272.5 269.3 266.8 266.0 266.1 266.7 268.8 271.4 136 Foxe Basin 265.9 263.8 265.8 267.8 266.6 268.9 268.8 265.1 263.9 264.5 262.2 263.8 263.9 266.5 268.7 269.5 268.0 268.3 268.1 266.6 265.9 265.8 266.7 268.8 270.5 271.0 271.1 268.6 267.5 267.4 268.2 138 Baffin Bay 256.9 252.8 252.4 252.9 254.2 256.0 259.0 259.2 259.7 261.6 262.1 262.0 261.9 261.9 262.3 263.3 263.3 263.5 262.0 261.4 260.4 261.3 262.1 261.7 261.0 261.6 263.0 262.9 264.8 265.8 267.0 139 South Greenland 265.0 264.6 263.5 262.7 261.4 261.9 261.5 262.5 263.8 265.1 263.7 263.6 263.1 264.3 265.7 266.9 265.9 264.8 264.7 263.6 262.8 263.2 263.8 264.3 263.9 266.7 269.2 269.1 268.1 268.1 268.6 140 Greenland Sea 257.4 255.3 251.6 249.6 251.6 253.0 256.3 259.2 259.3 259.7 259.6 258.7 259.2 259.4 260.3 260.8 263.0 263.6 262.2 261.9 260.2 260.9 263.1 262.0 260.4 259.5 261.5 264.4 266.1 267.8 268.5 142 Norwegian Sea 273.9 275.2 275.2 275.8 277.3 277.3 276.8 277.0 279.9 279.9 279.0 278.2 276.4 275.3 276.6 277.9 278.2 278.0 276.1 275.3 275.5 276.8 276.7 275.7 275.0 275.9 277.5 278.8 281.6 284.6 286.0 144 Barents Sea 271.3 272.6 272.3 272.1 272.1 274.0 273.8 271.4 271.1 271.9 274.8 277.1 277.6 276.3 275.6 275.4 275.0 275.7 276.4 275.8 273.0 272.1 273.7 273.7 271.5 273.1 276.9 281.0 279.2 276.2 276.8 146 Kara Sea 275.8 276.6 277.0 277.2 276.5 276.4 277.3 277.1 275.4 274.3 274.4 274.1 274.8 276.1 277.8 279.7 279.5 278.7 276.9 277.0 277.5 278.3 277.6 277.8 278.6 277.9 277.7 278.2 278.1 278.1 277.8 148 Laptev Sea 270.8 271.1 271.5 270.9 271.8 272.2 271.9 272.0 271.9 272.9 273.1 273.8 273.6 272.5 272.4 272.3 273.3 273.9 274.6 275.7 275.7 276.3 276.8 276.3 274.4 275.1 277.4 277.0 276.9 279.2 279.4 150 East Siberian Sea 268.4 267.7 267.6 268.8 268.3 269.1 270.1 269.3 269.7 269.9 270.0 270.3 269.4 268.9 269.1 269.4 270.3 271.3 272.5 272.0 272.4 270.5 268.2 271.0 274.8 277.1 278.3 280.5 278.1 273.6 275.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.6 272.6 272.8 269.7 271.2 272.8 272.4 270.0 271.0 271.7 274.3 274.3 274.2 272.1 271.5 272.5 272.2 273.7 274.0 274.2 274.2 273.3 273.7 274.5 274.1 274.0 273.8 274.6 273.9 274.4 275.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.3 273.8 273.4 272.1 272.0 270.8 268.7 268.2 270.2 272.0 273.4 273.1 273.7 272.7 271.4 272.4 273.2 274.4 274.6 274.7 275.1 273.5 273.7 275.0 274.9 275.1 273.9 274.7 274.7 276.8 275.1