1971 09 - 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 281.2 280.9 280.6 280.5 280.6 280.5 280.1 279.5 279.1 279.2 279.0 279.0 278.9 278.2 276.9 276.3 276.3 275.8 275.1 274.0 273.7 273.6 273.9 273.8 273.3 272.8 272.4 271.6 271.3 271.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 287.7 288.3 287.2 285.7 285.1 287.3 288.6 286.9 286.4 286.2 286.3 286.4 285.7 284.4 281.3 279.2 278.5 279.4 281.4 279.4 276.9 277.0 278.3 278.6 278.1 278.1 278.4 279.6 280.4 278.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 278.3 281.0 280.0 276.5 275.3 277.7 280.7 284.0 282.8 278.9 278.2 279.5 279.8 280.8 281.5 280.6 277.8 276.7 275.3 278.2 278.6 274.4 273.7 274.5 273.8 273.0 272.1 271.7 272.1 273.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 279.0 277.5 277.7 277.5 277.0 277.1 275.5 274.8 274.5 274.4 275.2 275.3 275.5 276.1 275.8 276.5 276.7 275.4 275.6 276.7 276.6 276.0 275.3 274.7 274.1 272.6 270.0 268.7 269.6 271.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 262.9 263.5 263.9 262.9 263.0 264.0 263.8 263.7 264.2 264.2 263.7 263.7 266.1 264.8 262.9 262.0 261.6 259.9 258.9 258.6 260.7 259.5 257.4 257.4 259.3 260.7 258.6 257.7 258.9 259.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 273.3 273.9 274.0 274.0 274.7 275.5 274.1 273.1 273.6 273.8 274.1 272.6 273.4 275.7 276.4 275.7 275.4 275.0 275.7 275.6 275.8 275.7 275.7 275.2 274.8 273.1 270.8 271.1 271.5 269.5 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 283.9 281.3 280.2 282.2 283.4 282.4 280.2 280.1 278.7 278.3 278.8 278.9 278.2 276.7 275.8 276.5 279.4 280.9 277.8 274.2 276.3 277.4 277.0 275.9 275.9 274.0 273.0 271.8 270.2 270.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.9 270.0 269.8 271.7 274.9 275.6 273.8 272.7 273.1 273.2 272.3 273.2 272.8 271.4 270.7 270.1 270.9 270.4 267.5 266.4 267.0 266.6 265.8 265.7 267.5 268.2 268.0 269.0 268.8 268.1 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 272.7 271.6 271.8 271.6 271.6 273.0 273.5 274.5 273.5 273.5 274.6 275.5 275.1 273.7 271.8 271.7 270.8 270.6 269.5 270.4 270.7 268.9 269.1 270.2 271.0 270.2 269.5 269.0 270.3 270.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 261.1 261.3 262.2 262.2 263.3 262.8 262.5 261.3 262.2 263.2 264.9 267.6 268.5 267.1 265.6 263.7 261.3 257.7 257.9 258.6 259.0 258.1 259.8 258.9 258.1 255.3 255.1 255.0 255.6 255.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 266.9 265.1 265.3 265.4 266.1 265.1 263.1 263.5 264.8 267.7 269.4 270.7 271.6 271.0 270.0 268.1 267.8 264.8 262.9 261.3 259.9 260.1 262.0 261.7 259.9 260.8 261.5 262.0 260.8 259.2 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 263.5 261.5 258.9 257.9 261.0 261.8 261.4 259.5 259.5 260.5 260.7 265.0 267.2 265.4 263.5 262.1 259.4 255.1 253.6 253.1 253.2 252.7 254.5 255.0 252.5 251.4 251.6 250.5 249.3 250.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 280.7 281.4 281.0 280.3 279.9 279.4 282.1 284.2 285.0 283.5 280.1 276.3 276.1 276.4 277.3 279.1 281.4 280.3 280.8 278.3 278.3 278.6 276.7 277.6 276.8 276.3 277.3 277.1 277.4 278.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 283.5 282.9 283.2 283.0 281.6 279.8 279.3 280.0 281.7 283.0 281.9 281.0 280.4 281.8 279.2 277.2 277.6 277.8 278.2 278.2 278.5 278.3 278.4 275.4 275.2 277.7 276.0 273.2 273.9 273.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 284.5 285.5 285.7 285.6 285.4 284.7 284.7 283.3 281.9 281.2 280.9 281.3 282.2 282.5 281.6 282.0 281.7 280.3 278.5 277.4 277.7 277.9 278.0 278.3 277.0 275.3 274.5 273.6 272.9 274.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 285.2 284.3 283.7 283.5 283.5 283.4 283.6 283.3 282.9 282.5 280.6 278.2 276.4 274.5 274.1 273.2 273.0 274.2 274.3 273.3 272.4 272.7 273.4 273.7 273.7 274.3 274.4 271.9 270.7 271.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 280.2 278.6 278.3 278.3 279.7 277.8 275.4 275.9 277.8 281.2 282.8 282.6 281.6 279.5 275.3 274.0 274.8 274.4 274.1 271.8 270.4 268.8 268.3 267.9 268.6 269.6 271.9 271.4 271.1 271.8 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.5 281.2 279.6 278.9 278.0 276.8 276.3 276.3 276.4 276.4 276.4 277.2 277.1 276.0 276.2 277.1 276.7 276.7 277.1 278.5 278.7 278.3 278.0 277.3 276.3 275.8 274.4 273.1 273.0 275.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.3 282.3 281.2 280.1 278.0 277.4 277.5 279.1 280.0 279.7 279.3 279.4 278.7 278.5 278.5 279.2 278.5 278.5 280.0 279.4 279.0 278.6 279.3 278.7 278.2 278.0 276.8 277.6 279.6 279.3 -9999.0