1972 01 - 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 251.2 250.1 249.6 249.7 249.6 249.2 248.8 248.0 247.6 246.3 245.0 244.0 244.1 244.6 245.5 246.6 246.3 245.1 244.4 244.9 244.9 244.4 244.2 244.4 244.9 245.8 247.5 248.8 249.2 249.5 250.3 34 Hudson Bay 260.2 258.4 251.8 248.2 249.5 252.6 250.8 249.5 251.6 250.9 249.9 247.9 244.0 241.3 242.7 250.6 254.2 248.8 244.2 242.6 245.6 249.2 247.8 243.5 241.4 240.7 244.9 246.8 250.0 252.3 252.2 36 Hudson Strait 243.9 256.0 256.4 253.4 246.3 243.7 246.9 245.1 239.7 244.2 241.8 245.5 245.4 248.9 245.6 242.1 241.3 244.5 244.5 242.9 239.6 239.7 246.5 248.5 244.1 246.1 241.9 241.0 242.1 243.0 244.0 98 Bering Strait 257.8 257.4 258.7 256.9 253.0 247.3 246.1 245.7 242.0 239.3 239.3 242.1 245.7 248.5 250.2 249.5 244.8 245.3 246.9 252.4 254.3 251.1 248.8 249.3 250.2 257.8 264.6 266.6 265.2 259.7 257.8 128 Arctic subocean 239.1 238.3 238.4 237.0 239.8 238.3 239.1 243.2 248.8 250.2 250.9 242.0 237.7 237.1 237.5 240.4 244.5 245.2 245.9 244.0 243.9 245.5 246.8 240.9 237.2 237.8 239.7 240.0 244.2 243.9 241.9 130 Chukchi Sea 249.1 252.1 257.6 255.6 246.1 244.0 242.8 241.1 242.1 240.0 240.9 244.0 244.1 243.6 241.9 246.1 252.8 258.9 257.1 256.8 254.7 249.4 249.9 250.6 252.1 261.5 266.0 264.8 263.3 255.2 254.2 132 Beaufort Sea 260.8 256.5 251.9 250.3 249.1 247.4 246.0 245.7 248.9 243.7 240.8 238.6 239.3 241.5 248.0 250.8 244.9 241.0 243.1 246.6 247.6 244.8 242.7 241.6 243.6 248.4 254.2 258.5 261.0 263.1 257.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.5 241.9 239.6 236.3 234.2 233.5 234.0 234.1 236.9 237.1 236.4 236.4 235.4 234.5 234.8 231.9 231.6 235.4 238.1 239.2 237.6 236.0 233.7 235.6 240.4 242.8 241.6 242.4 243.7 242.7 242.9 136 Foxe Basin 234.2 237.8 239.6 244.2 245.3 243.0 241.8 239.0 236.1 234.8 237.6 241.0 239.9 239.5 239.6 235.8 232.4 229.6 226.9 231.3 232.0 230.7 232.5 233.7 233.7 235.5 231.5 233.6 236.9 237.9 238.0 138 Baffin Bay 241.1 237.4 238.5 245.3 245.5 249.7 252.3 252.6 254.4 253.8 249.7 246.1 245.7 245.5 246.7 252.5 253.2 252.1 245.1 242.0 242.1 243.5 240.2 237.0 236.1 235.6 238.4 244.5 243.7 243.1 242.9 139 South Greenland 251.8 247.1 255.9 258.3 260.4 261.9 259.8 258.5 258.7 257.1 256.3 256.1 254.9 254.4 256.9 258.2 255.2 249.3 246.1 247.5 250.5 245.0 242.3 242.8 244.4 243.8 250.3 252.2 249.7 251.6 253.0 140 Greenland Sea 242.0 241.4 239.4 248.7 248.3 251.1 253.0 252.5 255.1 253.1 256.0 252.5 253.5 251.4 247.7 251.5 253.7 255.6 256.3 254.2 248.6 246.6 246.0 244.1 239.7 235.9 237.8 244.7 246.0 245.9 247.9 142 Norwegian Sea 273.3 273.0 271.8 269.9 269.4 271.3 271.9 270.7 268.8 269.3 268.5 269.4 269.8 268.3 268.2 267.2 266.8 265.6 265.2 267.8 269.7 271.5 273.5 274.5 271.8 269.6 268.8 267.9 267.0 263.7 262.8 144 Barents Sea 264.3 259.7 256.8 263.2 256.9 257.2 263.8 259.5 253.7 260.5 253.5 249.5 251.4 253.6 256.4 254.9 258.6 262.2 260.2 253.8 253.2 255.6 258.7 259.8 257.4 255.4 253.1 251.1 252.6 255.7 259.2 146 Kara Sea 250.6 250.5 252.2 252.7 253.0 251.0 249.5 249.3 249.1 246.8 245.5 245.0 245.7 247.6 247.9 246.7 245.5 245.0 243.9 244.3 244.2 244.4 244.6 246.6 248.5 249.2 248.8 249.0 248.3 248.7 252.1 148 Laptev Sea 240.6 240.0 238.5 238.6 243.1 244.4 244.8 244.4 241.3 239.8 239.6 238.1 238.8 237.5 236.7 237.8 238.7 238.0 239.7 241.7 238.6 236.0 237.8 238.6 238.5 237.7 238.3 238.9 239.1 239.5 240.2 150 East Siberian Sea 243.4 241.8 244.2 244.2 242.9 240.7 239.9 238.5 237.5 237.1 236.9 236.4 237.6 238.2 238.3 239.0 239.4 236.4 235.7 237.5 237.8 238.4 238.6 239.1 240.5 240.9 242.0 242.6 242.0 240.7 240.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.7 263.8 266.7 267.0 266.3 264.1 263.4 261.4 256.3 251.7 249.8 252.1 256.9 261.2 262.3 256.5 251.0 250.9 252.8 255.4 257.1 257.2 255.1 256.5 259.4 262.8 267.9 271.4 270.4 265.9 265.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.7 270.8 271.4 269.4 265.9 262.7 255.5 251.0 248.0 246.9 245.6 248.2 252.2 254.3 251.4 249.6 251.3 257.1 259.7 259.2 257.4 256.3 257.2 262.4 269.4 273.1 273.6 273.3 270.1 269.3 270.3