1972 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 251.3 251.4 251.3 252.1 252.5 252.6 251.7 251.3 251.3 252.3 252.8 253.5 255.7 257.1 257.5 257.2 256.6 256.0 256.8 257.5 257.3 257.3 257.9 258.3 259.0 259.3 259.3 259.4 259.9 260.7 260.8 34 Hudson Bay 242.9 244.8 245.4 248.9 251.9 254.6 252.1 252.2 251.6 254.5 260.1 260.3 263.9 268.8 270.8 268.7 262.2 258.4 258.8 260.7 261.1 260.7 260.9 261.6 262.4 262.9 263.9 265.1 265.8 267.1 267.9 36 Hudson Strait 240.4 238.9 242.6 244.1 242.4 247.4 245.8 245.8 246.3 243.5 243.0 251.6 246.7 247.8 263.9 267.2 267.4 257.2 248.0 248.5 247.8 246.5 249.2 253.7 255.7 257.1 260.4 260.6 260.9 263.4 264.6 98 Bering Strait 248.3 247.6 248.2 251.4 251.4 248.5 246.2 245.5 248.8 253.7 255.7 253.1 253.7 254.6 254.3 256.9 255.2 253.6 256.4 256.9 257.2 257.1 257.2 256.4 260.4 261.3 259.2 259.8 256.4 253.5 253.4 128 Arctic subocean 243.3 242.7 242.2 243.2 246.1 244.8 246.4 245.4 249.3 243.6 244.3 244.3 243.2 241.1 239.2 239.7 238.2 239.0 239.1 238.5 240.2 239.4 238.3 237.5 236.3 237.4 240.7 241.0 241.8 241.9 243.6 130 Chukchi Sea 250.4 247.6 251.5 251.5 248.0 247.5 248.5 247.4 250.3 254.5 250.4 250.4 247.8 248.3 248.4 247.6 248.1 247.3 246.6 244.8 243.4 243.5 245.4 244.7 248.5 246.0 246.5 248.7 247.6 249.0 251.1 132 Beaufort Sea 245.1 247.4 248.6 250.6 250.5 250.4 247.1 245.9 247.6 254.6 255.9 262.2 264.5 266.0 263.2 260.5 261.9 260.1 260.7 264.5 264.1 263.1 264.2 264.1 262.8 263.5 263.3 263.1 264.2 261.8 258.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.7 238.7 239.6 239.9 240.8 241.9 241.7 243.0 243.3 243.4 243.9 244.9 247.4 249.1 246.2 242.4 242.4 243.8 245.4 246.4 249.5 252.3 251.8 255.0 255.9 252.2 252.4 251.0 252.7 255.3 252.5 136 Foxe Basin 235.0 234.5 236.4 238.4 237.1 236.5 238.6 238.3 240.1 239.0 239.4 239.6 240.1 242.5 247.8 248.1 246.5 244.8 242.0 243.4 241.5 244.0 250.6 251.5 253.8 255.4 253.2 254.3 254.1 251.1 255.8 138 Baffin Bay 246.4 246.6 248.3 251.3 251.2 249.7 248.7 251.9 247.8 241.8 238.5 236.6 236.6 236.6 236.1 238.2 242.3 244.5 245.9 239.3 234.6 235.4 236.7 235.7 234.8 237.2 239.2 240.7 242.3 242.9 245.4 139 South Greenland 253.3 255.0 254.8 255.3 254.6 254.2 256.3 255.4 252.4 251.9 246.1 241.6 243.3 245.4 249.2 251.9 255.8 258.3 258.8 252.4 244.8 243.5 245.0 245.4 245.4 246.1 250.1 252.3 252.8 252.4 252.0 140 Greenland Sea 249.9 250.2 250.6 252.2 251.3 249.9 249.6 249.7 252.4 250.7 243.8 240.0 238.9 237.0 235.2 236.1 242.2 245.1 245.3 240.6 236.5 238.6 240.0 239.2 238.0 242.4 244.3 241.9 240.2 239.6 240.4 142 Norwegian Sea 270.5 270.3 268.3 269.7 270.9 270.5 269.6 269.3 267.6 267.1 271.5 274.1 274.0 270.9 271.1 274.0 272.9 275.9 276.4 275.4 275.0 273.1 270.4 270.4 270.9 271.0 270.5 270.3 270.6 271.3 271.3 144 Barents Sea 259.8 262.3 260.3 259.3 262.0 260.2 256.5 254.2 253.8 255.9 259.1 263.0 267.8 266.8 265.3 264.8 266.2 262.3 268.7 271.2 270.3 270.4 271.1 269.9 269.2 268.9 268.1 267.6 269.8 272.0 271.6 146 Kara Sea 256.7 255.6 254.8 255.2 255.7 256.5 255.5 253.8 252.3 252.6 252.9 253.5 256.4 257.4 259.4 260.3 259.4 259.3 260.2 261.7 261.9 261.7 262.7 264.2 266.1 267.3 266.8 266.5 266.1 266.9 267.4 148 Laptev Sea 256.0 255.0 254.5 253.0 251.1 249.9 250.4 251.5 252.1 251.4 251.5 252.2 254.6 256.5 253.6 251.3 252.8 254.6 254.3 254.8 255.9 255.6 254.9 253.3 252.6 252.6 251.8 253.0 255.7 258.0 258.9 150 East Siberian Sea 252.1 252.8 250.6 248.9 249.8 250.4 253.1 255.4 257.0 257.0 252.0 249.8 251.0 251.8 251.7 252.9 249.2 247.9 247.9 248.5 251.5 254.3 255.4 255.0 253.3 250.4 248.0 247.6 249.4 251.4 251.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 256.4 255.8 256.3 258.4 259.0 255.0 252.2 251.6 255.5 259.9 263.5 264.4 265.5 264.7 263.6 266.9 262.6 265.6 269.4 268.8 268.3 267.3 266.1 266.0 268.8 269.2 268.8 268.4 262.8 262.3 262.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 256.4 254.6 253.6 259.1 257.9 255.4 253.2 251.5 252.5 253.0 254.3 254.9 253.9 252.5 254.6 255.8 255.3 257.8 259.2 259.8 259.0 255.6 252.5 260.5 269.9 270.1 268.9 257.3 251.5 253.5 258.4