1972 04 - 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 260.5 259.7 259.8 260.5 261.7 262.4 262.9 263.8 264.2 264.6 264.5 263.9 263.5 263.1 263.1 263.5 263.4 264.3 265.8 266.6 266.7 267.2 267.5 268.0 268.3 268.5 268.6 268.2 268.3 269.3 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 266.5 264.5 261.6 259.2 260.1 261.7 262.3 265.8 267.9 267.4 266.7 267.6 268.3 269.4 270.6 270.2 268.1 267.7 268.9 271.9 271.7 269.3 268.3 268.7 271.2 273.3 274.7 274.9 274.6 274.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 264.6 265.0 261.5 266.7 269.2 267.8 264.3 261.8 261.3 262.0 265.4 265.0 263.7 263.8 263.3 265.5 262.5 260.9 261.9 261.7 261.5 263.4 264.0 261.3 263.6 264.5 265.7 268.7 266.4 258.5 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 254.4 256.7 260.1 261.2 259.5 258.5 259.1 261.1 262.1 263.7 263.9 263.7 263.8 260.2 259.8 259.5 262.2 265.6 263.3 260.0 258.6 260.5 261.6 265.3 266.9 266.7 266.4 265.9 266.4 268.4 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.2 245.1 248.0 244.1 243.5 244.9 245.4 245.6 246.8 248.5 246.1 243.1 244.2 246.2 245.5 244.6 245.9 247.2 248.7 250.9 249.6 253.0 253.6 251.3 251.3 252.5 252.5 253.1 255.3 254.4 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 255.0 256.0 262.1 258.4 252.2 251.3 256.0 257.3 261.1 261.7 259.6 258.5 256.3 253.9 255.1 255.1 255.7 257.1 256.4 256.9 256.8 257.8 260.7 261.1 261.0 259.9 260.5 262.3 264.1 266.0 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 257.4 253.8 253.7 257.2 260.3 261.0 262.5 263.9 263.3 263.4 265.1 265.7 267.2 267.9 265.3 262.1 261.3 264.0 267.7 264.6 260.9 262.2 263.6 267.6 269.6 268.9 268.6 268.9 269.2 269.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.5 242.8 244.3 246.0 246.9 249.3 253.4 255.9 254.1 253.7 255.1 255.4 254.5 253.4 252.5 251.9 252.2 251.6 251.6 254.1 253.9 254.1 253.8 254.5 255.2 257.8 255.0 253.0 255.1 257.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 257.5 247.4 247.9 255.4 256.5 257.6 257.0 257.3 259.3 255.9 253.9 255.4 257.4 257.5 257.5 257.0 256.3 253.9 253.4 256.2 259.8 259.8 259.2 257.2 258.5 258.8 264.5 261.2 253.0 256.3 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.4 247.3 246.4 242.4 241.7 242.0 241.4 243.9 245.5 245.9 245.4 243.2 242.4 243.3 244.4 246.5 249.1 253.3 255.1 254.3 253.2 257.1 260.2 257.3 256.0 255.6 255.4 256.6 257.6 259.6 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 253.1 254.7 252.7 250.6 249.9 250.2 250.4 250.9 251.1 251.6 252.9 252.0 253.0 255.0 255.5 256.8 259.1 263.6 263.5 263.4 266.9 267.9 266.9 264.8 263.5 263.2 262.0 261.6 263.9 264.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 243.1 244.1 246.7 245.8 242.2 240.5 241.2 244.9 247.2 247.7 244.5 242.3 240.4 241.4 241.0 243.5 246.6 251.9 256.1 256.8 254.6 254.0 257.3 259.2 256.5 255.7 255.7 254.8 256.5 258.6 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 269.4 270.8 272.9 273.3 274.1 274.1 274.4 274.1 274.3 273.8 273.6 274.5 274.4 275.2 275.2 275.3 275.4 274.0 273.3 275.2 274.4 273.4 271.2 270.0 274.1 273.3 271.5 270.7 272.3 274.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.9 270.3 270.4 270.4 269.7 270.2 270.9 271.4 271.4 270.9 269.1 270.0 272.0 272.2 272.6 266.7 268.3 270.1 270.2 269.1 271.2 271.8 271.8 268.3 268.1 266.6 268.6 272.0 271.7 268.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 267.6 267.1 267.9 269.3 270.5 270.0 270.6 271.0 271.5 271.8 270.4 267.7 266.7 266.0 267.0 268.2 265.6 265.6 268.5 271.9 273.0 273.0 274.2 275.8 274.8 276.6 275.3 272.7 272.7 275.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.0 258.0 257.7 258.9 262.4 264.5 264.4 264.3 263.6 265.0 267.9 267.7 264.0 262.0 261.3 263.6 265.5 266.8 268.1 267.5 267.9 269.4 267.5 266.9 268.1 264.9 266.9 266.9 264.6 265.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 250.3 249.7 249.7 254.0 259.4 263.2 262.7 258.3 257.9 257.5 256.7 258.1 261.1 262.0 260.1 262.9 264.6 263.5 264.3 264.4 262.3 263.8 265.9 264.7 262.6 261.9 262.7 265.6 268.1 269.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 261.1 264.0 266.9 267.7 266.1 264.9 264.8 265.0 266.3 267.1 267.2 268.8 268.3 264.0 263.3 265.1 268.4 270.3 265.6 265.9 266.1 267.2 267.3 270.1 270.1 269.2 269.9 269.5 269.7 270.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.9 265.0 268.5 267.4 260.6 258.0 258.1 260.2 267.0 268.9 266.9 268.8 264.1 262.6 260.5 266.5 269.5 269.0 263.4 261.3 262.7 267.6 270.1 270.9 270.7 268.7 266.7 268.5 271.9 272.4 -9999.0