1972 07 - 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 282.5 282.2 282.9 283.4 283.8 283.9 284.6 285.0 285.3 285.1 285.0 285.0 284.7 284.1 283.9 283.6 283.3 283.9 284.4 284.8 284.7 284.4 284.3 284.3 284.8 285.1 285.5 285.7 285.3 284.7 284.5 34 Hudson Bay 283.7 281.1 282.5 285.1 286.2 285.2 286.2 286.6 287.5 288.2 288.0 287.9 287.6 286.7 286.8 286.4 286.6 285.7 285.8 287.4 287.4 287.6 287.2 286.4 287.2 287.2 288.2 289.2 289.7 289.4 286.9 36 Hudson Strait 280.1 279.3 277.2 275.0 276.2 275.9 277.2 277.7 280.0 280.1 282.1 284.5 283.1 281.0 284.0 283.7 283.5 286.8 285.4 283.4 283.9 278.5 278.3 280.0 281.7 283.5 282.7 282.7 283.0 285.9 286.4 98 Bering Strait 283.2 284.2 284.6 285.9 286.0 285.1 285.9 287.0 288.0 289.3 289.6 288.5 288.9 288.3 286.1 285.2 284.1 284.2 284.1 283.2 282.0 282.4 282.9 282.5 283.6 285.0 285.3 285.1 284.4 284.5 286.0 128 Arctic subocean 272.8 272.8 273.4 272.9 272.2 272.6 273.2 273.6 273.3 274.1 274.2 274.2 274.1 273.9 273.8 273.3 272.8 271.5 272.0 272.0 272.5 272.3 272.3 272.7 272.3 271.5 271.9 271.9 271.8 271.4 271.7 130 Chukchi Sea 282.4 283.9 282.8 281.5 281.8 281.8 285.4 288.4 287.1 288.2 288.7 288.9 289.3 288.3 286.7 285.6 283.6 283.7 283.7 280.8 279.2 280.4 282.1 282.9 283.4 284.8 284.8 284.1 283.7 284.0 283.9 132 Beaufort Sea 282.0 284.2 285.6 286.1 285.5 285.3 284.6 284.8 285.0 285.0 285.8 286.2 286.4 286.2 286.9 285.6 285.1 285.2 286.7 288.0 286.9 285.5 284.6 284.5 286.0 286.7 286.9 286.6 285.1 283.1 284.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 276.6 278.5 278.1 277.3 276.6 277.4 277.1 276.0 276.7 278.4 277.7 275.3 274.3 274.8 274.9 276.2 278.2 278.4 277.7 278.4 279.2 279.5 279.2 279.7 278.6 277.3 277.2 276.6 275.4 275.6 276.2 136 Foxe Basin 273.4 274.1 273.6 273.5 273.5 274.1 274.7 275.1 275.2 275.2 274.8 275.0 274.4 274.3 276.4 277.1 276.7 277.4 276.6 276.3 275.0 276.0 278.7 281.1 279.8 276.6 273.9 273.3 273.6 274.5 275.7 138 Baffin Bay 270.7 270.3 270.4 270.1 270.5 272.5 272.9 273.2 272.0 272.8 272.9 272.4 271.5 271.7 271.1 270.9 270.5 270.8 270.2 269.7 269.6 269.7 269.9 270.6 271.5 270.3 269.8 269.8 269.9 269.2 268.8 139 South Greenland 269.7 270.8 272.0 273.8 274.4 273.0 272.2 271.3 271.4 271.0 270.6 269.9 271.0 271.6 272.0 271.6 272.2 272.2 273.2 272.8 272.6 272.7 272.0 272.4 273.1 272.8 272.5 270.9 270.2 269.5 270.9 140 Greenland Sea 270.4 270.5 270.7 271.2 271.9 272.7 272.7 272.4 271.9 270.8 271.0 270.7 270.5 270.3 269.7 269.9 270.0 269.9 269.4 268.4 268.4 267.9 267.9 268.5 269.9 270.3 269.8 269.5 269.7 268.7 268.7 142 Norwegian Sea 290.3 290.1 288.8 288.1 288.5 288.1 288.7 287.5 284.4 284.9 286.5 286.7 285.2 284.3 286.6 286.8 285.0 283.0 284.7 284.3 282.5 282.5 283.9 284.8 283.4 281.3 283.0 285.4 287.8 288.0 289.3 144 Barents Sea 290.2 292.2 292.6 290.4 291.0 291.0 292.1 294.7 295.1 293.1 293.8 294.4 295.3 295.7 292.0 287.4 286.7 287.2 285.0 286.0 286.8 285.0 282.9 283.0 285.2 287.5 286.8 282.1 281.9 283.6 286.0 146 Kara Sea 286.5 284.5 283.9 284.2 284.5 285.6 286.4 286.6 287.0 287.3 287.7 287.9 286.8 286.4 286.9 287.1 286.0 287.7 288.4 288.0 287.6 286.6 287.1 288.3 288.9 289.2 289.8 291.0 290.7 289.7 288.6 148 Laptev Sea 281.9 283.1 286.6 287.5 287.4 286.6 288.0 288.7 287.9 286.1 284.7 285.2 285.0 283.4 283.1 283.6 283.5 284.7 286.9 288.6 289.0 289.3 288.7 287.7 287.2 287.8 289.1 290.4 290.3 289.6 289.0 150 East Siberian Sea 285.1 284.4 282.6 283.3 285.2 286.0 287.8 287.3 288.1 287.4 285.6 284.8 285.2 285.0 283.4 283.8 285.3 284.9 283.6 284.5 285.6 286.8 287.4 286.0 284.6 284.5 284.8 283.8 281.8 279.1 279.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.6 281.0 283.0 283.7 285.7 283.9 285.2 285.6 286.5 285.7 285.1 284.5 284.8 282.2 280.7 281.7 281.0 281.4 281.8 282.5 282.1 282.4 284.3 283.8 282.8 282.4 281.8 281.1 281.0 282.3 284.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.1 282.6 283.5 284.5 287.2 285.9 289.6 290.0 290.0 288.3 288.8 288.6 287.3 286.5 284.3 282.8 282.3 282.9 282.7 282.4 284.4 285.2 286.8 285.8 284.0 285.5 285.6 286.3 284.9 284.7 286.7