1973 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 252.3 251.8 251.7 252.4 253.2 253.2 252.6 253.2 253.1 253.3 252.1 250.0 250.5 250.6 250.2 250.3 250.4 250.1 249.5 250.5 250.4 250.9 251.8 250.8 249.1 248.2 247.6 247.4 247.8 247.6 248.1 34 Hudson Bay 258.0 256.7 252.8 249.6 247.0 244.9 244.2 246.9 250.2 253.7 255.4 256.0 257.1 258.9 258.4 256.5 254.8 257.3 256.1 256.7 262.0 262.4 263.0 265.0 265.8 261.7 255.0 251.6 250.9 250.4 254.7 36 Hudson Strait 255.9 252.9 245.9 246.7 247.0 243.1 239.3 241.4 244.7 245.3 246.7 246.5 247.4 247.4 243.6 246.1 242.0 244.2 246.6 247.5 246.6 248.3 260.3 256.3 251.0 257.0 254.8 250.0 248.8 245.9 244.4 98 Bering Strait 253.5 252.4 258.4 262.6 260.9 261.9 259.2 263.8 261.0 256.0 251.2 245.7 244.9 245.6 245.7 243.6 245.3 245.2 245.1 247.0 243.6 244.1 245.5 242.2 241.9 244.0 248.8 255.2 258.4 252.7 247.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.3 241.1 242.0 242.3 245.1 249.2 250.8 246.4 242.5 240.8 242.4 240.6 238.6 242.2 242.1 242.8 245.1 245.9 245.0 246.3 245.8 242.6 246.6 245.1 248.8 245.9 240.9 237.9 240.7 241.5 242.4 130 Chukchi Sea 253.8 261.9 264.8 267.4 264.8 261.1 260.3 268.0 260.9 251.2 244.4 239.2 241.6 244.3 244.7 240.1 240.0 239.1 240.0 242.7 240.4 238.8 236.9 236.3 236.8 245.5 250.4 248.7 246.5 238.5 240.9 132 Beaufort Sea 256.1 252.2 249.5 255.0 255.8 255.6 256.8 258.9 261.8 262.8 259.1 255.7 254.0 252.5 248.7 246.4 248.7 250.2 253.4 255.6 255.2 255.9 263.1 260.4 253.5 251.9 251.3 253.6 259.7 262.2 258.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.2 241.9 240.6 242.9 243.8 250.1 255.8 253.9 249.6 249.2 247.5 241.0 237.3 236.8 236.9 237.1 237.1 237.8 237.4 241.2 243.5 243.2 243.0 244.4 241.3 239.7 237.7 236.7 239.0 247.3 246.7 136 Foxe Basin 240.4 239.3 240.9 234.1 232.0 235.5 240.7 245.0 246.0 243.8 240.8 240.4 239.5 239.4 236.3 239.9 241.8 240.2 238.9 237.5 238.3 240.7 246.7 251.9 247.0 243.8 243.4 241.0 238.4 238.0 237.1 138 Baffin Bay 234.4 237.3 236.0 233.9 239.6 243.1 244.4 248.2 248.4 252.0 247.7 245.1 249.8 249.1 251.9 254.3 252.7 250.0 250.8 247.6 248.5 251.2 251.7 250.3 251.7 249.8 245.8 242.6 243.4 241.6 240.6 139 South Greenland 243.4 244.2 246.0 245.7 248.4 250.7 254.2 259.9 263.5 262.4 255.4 255.2 257.4 256.0 257.5 254.2 251.7 253.7 253.7 251.0 255.8 257.2 257.1 253.9 253.5 253.7 252.0 250.8 249.3 247.0 251.4 140 Greenland Sea 234.5 236.9 236.0 236.4 238.1 242.5 244.4 248.4 249.8 256.7 254.8 246.0 249.6 251.7 250.7 251.5 252.9 253.1 252.9 249.3 249.9 249.0 247.9 248.8 248.7 248.5 248.3 241.2 238.5 240.3 240.2 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 275.3 272.2 273.7 275.3 273.9 274.3 272.9 274.8 274.8 275.7 273.8 273.1 270.8 272.2 272.3 271.5 272.3 271.8 269.5 266.7 269.7 269.6 273.1 274.7 272.5 269.9 269.7 270.2 271.8 272.8 144 Barents Sea 270.2 265.9 266.6 264.7 265.8 264.5 260.2 260.4 256.9 256.4 255.7 255.0 263.5 263.9 265.0 266.0 263.4 254.8 251.3 257.3 260.6 259.3 258.9 255.8 255.0 250.7 244.1 241.0 241.9 246.7 252.6 146 Kara Sea 255.8 255.0 255.7 257.7 259.2 256.7 255.3 255.1 254.1 252.3 252.7 251.1 250.9 252.1 252.2 253.8 254.5 253.9 252.8 252.1 248.6 249.9 249.9 247.4 244.6 244.2 246.0 246.6 246.1 245.7 245.7 148 Laptev Sea 244.6 247.7 248.4 249.1 251.0 253.4 251.2 247.4 246.8 249.3 247.4 245.7 246.4 243.5 242.2 243.6 245.5 243.9 242.3 245.0 245.4 244.9 245.3 245.7 243.9 242.6 243.9 244.0 243.3 242.8 244.0 150 East Siberian Sea 247.4 243.7 244.2 242.9 243.3 243.5 242.7 241.6 240.3 240.4 241.0 239.2 239.7 242.3 242.4 241.6 240.3 239.4 239.9 242.2 241.0 239.2 238.3 237.7 239.1 240.1 239.5 241.1 241.3 241.1 239.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.2 258.9 264.0 265.1 266.0 268.0 268.5 269.1 268.2 266.7 265.1 261.9 257.4 253.9 254.9 253.7 255.2 257.7 257.4 258.8 255.5 259.8 256.1 253.9 254.7 258.2 262.4 268.1 269.2 265.2 262.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.5 265.0 269.5 266.9 271.7 268.2 271.4 273.3 271.5 266.0 261.2 253.5 248.4 247.3 246.3 245.5 244.6 243.5 242.4 245.7 239.3 239.5 241.7 244.2 245.0 253.9 263.2 270.7 267.1 250.8 248.8