1973 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 262.6 262.6 262.2 262.3 262.4 262.1 262.6 263.3 263.9 264.5 264.6 264.6 264.3 264.6 264.9 266.0 266.1 266.2 266.2 265.6 265.6 265.2 265.0 265.5 266.4 267.3 267.7 267.7 268.6 269.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 268.8 269.3 267.7 267.0 266.0 263.5 261.3 260.9 262.2 266.0 266.9 266.6 268.3 268.6 267.7 267.2 268.5 270.0 270.6 271.1 271.6 271.4 269.9 269.0 269.3 270.2 270.9 270.5 270.0 270.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 261.7 259.9 258.8 262.3 262.6 266.0 265.8 262.5 260.7 260.4 259.6 262.9 258.5 261.0 262.0 262.7 260.4 265.1 264.2 263.5 262.9 261.6 265.7 270.1 272.7 273.5 271.4 271.6 276.1 274.7 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 262.4 262.6 263.8 264.5 266.0 267.0 268.5 268.6 269.5 267.7 266.6 266.5 266.8 266.8 266.2 265.6 264.4 264.6 266.1 266.5 268.5 267.2 265.8 265.5 265.1 265.7 265.8 265.5 266.4 268.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 241.9 244.7 242.5 244.2 245.7 246.3 243.4 243.8 244.2 245.9 246.5 248.8 249.1 251.0 253.2 251.8 251.9 248.8 248.5 247.9 247.7 249.8 248.2 248.9 249.1 250.1 251.4 252.3 254.4 258.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 258.3 258.3 256.4 259.2 263.4 266.1 267.9 266.3 264.0 262.7 260.1 260.7 262.1 262.0 259.4 257.9 255.5 255.3 256.3 259.8 262.9 260.9 258.0 257.1 256.8 256.5 256.3 257.9 258.7 259.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.3 267.2 268.4 268.3 264.8 262.7 264.9 267.6 270.4 271.6 270.7 268.7 266.7 265.3 265.9 266.1 265.4 265.6 267.4 268.2 268.9 269.0 267.4 266.9 267.4 269.8 271.9 270.7 270.6 273.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.3 249.8 252.2 252.9 251.4 251.2 251.9 252.4 253.6 253.1 253.1 254.9 252.9 253.5 253.9 253.7 254.2 253.4 253.5 255.0 257.6 257.6 257.6 256.7 255.6 256.9 258.3 259.5 262.1 264.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 245.2 244.4 247.3 249.3 249.8 248.0 247.3 250.3 252.8 256.1 260.0 258.5 255.9 255.3 256.4 255.8 255.2 255.9 257.5 255.5 252.3 257.3 258.4 259.8 260.9 261.9 265.1 267.9 267.8 269.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 242.2 242.7 240.7 241.4 242.6 242.5 245.0 245.6 246.8 251.4 253.8 255.1 254.7 256.8 258.7 258.4 255.3 253.4 251.4 248.7 249.1 248.7 248.5 250.7 252.2 251.5 251.4 255.5 259.5 259.8 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 249.7 248.3 247.4 249.2 250.6 254.9 261.2 268.3 268.4 267.4 268.2 268.3 264.6 262.3 260.8 257.8 259.0 262.0 261.1 259.8 259.4 260.2 264.3 264.8 266.9 265.9 263.0 263.4 264.4 265.4 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 239.5 239.0 237.8 242.0 245.4 244.2 247.5 248.4 247.8 250.5 254.9 253.7 252.2 253.6 252.8 251.1 249.5 251.1 251.8 248.9 248.9 249.8 248.6 249.4 251.7 251.1 249.8 252.8 256.4 258.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 273.9 272.9 271.5 271.6 272.9 273.1 272.8 272.2 271.5 270.7 271.3 271.7 272.1 274.0 271.9 273.4 274.1 273.9 273.7 272.9 273.1 274.3 275.1 274.2 273.5 270.8 270.1 271.0 273.4 273.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 271.0 271.4 272.2 272.6 272.7 272.1 273.2 275.5 274.1 273.0 272.1 274.8 274.9 274.7 274.3 273.4 273.6 274.4 274.8 272.3 269.6 267.2 266.2 266.2 268.1 272.2 274.1 274.5 275.4 274.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 269.2 269.5 269.6 269.8 270.1 269.5 268.7 268.5 268.9 269.4 269.1 268.4 268.4 268.9 270.7 274.5 274.5 273.2 271.6 269.7 268.2 266.8 266.4 267.8 269.3 270.2 269.5 268.8 270.7 272.9 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 261.6 259.3 256.8 255.6 255.9 256.2 257.3 258.1 258.6 257.9 257.5 257.7 258.4 259.5 259.7 261.1 261.1 261.1 261.2 261.7 262.3 262.9 263.9 265.0 265.6 267.1 269.2 269.3 268.3 268.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 251.5 253.7 252.3 251.2 252.1 253.8 254.8 254.7 254.5 254.7 255.8 256.4 255.7 255.7 255.0 258.2 260.9 263.6 265.7 265.7 266.5 267.4 268.0 268.1 268.0 267.7 268.1 267.4 265.9 266.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.8 269.4 270.5 269.1 269.8 270.4 271.5 272.7 272.5 271.4 270.3 270.8 272.1 272.2 271.3 271.4 271.5 270.6 270.9 270.1 271.6 270.6 270.4 270.8 270.9 271.4 270.5 269.7 272.0 274.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.9 266.2 265.2 266.5 271.4 272.5 271.8 272.4 272.7 272.3 272.3 273.9 273.9 273.5 272.3 272.6 271.1 269.8 269.0 268.3 270.0 269.2 269.4 269.5 269.0 266.8 265.4 266.8 271.3 271.6 -9999.0