1974 08 - 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 286.1 286.1 286.2 286.2 286.2 285.8 285.5 285.1 285.0 284.6 284.4 284.3 283.9 283.4 283.2 282.9 282.7 282.4 282.0 281.7 281.7 281.6 281.6 281.6 281.4 281.0 280.7 280.5 280.4 280.4 280.1 34 Hudson Bay 288.0 287.2 288.9 290.4 290.6 290.6 290.0 288.4 289.2 290.3 289.3 287.9 285.5 285.0 285.5 286.3 285.4 284.2 284.5 284.5 284.2 284.4 284.8 285.9 286.9 285.6 283.7 282.3 282.2 282.0 280.0 36 Hudson Strait 284.1 282.7 281.5 280.7 280.7 280.6 281.1 282.1 282.4 283.5 287.4 288.4 288.7 283.8 279.3 282.1 284.1 284.7 282.3 280.2 282.2 278.6 278.2 279.4 280.7 283.0 283.7 279.0 276.7 278.7 279.6 98 Bering Strait 285.3 285.8 285.6 285.5 285.7 285.2 285.3 284.7 284.1 284.1 285.3 285.5 283.7 283.0 283.3 282.8 282.4 282.0 281.2 278.4 277.5 277.0 277.1 277.7 278.6 279.7 281.4 283.4 283.9 285.1 285.8 128 Arctic subocean 273.6 274.6 275.2 274.1 273.2 272.3 271.6 271.9 273.8 273.2 272.1 273.4 273.2 273.7 273.8 273.3 271.6 271.9 273.0 272.9 271.1 270.7 269.5 269.6 269.4 268.6 268.6 267.6 267.3 267.6 267.1 130 Chukchi Sea 284.2 284.6 285.8 287.5 288.2 286.9 285.9 284.3 284.5 285.9 285.8 285.6 283.4 282.9 282.5 281.5 281.0 281.3 281.4 280.4 279.4 279.2 279.5 278.4 279.0 278.9 280.3 280.6 282.3 283.1 283.6 132 Beaufort Sea 287.1 289.1 290.1 289.8 288.1 285.7 284.6 285.3 285.1 283.3 281.7 282.0 284.1 283.4 282.8 281.8 281.6 280.6 278.1 277.8 277.9 278.7 280.8 280.9 280.3 280.3 281.9 283.4 284.3 282.6 283.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 282.9 282.7 281.9 281.8 281.0 280.2 280.3 280.9 280.9 280.0 277.0 276.0 274.1 273.9 272.6 272.8 272.6 272.9 274.3 275.6 276.0 276.4 276.2 275.0 274.7 274.6 275.1 274.3 272.0 272.3 272.7 136 Foxe Basin 278.4 277.2 277.2 278.9 280.7 281.6 281.5 279.4 280.1 281.7 281.0 278.8 278.2 276.0 275.1 276.7 277.8 278.5 278.4 277.5 277.6 277.5 279.1 277.6 277.5 277.4 275.8 275.1 274.4 274.9 276.1 138 Baffin Bay 271.7 272.8 272.7 271.9 271.7 270.7 269.5 269.9 271.0 271.9 271.5 271.6 271.3 271.9 271.8 270.5 269.1 271.3 271.4 269.6 269.2 268.9 267.3 265.9 264.7 263.6 263.4 263.4 265.1 267.1 267.5 139 South Greenland 271.7 271.7 272.2 272.3 272.5 272.1 271.6 270.7 271.3 272.4 273.2 273.4 272.9 272.5 272.4 272.8 272.6 272.4 271.5 270.2 270.7 270.1 268.9 268.6 268.1 267.1 266.2 266.8 269.0 268.8 267.2 140 Greenland Sea 271.5 271.6 272.2 271.9 270.9 269.2 268.3 267.3 268.8 270.9 270.6 270.6 270.6 271.6 271.3 270.2 268.8 267.9 267.3 266.6 266.6 264.9 265.3 264.6 263.2 263.2 263.4 264.2 262.2 263.1 261.9 142 Norwegian Sea 284.4 285.6 284.0 282.6 281.6 280.9 281.6 282.5 284.6 285.0 285.0 285.4 285.6 284.9 285.0 284.3 283.2 282.6 281.7 282.0 283.7 283.6 281.4 282.3 283.5 285.6 285.4 283.3 283.4 283.8 284.1 144 Barents Sea 288.3 288.1 287.9 287.8 287.5 286.3 286.7 287.4 288.1 288.3 289.3 290.1 290.4 289.9 288.5 286.6 285.5 284.0 281.5 280.7 280.3 280.6 281.8 283.7 283.7 282.6 283.5 285.3 284.1 282.7 283.4 146 Kara Sea 289.9 289.4 289.4 289.4 289.2 288.7 288.7 289.1 289.0 288.1 288.1 288.0 288.0 287.7 287.1 286.4 286.8 287.6 288.4 287.7 286.8 286.5 286.2 285.7 284.3 283.7 283.6 283.7 283.8 283.6 283.2 148 Laptev Sea 289.2 288.1 286.8 287.4 288.5 288.7 288.0 286.0 284.1 283.4 284.1 285.4 285.7 285.3 286.1 285.5 284.4 282.8 281.6 282.5 284.7 285.3 285.0 285.2 286.0 284.6 283.8 282.1 281.7 282.9 282.7 150 East Siberian Sea 286.8 289.7 290.0 286.7 286.4 289.0 290.4 290.3 289.1 287.0 283.4 281.8 279.4 278.0 278.6 280.1 282.5 282.2 282.0 283.1 283.5 281.8 281.2 281.0 281.5 283.0 280.6 278.4 276.5 275.5 276.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 282.5 283.2 282.3 282.7 282.7 281.0 280.1 280.3 279.4 279.9 282.1 283.8 283.1 283.0 283.7 284.2 283.7 283.3 283.4 280.6 280.1 279.1 276.9 277.3 278.5 280.3 281.4 283.7 284.6 285.5 286.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 286.5 287.1 286.4 286.7 287.5 287.4 283.9 282.9 283.3 283.5 284.8 285.9 286.5 286.9 285.9 285.4 284.6 285.0 286.1 285.2 285.5 285.1 282.5 282.2 281.6 282.3 283.2 284.4 285.4 286.1 285.1