1975 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 285.8 285.2 284.7 284.5 284.8 285.1 285.1 284.9 284.4 284.0 283.5 283.2 283.0 282.8 282.9 282.9 283.3 283.3 282.5 282.3 282.2 281.8 281.8 281.4 280.8 280.4 280.3 280.2 280.3 279.8 279.1 34 Hudson Bay 291.2 288.8 288.2 287.6 286.4 287.2 289.1 289.6 288.3 287.8 288.3 288.3 287.6 285.9 285.7 284.9 285.0 284.9 285.2 286.4 287.5 287.3 287.7 288.2 286.7 283.7 284.1 286.4 288.0 287.8 287.2 36 Hudson Strait 285.3 283.3 285.0 287.2 285.9 280.6 281.0 284.4 282.1 281.3 281.1 281.8 282.7 283.6 283.1 281.6 282.1 283.3 280.7 280.2 280.7 280.1 280.3 281.3 283.6 287.2 283.3 278.0 278.1 280.9 283.6 98 Bering Strait 283.8 283.1 283.4 283.5 283.5 283.0 281.7 282.7 283.5 283.1 280.7 281.5 283.7 284.5 285.2 283.9 285.1 284.6 282.0 281.7 282.1 282.0 282.6 281.8 281.9 281.3 280.1 278.4 279.4 281.0 280.8 128 Arctic subocean 273.0 273.1 272.4 271.3 271.5 273.2 273.8 274.4 274.2 273.6 273.3 273.5 274.2 273.4 272.6 271.5 271.5 271.3 269.9 268.9 268.0 268.3 266.0 264.7 265.7 267.5 266.7 268.1 269.3 266.2 264.1 130 Chukchi Sea 281.1 281.0 282.4 282.2 281.7 277.6 278.4 281.6 284.0 279.7 277.5 282.2 285.7 285.2 284.9 280.0 279.0 281.5 282.4 281.4 282.2 281.8 282.2 282.0 281.0 280.1 276.9 280.0 279.4 278.8 277.9 132 Beaufort Sea 285.3 284.3 282.2 282.6 284.6 284.4 283.0 283.1 283.0 283.4 281.9 280.9 281.8 285.0 286.1 285.8 286.5 286.1 285.1 285.4 285.1 284.2 283.2 282.0 281.9 282.9 283.4 283.5 283.1 282.1 280.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 280.7 281.1 278.8 275.8 276.2 277.6 277.9 278.4 278.5 280.4 281.2 278.8 277.4 278.4 280.3 281.2 283.0 283.0 280.9 280.1 280.4 280.7 280.2 277.2 273.2 273.3 275.9 278.4 276.7 275.5 272.8 136 Foxe Basin 280.8 281.5 284.3 279.9 277.4 277.7 277.1 276.9 277.7 278.7 279.5 279.1 280.1 280.8 280.4 280.0 280.3 281.9 281.8 279.2 277.5 276.0 277.4 278.8 278.3 277.1 275.0 274.5 276.6 275.0 275.0 138 Baffin Bay 270.5 270.1 269.1 268.7 269.0 271.0 272.7 271.9 271.1 271.4 271.8 272.5 271.6 271.2 271.0 269.9 269.2 270.6 268.9 267.5 265.3 262.4 261.7 263.3 264.8 267.0 266.5 267.5 267.9 266.2 264.8 139 South Greenland 269.6 269.6 270.0 271.0 273.3 273.8 274.0 272.7 273.0 273.4 273.6 274.9 274.5 274.1 273.1 273.0 273.0 271.9 271.7 272.2 271.8 271.5 270.3 269.5 269.8 270.4 271.1 272.4 272.4 270.7 268.8 140 Greenland Sea 269.4 268.3 268.2 267.5 268.0 270.0 272.5 272.9 271.9 270.4 270.4 272.3 272.8 272.0 269.8 269.4 266.3 266.9 267.7 266.8 266.4 264.1 264.4 265.0 262.7 265.1 267.4 268.2 266.4 264.1 262.9 142 Norwegian Sea 283.4 284.2 284.1 284.9 286.1 286.5 287.1 287.1 288.1 288.0 285.3 283.8 283.9 283.2 282.3 282.1 281.8 281.3 281.8 283.4 284.0 282.4 281.3 280.8 281.1 281.7 282.3 281.4 280.9 280.9 281.8 144 Barents Sea 291.0 292.3 292.6 292.2 290.1 285.4 281.8 280.7 280.2 279.5 280.7 281.9 281.1 280.7 281.1 281.9 283.0 283.9 283.1 282.5 283.5 284.7 283.2 281.1 281.3 280.7 279.5 279.4 279.2 280.3 280.7 146 Kara Sea 289.2 288.1 287.5 287.7 288.6 288.5 288.1 287.8 287.0 286.8 286.7 286.7 286.8 286.4 286.4 286.7 287.1 286.9 286.3 286.1 285.6 284.5 284.4 284.2 284.1 283.8 282.8 282.7 283.2 283.1 282.7 148 Laptev Sea 288.6 289.7 288.6 287.5 288.0 290.3 290.5 288.7 288.6 287.5 285.0 282.1 280.5 280.9 282.1 283.2 283.1 283.3 282.4 281.2 280.8 281.0 281.9 282.5 281.5 280.9 280.6 278.6 276.8 275.3 275.9 150 East Siberian Sea 284.8 284.3 285.9 288.2 288.0 289.6 290.5 290.9 289.1 286.5 287.2 287.4 285.8 282.6 279.8 280.7 282.3 282.2 281.1 280.0 280.2 281.8 282.2 280.1 277.5 277.6 280.0 278.6 278.8 277.7 275.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.4 280.2 281.5 282.1 281.4 280.6 281.2 281.0 280.5 281.0 281.2 280.4 281.4 281.3 281.8 281.1 283.2 281.8 278.9 279.4 280.1 280.2 281.5 281.1 280.5 280.9 280.6 278.3 279.3 281.0 279.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.4 285.2 284.7 283.7 283.0 286.1 285.8 286.4 286.5 286.2 286.4 286.9 285.6 284.5 285.2 285.2 285.0 286.0 284.0 283.5 284.1 285.2 285.3 285.1 284.3 283.0 282.2 281.4 282.8 283.1 281.4