1976 03 - 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 253.4 254.0 254.5 254.1 254.0 254.1 254.6 254.9 254.0 252.7 252.2 252.2 252.4 252.7 252.8 253.6 254.6 255.0 256.0 256.3 255.9 256.7 257.4 257.8 258.0 258.3 259.6 260.3 260.7 261.3 262.0 34 Hudson Bay 247.4 250.1 252.1 253.5 254.3 257.6 255.3 253.4 251.9 252.9 253.1 253.6 255.4 254.3 253.4 253.7 256.6 260.5 263.8 261.9 255.8 257.6 261.7 262.4 263.6 263.3 265.7 266.4 267.3 268.7 270.6 36 Hudson Strait 243.9 250.1 252.3 252.0 252.9 249.7 248.9 250.7 246.9 245.0 245.2 245.4 247.9 245.6 244.4 244.1 243.5 245.0 247.7 257.7 253.4 244.9 250.7 252.1 256.6 253.6 253.4 260.8 258.5 266.2 271.7 98 Bering Strait 254.1 258.1 262.7 262.8 261.1 259.1 264.9 262.5 260.6 257.7 258.2 257.5 256.8 255.9 253.1 253.8 253.9 253.5 256.1 256.8 255.9 256.9 258.1 258.9 257.5 257.2 257.4 256.8 256.4 255.4 255.9 128 Arctic subocean 245.3 244.9 239.9 237.9 237.5 235.4 235.9 237.7 237.1 239.0 243.5 245.0 246.4 245.9 244.3 248.5 250.3 250.3 247.6 247.5 247.6 253.0 251.5 247.8 249.9 244.4 240.9 242.6 242.5 242.3 245.9 130 Chukchi Sea 254.4 253.7 260.9 258.7 252.0 251.8 261.5 263.7 262.0 257.9 256.0 256.3 251.5 246.4 247.2 246.3 248.9 249.7 250.2 252.9 251.3 251.3 252.3 253.1 251.1 249.1 250.4 251.0 249.5 250.7 250.4 132 Beaufort Sea 246.8 246.8 250.7 256.2 262.9 260.1 257.6 258.7 258.6 255.4 254.4 257.7 257.0 256.3 254.8 257.0 259.0 257.6 254.9 253.0 256.5 256.7 257.5 259.7 260.5 262.2 264.0 264.0 262.4 264.9 263.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.6 244.5 245.1 244.6 245.4 240.5 238.3 238.9 237.8 237.6 236.6 236.8 238.7 239.1 239.6 241.7 244.1 244.8 242.3 243.6 246.9 247.2 249.4 249.6 249.2 250.0 248.9 249.1 251.5 252.4 254.3 136 Foxe Basin 249.4 249.6 250.5 245.6 245.3 244.6 245.8 245.4 243.3 246.2 242.8 238.1 238.5 239.4 241.5 241.2 241.9 241.6 242.5 243.2 243.8 243.2 243.5 245.6 246.8 246.3 249.1 250.7 249.8 252.1 256.1 138 Baffin Bay 244.1 243.8 242.8 239.3 237.9 239.3 241.9 245.9 250.6 252.6 254.4 253.6 252.7 251.6 253.0 257.0 256.5 246.9 246.6 253.6 251.5 248.4 245.1 241.9 239.3 236.5 238.4 239.7 241.9 243.6 244.3 139 South Greenland 251.0 255.4 252.7 248.7 248.1 249.6 251.6 257.9 258.7 257.2 257.4 256.4 255.8 255.3 258.1 259.2 253.6 249.9 258.1 256.1 254.3 253.2 250.3 247.7 245.4 245.7 246.2 247.6 249.8 248.9 249.7 140 Greenland Sea 239.2 240.6 242.6 239.3 238.0 238.5 240.1 244.1 251.1 251.4 253.8 253.7 253.8 252.1 253.2 257.9 255.7 249.8 249.1 253.7 254.8 257.2 249.9 253.9 253.4 249.9 250.5 250.8 249.5 248.5 247.9 142 Norwegian Sea 271.3 269.0 270.6 274.8 274.5 273.3 272.6 269.7 268.6 269.4 268.5 266.8 264.2 264.8 266.4 268.3 268.8 270.1 270.6 271.3 270.8 269.2 266.9 267.2 269.7 271.1 272.7 274.4 272.6 271.3 271.1 144 Barents Sea 259.7 258.3 259.2 260.5 264.8 267.1 267.1 266.4 264.4 264.1 264.5 262.8 261.7 262.8 262.2 261.7 263.7 263.4 263.3 263.2 263.5 264.4 266.7 268.8 269.4 270.4 271.6 271.3 272.2 272.3 272.1 146 Kara Sea 260.6 259.4 257.8 256.4 256.1 257.4 259.3 259.8 257.7 255.0 253.5 253.2 252.9 253.3 253.5 254.0 256.1 257.7 258.7 259.6 260.0 261.6 261.2 261.2 262.0 262.8 264.3 264.8 265.7 265.9 266.8 148 Laptev Sea 256.7 256.1 256.1 254.3 250.5 248.2 248.4 248.1 247.8 246.7 246.2 245.3 246.4 249.3 250.5 250.7 250.8 251.2 251.7 251.5 252.0 253.6 254.6 255.2 255.8 256.4 257.4 257.8 258.2 258.2 258.8 150 East Siberian Sea 249.5 249.4 248.5 247.9 246.5 245.4 245.3 245.6 245.5 244.4 243.8 244.1 245.3 247.7 250.9 250.3 248.7 249.7 250.6 250.9 250.8 250.0 250.6 250.0 248.9 248.8 251.8 256.1 255.7 254.1 251.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.6 265.0 268.6 270.2 268.6 269.4 270.6 267.5 265.8 264.4 264.4 263.1 265.1 265.1 264.6 267.6 266.6 266.3 266.8 265.2 266.6 268.0 268.1 268.2 267.3 266.1 265.8 265.5 264.6 263.6 265.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.6 271.1 272.1 269.9 266.4 272.4 271.2 268.1 267.8 264.7 259.9 265.9 263.2 257.0 256.8 255.7 254.6 254.7 255.2 255.9 255.8 260.3 261.9 257.2 255.1 257.9 260.2 256.3 255.5 257.9 266.6