1976 05 - 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 270.3 269.7 270.2 270.5 270.3 270.6 271.3 271.8 271.6 272.2 272.3 272.2 272.7 273.2 273.4 272.6 272.2 271.9 272.0 272.2 273.3 274.5 274.4 274.7 274.6 274.4 274.7 276.3 277.0 276.8 277.1 34 Hudson Bay 273.8 270.4 271.2 272.5 269.5 269.9 274.0 278.5 279.1 278.2 277.4 278.5 279.2 279.8 279.6 279.1 277.9 277.7 278.3 277.7 278.3 279.2 280.1 281.1 281.7 281.9 282.2 284.7 283.8 281.5 281.9 36 Hudson Strait 271.3 271.3 272.0 272.8 270.2 270.7 268.3 269.8 270.8 270.3 271.8 272.2 275.0 278.3 277.5 274.7 273.3 272.4 270.9 274.9 278.5 275.4 272.2 271.1 272.0 272.8 269.5 270.7 275.0 271.0 272.9 98 Bering Strait 274.9 272.7 273.2 273.2 272.6 272.3 272.1 272.3 270.9 271.1 269.8 270.1 270.3 271.4 271.4 272.1 272.7 272.6 272.7 271.7 271.4 274.2 273.7 272.2 272.9 272.0 271.1 271.8 272.3 272.1 273.8 128 Arctic subocean 253.5 253.5 255.3 258.7 256.8 255.8 255.5 256.6 258.5 258.9 259.0 259.7 259.9 258.1 256.7 257.5 257.3 257.9 258.5 259.3 261.8 261.6 260.8 260.2 262.5 262.4 264.4 267.5 269.8 270.0 267.0 130 Chukchi Sea 273.2 271.6 271.8 271.3 270.6 271.0 269.6 266.7 264.8 264.1 263.1 264.2 264.9 264.8 266.0 269.4 271.8 271.3 268.0 264.5 264.9 267.0 268.2 268.7 269.5 267.1 265.9 267.5 269.0 269.6 270.7 132 Beaufort Sea 275.4 274.2 275.1 273.2 272.7 275.3 276.9 275.4 273.2 275.4 275.5 274.3 275.6 274.7 275.0 276.8 278.4 273.9 272.9 274.5 276.5 279.0 279.3 279.3 278.9 277.9 278.4 280.3 278.3 278.2 278.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.5 260.2 259.5 259.3 263.2 266.0 266.3 263.8 260.6 260.4 264.1 263.4 263.3 263.4 263.9 264.8 264.1 264.5 263.8 262.9 267.3 266.0 268.8 270.6 269.1 269.2 270.9 271.6 271.3 271.7 272.1 136 Foxe Basin 263.6 262.5 263.5 265.6 267.6 264.9 263.2 268.2 267.3 260.7 259.3 267.3 270.3 270.8 267.1 268.2 266.4 264.3 270.0 269.1 266.5 268.6 266.9 268.7 268.1 266.0 264.9 265.9 270.1 272.9 273.4 138 Baffin Bay 254.8 253.9 253.7 253.6 254.5 257.3 258.1 257.1 256.6 259.2 259.4 257.5 257.6 257.9 259.1 256.4 255.6 256.9 258.5 260.2 261.7 262.3 259.9 260.2 261.6 261.8 264.1 267.7 270.4 271.2 269.6 139 South Greenland 263.2 261.4 260.1 260.2 261.0 261.2 260.4 260.2 261.2 263.0 262.8 261.8 262.5 263.6 266.0 263.3 263.8 264.5 264.8 265.6 267.5 267.7 267.7 266.9 265.8 266.0 268.4 271.4 271.3 271.6 271.8 140 Greenland Sea 254.3 254.5 251.8 251.0 254.7 258.0 258.0 258.1 260.0 260.8 260.1 258.6 258.1 258.0 259.3 259.6 259.8 261.9 263.5 261.2 263.8 265.4 265.4 264.2 265.7 266.3 265.6 269.7 271.4 269.6 266.5 142 Norwegian Sea 271.6 273.4 275.0 276.0 274.9 274.3 275.9 277.7 279.2 280.1 279.3 276.3 277.8 278.9 278.5 278.7 279.1 281.4 282.6 283.4 284.3 283.9 281.3 282.0 282.4 279.5 277.5 279.2 280.4 278.6 277.9 144 Barents Sea 271.6 271.6 272.2 272.0 273.5 273.3 273.5 275.7 274.0 273.4 275.4 277.7 279.6 280.6 279.0 276.7 276.9 277.0 275.4 273.6 275.7 278.7 279.1 278.7 276.1 274.8 275.5 276.6 276.6 277.6 278.4 146 Kara Sea 274.5 275.5 276.2 276.7 275.6 274.6 274.1 274.6 275.7 277.4 277.2 276.5 277.6 278.8 278.4 275.9 275.0 274.9 274.9 275.7 275.8 276.7 276.3 277.1 277.2 276.5 277.1 278.1 279.7 280.4 281.7 148 Laptev Sea 266.1 267.2 269.3 269.6 270.6 271.5 272.3 270.8 269.3 269.3 270.5 270.4 268.9 268.2 270.2 270.1 269.7 269.8 270.1 270.6 271.4 272.9 272.8 273.6 274.2 274.7 274.3 275.4 276.8 275.6 274.5 150 East Siberian Sea 267.1 264.4 263.0 264.5 265.5 265.0 266.6 267.6 268.4 268.5 268.1 267.8 268.5 268.6 268.3 267.3 267.0 267.0 267.3 267.7 270.0 271.6 270.9 269.2 267.2 267.9 268.5 269.6 271.9 272.7 271.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.4 275.9 274.4 274.2 273.8 273.7 273.0 272.7 273.0 274.4 273.9 273.1 272.7 273.0 273.7 273.4 273.5 273.4 273.2 274.2 274.6 275.6 274.4 272.6 274.0 273.8 273.8 274.5 274.8 274.4 275.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 279.4 276.4 275.6 275.5 275.4 274.6 276.0 275.7 274.0 274.3 273.7 271.6 272.2 272.9 273.1 273.0 273.8 274.5 274.5 275.3 278.3 278.9 276.4 274.6 273.6 271.7 272.1 272.8 273.5 273.3 274.9