1976 11 - 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 257.7 257.3 257.7 258.6 258.2 257.5 257.8 258.5 258.8 258.2 258.4 259.2 260.0 260.1 259.7 259.2 258.5 258.1 257.9 256.6 255.7 256.1 256.8 257.2 256.5 255.0 254.8 255.2 254.5 254.4 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 271.1 271.8 267.7 269.1 271.2 265.6 262.5 265.6 266.4 262.6 261.8 264.3 266.0 264.4 264.0 265.7 268.6 268.3 266.3 265.2 263.3 261.4 261.0 262.7 263.1 258.2 255.5 255.5 252.9 252.5 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 263.3 262.1 260.4 260.5 265.1 269.6 268.5 271.0 270.4 268.7 267.6 263.5 261.3 263.6 262.6 263.0 262.3 261.3 263.0 266.9 270.9 270.8 268.5 265.8 260.8 255.9 255.7 256.3 257.2 258.7 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 258.6 258.6 262.1 260.3 261.0 263.7 266.1 268.1 266.4 264.7 265.4 267.0 269.0 267.6 264.7 265.7 264.4 262.0 258.1 256.6 257.2 261.0 259.0 257.7 256.5 254.1 258.8 264.4 263.7 261.5 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.0 248.8 248.6 245.1 242.9 242.9 243.3 244.4 245.4 245.7 245.5 246.2 243.1 242.6 241.9 242.4 240.5 241.8 240.6 244.2 242.7 242.3 241.1 241.6 241.1 238.6 234.7 236.9 240.8 242.3 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 251.6 251.1 253.1 251.0 252.0 254.4 258.7 262.0 262.4 260.0 259.9 258.8 262.8 265.0 260.9 259.3 262.5 260.0 255.8 251.9 250.4 254.1 251.2 249.5 252.0 249.0 249.0 255.4 251.2 247.1 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 266.1 262.4 266.0 269.8 263.0 261.5 266.3 268.2 267.7 265.7 267.6 267.9 268.4 267.6 266.2 267.6 266.8 264.9 263.5 260.0 256.1 260.1 263.7 262.1 256.0 254.3 258.3 261.7 262.7 264.9 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 256.4 256.5 251.6 250.2 246.2 247.5 248.5 248.4 248.5 253.7 259.2 259.9 254.7 252.7 251.7 251.3 250.4 249.1 247.7 244.7 243.7 242.4 243.7 243.3 245.1 244.5 244.4 239.7 241.0 241.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 251.7 257.5 260.0 254.4 253.1 254.5 254.5 255.2 258.7 257.7 251.0 248.6 248.1 243.1 243.7 243.4 249.1 248.4 245.1 251.7 253.9 251.6 252.6 248.2 244.3 241.9 242.6 238.6 237.3 243.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 249.5 249.6 250.0 250.5 249.7 247.5 247.1 249.0 249.6 245.6 244.6 244.5 246.4 249.1 249.6 248.7 247.4 246.4 247.3 244.4 244.1 245.1 245.8 248.1 247.8 243.4 240.8 238.4 238.1 240.8 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 253.6 253.4 256.2 258.0 256.8 255.9 257.5 258.1 258.6 258.5 254.7 255.1 257.9 259.2 258.0 255.2 253.5 254.3 258.8 254.9 256.1 258.8 260.4 259.3 254.4 250.6 248.4 246.7 245.4 247.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 246.3 247.4 247.7 246.7 247.0 245.1 244.2 244.5 246.6 241.4 237.6 238.4 243.8 248.2 248.7 246.8 244.0 243.6 249.4 246.0 241.9 240.5 237.6 240.1 243.3 241.2 238.7 239.4 244.3 249.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 269.6 270.0 271.3 272.7 272.7 273.9 274.7 275.6 275.6 274.7 273.1 271.2 271.7 271.6 271.5 272.1 275.1 275.1 274.2 277.2 272.5 271.0 268.4 266.4 267.7 271.9 271.6 272.9 274.1 272.6 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 259.7 260.4 261.1 261.2 260.6 263.7 268.9 269.1 271.5 272.6 272.0 271.5 270.1 268.3 267.4 267.0 268.4 270.9 269.7 268.3 268.7 269.7 268.0 266.6 263.4 260.6 259.9 259.2 260.1 264.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 253.2 254.0 256.4 257.5 258.1 258.1 257.3 256.7 256.5 256.4 257.9 260.2 262.9 263.3 262.7 260.7 258.9 258.7 260.2 258.4 257.3 259.1 262.2 263.4 263.4 262.5 261.7 260.8 259.6 257.2 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.4 250.5 249.9 250.8 249.8 248.4 248.3 248.9 250.2 250.7 250.5 249.6 248.6 251.2 253.6 253.0 250.4 249.4 249.6 249.3 247.7 245.0 244.3 246.5 248.0 250.2 248.9 251.1 249.7 248.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.0 252.7 251.5 252.7 253.4 253.2 253.3 250.8 251.4 253.1 251.3 247.8 245.8 244.5 244.4 244.2 244.0 245.3 243.1 244.3 247.5 246.1 245.9 243.6 243.5 243.8 245.3 247.0 246.3 247.9 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.0 268.5 271.0 269.9 271.7 272.5 272.4 273.3 270.9 273.9 273.4 276.0 276.5 273.8 274.1 272.7 270.1 269.1 268.6 269.1 271.5 271.7 270.7 268.7 267.2 267.8 274.7 275.2 273.8 274.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.1 260.4 259.6 260.6 265.4 268.7 272.2 271.8 269.6 267.5 270.4 274.8 275.3 273.9 272.0 271.7 271.5 269.3 265.3 265.0 268.0 270.2 266.8 263.5 262.6 262.0 273.7 273.9 271.0 270.1 -9999.0