1977 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 260.0 260.3 260.1 259.8 259.9 259.9 259.8 259.1 258.0 257.5 257.3 258.5 259.4 259.7 260.1 260.3 260.4 260.3 259.5 258.5 258.6 257.2 256.5 256.8 256.8 256.6 255.8 255.0 256.1 256.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 275.9 274.6 272.6 269.1 269.7 272.3 273.8 273.7 270.5 267.7 264.7 265.7 268.8 269.5 270.2 269.6 268.4 265.7 262.8 259.6 257.9 254.8 253.8 253.5 254.3 255.1 256.2 256.6 259.1 262.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 273.9 274.4 273.7 274.7 267.2 266.7 265.3 271.2 273.9 274.2 275.9 270.5 261.7 261.5 267.0 267.4 266.6 267.3 269.7 265.3 264.2 269.1 263.1 260.1 262.4 257.8 257.2 261.2 260.2 259.2 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 258.0 258.3 258.7 258.7 258.6 255.4 253.7 254.2 251.0 250.0 251.3 253.7 253.9 251.9 253.0 251.2 251.2 257.6 261.2 263.9 264.5 259.0 256.1 256.3 254.8 251.1 249.5 250.8 251.2 252.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 246.6 247.8 246.1 245.2 244.1 242.7 242.5 243.6 244.5 242.5 242.2 241.6 238.6 240.0 242.4 243.4 244.0 241.7 240.3 242.6 243.9 244.0 244.3 244.9 245.8 244.7 242.5 242.8 240.1 241.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 256.0 253.6 254.1 255.7 256.0 254.1 253.1 251.7 249.1 249.0 251.6 251.0 247.9 247.1 251.0 249.3 249.7 256.4 267.6 267.0 266.2 263.4 261.2 258.5 254.0 251.7 250.8 247.5 246.7 254.0 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 264.0 262.7 261.1 260.5 263.1 264.5 262.7 259.6 255.8 253.0 255.6 263.1 261.8 264.4 262.7 259.9 256.5 254.5 253.4 252.3 253.0 251.7 251.9 254.7 254.8 253.5 253.0 251.6 254.6 255.6 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.2 249.2 247.3 247.4 250.2 255.8 257.0 252.4 249.6 246.9 245.0 245.9 248.3 248.3 252.5 255.1 255.3 251.9 246.0 243.8 245.2 244.3 249.0 251.2 247.6 245.4 244.9 243.2 242.7 242.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 261.9 260.5 259.3 253.0 251.1 252.1 261.9 262.9 260.5 256.8 256.0 251.7 255.2 258.7 257.9 259.9 259.2 258.8 257.1 256.4 251.1 256.2 264.0 255.7 255.5 252.7 255.0 254.0 250.8 248.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.0 245.3 244.6 245.4 247.2 247.1 247.5 246.2 245.5 243.2 242.5 242.5 241.2 245.8 249.0 249.8 248.4 250.1 250.3 254.1 254.5 248.8 250.5 255.0 253.3 251.6 249.8 246.4 248.7 245.8 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 252.3 251.9 254.3 254.0 253.4 251.8 252.6 251.7 252.9 255.0 252.3 256.5 258.6 254.2 253.6 256.2 260.0 256.7 256.2 260.2 259.2 253.1 256.2 256.7 259.9 262.8 258.6 258.0 258.5 253.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 250.8 251.3 248.5 245.8 245.0 243.7 243.6 242.6 241.9 240.3 238.8 239.4 241.0 241.2 244.0 246.2 243.1 241.9 244.2 247.4 250.6 245.3 242.8 249.3 249.7 250.5 251.5 247.5 247.6 246.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 278.7 276.7 276.5 274.9 275.3 275.2 277.6 276.5 275.4 275.0 276.2 275.5 274.0 272.8 272.8 271.8 270.3 268.5 268.0 269.0 267.8 266.8 268.7 268.4 267.4 268.0 271.3 274.3 274.2 273.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 266.5 270.4 270.6 268.1 266.8 264.8 264.4 265.8 267.6 270.0 270.1 269.0 270.6 272.6 271.7 271.8 271.6 270.9 271.0 267.8 265.2 265.9 270.3 270.6 267.6 267.9 266.2 264.8 264.7 261.1 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 261.3 261.6 261.5 262.6 264.2 264.5 264.6 265.0 265.0 265.1 265.6 266.6 267.7 268.1 268.8 269.7 269.3 268.9 267.3 266.7 267.4 265.6 261.0 259.6 261.4 262.6 261.2 261.0 262.6 264.4 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 250.0 253.7 255.2 255.4 253.3 250.5 248.1 246.0 245.9 247.0 247.5 247.8 248.6 248.7 247.7 248.8 251.3 254.0 253.5 250.5 250.8 254.2 254.2 253.1 250.4 250.1 250.0 247.5 246.9 247.6 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 248.9 249.1 249.7 249.8 247.1 247.2 249.3 248.5 246.2 245.6 244.0 244.3 244.4 243.0 242.5 240.9 242.3 243.4 243.1 243.6 246.4 245.8 249.9 258.6 259.5 255.9 254.9 252.6 256.4 253.4 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.3 264.1 265.7 268.6 266.8 265.6 263.7 262.2 261.6 262.7 264.6 264.8 266.7 265.2 263.9 261.4 262.8 268.0 268.6 266.5 267.0 261.7 260.0 262.2 264.1 264.7 266.3 266.0 265.6 263.5 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.0 256.6 259.5 266.1 267.4 266.5 264.2 261.4 261.4 265.5 261.6 255.0 258.1 258.3 255.0 255.8 264.4 272.9 274.5 273.7 271.2 267.9 264.5 261.9 261.0 260.7 257.5 254.9 252.4 250.3 -9999.0