1978 07 - 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 283.0 282.9 283.3 283.4 283.1 282.8 282.9 283.5 283.5 283.8 284.0 284.1 284.4 284.6 285.1 284.9 284.6 284.6 284.5 284.7 285.2 285.8 286.3 286.3 286.1 285.5 285.2 285.0 284.3 283.8 283.4 34 Hudson Bay 287.7 286.8 287.4 287.9 287.4 286.6 284.9 284.8 284.1 285.4 285.9 286.4 285.8 285.9 287.7 288.6 289.5 288.1 285.9 286.0 286.0 286.3 287.3 289.3 290.2 288.2 286.6 286.1 285.1 285.5 286.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.3 277.0 277.1 278.2 279.7 279.4 283.2 282.8 281.0 280.5 279.9 279.6 284.7 283.4 279.8 281.7 283.0 285.3 287.3 284.6 284.2 282.2 279.2 279.9 282.3 280.2 281.4 282.2 278.5 278.0 279.4 98 Bering Strait 281.4 280.5 281.1 283.0 285.3 285.3 285.0 286.1 286.6 286.6 286.4 286.1 285.3 284.7 283.7 283.3 283.9 285.3 285.8 285.2 284.1 284.7 284.8 284.3 284.6 284.4 284.4 284.9 286.3 287.3 287.4 128 Arctic subocean 273.5 274.3 275.2 275.5 275.1 274.5 274.0 274.1 273.0 273.0 273.4 273.7 274.5 274.6 274.6 274.6 274.1 274.2 274.1 274.1 274.7 275.2 275.6 275.3 275.0 274.9 274.5 274.5 274.0 273.5 273.0 130 Chukchi Sea 279.0 279.1 280.3 279.8 282.1 284.2 285.0 284.2 284.6 284.1 284.2 284.0 284.2 283.3 283.1 283.0 283.0 284.1 285.8 285.0 284.0 283.7 282.9 281.3 282.0 284.2 282.6 282.2 283.0 283.1 283.6 132 Beaufort Sea 286.7 284.3 284.3 284.7 282.9 281.7 283.5 285.2 286.4 286.8 285.8 283.7 284.5 285.1 284.9 283.5 282.0 282.3 283.9 284.6 286.2 287.9 287.7 285.3 283.1 284.5 286.5 286.7 287.0 287.2 286.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 277.6 275.9 275.1 275.0 274.9 276.0 277.6 278.7 276.7 275.3 275.3 275.6 275.5 276.0 276.9 276.2 276.7 276.5 275.5 275.7 277.0 278.7 278.8 278.5 277.0 275.5 276.9 278.1 278.6 276.3 275.7 136 Foxe Basin 274.2 274.8 274.7 274.6 275.6 277.1 277.1 277.2 275.2 276.0 276.1 274.9 275.2 277.5 277.2 275.8 275.6 275.5 275.7 274.9 276.1 278.1 275.7 275.1 275.4 275.5 275.9 276.6 276.3 275.6 275.4 138 Baffin Bay 270.2 272.6 274.1 273.6 273.1 273.4 272.5 272.8 271.9 272.1 271.5 271.3 272.0 272.7 274.0 273.0 271.0 272.2 272.5 272.4 272.8 272.9 273.7 273.5 273.6 273.6 273.2 273.4 273.4 272.8 271.6 139 South Greenland 272.9 273.2 273.5 273.4 273.6 273.6 273.3 273.2 273.3 273.0 272.6 272.4 274.1 275.6 275.3 274.5 273.6 273.8 273.3 274.1 274.5 274.8 275.0 275.4 274.4 273.6 273.4 273.7 273.8 273.4 273.1 140 Greenland Sea 271.6 272.4 273.0 271.9 271.5 271.5 271.4 271.4 271.2 270.7 271.3 270.7 270.8 272.2 272.8 272.6 271.8 271.6 272.1 271.9 272.5 273.2 273.8 273.8 274.1 273.9 273.4 274.0 273.2 273.3 271.1 142 Norwegian Sea 286.6 286.2 286.1 285.2 283.5 283.8 285.5 284.8 283.5 282.6 282.7 283.1 282.3 280.4 279.0 278.6 279.0 280.0 280.5 282.3 284.1 284.5 285.1 285.7 285.2 284.7 286.3 287.6 287.5 287.2 288.6 144 Barents Sea 284.9 285.6 285.0 285.6 288.1 288.4 286.2 286.7 288.5 287.9 285.8 285.0 282.7 281.2 283.0 284.6 285.1 285.7 285.1 283.8 282.9 283.6 283.2 282.9 283.5 283.8 284.6 284.6 284.0 283.4 283.6 146 Kara Sea 286.9 288.3 289.5 289.6 289.1 288.2 287.6 288.0 288.0 288.3 289.0 290.1 290.6 290.1 289.6 288.6 288.6 288.5 289.2 289.8 290.5 291.1 291.5 291.4 290.9 290.2 289.8 289.3 288.2 287.3 286.2 148 Laptev Sea 282.8 282.2 281.1 279.8 278.3 278.8 280.2 281.4 281.8 282.3 283.4 284.0 285.2 286.7 288.9 289.2 287.7 287.5 287.4 287.7 289.1 289.7 291.3 291.7 291.3 290.8 289.2 286.3 283.6 282.7 284.2 150 East Siberian Sea 278.0 277.5 278.2 279.5 279.7 279.3 280.4 282.4 283.7 283.5 283.1 283.0 282.5 283.7 283.8 284.9 284.2 283.3 282.6 282.4 281.8 281.4 282.8 283.5 284.4 282.8 283.3 286.1 287.8 287.8 282.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.0 278.7 279.5 280.7 282.5 282.0 282.1 282.8 281.7 282.4 284.2 281.7 280.1 281.0 281.4 280.2 280.0 281.2 282.1 281.6 281.8 282.4 281.5 281.3 281.3 281.0 281.4 282.5 284.1 284.7 285.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.2 281.1 281.4 281.6 283.2 282.4 283.0 283.0 281.4 281.6 283.4 282.4 282.6 285.0 285.9 285.4 283.4 282.6 282.8 281.9 282.3 284.4 284.9 284.7 284.0 284.3 284.9 286.3 287.2 286.3 287.0