1978 08 - 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 283.0 283.0 283.4 283.9 284.0 283.6 283.8 283.9 284.1 284.0 284.1 284.2 284.0 283.9 283.8 282.8 281.6 281.2 280.9 280.7 280.4 280.5 280.5 280.5 280.6 280.6 280.7 280.5 280.1 279.8 279.7 34 Hudson Bay 285.5 283.5 284.6 286.7 287.0 286.6 288.6 288.5 288.0 288.2 288.9 289.0 287.2 286.9 289.3 288.2 286.3 284.7 283.8 282.6 283.3 284.3 284.0 285.3 287.3 287.4 287.0 286.5 284.3 282.2 283.2 36 Hudson Strait 282.0 283.0 285.6 282.6 281.4 281.8 278.6 280.6 283.5 281.3 279.4 281.3 283.4 278.9 280.6 281.1 279.3 279.4 280.2 282.9 277.5 278.3 276.9 277.5 278.4 277.0 277.9 279.1 281.4 281.0 278.6 98 Bering Strait 289.6 286.7 286.1 287.8 287.1 284.7 282.8 282.7 282.9 283.4 284.0 284.5 283.6 282.4 281.5 281.8 282.1 282.7 283.5 282.9 280.9 281.7 281.8 281.0 282.2 282.8 282.5 282.9 282.2 282.3 282.3 128 Arctic subocean 274.0 273.8 273.4 273.7 273.7 272.9 272.5 271.6 270.6 269.6 269.8 271.8 272.4 273.3 271.8 271.2 270.5 270.9 269.4 269.7 270.0 269.4 268.7 269.8 270.5 270.1 271.5 272.5 271.2 268.1 268.9 130 Chukchi Sea 283.8 281.7 282.8 284.9 282.6 279.5 277.4 278.4 280.0 281.2 281.1 282.1 282.0 281.2 280.3 281.9 282.5 284.1 284.2 283.7 280.1 281.2 281.4 280.0 283.0 282.3 281.9 282.2 281.3 282.2 280.8 132 Beaufort Sea 283.3 284.5 287.0 287.9 287.0 284.9 283.9 284.7 286.2 284.4 281.6 281.2 283.2 283.8 282.3 280.4 279.4 280.0 280.4 281.4 282.8 283.5 284.5 283.3 282.6 283.1 282.1 282.1 284.5 286.0 285.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.3 277.0 277.3 275.7 277.1 276.4 275.6 274.1 273.8 272.9 272.6 273.1 274.5 276.8 276.4 274.8 273.4 273.1 273.1 273.7 274.9 277.2 278.0 277.8 276.5 276.5 276.0 272.5 272.9 272.7 272.1 136 Foxe Basin 276.4 277.3 276.6 276.6 277.6 276.5 277.3 277.3 277.3 275.9 276.4 276.4 274.8 274.3 274.1 274.2 275.1 275.9 275.3 274.1 273.4 272.8 273.8 275.4 276.6 276.4 276.2 275.7 275.1 274.7 274.4 138 Baffin Bay 272.6 272.3 271.8 272.0 271.6 270.8 270.4 269.3 268.7 268.9 270.3 272.6 272.1 271.8 270.3 269.6 269.1 268.9 268.3 266.4 266.9 267.5 266.2 266.4 265.3 266.7 270.5 271.1 269.3 268.2 267.4 139 South Greenland 273.0 272.8 272.6 272.2 271.8 271.8 272.4 272.5 273.6 273.9 273.3 273.0 272.6 272.2 270.9 270.3 269.8 271.2 272.1 272.9 272.3 269.1 267.4 268.0 269.1 273.1 273.8 271.8 270.5 269.6 269.6 140 Greenland Sea 270.8 272.4 272.5 271.6 270.4 268.3 269.0 269.4 268.9 269.2 269.4 269.5 272.1 271.5 269.0 269.0 267.7 267.2 268.3 266.5 265.3 266.9 264.4 263.7 262.8 263.2 265.3 267.8 267.5 266.2 265.6 142 Norwegian Sea 286.2 285.0 285.1 285.9 285.2 284.4 284.7 284.4 284.0 282.7 281.3 280.5 279.7 280.6 282.7 284.2 284.6 283.8 283.8 285.3 286.0 285.2 282.0 281.3 281.1 280.1 280.1 280.3 280.7 281.3 281.4 144 Barents Sea 285.0 284.0 283.0 282.4 282.2 280.7 281.4 282.1 283.1 283.1 283.2 283.0 282.4 282.2 281.1 280.5 280.1 280.7 280.8 281.2 282.7 284.1 284.7 285.3 284.9 284.6 284.7 284.4 283.2 282.1 281.9 146 Kara Sea 285.1 285.4 284.9 285.1 285.5 286.0 286.3 286.9 287.5 287.7 288.2 288.6 288.8 289.1 289.1 286.7 284.8 283.4 282.2 281.8 281.0 281.1 281.4 282.0 282.3 282.0 282.9 283.6 283.1 282.7 282.0 148 Laptev Sea 285.4 286.9 286.8 287.2 287.5 288.1 289.0 288.8 289.0 289.5 289.0 288.4 287.2 286.4 286.2 286.0 284.7 284.3 284.7 285.4 283.1 280.6 280.4 279.6 279.0 278.4 278.4 278.2 278.5 279.3 279.4 150 East Siberian Sea 279.2 278.6 282.0 284.7 285.2 285.1 285.2 284.3 281.3 279.6 281.5 282.2 281.5 281.8 282.9 282.7 283.4 283.6 282.3 281.2 284.6 287.7 287.4 283.8 282.1 279.6 276.3 274.5 273.5 273.8 275.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 287.4 286.0 285.3 287.3 284.5 281.6 281.8 281.9 282.0 282.0 283.8 283.8 280.2 279.5 279.6 280.9 281.0 282.4 283.6 280.7 279.4 280.1 280.0 281.2 281.9 283.6 281.5 281.5 280.5 280.5 280.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 286.5 286.8 287.4 288.2 288.5 288.0 289.0 286.0 285.4 284.5 287.8 286.4 282.8 282.9 283.2 284.4 284.1 285.5 285.6 282.3 281.7 282.9 284.6 284.9 284.9 286.8 284.6 283.9 282.9 283.7 284.0