1978 09 - 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 279.5 279.3 278.8 278.7 278.2 277.8 277.5 277.7 277.5 277.4 277.3 276.5 276.4 276.1 276.0 275.5 275.3 276.0 276.4 276.2 275.6 275.4 275.4 274.7 274.1 273.8 273.3 272.3 271.7 271.3 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 284.4 284.2 284.6 285.6 284.2 283.6 282.5 282.8 282.5 283.3 282.5 278.5 279.4 280.7 280.6 278.6 277.9 279.5 280.5 280.3 279.1 280.0 281.6 280.0 277.7 278.5 278.0 277.4 277.4 278.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.6 277.7 277.3 277.0 276.7 276.6 276.2 277.1 276.1 277.0 275.6 273.9 274.6 276.3 275.9 275.4 273.5 273.4 274.7 276.3 276.3 272.4 272.8 275.7 272.1 270.9 272.6 270.5 269.5 270.1 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 284.1 283.3 282.4 281.8 281.2 279.9 279.2 279.6 279.7 279.0 278.4 278.4 279.5 278.2 277.7 276.9 275.3 275.5 275.8 275.2 274.4 274.3 274.6 274.2 274.6 274.8 275.3 275.4 274.5 272.2 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 266.7 265.6 265.4 264.8 264.2 263.1 263.2 265.2 265.3 266.4 264.5 262.2 260.8 262.1 263.0 258.8 255.8 256.2 258.7 258.0 256.5 257.1 255.9 255.3 254.7 253.6 254.3 256.0 254.1 253.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 280.2 279.9 280.7 281.2 280.6 278.8 278.6 278.1 277.7 277.8 277.9 278.1 278.8 278.2 276.7 274.8 275.1 275.1 274.8 272.7 271.2 271.7 273.2 274.6 276.1 275.4 273.8 273.6 273.2 271.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 283.9 281.6 280.5 280.7 280.8 281.3 281.4 280.6 278.8 279.2 280.6 280.6 282.3 283.0 282.5 280.0 277.6 275.7 275.8 277.7 277.9 277.1 275.2 274.6 275.8 276.4 277.7 277.8 278.2 276.8 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 272.1 272.4 272.6 272.7 272.1 271.7 270.3 270.2 271.2 271.6 273.5 274.3 271.4 269.7 272.1 274.8 272.2 268.0 266.5 264.4 263.3 262.8 263.1 264.1 264.1 263.2 264.3 263.6 264.1 265.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 274.4 274.5 274.2 274.6 274.5 274.9 274.5 273.0 271.5 270.9 271.8 272.1 272.4 270.0 269.2 270.4 272.5 271.8 268.6 268.2 267.4 266.8 266.0 266.6 267.6 267.1 267.4 267.0 266.6 267.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 266.1 267.3 267.2 266.0 264.2 263.3 263.3 262.2 261.0 261.4 261.4 258.5 257.2 256.5 258.4 259.0 259.1 257.8 256.5 254.6 254.8 257.4 260.6 261.3 260.0 258.5 259.6 257.3 255.2 253.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 269.5 269.2 267.8 267.6 267.1 267.8 267.9 266.8 264.5 263.9 262.0 260.7 260.4 261.2 261.4 261.0 261.0 265.1 266.7 263.4 265.4 268.7 267.9 265.5 264.1 262.7 261.2 259.1 260.1 259.9 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 264.5 265.0 264.5 263.0 261.0 260.0 258.5 258.0 257.9 259.2 259.2 256.4 253.0 251.5 253.1 254.1 253.9 254.0 254.3 254.5 253.9 254.1 259.0 260.6 259.2 256.1 255.1 253.3 251.5 249.6 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 280.6 280.8 283.7 284.6 283.1 282.3 282.1 281.4 281.9 281.4 280.9 278.8 276.5 278.4 279.3 279.7 280.1 278.2 276.3 276.2 276.6 276.5 276.3 276.7 276.8 277.1 276.9 276.0 275.5 276.0 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 282.2 282.5 282.7 283.0 282.4 280.8 280.3 279.7 279.2 280.7 281.4 281.8 281.7 278.8 276.5 277.9 277.1 277.6 278.3 278.8 278.4 277.6 276.6 275.7 274.1 272.4 271.9 272.3 273.3 272.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 281.5 281.6 281.2 280.6 280.4 280.8 281.3 282.4 282.4 280.9 280.1 280.1 280.4 280.6 280.6 280.0 281.3 282.7 283.6 283.0 281.4 280.9 280.8 280.4 280.7 279.5 277.7 276.1 274.5 273.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 278.7 278.1 276.6 276.1 275.9 275.3 275.2 275.5 276.3 277.0 277.4 277.3 276.1 274.8 274.2 274.4 274.8 276.0 276.2 276.7 276.2 275.2 274.1 272.9 272.6 273.8 273.4 271.3 270.3 269.5 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 276.5 276.6 277.3 278.6 277.8 275.6 273.8 273.1 273.3 274.1 274.3 272.6 271.8 271.2 270.7 270.5 270.5 271.9 272.5 274.0 275.5 275.2 274.0 270.7 267.7 266.9 267.1 268.3 269.1 269.9 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.8 282.0 281.3 280.2 280.1 279.6 279.0 279.8 280.2 279.8 280.0 279.7 278.8 278.5 279.0 278.2 277.5 278.4 276.8 276.8 276.3 275.3 275.2 275.3 275.9 276.1 276.5 277.4 277.3 276.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 284.4 284.9 283.3 282.2 281.8 280.2 280.5 281.0 282.0 281.0 280.6 281.5 281.5 280.7 279.9 279.6 279.5 280.2 279.1 279.4 277.0 274.4 274.2 277.1 279.1 279.9 279.1 278.5 277.1 275.8 -9999.0