1979 03 - 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 251.6 252.1 252.6 252.5 253.6 254.9 254.5 253.7 253.8 255.3 255.3 254.7 254.0 254.7 256.0 256.8 258.0 258.3 258.6 259.9 260.6 260.7 260.3 259.4 258.5 257.8 257.6 257.3 257.6 257.2 257.6 34 Hudson Bay 250.6 255.6 258.7 261.2 261.9 261.8 255.8 255.6 254.0 257.2 259.2 255.8 254.3 254.5 256.5 261.9 266.3 267.8 267.7 269.4 270.4 268.5 263.9 259.3 257.4 257.3 258.9 260.1 262.2 261.5 260.4 36 Hudson Strait 242.3 245.3 256.9 251.7 255.1 252.8 248.8 244.3 243.4 248.3 259.1 256.6 245.2 245.1 248.8 249.9 250.5 255.7 262.3 266.3 269.0 270.2 268.8 257.9 254.8 252.6 258.1 257.6 258.7 258.8 266.8 98 Bering Strait 252.5 252.1 251.5 250.1 252.8 258.0 258.4 258.8 261.2 261.2 258.0 256.0 255.8 257.1 258.5 256.1 256.7 257.3 258.6 260.6 262.5 266.1 265.7 267.7 269.1 269.1 266.3 263.1 261.0 258.8 261.2 128 Arctic subocean 228.4 230.9 237.2 239.0 240.9 241.9 239.4 234.6 236.1 243.5 244.6 245.4 241.4 243.8 249.0 256.5 252.8 250.4 247.7 242.2 240.8 238.9 240.2 239.1 244.1 244.8 246.2 243.7 244.8 244.0 245.2 130 Chukchi Sea 252.1 249.7 248.5 243.3 245.5 249.4 252.0 253.3 255.3 251.0 247.4 248.9 248.4 247.5 249.9 249.0 248.0 247.9 247.5 247.3 250.7 257.5 262.0 265.6 268.9 270.8 266.1 262.3 259.6 258.3 257.0 132 Beaufort Sea 250.2 249.8 252.9 253.1 253.3 254.3 258.6 257.9 257.4 260.3 255.3 254.9 253.2 256.1 261.6 260.7 258.8 262.8 265.8 265.9 263.4 262.0 262.8 262.2 259.5 261.5 260.7 259.7 255.4 252.3 254.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.7 238.6 236.1 234.3 234.1 236.6 238.7 239.0 242.0 239.3 237.6 240.3 243.0 244.2 244.6 246.6 247.3 249.1 253.8 256.9 250.5 245.0 246.1 247.4 247.8 245.9 245.1 243.2 242.4 243.6 245.1 136 Foxe Basin 240.7 243.9 244.2 244.3 244.9 238.9 238.3 239.2 239.9 243.1 245.5 252.1 254.8 256.7 251.4 250.9 251.9 253.9 256.8 259.4 260.3 255.4 249.6 244.6 243.9 243.2 247.3 248.4 250.7 250.1 249.4 138 Baffin Bay 232.9 232.9 235.7 236.7 239.3 240.1 239.6 237.2 235.0 244.7 247.3 246.2 246.6 256.0 261.2 257.4 260.7 252.0 246.5 246.1 247.8 247.2 247.3 252.8 248.9 244.2 242.4 242.2 247.3 249.0 246.2 139 South Greenland 241.9 242.1 243.0 243.1 244.3 246.3 244.4 244.3 246.0 247.4 247.9 249.4 255.7 260.0 261.1 263.8 268.3 262.4 256.2 254.0 254.1 254.3 256.1 257.7 253.7 251.5 251.8 255.6 258.6 254.6 252.1 140 Greenland Sea 237.2 244.7 242.0 242.5 243.8 242.5 239.8 238.2 241.5 245.5 246.0 246.3 244.4 250.9 256.7 258.3 263.4 256.7 246.8 241.3 241.8 243.3 243.8 250.6 251.4 249.9 246.7 245.9 248.1 247.5 246.3 142 Norwegian Sea 271.5 271.4 274.2 272.3 271.7 272.6 273.2 272.1 272.1 272.2 270.6 270.4 270.4 269.1 267.0 264.7 263.4 264.6 265.9 267.6 268.2 269.7 269.9 270.0 271.3 273.3 274.3 273.9 273.9 273.1 272.8 144 Barents Sea 256.7 261.1 265.8 268.6 269.8 269.0 268.5 268.4 269.3 268.6 266.1 265.7 266.1 262.1 257.1 254.8 251.8 253.0 255.5 257.8 262.4 265.0 268.4 266.5 264.4 266.7 268.9 270.5 271.6 270.3 265.8 146 Kara Sea 259.7 257.6 256.1 255.1 257.2 260.2 261.2 260.3 260.1 261.4 260.8 259.3 257.6 258.1 258.9 259.6 261.1 261.3 260.4 261.7 263.5 264.4 263.7 262.9 262.5 259.5 257.7 256.8 257.6 259.3 261.0 148 Laptev Sea 250.9 251.7 251.2 250.6 249.3 249.5 248.5 247.2 246.2 246.7 249.3 250.5 250.3 249.9 250.2 250.0 249.8 250.4 252.8 255.6 256.4 257.6 258.4 256.3 255.4 255.8 257.3 257.4 256.3 255.2 255.7 150 East Siberian Sea 246.8 246.0 244.8 243.7 244.9 245.3 245.4 244.6 245.6 246.6 247.3 247.1 246.3 244.2 244.6 246.6 248.2 249.7 250.1 251.1 250.2 249.4 247.1 248.8 251.6 252.6 253.0 253.1 253.0 253.0 254.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.4 264.4 266.2 269.1 271.4 272.2 271.0 268.7 272.3 271.8 270.1 269.7 271.2 271.2 270.2 269.0 268.9 270.4 270.6 271.7 272.9 273.5 272.6 270.5 270.6 271.6 270.8 267.9 266.6 265.9 266.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.0 261.6 259.0 260.2 263.5 267.4 269.7 269.7 272.6 272.6 271.5 269.1 266.8 264.1 264.2 262.8 263.8 260.3 264.0 270.8 274.5 273.9 272.5 273.3 274.5 274.0 271.1 269.4 269.6 270.2 272.2