1979 05 - 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 268.6 268.5 268.7 269.2 269.7 270.5 271.3 272.0 272.5 272.1 272.3 272.7 273.3 273.9 274.7 275.0 275.4 275.6 275.4 275.9 276.2 275.9 276.1 276.5 276.5 276.3 276.8 276.4 276.5 276.7 277.5 34 Hudson Bay 271.1 270.5 269.5 269.2 269.2 270.6 273.0 275.2 275.7 274.3 274.9 277.1 277.2 277.4 278.2 279.0 279.2 278.9 278.6 278.5 279.0 279.0 279.6 281.5 283.3 284.1 284.9 284.1 283.5 282.3 281.8 36 Hudson Strait 270.1 270.3 271.9 271.6 272.6 272.0 271.1 268.5 273.5 272.0 273.1 273.3 274.4 274.1 275.9 275.1 271.5 273.0 277.5 280.5 277.1 272.5 272.0 272.3 270.6 273.4 278.1 278.3 276.5 277.7 278.7 98 Bering Strait 270.7 271.6 272.3 271.6 271.9 273.0 271.0 269.5 271.1 271.7 272.4 273.6 274.0 273.8 275.2 275.0 275.0 274.3 273.8 274.7 276.4 275.9 276.0 276.2 276.8 277.5 279.2 278.9 278.1 277.0 277.9 128 Arctic subocean 255.1 258.0 257.0 255.2 258.3 259.5 263.8 264.0 262.2 262.2 261.9 264.8 265.4 264.1 262.1 262.0 263.3 261.8 260.9 262.2 262.9 261.4 260.5 259.5 259.5 260.1 259.2 260.4 262.7 263.9 265.1 130 Chukchi Sea 268.0 268.8 268.6 267.3 268.6 269.7 269.6 269.7 270.8 270.1 269.4 269.5 270.4 270.8 271.8 271.0 270.7 268.8 268.5 271.3 272.6 273.0 272.8 274.4 275.9 275.0 275.3 276.0 274.7 274.2 276.2 132 Beaufort Sea 269.5 268.6 269.3 270.2 270.5 268.6 268.0 271.1 273.3 273.4 274.6 274.8 275.0 276.0 276.9 277.1 277.0 276.7 276.0 277.2 278.6 278.6 280.2 281.1 279.1 280.2 280.4 276.5 275.8 276.3 278.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 257.3 258.2 260.5 260.6 259.7 261.9 266.1 266.0 266.0 267.4 269.7 270.6 269.7 269.6 269.9 268.9 270.3 271.8 271.6 268.0 267.8 269.4 270.5 271.4 271.1 269.7 268.4 266.7 268.2 270.0 271.5 136 Foxe Basin 260.8 260.6 260.9 261.3 264.5 269.4 270.7 270.3 270.9 267.8 268.5 266.9 267.7 268.7 269.4 268.5 267.4 267.7 269.5 271.0 268.5 267.8 268.1 267.2 267.9 269.8 272.4 272.1 269.4 272.6 272.9 138 Baffin Bay 251.3 253.0 253.3 253.0 255.4 257.7 260.2 262.9 262.4 261.4 260.4 263.0 263.9 262.5 261.3 261.2 260.6 260.1 260.4 261.6 260.2 259.8 260.5 258.9 260.1 259.4 259.3 260.2 261.4 263.0 263.6 139 South Greenland 260.6 262.7 262.3 263.5 264.3 266.2 264.6 263.1 263.2 263.9 264.2 262.6 262.0 262.0 262.3 263.0 263.9 264.0 264.0 263.9 264.4 265.8 266.9 267.6 268.9 268.9 269.0 267.9 266.8 265.9 266.0 140 Greenland Sea 248.0 248.9 252.3 253.2 254.7 254.9 256.8 257.3 258.2 257.9 254.2 257.0 258.2 258.7 257.7 255.2 257.2 257.9 257.9 256.7 259.7 261.9 262.9 262.4 260.7 261.7 258.3 259.2 262.0 263.6 264.5 142 Norwegian Sea 273.6 273.7 273.6 273.8 274.1 273.9 274.6 274.8 274.8 274.1 274.4 274.2 274.2 276.9 275.1 275.2 276.7 276.4 275.4 275.5 276.6 277.9 277.7 278.0 277.7 278.3 279.8 278.8 278.0 278.8 279.5 144 Barents Sea 277.2 278.4 279.0 280.7 283.8 281.3 278.2 275.6 273.3 274.6 276.7 277.1 274.7 273.7 275.8 276.4 275.8 277.6 281.3 280.5 275.5 274.4 276.2 274.7 275.4 282.6 282.5 282.4 285.9 285.2 282.0 146 Kara Sea 274.3 272.0 271.7 272.6 273.1 275.6 277.0 278.3 278.8 276.2 274.2 273.6 275.4 277.3 278.4 278.7 279.4 280.0 279.5 281.0 280.6 279.7 279.0 278.8 277.8 277.1 278.0 277.6 276.3 277.0 279.4 148 Laptev Sea 266.8 267.5 268.2 268.1 267.5 266.6 267.4 267.8 267.7 269.9 271.7 271.9 273.1 274.4 275.6 276.8 277.7 276.7 275.3 276.4 279.1 278.1 276.9 278.2 279.3 275.4 274.8 274.9 276.9 277.0 277.1 150 East Siberian Sea 260.8 265.5 266.4 267.9 268.3 268.7 270.3 270.4 271.3 272.6 273.9 275.8 274.8 272.6 272.8 271.6 272.6 274.3 274.1 272.8 273.6 274.8 277.0 276.4 275.0 273.8 274.9 277.7 279.9 281.4 281.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.2 275.7 275.3 275.4 275.6 276.5 275.4 273.6 272.8 273.5 274.7 274.3 274.6 274.8 274.9 275.2 274.5 274.0 274.4 274.6 275.5 275.4 275.9 275.5 275.9 277.4 280.2 281.3 278.1 276.8 277.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 276.4 276.1 274.5 276.2 276.2 278.2 276.3 275.0 274.5 276.1 277.3 277.3 278.1 278.6 277.7 277.4 278.0 277.9 277.8 277.9 278.2 278.2 279.3 278.8 279.4 281.1 283.1 285.6 284.3 281.8 281.4