1980 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 254.3 254.8 254.8 254.1 253.8 253.6 253.3 253.8 254.6 254.9 254.4 253.7 254.2 254.2 254.0 254.3 255.4 256.5 257.2 258.8 260.0 260.3 260.1 260.2 260.3 259.7 259.5 259.7 259.7 259.6 260.2 34 Hudson Bay 253.9 257.1 255.2 252.5 252.9 254.5 254.4 256.1 258.3 255.6 254.2 254.1 256.7 258.0 257.2 258.8 260.4 260.4 261.8 262.9 263.0 263.1 264.0 266.2 267.8 268.2 269.1 269.8 271.0 271.2 269.7 36 Hudson Strait 249.8 252.9 251.0 249.1 246.1 249.3 248.8 247.6 246.7 248.6 255.3 249.9 246.7 254.2 255.0 250.2 250.0 259.7 265.5 259.2 262.2 270.9 268.5 265.9 267.6 267.6 267.8 267.5 267.8 264.6 262.6 98 Bering Strait 256.7 255.7 256.5 259.5 262.2 264.4 264.5 262.8 261.2 259.8 256.9 253.8 253.3 251.9 251.3 253.4 254.1 256.1 258.2 259.0 263.4 263.7 261.9 261.8 262.3 263.4 263.6 262.8 261.7 263.7 265.0 128 Arctic subocean 237.6 240.0 241.1 240.9 241.3 244.0 242.6 239.7 242.9 242.2 240.1 239.8 242.6 242.5 242.7 242.4 241.9 245.3 249.9 253.8 256.8 255.5 247.5 245.7 244.4 244.7 244.3 243.2 242.7 243.3 243.4 130 Chukchi Sea 257.4 256.7 256.2 260.0 262.5 264.6 261.1 258.1 253.8 253.2 251.2 248.1 248.4 249.3 249.9 250.3 250.7 251.3 251.4 258.6 262.0 264.4 263.5 263.3 262.8 258.3 254.5 256.5 257.0 258.2 257.5 132 Beaufort Sea 258.0 253.2 249.6 253.9 258.0 258.7 258.2 258.0 254.7 254.4 255.7 254.7 253.1 252.3 252.1 255.6 261.3 262.6 262.7 262.3 262.9 265.8 266.0 264.1 263.1 264.3 264.9 266.9 266.0 264.9 266.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.3 243.2 248.4 248.1 245.3 245.5 244.8 243.9 244.2 243.6 243.6 242.9 241.6 242.8 243.1 244.7 247.9 250.8 251.9 253.7 253.0 251.2 252.3 254.0 253.2 253.8 255.1 256.4 256.3 254.4 254.3 136 Foxe Basin 248.1 249.0 251.8 246.9 245.8 244.9 243.3 242.2 241.7 242.1 242.5 242.3 245.7 247.1 245.1 243.0 242.2 247.5 261.2 267.8 256.6 259.5 267.0 260.4 259.4 260.3 259.1 258.9 257.0 254.2 256.7 138 Baffin Bay 241.9 248.1 254.6 248.8 243.8 239.6 238.8 240.2 242.7 247.2 242.9 240.8 245.3 249.7 247.2 242.8 243.5 248.2 248.6 260.0 262.5 255.8 253.5 256.0 250.8 246.8 245.5 245.2 244.5 244.9 245.6 139 South Greenland 252.6 260.3 259.7 252.5 247.4 246.2 247.2 248.9 250.0 251.2 248.6 249.2 255.1 255.7 253.2 252.8 258.7 261.3 260.0 263.8 264.0 263.8 263.2 262.7 260.2 255.1 253.3 253.2 252.5 254.6 255.3 140 Greenland Sea 237.9 242.3 251.9 246.5 245.9 247.3 245.3 242.0 246.3 249.4 248.6 247.3 253.0 251.1 252.0 251.8 247.5 251.0 247.2 255.0 260.0 258.4 250.4 247.9 248.1 243.5 241.0 242.6 242.1 243.0 242.6 142 Norwegian Sea 269.3 266.8 267.2 267.7 271.6 272.9 272.3 271.0 270.9 270.4 270.8 269.4 271.3 272.0 271.6 270.5 268.3 267.2 268.2 269.4 268.8 268.9 268.5 269.2 270.2 269.9 268.5 268.5 270.7 271.9 272.1 144 Barents Sea 264.7 264.4 264.2 263.6 264.9 263.9 265.7 266.6 263.9 262.3 262.2 263.4 263.8 265.5 265.8 262.7 260.5 259.7 258.6 258.3 259.7 262.1 261.9 261.5 263.7 265.3 265.8 266.5 266.3 265.2 264.4 146 Kara Sea 259.5 258.9 258.0 257.4 256.5 255.0 254.5 255.3 256.9 258.1 258.5 258.5 257.5 256.8 257.1 256.9 257.2 257.4 258.1 259.0 261.3 262.4 263.9 265.1 265.3 262.9 260.8 259.5 259.2 259.4 262.4 148 Laptev Sea 247.7 248.2 249.2 249.7 248.6 247.9 247.6 248.9 251.7 252.9 252.0 251.3 251.1 248.8 248.9 249.8 251.1 252.1 253.7 255.6 255.5 253.9 251.6 250.0 249.9 250.5 252.9 253.6 253.6 253.0 252.6 150 East Siberian Sea 249.0 249.1 249.4 249.1 248.1 247.3 247.7 247.4 248.5 249.3 249.6 249.0 252.0 254.2 253.4 251.2 249.9 247.8 243.2 245.7 246.7 245.5 244.8 245.1 246.6 248.1 248.9 250.2 252.1 251.2 249.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.7 266.7 267.8 267.4 269.1 269.6 269.9 271.0 269.7 267.2 265.2 263.8 262.6 260.2 261.4 263.1 264.3 267.0 267.3 268.6 271.2 269.3 268.5 269.4 270.6 270.9 270.3 270.0 269.9 271.3 271.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.2 269.9 272.4 271.7 272.1 271.0 272.1 272.0 269.5 269.0 265.0 258.9 255.5 254.3 254.8 254.1 255.6 265.0 269.8 272.3 272.6 271.2 272.0 272.6 272.6 272.0 271.8 271.0 270.4 273.4 273.2