1980 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 284.4 284.2 284.2 284.1 283.8 283.7 284.1 284.4 284.3 284.7 284.6 284.5 284.6 284.7 284.1 283.4 283.1 283.1 283.3 283.7 283.7 283.2 283.1 283.5 283.8 283.5 283.0 283.0 282.9 282.0 281.2 34 Hudson Bay 290.5 289.1 288.1 287.4 287.4 287.8 287.8 287.4 287.5 288.3 287.8 287.0 287.5 287.5 288.1 289.4 288.6 289.2 290.1 290.7 289.4 287.7 287.1 287.9 287.9 286.1 285.1 286.4 287.2 286.8 286.5 36 Hudson Strait 283.5 282.4 284.6 285.7 286.0 286.6 286.2 283.6 281.9 282.5 282.3 282.5 284.2 284.1 284.2 284.1 285.2 286.3 288.2 288.5 288.5 287.3 285.7 285.7 287.5 287.8 283.5 280.1 279.0 280.7 283.5 98 Bering Strait 281.3 282.6 284.2 283.1 282.5 282.5 282.4 283.5 283.9 284.7 285.6 284.5 283.8 281.6 281.1 279.9 279.0 278.7 278.1 279.3 279.9 280.0 280.3 280.6 281.7 281.4 281.6 282.2 281.3 279.2 278.6 128 Arctic subocean 273.8 273.5 272.9 273.7 274.5 272.6 272.6 271.5 270.7 269.7 269.9 270.3 269.7 268.9 269.7 269.1 268.3 270.2 270.4 269.9 271.3 271.3 271.7 271.2 271.8 271.3 270.9 271.7 272.1 271.6 270.3 130 Chukchi Sea 280.4 282.4 281.7 279.8 283.2 283.0 279.6 279.7 280.3 281.1 282.2 282.5 279.9 278.7 278.3 277.1 275.2 275.0 276.5 279.2 280.7 281.0 281.0 280.2 280.0 281.0 279.4 279.9 277.2 277.8 276.1 132 Beaufort Sea 286.4 286.2 285.0 284.4 284.5 285.3 286.7 287.2 287.4 287.6 287.3 287.0 287.2 286.5 284.7 283.6 283.9 283.1 282.5 281.0 281.7 281.9 280.9 279.7 280.8 282.5 283.1 282.2 282.0 281.8 281.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.6 281.4 283.1 283.8 282.9 280.5 279.8 280.5 280.7 281.8 278.8 278.2 278.1 278.6 280.0 280.5 279.6 276.8 275.4 276.0 276.8 276.9 276.9 277.5 277.9 277.0 277.2 278.7 279.5 278.5 276.4 136 Foxe Basin 279.8 280.0 281.1 282.4 281.7 280.1 280.1 280.1 281.6 282.9 280.9 279.7 280.0 277.4 278.0 280.9 283.1 281.6 280.9 280.6 281.1 282.3 282.4 280.8 280.5 280.1 279.6 277.7 278.2 279.6 278.6 138 Baffin Bay 270.1 269.6 269.7 270.2 271.8 271.2 271.4 270.7 268.5 267.2 266.7 267.6 268.0 267.9 268.0 267.2 266.5 270.0 269.1 269.0 270.3 270.6 270.7 269.7 270.8 271.1 270.8 271.8 271.3 270.0 269.6 139 South Greenland 273.7 273.9 273.0 271.4 271.4 271.0 271.2 272.1 271.7 270.7 270.6 271.6 270.8 269.7 269.3 269.8 270.0 269.6 268.9 271.4 273.1 273.8 272.9 271.7 272.1 272.8 273.0 271.7 270.9 270.7 269.3 140 Greenland Sea 271.1 268.8 267.6 268.6 270.2 270.5 269.7 268.2 265.3 263.5 263.1 265.3 266.6 267.3 268.2 267.5 265.4 265.9 268.9 268.1 268.3 268.1 266.8 265.5 265.9 269.4 269.0 269.5 271.5 268.1 266.8 142 Norwegian Sea 288.3 287.4 287.0 286.5 285.6 283.8 281.8 281.2 280.7 281.3 283.4 286.0 286.8 287.3 287.9 288.9 287.8 286.7 286.0 283.7 283.6 284.0 282.2 280.9 280.3 281.1 281.4 281.5 281.3 281.4 281.1 144 Barents Sea 284.4 282.8 281.8 283.6 285.9 286.4 286.8 285.5 284.3 285.6 286.9 286.1 284.8 283.6 281.4 280.6 281.7 283.2 283.8 284.5 284.2 283.0 282.6 281.6 279.6 278.3 277.9 277.8 278.2 277.7 278.3 146 Kara Sea 285.0 285.8 285.7 285.2 283.9 284.2 285.0 285.8 286.7 287.3 287.7 288.1 287.9 288.3 287.8 287.6 287.1 286.5 286.9 287.7 288.5 288.7 288.7 289.2 288.8 287.6 286.1 285.7 286.4 286.2 284.9 148 Laptev Sea 287.6 286.6 287.3 288.3 288.7 288.3 288.0 288.0 288.9 289.6 288.9 288.5 289.1 290.1 288.7 286.5 286.6 286.9 286.5 285.5 283.1 282.7 284.2 286.4 287.1 287.1 287.0 286.7 285.4 284.4 284.7 150 East Siberian Sea 288.1 287.4 288.1 288.5 283.4 282.0 286.5 289.0 284.7 281.7 281.9 282.6 285.3 288.2 285.7 279.9 277.7 279.7 282.5 284.0 285.1 281.2 280.0 281.0 284.3 286.5 288.2 288.0 286.1 278.2 273.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.3 280.9 281.3 281.2 281.4 281.9 282.2 280.4 280.7 282.7 284.9 284.3 282.1 278.6 278.6 279.7 280.4 280.4 279.0 279.0 278.3 278.3 279.3 280.9 281.2 280.0 281.1 280.4 279.3 279.7 280.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.8 284.6 283.4 284.7 287.0 284.8 282.7 282.1 282.7 283.0 284.0 283.7 282.3 282.5 283.2 282.0 281.8 281.6 280.8 279.4 279.4 280.1 282.8 283.3 283.1 282.7 284.2 282.7 283.8 283.3 282.9