1981 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 270.1 271.2 272.1 272.0 271.8 271.3 270.9 270.6 270.7 272.3 273.0 273.1 273.5 274.5 274.6 275.0 276.1 277.0 276.7 276.5 276.1 276.1 275.9 276.5 276.7 277.2 277.9 278.2 278.0 278.6 279.2 34 Hudson Bay 274.1 275.7 275.9 275.5 275.1 275.2 275.5 273.8 270.3 273.4 277.1 280.0 280.5 279.5 275.9 273.9 275.8 280.1 282.9 284.4 285.0 283.3 281.3 280.9 280.1 280.2 281.9 282.5 281.2 279.0 277.6 36 Hudson Strait 269.9 269.0 270.3 271.3 273.5 270.4 266.4 264.1 262.5 263.8 267.7 270.6 271.7 269.9 271.5 271.4 271.1 270.6 269.2 268.6 269.9 272.4 275.0 272.7 270.6 267.6 269.4 271.7 272.4 278.0 273.4 98 Bering Strait 271.8 271.2 270.7 271.2 273.0 274.1 275.3 274.7 274.1 276.0 275.0 272.9 273.8 274.4 273.9 273.6 275.0 276.7 276.1 276.2 276.2 275.7 275.8 277.0 279.2 278.3 278.4 279.2 279.5 280.4 282.0 128 Arctic subocean 259.0 259.0 258.7 258.6 257.6 255.7 256.1 257.4 259.4 259.1 258.3 260.1 261.3 261.4 262.4 262.8 262.1 262.6 263.3 263.8 263.1 263.8 262.9 265.1 265.3 265.3 266.7 266.4 267.1 267.7 268.9 130 Chukchi Sea 269.8 269.2 270.5 270.2 271.6 273.5 273.6 273.7 272.7 272.5 269.1 269.9 273.4 270.5 269.0 270.5 272.0 273.1 273.6 275.3 276.8 275.7 275.4 276.4 276.8 274.9 275.1 275.5 276.0 275.6 277.5 132 Beaufort Sea 276.3 275.4 275.6 276.8 277.1 277.9 276.4 273.2 274.2 276.6 278.1 275.5 275.0 274.4 274.7 276.8 279.9 282.3 281.9 281.9 281.7 281.4 281.9 283.6 284.7 284.4 282.4 281.5 280.0 280.7 282.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.0 266.0 266.6 267.3 264.3 261.1 261.0 262.7 266.2 267.2 266.4 265.6 263.2 262.7 264.6 267.9 266.9 271.4 271.7 273.3 269.1 269.6 269.5 270.4 271.8 272.6 271.8 270.4 270.3 270.8 272.6 136 Foxe Basin 263.9 261.8 262.9 264.2 265.0 264.4 263.2 265.4 264.7 263.7 265.5 265.7 265.4 263.9 264.0 264.1 265.1 265.4 266.3 268.4 270.8 269.3 265.3 265.4 266.3 268.2 269.7 271.7 270.2 270.6 271.6 138 Baffin Bay 259.4 257.9 256.1 256.3 256.6 258.1 259.1 258.2 260.6 261.4 258.8 258.9 259.2 261.8 262.4 259.5 257.9 259.8 260.4 260.2 261.3 265.2 263.3 264.8 266.6 267.3 268.5 269.9 269.7 268.5 268.7 139 South Greenland 262.6 260.4 259.2 258.4 259.8 259.4 259.4 262.5 264.9 261.4 259.0 260.1 262.1 264.3 264.9 265.6 265.7 265.6 265.4 265.2 266.9 269.5 269.4 268.8 267.5 268.5 270.3 270.0 269.5 269.6 269.6 140 Greenland Sea 255.6 254.1 252.2 250.9 251.9 252.4 254.1 254.3 258.2 263.9 257.5 256.4 258.3 263.0 266.6 264.8 259.5 259.2 262.0 262.3 262.0 265.7 267.5 267.3 266.5 266.9 267.7 268.8 267.5 266.4 265.6 142 Norwegian Sea 271.1 270.5 270.6 272.3 273.8 275.2 275.9 277.0 278.1 279.0 278.4 278.7 278.4 277.3 277.9 278.9 281.1 280.5 279.2 278.8 279.4 279.3 279.5 282.8 282.1 277.9 277.5 278.0 277.0 277.7 279.5 144 Barents Sea 274.8 274.0 273.9 273.3 273.4 274.3 274.9 274.0 273.6 277.7 274.3 271.6 273.2 273.6 270.5 270.7 272.7 273.9 276.8 278.4 277.0 276.8 279.1 279.4 279.7 279.2 274.5 274.8 278.1 283.5 283.1 146 Kara Sea 273.6 277.1 280.0 278.8 277.2 276.1 274.5 274.4 274.0 274.7 275.1 274.9 275.1 277.7 278.8 279.6 280.4 280.1 278.4 278.6 278.9 277.7 276.8 276.6 276.8 277.9 278.7 278.8 278.6 280.4 282.8 148 Laptev Sea 265.8 268.5 269.6 269.2 268.4 267.0 266.8 266.8 267.4 270.1 273.3 275.3 276.2 276.6 277.7 278.8 281.3 280.5 280.1 275.6 273.3 274.6 275.8 277.8 276.5 277.0 279.7 280.7 280.8 279.6 279.5 150 East Siberian Sea 262.1 260.2 260.6 265.3 270.4 268.8 268.8 270.5 273.2 274.0 277.0 273.8 274.1 276.2 277.8 278.2 277.4 277.9 271.5 272.4 271.5 270.3 270.8 272.5 276.2 278.6 279.9 281.1 282.7 283.7 282.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.0 273.7 274.8 275.4 275.8 276.2 278.0 277.2 277.6 277.9 276.3 276.1 275.7 276.8 277.1 277.6 278.6 278.1 277.3 276.4 275.5 275.9 276.8 278.6 280.1 279.5 280.2 279.7 278.6 279.7 280.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.2 271.8 273.7 273.9 275.8 276.9 278.9 279.6 281.4 280.6 279.4 278.7 280.1 281.8 282.4 282.4 282.0 280.7 278.2 277.3 276.9 276.8 278.8 281.0 280.0 281.7 284.4 283.6 282.0 284.0 284.9