1981 10 - 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 270.3 270.3 270.0 269.6 269.0 269.2 269.9 270.3 269.7 268.5 268.0 268.0 268.4 268.0 267.2 266.7 266.1 265.1 264.3 264.1 265.0 265.3 264.8 264.8 264.2 262.8 261.7 260.7 260.9 261.6 262.1 34 Hudson Bay 276.0 277.9 278.7 278.8 277.9 277.0 276.9 277.0 276.6 276.4 277.2 276.6 275.7 275.2 273.9 273.4 273.9 271.0 269.4 265.7 264.1 264.7 264.2 265.6 264.1 265.9 265.6 265.8 269.6 272.3 273.9 36 Hudson Strait 276.0 275.4 275.8 276.8 275.5 273.8 272.9 271.1 269.6 268.5 268.1 269.4 272.2 274.2 274.1 269.0 266.7 271.9 273.0 268.6 267.1 266.5 264.9 263.4 264.4 269.2 266.9 267.8 266.5 264.7 264.3 98 Bering Strait 269.6 266.3 264.5 264.5 264.3 264.6 266.3 267.9 268.3 266.9 266.4 269.1 268.9 268.5 266.2 265.7 264.4 265.4 261.9 261.5 266.1 271.6 271.3 271.6 270.2 264.7 261.5 258.9 258.9 259.9 258.4 128 Arctic subocean 254.6 252.8 253.0 256.9 263.9 266.5 264.3 261.2 259.4 255.2 251.9 250.1 248.9 248.0 247.8 249.2 252.2 252.9 253.1 251.7 252.8 250.6 248.4 248.4 249.0 246.4 248.7 248.8 247.1 248.1 250.4 130 Chukchi Sea 268.7 267.9 266.2 265.2 265.3 264.4 265.4 266.3 268.1 266.8 265.6 266.7 267.1 266.1 265.4 264.9 265.5 265.2 264.9 262.5 266.2 271.0 272.3 272.0 270.5 266.8 262.8 261.0 262.1 260.5 259.9 132 Beaufort Sea 276.4 274.1 271.3 268.9 268.4 269.8 271.4 271.3 271.1 270.6 269.8 268.9 270.9 271.8 271.5 270.7 267.7 267.7 267.0 263.2 263.9 265.2 270.0 266.8 263.8 260.3 260.4 263.9 266.9 266.7 267.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 267.2 268.1 268.9 271.4 270.6 269.2 268.2 267.6 267.8 266.5 264.6 262.1 260.6 257.6 254.4 253.8 255.4 257.7 256.1 256.7 258.2 258.7 256.7 255.8 256.1 257.3 256.4 253.0 254.5 261.3 264.3 136 Foxe Basin 272.9 271.4 271.9 272.5 272.2 273.3 273.0 272.2 270.9 270.3 270.1 267.4 265.3 264.9 264.9 263.6 262.8 265.4 269.4 270.1 267.8 265.2 264.0 266.5 267.6 268.0 268.4 266.4 262.9 262.3 268.1 138 Baffin Bay 257.1 259.8 261.0 258.8 259.7 263.0 264.5 263.4 257.9 254.2 251.4 250.6 251.9 252.8 251.4 248.7 251.6 252.3 253.2 256.3 261.8 258.5 254.3 253.2 250.7 250.3 250.7 248.2 249.8 251.1 252.0 139 South Greenland 264.3 266.0 265.8 262.5 259.4 258.5 260.2 262.0 260.1 257.9 256.1 256.0 256.5 255.1 254.3 259.0 258.5 255.7 254.9 263.4 267.2 260.6 256.9 254.4 252.9 253.1 251.4 253.2 256.6 258.2 255.8 140 Greenland Sea 250.2 253.4 256.5 254.1 255.9 258.5 259.0 257.2 252.5 248.3 246.6 246.7 248.7 249.1 247.6 246.1 247.4 246.6 247.0 250.1 258.3 257.2 251.2 249.9 249.9 246.1 247.0 247.1 250.8 249.7 247.6 142 Norwegian Sea 279.7 279.1 279.3 278.7 278.0 276.2 276.3 275.7 275.4 277.1 277.8 276.6 276.0 275.7 274.8 273.3 273.5 272.6 272.8 273.2 272.1 273.1 273.5 272.3 273.1 272.7 273.0 273.1 272.7 271.5 269.7 144 Barents Sea 279.6 278.2 278.8 281.3 278.6 277.1 276.2 276.0 275.3 275.2 274.5 275.6 276.2 275.9 276.1 274.9 273.9 272.9 273.4 272.9 272.1 273.0 274.1 273.2 273.8 273.9 272.9 271.6 269.5 269.2 269.6 146 Kara Sea 270.1 270.7 270.2 269.3 269.6 270.6 272.2 273.2 272.0 270.8 271.6 272.3 272.5 271.0 269.1 268.9 269.0 268.3 267.6 268.3 268.7 269.5 268.8 269.5 269.0 266.3 264.7 262.7 261.0 260.3 260.6 148 Laptev Sea 268.8 268.2 267.0 266.4 264.5 264.2 264.7 265.0 265.7 264.3 261.7 261.7 262.9 265.4 267.0 266.2 264.3 262.1 261.5 261.8 262.1 261.9 260.4 260.3 260.5 259.4 258.2 256.9 254.9 255.9 255.0 150 East Siberian Sea 266.3 264.4 264.7 265.0 266.4 267.5 267.8 268.6 270.3 268.8 267.5 265.5 265.1 264.1 264.2 262.1 258.9 257.2 254.6 253.0 253.2 254.4 256.1 259.2 261.8 259.5 257.1 254.4 254.0 255.6 260.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.2 270.2 270.7 272.0 271.4 271.4 270.8 270.9 271.2 271.6 272.4 275.9 276.8 276.0 274.9 274.2 273.8 272.7 270.2 272.1 275.2 275.7 276.3 276.7 273.4 270.1 268.9 270.1 270.3 269.2 267.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.5 271.8 276.6 272.8 267.9 266.8 266.1 265.5 265.5 266.6 273.4 276.0 273.6 272.0 271.5 271.3 270.4 268.6 267.4 274.1 276.1 276.3 277.4 277.1 275.3 271.9 268.6 264.8 263.3 263.5 262.2