1982 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 252.7 252.6 252.7 253.2 254.4 254.6 254.5 254.3 254.0 254.1 254.1 254.0 253.6 253.6 254.2 254.2 254.4 254.8 255.4 256.1 257.1 257.5 257.6 257.6 257.5 257.4 257.6 257.6 258.1 258.3 257.9 34 Hudson Bay 255.2 252.9 253.7 255.1 255.0 253.7 250.8 249.7 253.5 258.2 260.0 262.0 263.3 262.1 262.5 263.0 259.7 257.5 259.8 263.0 265.5 265.3 265.2 263.8 260.4 256.6 257.9 263.2 265.9 267.3 264.8 36 Hudson Strait 245.8 251.1 248.9 247.4 253.0 249.9 248.0 245.4 245.1 248.4 255.5 253.5 254.1 265.5 259.7 252.6 256.1 251.1 248.7 251.1 252.9 255.4 256.4 258.7 261.6 252.7 247.6 245.7 250.7 256.0 262.6 98 Bering Strait 255.6 257.5 256.4 256.9 260.1 262.3 263.3 264.7 264.1 262.5 258.5 255.2 252.1 251.1 249.8 251.5 260.8 264.7 263.3 264.4 265.0 264.5 260.5 258.6 259.6 258.6 257.4 257.3 255.8 254.9 254.7 128 Arctic subocean 238.9 239.8 240.8 240.8 238.6 241.4 241.9 241.6 240.3 243.5 241.8 245.5 245.5 245.8 246.1 250.1 252.5 246.5 247.8 245.2 243.0 243.4 243.6 240.1 236.8 236.9 237.8 238.7 238.4 238.7 241.6 130 Chukchi Sea 261.9 260.8 257.6 254.2 256.1 259.4 262.0 264.6 265.0 258.6 251.4 249.5 248.5 247.6 245.7 245.9 252.3 250.7 247.4 250.7 256.4 254.5 253.4 249.5 249.5 251.0 255.4 255.6 254.4 251.0 250.5 132 Beaufort Sea 249.7 251.9 253.5 253.4 255.8 252.9 252.8 254.8 257.3 257.1 257.4 253.8 252.8 252.3 252.9 249.8 251.8 261.5 265.7 266.0 267.7 269.4 266.5 261.8 259.1 260.5 259.7 256.1 254.2 251.9 250.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.1 250.3 249.0 242.7 239.1 239.7 241.1 242.1 242.5 242.1 241.1 240.9 241.4 241.8 242.6 244.3 243.7 245.2 246.9 250.3 252.2 251.4 248.5 244.3 241.0 243.5 248.8 250.0 246.6 245.1 245.1 136 Foxe Basin 238.4 239.2 241.7 243.1 245.0 245.2 242.1 240.4 240.0 238.8 240.1 241.3 242.2 245.5 254.9 250.0 248.4 244.1 242.2 245.7 244.1 245.9 247.5 248.3 245.5 241.1 241.2 242.4 247.1 251.6 246.0 138 Baffin Bay 241.9 240.6 239.0 238.1 244.0 246.1 241.8 239.6 238.8 238.8 238.7 244.9 247.3 246.5 249.3 257.1 252.5 251.9 252.0 244.9 247.2 249.6 247.6 244.2 240.5 238.6 237.9 238.4 241.0 242.1 242.2 139 South Greenland 251.4 248.9 247.3 249.3 255.1 250.1 247.5 246.4 246.0 246.2 245.7 247.3 249.3 250.7 257.0 258.6 259.0 259.1 257.3 255.4 258.2 254.9 253.3 251.9 251.1 250.4 249.4 252.6 257.3 255.9 253.9 140 Greenland Sea 238.2 239.9 237.7 238.1 243.2 246.9 245.1 245.1 246.6 248.5 254.1 252.7 249.1 250.1 248.3 251.6 257.1 252.6 254.4 249.9 247.3 250.9 247.3 247.7 243.8 238.8 237.5 237.9 241.6 240.7 241.0 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 272.1 268.6 267.1 267.9 269.3 273.8 273.1 272.0 271.3 271.5 269.9 269.1 271.0 271.8 273.5 273.8 273.7 273.2 271.9 271.5 272.2 273.4 275.4 276.0 276.0 274.7 271.7 271.4 271.6 274.5 144 Barents Sea 261.2 265.3 267.2 266.5 265.8 267.2 264.3 263.3 259.5 257.3 257.6 259.0 260.8 262.5 263.7 264.8 264.6 263.9 266.6 268.0 263.1 262.2 264.5 266.7 268.9 268.5 268.1 266.8 265.4 264.1 264.3 146 Kara Sea 255.0 253.2 254.6 257.6 258.9 260.5 262.1 261.0 257.9 256.3 255.5 255.4 254.6 254.4 255.2 254.4 254.4 254.2 253.5 254.3 255.0 255.8 258.4 260.4 262.8 264.8 264.5 263.2 265.0 267.1 267.2 148 Laptev Sea 252.1 252.0 250.0 248.1 247.8 248.2 249.1 249.6 250.2 250.9 251.8 252.4 251.0 249.9 249.7 248.9 247.5 247.3 247.7 248.2 249.6 250.5 251.6 253.4 254.7 255.1 256.6 255.8 253.3 251.7 252.7 150 East Siberian Sea 250.9 249.6 249.6 250.0 249.0 248.9 251.1 251.9 251.3 250.9 250.4 248.0 246.1 245.1 244.9 244.3 245.1 246.6 245.4 246.0 247.2 247.4 249.7 252.0 253.8 253.9 251.1 248.3 249.2 249.1 249.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.1 261.2 260.8 263.8 266.8 268.4 270.0 269.2 267.6 268.1 265.9 265.0 262.1 263.5 265.8 267.8 270.9 271.0 271.0 272.0 271.7 271.4 267.8 267.6 267.1 265.1 264.4 266.4 265.3 264.2 262.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.2 259.2 260.6 266.7 268.9 271.0 270.5 270.7 271.0 269.2 268.1 263.4 261.7 266.5 265.1 266.7 273.2 272.6 272.8 272.0 273.3 271.5 260.0 255.0 254.5 256.2 262.5 268.1 268.0 264.6 260.9