1982 09 - 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 279.3 279.6 279.6 279.1 278.7 278.4 278.6 278.6 278.3 277.4 276.4 276.0 275.2 274.9 275.0 275.3 275.3 275.0 275.0 274.9 274.4 274.4 273.9 273.2 273.2 273.4 272.4 271.3 270.9 270.7 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 284.2 284.8 285.2 284.6 282.0 281.3 283.8 287.6 288.5 286.9 284.6 283.4 281.3 278.0 278.9 280.2 280.2 281.6 280.7 280.4 282.0 283.3 282.5 279.5 279.7 279.6 276.5 274.0 275.5 277.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 277.8 278.8 279.1 277.5 276.5 276.8 276.0 277.4 280.1 279.7 277.7 280.0 282.9 276.8 273.9 275.6 277.4 276.7 277.0 275.5 273.7 273.5 277.4 274.6 271.1 272.7 275.0 269.4 270.3 269.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 278.9 279.4 280.0 280.0 279.7 279.8 279.6 278.0 277.3 276.9 275.7 275.3 274.4 275.6 275.5 276.8 273.3 273.5 275.0 274.8 272.8 273.1 273.1 272.2 272.3 272.7 272.4 271.3 272.0 271.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 264.2 264.9 266.1 267.2 267.4 266.6 266.3 265.4 263.8 264.0 264.6 260.0 257.5 261.1 259.5 258.3 258.6 261.4 261.0 257.1 254.3 253.4 250.5 250.1 252.5 256.8 256.2 255.3 253.8 253.2 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 275.3 276.4 278.7 279.2 278.8 277.9 276.5 274.8 273.9 274.1 274.1 274.2 273.4 273.9 274.2 274.2 270.1 269.3 271.4 272.3 273.1 274.4 273.3 273.8 273.5 273.2 271.9 270.9 271.3 269.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 281.9 282.4 281.9 279.9 280.4 282.8 284.6 281.7 280.0 278.3 276.6 275.2 275.6 279.5 281.2 282.0 282.8 280.5 281.8 283.3 281.8 279.5 278.5 279.6 277.8 274.2 274.8 274.7 272.4 274.1 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 273.6 273.3 272.8 272.4 272.0 272.7 273.5 272.0 270.5 269.9 270.2 269.0 267.6 268.4 269.6 269.9 273.4 271.4 268.5 266.3 263.8 264.9 264.1 263.2 261.2 260.3 261.5 262.5 262.6 263.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 274.9 276.9 277.8 277.2 275.9 274.5 272.7 272.9 273.2 272.7 272.6 272.2 273.0 270.7 268.9 269.2 270.2 271.7 271.7 268.1 266.4 265.4 267.1 268.7 268.1 265.8 265.3 267.4 266.5 265.6 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 260.9 262.1 262.8 262.1 260.3 258.7 258.6 259.0 258.8 258.3 259.5 259.0 259.4 259.4 258.8 258.3 256.3 257.5 258.3 258.3 256.6 255.4 254.1 253.6 254.3 258.3 259.2 259.3 258.9 258.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 264.7 264.1 263.3 262.8 261.7 261.2 260.8 260.9 260.8 258.8 258.7 259.9 262.3 264.2 261.5 261.2 260.5 258.5 257.5 261.4 262.2 261.4 259.8 259.7 263.0 264.9 262.6 261.6 261.1 262.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 255.8 256.1 256.3 256.5 256.7 255.9 256.1 257.1 255.5 254.1 254.6 254.7 254.4 255.5 254.8 253.2 251.6 251.9 254.5 256.2 255.2 253.5 252.2 251.2 250.2 255.4 257.7 256.5 254.5 259.1 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 280.9 279.5 278.8 277.7 277.4 277.4 278.0 280.0 278.0 280.2 281.7 278.9 278.0 278.4 280.8 279.1 279.9 280.3 278.5 278.0 281.4 279.1 275.8 276.7 277.3 279.4 280.9 280.4 279.3 279.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 284.2 286.0 285.0 283.3 281.3 279.8 278.4 277.4 278.4 279.1 278.8 279.1 277.8 276.5 276.5 277.4 277.8 278.9 280.5 279.4 277.3 282.7 283.7 281.3 279.1 277.6 276.4 275.9 276.8 275.3 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 282.9 283.0 283.6 284.1 285.6 285.6 284.4 282.8 281.7 280.4 279.5 279.1 278.5 278.3 278.6 279.0 279.7 279.5 278.7 278.0 277.9 277.1 276.6 276.8 278.1 278.9 276.8 274.9 274.1 272.5 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 279.9 280.2 278.9 278.0 276.9 275.6 276.1 278.0 278.9 279.0 277.9 277.2 275.4 274.2 274.2 273.8 273.7 273.2 274.6 274.2 273.4 273.5 273.2 271.7 270.7 270.9 270.8 269.3 267.5 266.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 280.7 280.2 280.2 279.6 277.8 275.8 276.6 278.1 277.9 276.2 276.0 276.6 275.2 274.2 273.2 271.8 269.7 267.6 266.8 268.3 268.3 268.3 268.0 269.0 269.3 268.4 269.5 272.4 272.5 271.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 278.8 279.2 279.0 279.0 280.2 280.0 278.9 278.0 277.6 277.5 276.8 277.3 278.3 279.4 280.1 280.0 277.4 278.8 280.5 279.2 278.2 276.7 275.3 274.3 275.3 277.2 275.8 274.8 276.1 276.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 281.3 280.7 280.7 281.4 281.0 281.4 282.7 282.7 280.1 278.6 278.4 277.9 280.7 280.9 282.4 280.7 279.9 281.2 280.8 279.7 280.5 276.6 275.5 276.7 279.1 279.7 276.7 276.3 277.1 275.8 -9999.0