1982 11 - 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 260.6 260.5 259.8 259.7 259.8 258.6 257.6 257.5 257.7 257.3 256.1 255.5 255.9 256.1 255.7 255.0 255.0 255.3 254.2 254.2 254.4 253.7 253.2 253.0 252.7 253.2 254.7 254.0 253.0 252.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 271.2 269.5 265.6 264.6 266.6 267.0 265.7 263.6 263.0 265.9 264.6 258.2 255.4 255.9 258.9 260.2 259.0 262.4 263.0 262.2 260.4 255.6 253.6 252.7 251.7 250.1 254.5 260.2 260.7 261.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 270.5 269.8 267.6 267.6 264.5 268.1 269.2 267.5 264.5 264.0 267.5 265.4 263.1 259.2 257.5 258.3 258.5 260.3 260.7 266.8 264.9 269.5 262.7 264.1 257.2 253.2 255.8 255.5 254.4 253.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 257.9 261.4 262.4 261.1 259.8 256.5 252.2 254.9 261.0 260.0 262.3 262.6 265.6 264.5 262.1 255.5 251.1 253.3 250.3 255.0 262.4 260.0 258.7 256.7 255.2 254.5 254.6 252.3 252.6 252.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 253.9 250.8 247.6 245.4 244.0 242.4 241.5 241.6 244.0 245.4 244.9 244.8 245.7 243.0 240.9 240.4 241.2 241.8 241.8 241.8 243.6 245.5 245.7 246.6 244.6 241.8 245.3 245.4 247.5 246.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 258.6 259.0 258.3 257.3 258.4 256.6 254.2 256.4 256.8 257.6 265.4 266.4 267.9 265.8 263.2 261.6 256.1 258.2 257.5 260.6 264.1 260.6 255.9 253.1 253.8 248.8 248.1 246.5 245.9 245.1 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 260.9 259.3 260.4 266.6 265.5 258.5 253.5 251.5 254.8 257.9 251.9 255.2 258.0 260.4 258.0 251.3 250.2 248.4 245.5 247.1 250.1 252.1 250.9 250.6 248.8 250.7 257.2 256.2 256.6 256.9 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.1 255.8 253.8 255.7 255.6 251.8 249.3 245.5 244.0 242.1 241.1 241.4 241.3 242.0 242.4 242.0 242.0 239.6 238.0 240.2 240.4 237.3 240.5 242.2 241.8 243.9 244.7 244.0 245.2 245.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 265.6 261.7 259.6 259.2 264.8 265.2 262.0 257.4 251.2 248.8 249.2 250.8 248.8 247.5 245.8 244.9 249.6 245.0 249.2 250.3 243.5 251.9 255.7 246.2 254.1 255.6 251.8 246.9 247.8 245.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 256.9 257.2 252.4 249.6 249.8 247.6 244.5 244.1 244.2 242.5 241.1 240.7 240.1 241.1 241.2 238.4 241.2 243.3 241.3 241.5 242.2 243.9 244.7 243.5 244.5 252.2 257.1 253.5 249.2 246.6 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 257.1 255.8 256.2 255.9 256.8 256.3 254.6 253.2 250.8 249.2 246.8 246.3 248.7 253.6 248.1 246.0 248.8 250.3 250.4 249.0 247.0 249.1 249.5 250.3 253.4 258.1 256.7 252.8 252.0 249.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 252.2 254.9 251.5 247.0 246.5 246.4 241.7 242.0 243.5 243.0 243.4 241.4 240.2 237.5 237.8 238.7 246.3 247.2 243.1 243.0 245.6 247.4 246.6 245.8 243.1 246.5 255.8 255.1 250.4 251.3 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.9 274.9 272.3 270.8 271.6 274.0 274.9 274.2 275.4 276.5 276.6 274.5 275.8 274.1 272.7 272.2 271.9 269.8 270.6 270.7 271.4 273.2 274.5 272.4 271.0 271.4 269.8 269.6 270.4 273.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.7 265.0 266.7 264.7 263.9 263.8 262.9 262.5 263.9 269.5 272.9 273.3 271.3 270.0 272.1 271.1 270.8 269.7 271.2 272.1 272.2 270.7 271.7 272.0 271.1 270.6 269.0 268.6 267.4 264.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 264.4 264.7 263.8 263.2 263.6 263.2 264.6 265.1 262.0 258.3 257.8 260.3 263.1 264.0 263.1 263.9 263.6 263.1 261.4 259.9 260.0 260.3 260.6 260.8 261.1 261.1 260.6 257.8 255.9 253.8 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 247.0 247.8 248.3 250.6 251.2 249.9 249.5 251.3 255.2 255.8 251.5 247.0 245.4 244.2 245.3 246.7 247.9 247.3 246.0 244.5 243.1 240.3 240.0 240.7 241.0 241.5 242.8 242.7 240.8 241.1 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 249.3 253.8 256.6 251.5 249.5 249.2 249.4 249.7 249.4 246.4 246.4 245.6 244.2 242.8 242.3 241.4 242.0 246.3 245.6 243.0 242.4 243.0 240.5 237.7 237.2 238.9 239.7 239.8 239.3 238.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.1 272.2 270.8 270.3 268.0 265.6 262.4 266.5 270.9 267.9 270.0 270.0 272.7 271.5 267.5 264.5 260.5 257.8 256.5 262.5 267.4 269.1 271.1 271.2 269.4 270.2 270.6 269.0 268.5 266.7 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.0 269.9 265.1 261.5 260.4 259.3 260.8 271.0 271.5 272.8 273.4 273.8 274.3 271.7 266.3 262.8 260.3 256.5 260.3 271.2 272.8 273.6 274.1 271.6 270.2 267.5 267.8 268.3 260.6 251.8 -9999.0