1982 12 - 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 251.2 250.4 251.1 251.8 252.5 253.2 253.7 254.2 254.4 254.0 253.6 253.8 254.1 254.5 253.9 253.5 254.2 254.9 254.2 253.5 252.5 251.3 251.5 252.9 253.1 252.4 251.9 252.0 251.8 251.7 250.9 34 Hudson Bay 263.2 264.2 264.9 261.4 259.1 257.4 252.5 248.3 251.3 252.4 249.0 250.9 252.8 251.0 252.6 255.5 260.5 262.1 260.6 256.8 253.7 252.0 254.0 257.7 257.2 257.3 254.3 252.1 248.8 248.3 252.8 36 Hudson Strait 255.4 252.1 259.7 269.4 255.1 250.6 258.5 255.9 248.3 244.8 249.5 246.6 244.8 245.3 245.4 246.5 243.9 246.6 256.8 262.7 256.7 251.4 243.5 248.5 255.2 247.6 242.2 241.3 244.1 242.8 241.8 98 Bering Strait 251.4 254.5 254.6 252.9 253.7 253.5 259.3 267.2 266.0 261.6 260.6 261.8 262.4 261.7 258.1 257.9 256.8 254.7 253.6 255.6 256.1 252.7 249.8 250.1 250.7 250.6 257.7 262.2 264.0 263.7 257.4 128 Arctic subocean 244.4 242.3 241.2 238.2 238.0 236.7 235.8 238.1 240.2 241.9 242.9 244.9 244.2 243.3 243.2 242.3 241.0 240.2 237.2 236.2 233.9 234.7 235.5 237.5 236.5 235.3 234.8 237.2 238.7 241.8 246.8 130 Chukchi Sea 244.2 247.5 255.4 253.0 251.7 253.2 257.5 261.5 265.8 263.4 262.3 258.5 256.1 254.8 252.7 253.3 252.4 252.0 249.1 250.4 250.9 248.3 247.0 247.0 245.7 247.1 252.4 259.0 258.4 261.9 252.5 132 Beaufort Sea 253.3 250.3 251.6 253.3 253.4 248.8 245.7 253.7 257.7 253.4 254.8 254.1 254.8 255.3 256.1 257.4 254.8 252.8 250.3 248.6 247.9 250.3 249.3 250.5 252.1 249.1 249.6 254.7 259.3 263.5 263.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.9 242.7 240.0 239.7 242.6 240.6 240.0 241.6 240.2 242.5 242.8 242.5 242.2 241.5 241.6 243.3 244.7 245.5 241.6 239.4 238.9 238.0 238.9 237.7 235.8 235.0 237.3 237.2 237.9 239.3 239.2 136 Foxe Basin 245.2 253.6 250.3 241.4 240.8 239.8 239.5 240.3 237.8 239.2 242.7 246.1 244.1 244.3 243.2 241.0 240.9 248.1 249.5 248.8 241.9 237.3 234.6 240.1 239.4 234.5 233.3 234.5 234.8 236.0 235.3 138 Baffin Bay 244.1 241.8 241.2 240.1 242.7 245.7 246.7 242.8 246.5 248.4 249.9 251.8 249.7 247.6 245.5 242.5 241.7 240.1 236.8 238.0 239.3 237.2 234.7 233.8 232.1 233.9 235.5 238.0 239.7 234.9 232.1 139 South Greenland 247.2 246.0 246.5 248.6 252.0 256.3 258.0 257.7 255.8 255.6 256.9 254.8 252.4 249.4 245.2 242.4 242.4 244.6 245.8 250.9 251.3 251.9 250.1 243.9 243.4 244.3 244.5 247.4 245.3 243.0 241.9 140 Greenland Sea 249.8 244.3 241.2 238.6 239.4 243.2 246.2 243.2 243.8 244.6 244.9 245.9 245.0 243.3 240.4 241.0 237.9 235.8 232.9 232.9 237.2 236.6 237.6 237.0 237.3 239.9 240.5 240.0 242.5 241.8 237.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 275.5 275.0 275.2 274.7 272.4 269.8 268.7 269.4 269.1 268.8 267.7 267.2 268.3 269.9 269.2 267.5 268.9 269.9 270.6 272.9 272.9 271.5 269.8 272.4 274.2 273.2 272.3 271.2 273.5 274.0 144 Barents Sea 258.8 254.8 256.3 266.3 269.4 269.0 267.9 267.3 265.9 263.9 260.7 263.4 267.5 265.7 261.1 259.0 266.5 267.5 267.0 266.6 268.3 271.8 271.6 270.7 268.6 268.0 269.7 267.9 266.6 263.0 256.1 146 Kara Sea 252.4 251.0 251.1 253.5 257.1 259.0 259.4 259.2 259.1 259.0 257.8 257.2 258.1 262.2 263.0 261.4 261.1 263.7 264.8 262.6 260.7 257.5 259.4 262.5 263.7 262.6 260.2 258.7 258.3 258.3 257.3 148 Laptev Sea 242.0 242.6 243.4 243.5 242.8 245.2 248.7 247.8 246.7 247.7 249.3 249.0 248.1 247.1 246.0 245.5 247.4 247.2 244.9 245.1 243.8 242.9 243.2 245.2 245.5 244.7 243.0 242.2 241.1 241.5 241.8 150 East Siberian Sea 239.0 240.9 244.5 242.9 237.0 239.8 244.4 250.1 248.6 247.7 248.2 248.0 246.9 247.9 246.4 243.2 241.6 240.4 238.7 239.1 241.7 243.7 243.0 240.9 239.3 238.2 240.1 242.0 240.5 239.2 239.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.1 261.3 261.4 260.9 266.9 268.5 271.0 271.6 270.3 265.9 267.2 271.3 272.1 270.9 269.9 270.5 268.8 267.3 265.7 268.1 265.9 262.9 262.9 266.6 266.2 267.3 271.9 272.6 273.3 272.0 268.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 249.5 249.1 249.4 252.6 262.7 270.8 270.6 270.7 270.5 267.2 268.9 269.7 270.9 268.9 266.1 267.5 263.8 262.5 264.7 269.2 269.4 266.0 259.8 261.1 264.8 270.2 273.3 272.6 274.2 271.3 264.7