1983 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 262.6 262.9 263.6 264.0 263.4 262.6 261.2 260.5 260.6 260.6 260.4 260.1 258.7 258.6 258.8 259.1 258.6 258.3 258.4 258.7 259.6 259.4 258.7 257.8 257.3 257.0 256.6 256.4 257.1 257.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 272.5 269.4 269.5 271.7 272.6 272.4 270.4 267.1 264.0 262.5 262.5 263.0 263.8 264.4 263.4 265.6 267.0 267.4 267.2 266.1 266.5 265.7 263.7 264.2 264.2 263.0 261.9 260.7 260.1 259.9 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 266.8 269.9 263.2 265.5 270.8 272.1 270.6 265.9 265.1 262.0 261.5 260.4 259.6 261.8 263.3 260.3 258.8 263.9 264.5 260.5 257.2 260.8 259.8 256.7 259.6 261.3 259.9 256.6 253.7 250.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 257.9 258.6 260.8 258.6 258.5 257.5 258.0 262.3 262.1 261.2 260.5 259.6 259.8 256.3 254.2 254.6 253.5 255.8 255.4 254.0 259.0 262.8 260.2 256.2 251.9 252.2 255.9 260.1 265.7 268.5 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.1 245.6 244.6 242.2 240.5 240.7 239.8 240.6 243.8 243.5 247.7 249.3 247.2 246.3 251.1 249.3 243.5 242.5 244.3 247.5 254.1 253.7 252.4 254.5 251.9 245.5 241.1 239.0 239.0 237.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 253.4 252.1 254.9 256.6 256.8 257.7 262.7 268.2 266.1 263.8 261.0 260.1 257.4 257.4 254.4 253.0 249.9 251.4 253.1 254.0 256.9 260.5 260.0 256.0 253.0 251.8 253.1 256.0 264.9 269.7 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 263.8 266.4 269.3 268.2 265.0 263.5 260.8 258.2 258.1 259.1 260.6 264.6 263.5 261.0 260.1 261.9 260.6 259.4 261.1 260.3 258.8 258.3 260.7 259.6 256.5 256.4 257.6 259.3 258.3 258.6 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.3 257.6 258.7 260.9 257.9 253.4 247.8 246.0 248.4 248.4 247.4 245.3 244.6 245.9 249.1 251.6 254.0 255.7 257.0 257.3 257.8 258.2 257.7 256.7 255.0 252.7 248.8 245.5 247.7 248.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 254.5 249.8 252.9 255.1 260.0 260.3 262.5 255.9 250.6 245.7 245.2 244.7 251.9 255.3 251.8 248.6 251.1 254.6 251.5 251.9 247.9 248.6 252.4 252.1 251.0 252.0 252.3 247.2 240.1 239.3 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 242.5 241.1 239.5 239.1 239.1 239.0 240.3 246.2 250.2 253.9 255.3 255.5 249.0 253.6 256.4 247.7 244.3 244.6 243.1 243.3 247.1 250.5 249.6 247.6 247.6 246.4 244.4 242.5 241.5 244.4 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 249.0 247.2 247.8 247.3 247.2 248.2 252.5 259.7 263.3 263.1 261.4 262.6 258.7 266.4 266.2 262.5 258.3 253.5 249.5 252.8 257.9 258.0 253.5 249.6 247.5 246.6 247.6 248.3 248.8 255.1 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 239.6 239.3 237.9 237.1 235.3 232.5 233.6 237.8 245.3 252.9 256.0 258.5 254.2 251.3 259.2 250.9 243.6 241.2 240.5 241.6 245.7 248.3 246.3 243.6 244.4 243.9 241.2 239.7 239.1 242.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.4 273.5 273.0 272.4 274.3 275.0 276.0 276.3 272.3 271.9 270.1 270.1 271.4 275.5 273.2 270.4 272.2 270.8 270.9 269.9 266.8 265.9 267.0 271.5 271.5 269.6 267.1 265.8 266.5 266.9 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 272.1 272.3 270.6 267.4 265.7 268.3 271.0 271.1 270.3 265.8 263.4 260.7 260.4 262.6 261.1 262.2 263.7 262.6 263.9 262.9 265.3 265.3 263.8 262.7 261.7 260.1 263.7 262.9 262.3 262.1 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 268.3 269.3 270.1 270.9 269.3 266.5 263.9 264.0 265.3 265.9 264.9 262.2 260.2 261.0 263.6 264.1 262.7 261.8 263.8 265.1 263.3 261.4 263.3 265.1 264.4 262.6 261.1 262.4 264.0 263.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 260.4 259.7 261.7 263.3 264.8 266.7 262.6 257.1 255.8 256.9 257.8 259.1 256.4 251.6 249.2 251.1 253.2 254.0 251.5 252.4 256.1 255.6 252.4 248.2 250.1 253.7 253.2 250.6 251.2 252.5 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 250.6 252.7 253.2 253.1 252.4 250.0 249.8 251.5 251.3 250.5 250.6 250.1 251.2 251.5 250.1 249.1 247.8 246.0 244.2 243.2 243.7 244.4 243.8 243.5 244.0 244.6 244.9 244.5 244.4 245.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.1 272.4 272.3 269.5 268.7 267.4 269.1 271.1 269.9 270.7 269.4 269.1 270.7 266.9 267.0 269.0 267.4 268.3 266.1 265.3 269.2 271.6 269.1 265.0 264.6 267.9 270.0 271.8 273.1 272.2 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 262.5 266.8 266.4 262.5 261.5 265.4 273.7 273.9 273.1 272.3 273.0 269.3 269.9 267.5 265.5 266.4 265.5 265.9 265.9 269.5 275.0 272.6 268.8 265.4 265.8 270.1 270.5 274.5 276.2 274.7 -9999.0