1984 10 - 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 271.0 270.9 270.2 269.5 268.9 268.9 268.5 268.2 267.7 267.3 267.4 267.4 267.6 267.3 266.4 265.7 264.8 264.2 264.5 264.6 264.4 264.4 264.7 264.1 263.5 263.6 263.5 262.9 261.1 260.1 259.5 34 Hudson Bay 276.5 278.4 276.2 273.5 274.5 279.2 278.5 279.2 281.5 283.1 282.9 283.1 283.2 282.5 279.5 277.5 276.4 274.5 272.5 271.4 268.6 267.8 267.6 266.3 263.9 268.5 268.8 265.9 262.7 261.4 260.1 36 Hudson Strait 272.0 269.9 275.1 273.4 270.5 271.1 272.6 270.9 268.3 270.7 273.6 270.5 270.6 273.6 275.6 275.8 275.2 273.1 270.5 267.9 267.8 266.9 264.4 267.0 265.9 263.4 263.9 272.1 270.7 266.4 267.4 98 Bering Strait 272.4 271.2 270.8 269.3 267.1 268.5 269.3 268.8 268.1 266.0 266.5 266.7 265.4 266.2 265.4 268.2 266.2 265.1 266.3 265.5 264.1 265.6 267.9 266.1 262.0 258.9 260.3 261.5 258.3 258.4 260.2 128 Arctic subocean 253.3 254.6 256.6 255.4 258.7 258.0 255.9 253.7 255.1 255.1 253.6 257.7 261.8 263.0 255.6 252.0 251.7 253.0 246.7 246.8 252.2 252.5 251.7 247.5 247.2 244.4 245.1 245.4 244.8 245.1 246.7 130 Chukchi Sea 271.9 271.4 270.5 268.3 266.5 266.8 267.8 268.9 268.1 266.8 266.6 266.4 265.6 267.4 268.7 272.0 273.7 271.1 268.8 266.6 263.7 264.0 265.9 264.9 262.2 265.1 266.5 263.7 263.9 262.1 263.8 132 Beaufort Sea 272.9 272.1 270.0 271.1 272.4 271.6 275.7 278.5 276.1 274.8 274.7 273.7 272.4 271.2 268.3 265.7 266.7 267.5 266.6 265.0 264.3 263.6 264.3 263.2 264.7 260.1 256.0 254.1 252.2 250.1 249.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.3 259.6 260.0 260.8 261.0 259.9 261.0 264.9 264.9 261.8 264.7 269.6 270.8 268.6 266.5 262.7 258.5 261.6 263.8 258.0 256.1 257.1 255.1 252.7 252.5 253.4 254.6 254.1 251.6 250.1 251.4 136 Foxe Basin 267.1 266.8 267.4 269.6 269.0 267.3 268.3 267.3 269.4 269.5 269.7 270.3 271.8 273.3 272.9 273.3 269.8 266.2 267.9 265.8 264.8 264.8 263.8 261.9 260.2 259.6 263.1 264.6 265.9 267.7 265.7 138 Baffin Bay 259.2 260.3 259.6 259.1 258.5 256.9 254.6 252.3 254.2 254.8 253.5 253.5 256.3 260.6 260.9 257.8 253.4 246.5 246.5 246.9 249.4 250.7 252.4 251.5 250.2 249.6 250.3 251.0 250.2 249.9 251.0 139 South Greenland 262.2 261.8 261.0 261.4 259.2 259.2 257.7 256.4 256.7 256.2 256.7 256.7 256.9 258.5 261.1 263.6 261.6 254.0 251.6 254.3 256.5 257.6 257.9 256.9 255.8 255.9 257.2 259.1 257.4 255.9 254.6 140 Greenland Sea 259.4 262.0 261.3 258.1 255.8 254.4 251.7 248.3 248.8 250.8 249.8 247.0 250.2 256.3 257.6 250.8 247.5 240.5 239.3 242.5 245.9 246.7 248.7 248.1 247.6 247.9 247.5 247.8 247.7 245.5 246.0 142 Norwegian Sea 277.0 277.9 280.2 279.6 279.0 279.1 279.7 278.3 276.7 275.9 276.0 275.9 275.3 275.5 274.8 276.2 277.2 274.3 274.5 275.0 275.4 274.6 272.7 272.6 271.8 272.6 273.0 272.9 274.4 276.4 276.0 144 Barents Sea 278.2 277.7 276.6 275.7 274.4 274.5 274.0 271.4 270.9 271.0 269.3 267.8 267.6 265.8 265.0 265.2 264.8 267.5 270.0 271.2 273.8 274.7 274.1 273.1 271.7 269.2 267.9 267.6 267.2 267.4 267.9 146 Kara Sea 274.0 273.9 273.9 273.6 272.7 271.2 269.9 268.7 267.6 267.1 267.1 267.5 267.4 266.4 266.0 266.0 266.3 267.3 268.9 269.6 269.7 268.6 268.6 269.5 270.4 270.9 270.3 268.8 266.4 265.7 264.7 148 Laptev Sea 267.8 267.2 265.9 264.9 264.6 264.0 263.1 262.5 261.6 260.8 261.2 260.7 260.6 260.8 259.9 257.8 257.2 256.7 256.4 257.1 258.0 259.1 259.3 257.9 258.0 259.4 260.0 260.9 260.3 258.8 256.4 150 East Siberian Sea 266.5 266.8 266.5 265.0 263.4 262.6 261.3 261.3 259.8 258.9 258.5 257.9 260.0 259.4 257.5 261.0 259.2 258.1 263.4 267.7 263.3 263.0 266.3 267.1 265.0 262.9 263.4 262.7 261.1 260.4 259.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 277.3 276.4 275.6 274.8 274.1 276.5 276.5 275.2 273.7 272.1 273.0 272.7 271.0 269.8 270.3 270.5 268.7 269.7 270.0 270.0 271.9 274.3 273.8 270.6 268.6 264.3 265.0 266.2 262.0 263.5 267.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.7 276.9 277.1 276.5 275.1 273.4 272.2 270.4 269.9 268.5 268.3 269.4 269.5 267.9 271.7 274.8 274.0 269.7 268.0 266.3 266.1 268.0 269.7 268.6 266.5 265.5 268.1 270.4 268.1 272.8 274.7