1985 01 - 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 251.2 252.7 253.1 252.5 252.4 251.9 251.5 252.0 252.3 251.7 251.6 251.5 250.7 250.0 251.1 251.6 251.4 251.2 249.9 250.2 251.1 251.7 251.7 251.2 250.4 251.7 252.0 251.5 250.9 250.9 250.5 34 Hudson Bay 247.2 253.5 261.4 263.3 259.0 254.7 251.8 249.4 251.1 252.1 256.3 259.9 259.6 252.8 249.7 250.3 250.9 246.7 245.0 253.2 257.1 258.8 259.9 257.7 252.6 256.1 253.5 252.0 250.4 246.8 246.6 36 Hudson Strait 240.6 244.3 250.3 249.8 246.7 245.6 253.6 261.3 262.2 257.0 255.1 253.1 245.3 245.7 245.3 240.4 247.2 253.8 266.4 266.1 262.9 265.7 262.5 262.5 260.7 258.8 257.1 254.4 250.9 250.4 249.1 98 Bering Strait 266.1 267.8 263.8 259.9 258.4 255.2 257.1 262.3 264.8 263.5 262.9 260.8 258.8 259.1 258.7 258.1 259.8 261.8 259.8 262.4 264.5 261.6 260.5 261.6 258.8 258.5 260.1 262.3 264.2 266.5 267.7 128 Arctic subocean 249.1 254.1 245.7 242.4 243.0 245.6 247.9 248.0 246.0 240.8 233.8 237.7 242.4 242.7 241.1 244.4 247.5 250.6 251.7 251.0 248.9 244.4 241.5 243.7 242.2 241.8 240.1 238.7 240.0 243.5 237.1 130 Chukchi Sea 262.3 261.8 259.6 259.6 256.2 249.5 252.7 253.4 257.5 257.9 258.3 256.2 255.7 252.3 250.8 251.6 251.5 255.8 258.6 259.3 259.0 252.5 250.0 249.1 252.6 252.4 250.2 256.5 265.4 266.1 267.8 132 Beaufort Sea 260.8 267.7 270.3 267.3 266.3 264.6 258.6 259.7 259.9 263.0 263.3 264.8 259.3 254.9 253.6 253.0 252.4 250.9 247.6 252.6 261.3 262.8 261.4 260.3 261.2 259.1 257.5 254.9 247.9 248.6 249.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.1 243.1 240.7 241.8 240.5 242.4 244.5 247.0 251.6 252.0 246.5 243.0 241.1 238.9 236.8 240.2 239.6 242.9 251.5 250.3 252.8 250.7 247.1 243.0 242.7 242.1 239.9 238.6 241.1 241.7 240.7 136 Foxe Basin 235.5 238.2 240.1 245.0 244.9 241.5 243.2 252.6 253.2 250.6 247.0 239.1 235.7 238.1 241.1 239.4 243.4 264.9 260.4 258.0 251.8 252.2 251.2 248.6 246.6 247.6 247.1 250.0 247.4 243.5 239.6 138 Baffin Bay 254.3 250.7 242.4 242.3 249.0 252.4 249.0 249.3 249.2 247.0 240.5 237.3 240.6 245.0 254.3 256.7 253.9 256.9 255.5 250.2 245.9 246.7 248.8 247.3 247.4 246.9 245.1 243.2 241.2 241.6 238.2 139 South Greenland 258.2 253.7 251.8 253.4 261.4 261.7 261.9 259.1 257.8 258.0 256.7 254.3 254.6 257.0 261.3 258.9 257.5 256.1 251.4 248.1 248.6 249.8 252.7 254.2 254.2 251.7 250.2 249.6 249.7 250.1 249.0 140 Greenland Sea 254.0 259.9 251.4 242.1 250.6 256.4 255.5 248.4 245.2 244.1 246.7 242.1 245.9 248.8 253.7 253.0 251.4 251.6 249.4 245.2 239.1 240.1 242.4 243.9 242.2 243.1 242.3 237.5 235.3 237.9 237.6 142 Norwegian Sea 270.4 269.2 268.3 266.7 265.5 264.2 264.9 266.7 268.2 268.1 269.3 271.9 272.6 272.4 272.5 271.3 272.2 269.3 264.8 262.3 261.9 261.5 261.0 259.8 260.8 262.9 264.6 267.7 268.0 267.4 266.1 144 Barents Sea 256.6 250.0 244.8 243.5 249.2 250.8 253.3 254.4 259.8 259.4 255.2 255.8 256.0 263.8 268.4 264.4 258.5 253.2 248.4 246.7 245.6 245.3 246.5 248.4 251.5 252.3 251.4 249.2 247.3 250.3 251.5 146 Kara Sea 248.7 250.3 250.8 250.0 250.2 251.4 251.3 253.5 253.0 251.6 252.1 252.6 252.4 252.0 254.3 255.2 254.2 254.3 252.5 249.9 249.8 252.1 252.8 251.6 251.2 255.6 258.7 258.0 257.5 257.1 255.8 148 Laptev Sea 243.7 243.5 244.7 244.2 242.9 243.3 243.6 241.8 240.1 237.7 236.7 236.1 235.8 235.3 236.9 239.2 241.4 241.6 241.9 241.7 240.9 239.1 237.4 238.6 239.6 239.7 240.7 242.8 244.7 244.2 243.3 150 East Siberian Sea 249.1 250.5 250.7 250.4 247.9 243.3 241.7 240.9 240.4 241.1 242.7 241.9 240.6 242.6 246.1 246.8 245.2 244.7 241.0 239.8 240.6 242.7 243.8 244.0 241.8 241.1 240.2 240.4 241.9 245.8 250.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 273.6 269.9 270.3 269.5 267.1 271.7 273.7 273.1 272.4 272.8 271.1 269.1 269.7 269.6 270.6 272.1 271.6 271.2 273.5 271.5 272.4 272.2 271.8 270.1 270.5 271.3 271.6 271.1 271.4 272.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.4 273.5 270.6 271.6 268.5 266.7 271.4 273.6 271.6 273.1 274.3 271.3 269.6 267.3 267.5 269.1 270.3 274.6 273.2 274.2 273.2 269.3 268.9 267.7 267.9 270.8 273.6 274.7 274.8 274.2 274.2