1985 05 - 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 269.7 270.2 271.1 270.8 271.0 271.2 271.5 271.1 271.3 271.2 270.8 271.3 272.4 273.5 274.2 275.3 275.4 275.1 275.0 275.0 275.2 275.4 275.5 275.6 275.8 276.5 276.7 277.1 277.6 277.4 277.2 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 276.9 277.6 277.3 275.1 274.9 275.5 277.4 279.9 279.4 277.7 277.9 277.5 278.8 280.5 281.7 281.3 280.5 278.7 278.6 280.2 281.6 281.7 280.9 279.1 278.0 278.6 280.1 281.4 280.7 279.5 36 Hudson Strait 263.6 262.7 263.8 264.0 263.1 263.4 262.1 261.5 262.8 267.7 266.5 266.6 266.8 269.6 272.6 273.4 271.7 272.5 273.4 274.7 275.4 274.9 273.5 272.5 273.7 272.7 271.7 271.9 272.1 272.6 273.5 98 Bering Strait 267.5 267.4 268.5 268.9 268.9 268.0 270.5 270.5 270.6 269.5 269.5 269.0 270.2 271.5 271.3 272.5 272.9 272.9 272.4 272.8 273.3 275.8 275.9 275.7 276.4 278.1 276.7 276.2 276.9 275.9 275.0 128 Arctic subocean 253.2 253.4 253.5 253.6 256.0 258.0 259.0 258.0 256.5 257.9 258.7 260.1 261.5 263.4 263.4 264.2 263.6 263.9 265.2 266.3 267.1 268.4 269.1 268.5 269.1 269.0 267.1 265.8 267.1 268.7 269.3 130 Chukchi Sea 264.0 260.7 262.2 265.9 268.7 265.0 269.9 269.5 271.0 269.2 267.4 266.4 265.7 265.3 266.2 268.9 269.9 272.2 270.5 270.2 272.3 274.3 274.8 275.9 275.9 276.2 275.1 274.0 273.4 272.1 273.4 132 Beaufort Sea 273.4 276.1 277.2 275.1 274.0 274.5 275.8 276.2 276.3 276.7 275.0 274.5 275.8 277.5 276.9 279.3 281.4 279.2 279.9 280.0 278.7 278.6 277.1 276.7 276.6 277.4 276.0 274.7 276.4 278.9 278.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.2 262.3 261.8 260.6 262.9 263.2 264.7 265.9 266.0 267.1 267.8 269.7 272.1 272.3 271.1 270.7 270.7 270.7 270.6 271.5 271.3 271.1 270.7 271.0 271.1 272.2 272.5 273.0 273.7 274.1 273.7 136 Foxe Basin 262.8 262.4 261.3 260.0 258.6 257.2 259.5 263.0 265.3 265.3 263.7 266.0 268.5 272.0 271.9 269.6 268.2 269.4 271.4 272.8 272.9 273.2 274.0 273.5 273.8 274.3 274.7 273.7 273.9 273.3 273.4 138 Baffin Bay 255.8 254.9 255.4 255.2 257.7 259.8 262.4 262.7 260.9 260.2 259.6 259.7 261.4 263.7 265.5 265.4 265.8 266.7 267.7 269.0 269.0 269.3 270.2 270.5 271.4 272.3 270.7 268.0 266.0 266.6 266.0 139 South Greenland 261.4 263.7 264.5 264.5 264.4 264.0 264.5 265.1 264.7 264.2 264.2 263.8 265.6 269.4 270.2 270.6 270.8 270.7 271.0 271.6 272.7 272.9 272.7 271.5 269.7 269.5 269.7 267.3 267.6 268.5 268.4 140 Greenland Sea 256.3 254.9 258.9 258.4 260.1 261.9 262.3 259.4 260.3 260.3 259.4 257.9 260.0 262.0 264.3 265.8 267.2 267.1 266.5 265.8 266.3 265.0 265.1 265.2 266.2 266.4 263.6 261.2 262.1 263.1 265.1 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 273.9 273.3 273.6 275.3 276.6 277.6 278.5 279.1 278.5 277.7 278.8 278.4 276.3 275.1 275.7 274.8 275.9 277.2 275.8 274.5 273.7 272.6 273.3 275.4 278.3 279.6 279.8 278.8 276.9 278.2 144 Barents Sea 276.0 277.0 276.4 278.7 279.9 276.1 271.4 273.2 274.0 271.2 271.3 274.2 276.2 277.0 275.3 273.1 272.9 271.9 272.5 272.1 271.9 271.5 270.9 271.2 272.2 273.5 277.5 277.4 277.8 275.4 277.5 146 Kara Sea 272.9 272.8 274.0 273.7 274.9 275.7 275.4 272.4 271.4 271.1 271.6 272.7 274.1 274.5 275.7 278.3 279.2 278.4 277.5 276.8 277.4 277.6 277.8 278.9 279.7 280.5 279.7 280.7 280.7 280.1 280.1 148 Laptev Sea 269.7 270.7 271.5 271.8 271.9 271.8 271.5 271.0 271.2 271.7 270.5 270.1 271.5 273.4 274.5 273.9 273.0 274.9 276.3 274.5 272.3 271.9 272.3 271.9 272.3 273.5 275.6 278.0 279.4 280.2 280.1 150 East Siberian Sea 259.4 259.9 262.5 260.1 258.0 261.0 263.1 264.5 266.0 267.1 268.9 269.9 269.5 267.5 266.7 268.1 266.7 264.6 266.9 272.9 273.4 272.8 274.1 275.5 276.3 278.4 281.3 280.7 280.4 277.2 275.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.9 272.1 273.1 272.7 273.5 273.4 273.5 272.7 271.3 269.9 270.3 271.4 272.2 271.9 273.1 274.2 274.0 274.3 273.7 273.0 273.4 275.6 276.9 276.3 277.7 279.8 279.9 277.4 275.8 275.7 275.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.0 271.1 272.9 272.5 273.4 274.8 273.2 273.6 271.1 271.3 271.6 271.9 272.6 273.2 272.8 274.1 275.0 274.5 272.7 273.4 276.9 278.4 280.7 281.2 281.4 281.5 282.5 279.8 278.1 277.2 276.4