1986 08 - 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 285.7 285.5 285.6 285.2 285.0 284.7 284.6 284.6 284.6 284.1 283.5 282.7 282.2 281.9 281.6 281.6 282.1 282.7 282.8 282.2 281.6 281.3 281.1 280.9 280.7 281.3 281.8 282.0 281.7 280.7 280.1 34 Hudson Bay 288.1 288.5 289.7 289.8 288.7 288.3 288.5 288.3 286.6 285.2 286.1 288.3 289.1 288.3 288.5 287.1 285.4 286.7 289.2 287.3 284.7 284.4 286.2 287.6 285.0 282.8 282.4 283.5 286.6 287.7 286.2 36 Hudson Strait 288.9 287.2 286.8 286.1 283.3 283.2 285.0 286.9 287.2 286.3 285.5 283.1 279.2 279.6 282.7 285.0 287.0 282.8 280.9 283.6 285.9 278.8 280.3 281.5 281.1 280.9 280.3 280.0 277.5 278.1 278.8 98 Bering Strait 281.9 283.8 284.3 282.7 281.8 280.1 279.8 280.6 282.7 283.4 282.0 281.5 279.5 278.4 280.2 280.3 279.6 280.4 280.0 280.0 281.3 278.4 273.7 274.3 277.6 280.5 281.8 281.4 280.3 280.7 279.6 128 Arctic subocean 272.5 271.4 272.4 272.1 271.5 270.5 270.3 270.9 272.1 272.7 272.8 272.0 271.5 271.6 272.5 273.9 274.0 273.0 272.5 272.7 272.8 271.7 272.0 270.8 270.8 271.8 271.7 270.1 269.1 267.1 265.4 130 Chukchi Sea 278.2 281.2 280.9 281.6 281.3 280.3 279.6 281.0 282.0 280.8 280.1 279.9 279.5 278.5 279.7 279.6 277.5 278.8 277.9 280.0 280.1 275.2 274.7 274.7 275.0 277.3 278.2 278.5 279.8 279.9 277.8 132 Beaufort Sea 286.9 288.0 289.1 287.2 285.9 285.5 285.3 284.6 285.9 287.8 289.4 288.5 286.5 284.4 281.6 281.0 282.0 282.7 282.3 280.9 281.1 281.1 280.1 276.6 276.8 281.9 285.0 286.7 286.4 282.2 280.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 279.1 277.7 279.3 279.7 276.2 275.5 275.0 275.5 276.9 278.9 280.2 278.9 277.8 276.4 275.5 275.8 276.1 277.1 277.1 276.6 275.1 275.3 274.4 273.4 273.6 273.6 274.1 274.4 273.1 271.1 269.0 136 Foxe Basin 281.6 282.6 278.5 277.5 276.8 274.4 275.1 275.9 276.8 277.6 276.3 275.2 275.0 276.1 276.1 277.6 277.1 277.4 276.7 276.2 277.5 275.5 274.4 276.5 277.6 276.4 276.6 277.1 276.5 274.2 272.5 138 Baffin Bay 267.7 268.4 270.6 269.3 268.5 268.8 267.8 267.3 268.9 269.3 268.9 268.0 268.6 270.9 271.9 272.0 271.0 270.9 270.7 271.4 269.7 271.0 269.6 266.2 266.7 268.6 267.5 268.1 268.8 268.7 265.7 139 South Greenland 269.6 270.9 273.4 274.0 272.8 271.5 269.7 270.2 270.9 270.7 270.0 271.8 273.4 274.1 272.9 272.0 271.5 271.5 272.4 272.6 271.3 271.6 271.6 269.3 268.2 269.3 269.6 270.1 270.9 270.9 269.0 140 Greenland Sea 268.2 266.9 268.5 270.4 268.4 268.2 268.0 269.2 270.2 269.9 269.4 268.0 268.1 269.9 270.8 270.3 269.9 269.6 268.2 269.1 268.7 268.8 271.1 266.8 264.2 266.1 266.8 263.5 264.7 265.0 265.0 142 Norwegian Sea 286.6 285.1 284.9 284.1 284.4 281.6 280.9 283.0 284.0 283.9 283.3 283.7 283.3 283.7 284.1 283.6 283.2 282.4 282.1 281.3 281.3 282.2 281.5 280.7 280.9 280.9 281.0 281.0 281.7 281.1 279.5 144 Barents Sea 289.5 289.0 288.5 287.5 287.2 288.8 286.5 284.2 284.1 284.4 284.2 282.9 281.8 280.8 280.1 279.8 280.1 280.6 281.0 281.3 281.3 280.9 281.2 281.3 281.6 281.8 282.5 280.0 277.5 277.5 279.2 146 Kara Sea 290.3 289.3 288.5 288.0 288.8 288.8 289.0 288.7 288.5 287.0 285.8 285.0 284.6 284.7 285.0 285.9 286.8 287.0 286.1 284.6 284.4 284.5 284.9 285.1 285.1 285.7 286.5 286.9 286.2 284.5 283.2 148 Laptev Sea 288.9 288.2 288.0 289.1 291.2 291.8 292.6 291.9 290.5 288.2 285.2 282.7 282.3 281.6 280.9 281.7 283.2 284.2 284.7 284.2 283.6 283.6 284.1 285.2 284.7 284.3 284.3 284.0 282.4 282.1 284.4 150 East Siberian Sea 287.1 286.5 282.9 281.4 279.9 278.6 277.9 280.0 282.0 284.4 285.4 280.6 279.3 281.3 278.3 275.7 278.4 280.7 282.2 284.0 283.5 283.0 279.9 279.2 280.2 280.3 280.1 280.3 280.3 276.1 277.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 281.4 282.2 282.9 281.2 279.7 279.1 279.8 280.1 281.8 282.7 281.5 280.3 278.3 277.4 277.7 278.5 279.4 280.5 279.3 279.4 280.1 280.3 277.0 278.6 280.9 282.0 281.9 280.4 279.5 279.7 280.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.0 284.5 284.6 282.9 281.8 281.1 282.0 282.4 283.5 282.1 281.1 281.8 280.5 281.2 280.5 281.8 283.6 283.4 282.7 283.6 283.5 283.6 282.0 282.2 283.6 284.1 283.9 282.8 282.2 282.9 282.7