1986 09 - 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 279.8 279.5 279.5 279.5 279.2 279.0 278.7 277.6 276.9 277.1 276.7 276.3 275.6 275.3 274.7 274.2 274.3 274.6 274.6 274.3 274.1 273.5 273.1 272.7 272.8 272.9 272.8 272.4 271.7 271.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 282.8 282.5 284.8 283.5 280.5 279.4 279.9 278.2 277.3 278.0 279.3 278.4 277.5 277.8 278.0 278.3 278.7 278.4 278.9 279.5 280.8 281.7 281.5 280.6 279.8 278.4 277.7 278.1 279.6 280.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 280.6 274.6 278.1 283.1 285.3 283.5 280.0 276.5 277.9 275.3 274.5 276.3 277.9 277.7 276.6 275.3 273.4 276.0 275.0 272.2 273.4 272.6 271.7 273.4 273.9 274.3 272.3 272.4 273.1 276.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 278.6 277.2 276.5 276.6 277.7 278.4 278.1 276.5 273.8 273.7 274.2 275.0 275.4 275.8 276.2 275.3 274.7 275.2 274.2 274.5 273.5 271.6 272.2 269.3 267.8 267.4 269.3 270.6 269.1 269.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 265.2 263.5 264.7 264.3 262.6 261.6 262.0 262.1 262.9 263.5 266.2 266.0 265.7 268.5 265.6 263.1 264.8 266.1 266.8 260.6 255.2 254.3 254.4 255.4 257.0 255.8 255.3 252.0 249.3 249.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 276.6 274.2 273.5 274.6 277.3 278.5 278.4 275.4 272.9 273.6 275.9 274.7 274.7 277.4 278.3 276.5 275.0 275.1 273.8 272.4 270.9 271.0 270.6 268.9 269.3 268.3 268.3 268.0 268.9 269.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 282.1 282.9 281.5 281.0 282.1 283.5 283.5 282.1 281.6 279.9 277.1 277.3 278.0 277.2 276.6 276.6 276.5 278.1 278.7 279.3 279.9 277.9 275.5 275.4 276.1 273.9 273.3 273.7 273.4 270.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 271.7 270.0 269.1 270.1 271.3 272.1 268.6 267.9 267.9 269.8 270.6 270.2 270.5 271.0 269.4 267.3 267.5 269.8 270.8 270.6 270.6 270.3 268.2 267.3 268.8 269.9 266.6 266.7 265.9 262.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 270.8 270.5 272.2 271.2 270.7 270.4 271.7 273.6 274.5 274.7 274.5 274.2 273.5 274.2 273.1 272.2 271.9 270.6 271.1 271.6 270.8 271.5 271.9 272.1 271.6 270.8 271.3 269.0 270.7 270.4 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 263.1 264.1 262.4 260.8 261.9 260.7 260.0 263.7 267.8 266.5 266.8 267.5 268.6 266.5 263.5 262.5 265.2 264.4 263.0 261.3 257.2 255.8 257.0 258.1 259.0 259.9 256.7 254.1 252.1 250.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 268.6 268.7 264.9 265.1 267.2 268.5 270.7 273.0 272.3 272.0 271.8 270.8 269.8 268.9 267.8 269.2 269.9 267.4 265.6 262.9 261.6 261.1 260.0 259.7 264.6 267.7 266.3 263.6 260.3 256.5 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 263.0 263.1 262.7 259.3 259.5 259.4 257.9 258.8 266.5 268.1 264.4 265.2 266.8 266.8 261.3 258.1 261.1 262.3 260.3 258.6 253.5 249.4 248.9 250.4 253.2 255.4 251.8 251.7 247.5 243.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 280.6 280.7 281.2 281.4 280.6 278.8 278.6 277.7 277.5 277.6 277.5 277.8 277.6 277.9 277.8 277.5 276.8 276.3 278.1 277.7 277.9 276.1 275.0 274.8 273.3 272.7 273.3 277.4 276.7 277.3 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.4 281.6 281.8 281.7 281.3 281.5 281.1 280.6 279.7 279.1 277.7 277.6 277.7 276.8 275.6 274.8 275.5 274.9 274.8 274.5 274.2 274.0 273.6 272.4 272.0 271.6 271.0 271.3 271.9 272.4 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 282.9 282.9 283.1 283.7 284.2 284.8 285.1 283.8 282.8 283.1 281.8 279.8 277.4 276.4 276.9 276.9 276.0 277.0 277.1 276.1 276.6 276.8 276.7 277.3 278.0 278.6 278.9 276.8 275.6 275.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 284.6 285.6 285.5 285.4 282.5 280.0 278.9 276.7 274.7 275.5 276.1 276.3 275.3 275.2 273.5 272.4 273.5 272.9 273.5 274.6 273.4 271.4 272.3 270.7 268.6 269.5 271.8 273.7 271.9 270.5 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 276.7 272.3 272.6 273.2 273.9 272.5 270.5 268.1 268.5 269.6 269.8 272.4 274.2 274.3 273.3 272.2 272.3 272.2 271.4 271.5 272.8 272.7 271.0 271.2 271.0 269.8 268.9 266.3 268.5 269.1 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.5 278.8 278.5 278.4 279.4 279.5 280.4 280.7 277.2 276.4 277.0 278.1 278.7 279.0 279.2 278.1 278.7 278.6 278.3 279.4 278.8 277.2 275.3 272.6 270.5 271.6 275.6 277.0 276.4 276.8 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.2 280.9 280.4 281.3 282.4 282.1 280.9 279.9 277.7 280.4 281.6 281.0 282.6 284.0 283.6 282.3 282.7 281.1 280.7 281.2 276.8 276.9 274.3 275.7 272.6 274.4 277.4 279.4 278.8 277.9 -9999.0