1986 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 270.2 269.5 269.6 270.3 270.5 270.0 269.5 269.1 269.2 268.6 267.9 267.3 266.4 265.8 265.5 265.9 266.7 267.1 266.8 266.6 266.2 265.1 263.2 262.4 262.5 262.5 262.5 262.4 261.9 261.2 260.6 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 274.5 272.3 274.1 273.4 275.5 275.9 271.7 269.9 273.2 270.4 271.9 272.3 270.4 270.4 270.9 272.4 274.4 274.9 273.7 272.8 272.5 270.3 269.7 269.3 269.4 270.8 269.7 266.1 264.5 265.1 36 Hudson Strait 275.6 273.2 272.4 271.4 269.8 268.9 268.2 269.2 268.8 267.3 269.4 268.1 269.8 265.8 261.7 262.6 263.5 268.0 267.9 265.1 267.6 267.5 264.4 263.9 264.0 259.4 262.9 265.5 267.2 264.0 265.2 98 Bering Strait 270.3 270.1 267.5 269.7 268.6 264.1 263.3 265.9 267.6 270.2 269.4 266.2 267.8 267.7 265.8 265.7 263.9 263.6 263.3 264.4 265.3 266.4 264.8 264.2 264.8 263.4 262.3 261.5 259.8 260.5 261.4 128 Arctic subocean 252.9 254.5 254.2 253.2 251.7 251.0 251.2 250.1 246.3 244.6 244.9 247.8 246.8 248.5 250.4 251.2 250.8 248.1 248.2 247.3 247.8 244.7 242.5 242.8 244.6 249.1 251.4 250.3 246.2 246.1 243.3 130 Chukchi Sea 270.5 268.7 265.8 266.8 267.4 265.7 265.0 264.3 263.5 264.8 261.8 259.9 262.4 264.9 264.0 263.4 264.0 264.1 264.6 262.3 262.6 261.7 260.8 260.5 264.2 268.0 267.0 266.3 266.3 263.1 263.7 132 Beaufort Sea 269.5 269.3 271.0 270.8 275.1 273.1 267.4 266.9 271.4 269.9 274.1 274.0 271.6 273.1 273.1 272.2 270.8 269.7 268.9 269.9 270.1 268.5 268.6 268.1 267.8 266.9 264.2 260.3 260.5 261.5 259.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.8 259.7 259.1 258.2 258.9 260.4 259.5 256.9 258.0 254.1 255.5 260.4 253.7 253.2 253.3 257.6 260.4 261.4 260.5 259.0 257.4 259.0 251.1 246.7 247.9 251.0 251.5 253.9 256.2 253.1 248.7 136 Foxe Basin 270.8 270.4 268.3 266.9 266.0 265.3 266.2 265.7 262.6 261.9 259.8 260.0 261.9 257.5 257.0 257.5 257.2 260.1 260.6 258.9 258.3 259.6 261.3 250.4 248.7 247.2 246.7 247.8 248.6 249.5 253.6 138 Baffin Bay 250.8 251.5 253.8 255.2 254.8 253.6 251.9 253.4 253.8 250.8 249.9 249.2 248.7 247.2 248.5 247.4 249.0 249.1 247.4 249.3 250.4 247.9 246.1 243.0 243.8 245.4 246.6 247.8 245.1 244.0 244.5 139 South Greenland 254.8 256.3 261.5 262.6 259.9 257.7 259.9 264.5 262.9 259.7 259.0 256.4 255.9 255.3 254.5 254.2 257.2 255.2 253.3 255.2 256.7 255.5 253.3 253.1 251.8 252.4 254.0 253.4 251.2 252.8 255.8 140 Greenland Sea 243.9 246.4 248.7 251.4 250.6 249.1 248.7 250.1 254.1 253.0 254.9 253.7 253.4 251.2 250.3 248.1 247.7 249.6 248.6 250.9 252.7 250.1 246.1 241.9 242.1 244.5 244.2 247.7 248.2 247.3 244.4 142 Norwegian Sea 279.3 277.6 275.4 274.4 274.7 276.7 276.1 273.1 274.5 276.5 276.9 279.3 278.6 277.8 277.9 277.2 275.4 277.0 277.5 276.0 274.3 273.2 273.3 274.4 274.7 274.9 276.0 276.7 276.8 275.9 275.8 144 Barents Sea 272.2 272.6 274.4 274.9 274.3 272.7 271.7 270.4 270.7 270.8 270.7 270.8 272.3 274.0 273.6 274.6 274.3 273.4 272.5 272.4 272.4 273.1 275.2 274.8 274.0 273.2 272.1 273.3 273.7 272.9 271.7 146 Kara Sea 274.6 273.4 274.1 275.5 275.9 275.6 275.8 275.0 273.9 273.2 272.6 272.0 271.3 270.9 270.8 270.2 270.4 271.0 271.7 270.9 269.2 266.8 264.6 264.3 265.3 265.7 266.8 267.7 267.3 266.0 265.4 148 Laptev Sea 271.1 271.0 269.2 269.4 271.5 270.8 270.1 271.5 271.9 270.7 267.2 264.6 261.9 261.0 260.6 263.0 264.9 265.1 264.0 264.0 264.6 263.5 261.2 260.9 259.8 259.0 258.1 256.6 257.2 256.8 255.9 150 East Siberian Sea 268.4 267.4 269.5 267.0 263.8 264.7 265.0 264.9 266.3 261.2 260.8 258.6 256.4 254.8 257.1 257.6 261.2 263.3 260.9 260.0 258.8 256.8 256.4 257.0 257.2 256.3 254.0 255.8 256.6 256.8 255.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.6 276.1 276.4 275.9 274.7 271.6 273.5 275.9 275.0 277.0 277.4 277.4 277.0 276.8 274.7 273.6 272.0 272.0 272.6 274.5 275.6 274.9 273.9 273.4 272.0 270.2 269.0 268.0 267.1 267.9 269.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 277.0 276.6 274.9 273.6 272.4 269.7 272.7 275.3 274.7 277.9 273.5 273.6 277.0 274.9 271.8 270.7 271.8 269.9 265.5 268.5 272.9 274.7 271.6 268.3 268.9 268.9 267.7 266.0 267.3 270.3 267.3