1986 11 - 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 260.1 260.4 260.4 260.1 260.0 259.7 258.5 256.9 256.3 256.4 255.0 254.5 255.7 256.5 256.8 256.5 256.2 255.5 255.1 254.9 254.9 255.3 255.5 256.2 256.2 255.3 255.0 255.6 256.2 256.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 262.4 260.9 260.3 260.9 266.2 264.8 261.2 259.2 258.3 255.9 255.4 252.9 253.9 255.8 253.2 255.0 253.5 251.7 252.6 254.4 258.2 259.5 259.0 263.0 265.9 265.2 264.0 262.0 257.8 260.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.4 262.9 260.9 260.0 260.2 261.1 266.9 263.0 262.2 268.1 261.2 258.7 256.4 255.9 254.2 254.5 254.0 256.7 253.2 250.8 250.4 247.3 248.0 255.5 256.5 255.5 262.4 260.7 260.0 258.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 262.8 268.2 270.6 267.6 263.6 259.4 257.2 258.7 259.6 263.5 261.1 262.3 261.8 265.8 267.6 263.5 258.9 255.2 254.1 250.7 247.3 249.3 249.9 247.7 249.3 248.9 247.8 250.9 257.1 255.9 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 244.3 243.0 245.1 244.5 243.0 245.8 247.4 246.7 249.2 253.1 247.5 245.3 248.5 246.6 244.9 244.0 244.1 244.9 246.0 246.2 244.6 243.4 242.0 240.5 238.6 237.6 238.3 236.5 238.9 239.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 261.4 262.0 266.7 266.0 262.4 261.1 263.3 261.0 260.9 264.6 264.8 266.1 266.2 268.1 267.3 263.1 261.2 259.8 259.6 256.6 254.8 254.1 251.0 251.1 249.0 248.4 245.4 244.1 244.2 244.8 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 258.0 261.7 265.6 267.5 264.1 257.9 252.7 250.3 250.1 252.6 251.5 251.6 255.8 252.2 254.9 252.5 249.9 249.7 248.0 248.9 250.7 249.4 253.6 255.9 255.7 258.5 254.1 253.6 261.1 263.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.3 247.2 246.8 246.8 246.3 245.5 244.8 245.3 246.6 247.6 249.3 248.0 245.5 243.9 243.3 243.0 244.7 246.1 244.9 243.1 242.6 243.4 243.4 244.3 245.1 244.2 245.1 244.8 247.6 249.9 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 257.3 253.8 249.0 245.8 244.1 245.1 249.3 250.8 249.5 255.1 251.2 250.0 251.3 248.1 246.3 244.9 244.2 245.8 247.8 245.2 242.2 241.5 242.5 244.2 246.7 251.4 250.7 250.3 250.5 251.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 245.8 247.0 249.4 246.4 243.6 246.2 249.5 246.2 244.6 246.4 244.0 243.5 244.7 244.8 246.9 248.5 247.0 243.8 242.9 242.7 241.9 242.0 241.7 241.5 241.3 241.2 238.9 236.9 238.5 241.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 257.6 258.3 253.9 250.8 249.2 250.5 250.9 251.4 250.8 249.5 250.3 251.5 251.3 250.1 252.0 251.6 249.8 247.9 248.7 249.8 248.5 249.0 248.7 247.3 247.2 244.9 245.1 246.3 245.1 246.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 244.6 245.6 247.7 247.8 245.6 250.5 249.6 246.7 245.5 246.8 243.8 240.6 244.7 246.5 246.7 247.4 248.1 251.2 249.7 246.9 244.9 242.4 243.0 240.9 239.1 237.0 236.5 234.6 234.1 235.9 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.8 272.5 271.8 273.3 272.8 271.8 272.3 273.6 274.2 275.2 273.8 270.7 270.6 273.6 274.7 276.1 276.1 274.7 273.2 272.3 271.3 271.6 273.9 274.9 275.3 275.3 274.7 276.1 274.9 273.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 270.6 271.1 271.1 270.4 267.2 265.8 267.5 266.6 266.6 267.6 269.8 270.8 270.6 268.0 266.5 266.7 269.0 267.7 269.2 270.2 270.8 270.8 271.0 270.5 268.0 267.7 272.1 271.7 272.0 271.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 265.5 265.7 265.2 265.2 265.5 266.2 265.3 262.5 261.9 260.8 258.2 258.1 260.8 263.8 265.0 264.5 263.6 262.5 261.3 260.9 260.5 260.6 260.2 261.0 261.4 260.0 260.2 262.3 263.4 263.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.8 253.0 252.7 252.7 251.6 252.7 251.7 250.7 249.0 247.9 246.9 246.5 247.6 248.2 248.4 248.6 250.6 251.2 251.6 252.3 252.1 254.2 255.3 254.8 252.6 250.1 250.7 252.3 250.8 250.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.1 254.2 253.2 251.9 256.3 261.5 260.7 257.7 254.7 256.9 254.0 252.9 251.7 249.6 249.7 251.5 256.5 259.2 260.1 256.5 254.4 251.4 248.9 249.4 247.9 245.5 241.9 239.6 239.6 239.6 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.1 277.2 276.3 274.3 273.8 268.9 263.4 266.1 268.6 272.5 270.4 269.0 268.0 270.7 271.6 270.3 264.9 260.5 258.8 259.6 261.0 265.0 264.6 261.6 264.1 262.1 260.6 268.0 271.6 266.5 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.6 277.3 276.2 274.7 274.8 271.3 266.9 271.9 276.7 275.3 272.0 271.7 273.1 275.8 275.3 272.8 268.1 261.2 259.1 257.9 256.5 256.9 256.2 250.6 251.4 253.7 256.8 268.1 266.0 256.9 -9999.0