1987 01 - 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 247.9 247.5 247.2 247.1 247.7 248.8 249.8 249.9 250.0 250.5 251.7 252.3 251.6 251.6 251.2 252.3 252.5 252.0 250.8 250.8 251.9 252.6 252.7 252.0 253.1 253.8 254.4 253.2 252.1 252.5 253.0 34 Hudson Bay 256.7 257.5 259.1 259.9 261.8 261.1 260.0 262.2 261.8 263.2 268.2 267.7 264.3 259.4 252.4 252.6 254.3 254.2 252.4 254.2 256.0 250.3 247.6 247.7 250.5 255.1 258.0 255.5 257.4 258.1 258.1 36 Hudson Strait 256.9 247.2 249.2 254.8 247.6 246.5 250.5 246.9 246.3 249.9 257.4 257.8 256.6 253.1 253.7 251.0 246.6 249.6 252.7 245.9 247.1 246.1 251.1 259.2 253.8 247.4 247.4 253.2 247.6 247.9 247.2 98 Bering Strait 256.7 255.7 253.8 251.4 258.4 259.2 258.0 252.9 255.9 255.6 248.7 245.4 250.9 260.4 260.9 263.1 265.9 262.5 262.6 263.9 262.6 264.2 264.0 257.9 255.2 254.6 259.5 255.8 248.4 249.2 251.1 128 Arctic subocean 239.1 241.9 242.1 244.6 242.5 238.9 237.8 237.8 241.7 244.0 248.2 247.8 244.9 237.9 233.4 233.1 238.2 238.9 238.6 239.4 238.3 238.2 239.6 240.1 239.9 243.6 252.5 251.0 250.2 243.9 239.5 130 Chukchi Sea 248.4 248.1 244.1 237.6 240.3 242.6 244.1 240.7 240.8 244.2 245.2 245.6 252.7 265.3 262.0 263.8 266.1 260.4 257.6 255.1 253.9 256.6 255.5 248.3 246.8 246.3 249.2 248.4 245.5 244.7 244.3 132 Beaufort Sea 253.0 254.4 253.3 254.7 256.3 261.5 266.8 266.3 266.6 269.1 264.9 259.4 253.9 253.6 258.9 259.7 261.9 263.6 262.9 264.8 260.2 258.3 261.2 261.5 260.5 258.4 255.3 252.2 249.6 250.7 251.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 235.7 234.6 234.9 237.1 243.8 241.0 241.5 247.4 255.2 258.3 252.7 244.5 241.0 241.7 240.0 239.5 237.9 240.7 243.3 240.0 236.9 240.2 239.4 240.2 241.3 242.4 246.3 241.5 239.1 239.6 238.1 136 Foxe Basin 238.1 236.4 232.9 232.4 237.3 244.8 238.1 234.7 243.3 250.7 254.6 253.2 242.5 240.5 243.1 238.5 237.1 236.7 238.9 239.7 239.9 236.4 236.7 240.0 240.7 246.3 242.2 242.9 240.0 235.6 235.3 138 Baffin Bay 246.1 244.3 250.4 249.0 240.1 241.2 245.5 246.3 246.4 244.1 249.4 250.5 246.5 242.3 244.2 246.9 243.9 239.4 235.3 238.1 243.2 244.2 240.7 240.3 250.5 259.5 260.4 257.7 248.9 245.8 243.0 139 South Greenland 252.3 254.3 256.1 253.5 251.4 253.2 261.0 259.2 253.5 254.7 258.2 258.8 255.6 259.3 261.0 260.1 255.3 252.5 249.3 249.8 253.9 252.4 256.3 254.5 263.1 263.5 263.0 259.5 255.4 253.8 254.7 140 Greenland Sea 245.9 244.8 248.6 251.9 247.5 241.5 247.3 253.4 254.6 247.7 252.5 255.2 253.1 248.1 244.9 250.8 253.2 249.9 244.9 241.9 241.9 244.0 242.8 240.1 247.3 255.0 257.5 257.8 251.8 244.1 245.8 142 Norwegian Sea 265.1 266.7 265.9 263.5 259.2 259.6 263.0 261.7 255.9 255.9 260.0 263.7 267.5 268.6 271.3 272.6 271.2 270.7 270.5 272.4 272.3 270.4 270.6 272.3 269.5 265.7 264.8 261.9 263.1 270.0 270.4 144 Barents Sea 254.9 254.9 250.8 247.0 246.6 246.6 244.2 242.9 242.6 241.3 242.8 248.3 255.0 261.1 264.2 265.1 263.6 260.2 258.5 266.8 265.3 263.6 257.9 251.8 252.1 251.7 252.7 250.3 251.0 252.4 254.4 146 Kara Sea 246.0 246.2 245.7 244.8 243.4 245.3 246.2 245.7 245.1 245.8 249.0 252.5 251.7 250.6 250.4 252.8 254.6 255.0 251.1 247.8 252.2 256.3 256.6 256.6 257.4 256.5 255.0 257.4 258.8 259.4 259.6 148 Laptev Sea 236.7 234.8 233.5 233.3 235.0 237.3 236.5 237.0 236.7 236.4 236.6 239.3 241.8 242.0 241.9 242.2 240.5 239.4 241.8 243.4 242.6 245.4 248.7 248.6 248.2 248.3 248.8 244.8 244.0 245.4 247.2 150 East Siberian Sea 241.3 239.0 238.3 239.6 242.6 242.9 246.1 247.8 247.7 247.6 247.5 245.0 241.9 241.9 241.8 241.8 241.0 241.2 241.3 242.3 244.1 243.3 240.5 239.8 241.6 242.4 247.3 248.2 248.7 247.2 246.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.2 270.3 266.9 266.8 271.5 270.7 271.5 271.0 271.5 265.6 258.9 258.0 261.1 266.0 268.4 271.0 270.8 269.8 271.6 270.5 270.4 273.4 272.6 270.1 268.9 269.1 267.9 264.5 261.2 266.9 268.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.0 259.9 258.1 268.9 272.1 269.1 263.0 256.1 255.7 251.0 247.8 252.3 267.8 271.2 271.6 273.6 270.7 270.6 270.2 268.8 272.3 271.6 272.6 271.0 266.4 265.6 269.4 266.1 253.5 261.7 263.7