1987 03 - 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 254.8 253.8 253.0 253.0 253.9 254.7 254.4 254.5 255.4 255.9 255.5 255.7 255.6 255.6 255.7 255.5 255.6 256.0 256.0 256.4 257.2 258.2 258.9 259.1 259.2 258.5 257.9 258.5 259.7 261.0 261.1 34 Hudson Bay 259.4 259.8 260.3 264.5 267.7 266.2 263.2 257.0 252.9 255.9 257.0 258.2 259.4 260.8 262.9 265.1 264.8 267.4 269.5 269.8 269.7 268.9 268.6 267.7 265.1 264.5 261.6 259.2 260.2 263.9 265.6 36 Hudson Strait 249.5 247.4 250.2 253.5 253.8 257.9 248.5 250.4 248.4 248.1 247.7 253.3 254.5 253.3 253.0 256.9 260.7 261.3 259.2 261.7 265.3 260.4 263.2 260.2 263.5 257.1 261.1 254.7 259.1 260.3 261.6 98 Bering Strait 249.8 251.2 251.3 248.8 248.4 249.6 253.2 258.7 260.8 260.3 258.5 257.9 257.2 256.9 256.2 257.1 256.6 253.3 252.9 252.9 258.8 262.8 262.6 263.2 264.5 263.6 264.7 266.2 267.6 268.7 267.0 128 Arctic subocean 239.8 240.7 239.7 238.6 237.6 235.3 237.1 239.5 240.4 241.5 239.7 241.1 244.5 245.2 242.3 241.1 239.4 236.1 235.8 238.0 238.5 240.2 243.9 242.6 243.5 243.9 244.6 243.3 242.5 242.1 240.5 130 Chukchi Sea 248.3 254.5 254.2 249.0 250.6 253.2 254.3 254.7 261.2 265.0 262.6 254.5 253.1 253.6 252.8 252.1 249.3 245.8 243.1 242.9 244.1 253.5 256.4 257.4 259.3 258.4 262.1 268.6 267.7 263.3 259.2 132 Beaufort Sea 253.0 248.5 247.1 250.0 250.2 252.7 252.4 253.4 256.8 256.3 256.4 258.6 258.4 259.2 257.6 256.5 256.9 257.7 257.0 259.0 261.2 263.5 263.9 264.8 264.4 260.7 256.9 260.8 266.1 267.2 266.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 249.4 250.1 246.0 240.7 238.2 237.5 240.3 244.3 245.1 244.0 246.9 249.2 250.8 246.5 242.6 241.8 242.5 243.8 244.0 245.1 247.2 249.6 249.3 244.6 245.1 248.9 250.6 252.9 253.8 251.5 251.3 136 Foxe Basin 244.8 249.4 255.4 251.3 245.4 244.0 240.3 240.8 241.7 242.1 241.3 242.1 243.9 244.2 243.9 250.2 250.2 247.5 250.3 253.1 247.1 247.0 247.0 248.6 251.7 247.3 246.6 243.7 247.9 250.5 250.7 138 Baffin Bay 242.4 241.8 239.6 239.6 240.1 239.8 239.9 241.7 244.5 250.3 254.6 252.6 245.3 243.1 241.8 239.7 238.4 239.8 236.8 233.9 235.9 243.5 248.2 249.0 251.1 251.0 247.0 246.6 242.4 241.0 241.7 139 South Greenland 255.8 253.8 251.8 250.9 250.8 250.9 252.4 254.9 257.7 261.9 261.3 255.7 249.9 250.3 250.4 246.5 248.7 252.4 249.5 246.1 244.1 248.2 251.6 253.8 255.1 253.5 251.3 251.7 246.6 248.0 248.6 140 Greenland Sea 246.2 242.6 239.3 237.1 239.2 243.2 242.4 244.3 245.1 253.7 253.5 253.8 249.5 245.8 243.1 238.9 237.8 238.1 235.8 233.7 238.0 244.8 246.0 246.4 246.5 246.1 245.4 243.9 242.5 241.4 242.4 142 Norwegian Sea 263.6 261.8 264.3 265.6 268.7 271.0 269.0 268.3 270.2 271.2 271.1 271.5 270.7 270.8 271.1 269.1 268.0 268.1 269.0 268.2 268.1 269.2 269.7 269.8 269.2 269.5 270.8 272.5 273.2 273.0 273.4 144 Barents Sea 255.9 256.0 256.6 259.1 261.0 261.4 261.6 261.9 263.9 264.4 264.5 264.2 263.9 265.8 266.2 265.8 265.9 265.6 265.5 265.5 266.2 267.7 267.7 266.9 266.5 266.6 266.6 266.8 269.0 270.6 269.4 146 Kara Sea 258.6 258.6 257.9 256.9 257.6 258.9 257.8 257.8 258.3 257.8 257.1 257.6 257.2 256.3 256.1 256.5 257.0 257.9 258.4 259.2 258.5 258.8 261.0 263.0 263.7 263.3 263.7 264.7 265.3 266.5 265.9 148 Laptev Sea 254.1 249.3 247.1 246.6 248.9 251.0 250.5 250.1 253.8 252.1 249.3 249.2 250.5 252.5 255.2 254.3 253.1 251.4 251.1 252.2 253.5 252.9 251.7 250.6 250.6 250.3 249.6 250.4 253.4 255.6 257.5 150 East Siberian Sea 251.2 253.1 253.1 252.6 250.8 249.5 252.5 251.8 251.9 250.6 250.0 250.9 251.8 251.6 250.6 248.5 248.8 249.2 250.2 250.2 250.7 249.5 246.5 246.1 246.3 247.1 248.5 249.5 250.4 250.8 252.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 257.3 255.7 256.8 255.8 255.2 256.9 264.4 268.6 268.4 267.4 265.9 265.7 267.9 267.3 268.0 269.6 269.7 267.4 267.8 268.2 270.4 271.5 271.7 271.6 271.7 269.3 269.6 269.5 272.8 272.7 269.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.5 256.9 259.8 258.3 255.2 255.0 261.4 271.6 272.5 271.1 269.5 266.7 268.2 268.8 271.1 270.6 269.6 267.3 265.3 264.1 271.6 272.9 272.0 272.8 271.6 271.4 271.1 271.5 272.7 272.3 271.1