1987 05 - 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 269.7 270.8 272.0 272.7 272.7 271.8 271.5 271.3 271.3 271.9 272.4 273.1 273.5 273.1 273.2 273.3 273.0 273.1 273.1 273.6 274.1 274.0 274.9 276.5 277.5 277.9 277.9 277.7 277.6 277.8 277.8 34 Hudson Bay 273.6 274.1 276.9 280.8 282.8 280.0 277.7 277.8 277.2 275.2 276.3 278.7 280.1 277.6 276.7 278.2 275.7 276.3 276.8 276.7 276.1 274.5 276.3 280.5 282.8 283.6 282.9 283.8 283.5 284.4 284.5 36 Hudson Strait 269.3 267.5 265.3 267.8 275.0 275.0 273.3 269.8 266.7 266.3 265.7 268.1 270.3 273.6 269.4 265.0 265.6 264.3 267.0 272.3 271.9 267.5 265.2 265.6 266.7 270.1 275.2 273.5 270.4 273.6 274.3 98 Bering Strait 270.7 270.8 269.1 267.7 269.0 272.3 273.2 273.6 273.1 273.5 272.9 272.6 272.1 271.1 271.4 271.2 272.1 273.6 274.0 274.9 275.7 275.2 274.9 275.0 274.7 275.8 275.8 276.5 276.3 277.3 280.0 128 Arctic subocean 254.4 254.2 254.9 256.4 255.3 255.1 254.9 256.5 257.9 259.8 261.4 261.5 258.4 257.3 257.6 257.7 259.0 259.5 260.1 261.0 262.0 262.5 262.4 264.2 266.8 269.8 268.5 267.7 267.8 268.0 266.5 130 Chukchi Sea 266.4 265.3 264.4 263.5 264.3 268.7 271.0 271.7 272.2 272.2 271.7 271.0 269.7 268.2 267.7 269.5 271.3 273.3 273.9 274.1 274.8 274.8 274.3 272.7 272.0 272.9 273.3 272.6 273.1 273.4 274.7 132 Beaufort Sea 277.3 277.0 276.7 275.2 273.5 274.5 277.9 275.7 273.6 273.6 273.8 273.5 271.5 271.9 272.1 271.4 273.2 273.6 271.4 273.2 276.3 277.9 278.9 280.1 280.1 280.2 281.6 283.3 283.6 283.0 283.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 262.4 262.6 261.2 262.0 261.0 260.3 261.2 261.2 260.6 263.1 264.3 263.3 262.5 262.5 261.8 262.8 263.6 263.6 262.2 262.5 262.5 262.9 263.8 265.5 265.6 267.0 267.8 267.8 269.0 271.2 272.1 136 Foxe Basin 258.5 257.9 260.5 261.3 267.4 265.4 264.2 266.4 268.1 262.9 260.8 262.7 264.3 263.2 263.3 261.7 261.6 263.2 264.0 264.5 264.3 263.3 262.8 262.1 262.4 264.7 266.9 267.1 265.8 267.0 268.3 138 Baffin Bay 249.9 253.0 257.7 260.1 259.0 258.9 257.9 258.1 261.7 264.3 262.1 260.8 260.4 259.6 258.3 258.3 258.7 258.2 258.1 259.2 260.7 260.2 262.7 266.1 268.0 266.7 265.1 265.3 266.9 268.9 269.0 139 South Greenland 255.9 262.9 263.7 262.5 262.3 261.9 262.8 264.3 266.3 264.1 264.7 264.8 264.0 264.8 263.4 262.9 263.0 263.6 267.8 270.3 269.8 268.3 268.8 269.3 268.4 268.3 268.9 269.1 269.5 268.9 267.8 140 Greenland Sea 251.0 253.5 257.0 256.3 255.8 255.4 255.0 255.1 255.0 258.8 258.5 259.0 259.0 258.2 260.1 258.0 258.8 259.0 259.6 260.6 263.7 264.6 266.1 268.2 271.1 271.7 271.2 268.8 267.8 269.5 269.6 142 Norwegian Sea 277.6 274.2 273.5 273.8 275.5 275.8 274.7 275.7 276.3 276.0 274.8 274.0 274.4 274.9 275.8 276.3 278.5 278.0 276.3 275.9 275.4 276.5 277.1 277.3 277.2 275.3 275.2 275.6 277.5 278.9 280.5 144 Barents Sea 275.6 280.0 281.3 277.7 273.9 273.5 273.1 274.4 273.7 274.7 275.1 277.5 279.0 279.6 281.4 283.1 283.4 281.3 279.8 281.1 281.5 278.8 275.3 274.5 275.3 274.8 275.6 275.5 277.0 278.4 277.7 146 Kara Sea 274.7 275.8 277.4 277.8 276.7 274.2 273.3 273.6 275.5 278.3 279.5 280.5 280.9 280.3 280.6 279.1 277.1 277.2 277.0 276.6 277.1 277.8 279.7 281.6 282.9 284.0 283.6 283.8 282.0 279.7 278.8 148 Laptev Sea 266.8 267.7 270.0 271.5 271.7 270.6 270.2 268.1 266.4 266.2 266.0 266.5 268.1 268.4 270.0 272.1 273.1 273.2 273.3 273.9 273.6 274.2 275.2 276.7 277.1 276.3 274.5 272.2 273.8 276.2 275.8 150 East Siberian Sea 263.4 262.7 262.7 265.7 267.9 269.6 269.4 270.6 269.2 269.0 269.6 268.9 269.0 270.0 269.7 270.0 270.3 271.1 271.8 271.2 271.1 271.4 271.3 273.0 274.2 275.0 276.6 275.8 275.8 275.9 276.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.1 274.3 273.9 274.1 274.0 274.4 274.1 274.2 274.1 274.3 274.3 274.1 274.9 274.0 274.4 274.4 275.4 274.9 274.5 275.6 276.0 275.2 275.2 275.6 276.0 275.8 275.1 275.5 275.3 277.2 281.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 275.1 274.8 274.9 274.5 275.5 274.5 275.8 275.0 275.2 275.1 274.9 275.2 275.0 276.1 279.2 280.3 277.4 275.7 276.9 276.7 276.6 276.8 276.4 276.9 276.9 276.5 276.7 276.8 277.7 280.6