1988 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 251.9 252.4 251.8 251.2 251.4 251.6 251.2 252.0 252.8 251.9 250.8 250.4 250.4 251.1 252.3 253.0 251.3 249.6 248.3 248.2 248.1 248.5 249.4 249.6 249.7 249.6 249.1 249.0 249.3 248.9 248.9 34 Hudson Bay 251.7 254.4 253.0 249.0 245.3 245.6 249.0 248.6 249.6 250.0 248.5 246.1 244.5 248.1 254.6 258.1 257.6 254.0 253.7 254.5 255.3 252.7 251.0 250.8 250.1 250.8 251.0 252.8 253.7 249.6 245.3 36 Hudson Strait 256.3 248.2 245.2 246.9 253.6 255.6 248.6 244.3 248.4 247.4 247.7 246.8 241.2 238.2 242.3 245.1 252.1 249.5 247.0 252.6 252.3 243.4 242.7 242.1 244.9 244.8 244.3 243.8 246.5 249.6 242.0 98 Bering Strait 265.1 267.4 263.4 261.1 260.5 260.5 261.8 262.7 260.2 256.4 252.3 252.1 252.5 256.0 253.0 253.0 252.2 251.3 253.2 253.8 256.2 258.7 256.9 255.6 254.4 252.4 250.4 251.2 252.6 256.3 261.5 128 Arctic subocean 235.9 235.4 237.3 240.0 240.4 236.9 235.8 239.4 243.4 244.0 242.5 243.7 247.7 242.4 237.6 238.0 241.6 240.7 238.9 238.8 239.1 240.9 245.9 243.6 240.9 241.6 237.2 235.9 237.5 238.3 240.7 130 Chukchi Sea 268.9 270.4 267.7 265.4 263.3 259.4 262.7 264.8 261.6 255.5 252.4 250.9 250.9 251.1 250.4 250.6 249.4 252.0 250.4 246.0 246.9 249.2 245.1 246.2 243.7 242.6 249.1 252.3 251.5 251.6 261.8 132 Beaufort Sea 260.5 258.4 253.7 251.5 253.4 254.9 252.7 253.0 254.6 250.7 248.8 247.9 249.7 252.1 252.3 252.4 251.6 251.0 250.4 257.5 257.0 260.1 262.5 258.0 256.3 254.4 251.5 248.5 245.3 243.3 244.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.6 243.5 240.9 241.2 246.4 248.5 244.8 246.7 240.7 243.0 242.2 240.2 241.4 242.2 240.3 238.1 239.5 238.4 235.5 236.3 238.3 240.2 241.7 245.0 243.2 240.4 239.5 236.7 235.3 236.3 237.5 136 Foxe Basin 248.1 248.8 244.5 242.4 240.7 240.5 242.1 241.2 244.4 244.4 242.1 238.5 237.1 236.1 236.2 237.3 236.3 236.8 235.4 237.0 236.1 238.3 244.6 248.5 242.8 240.6 239.4 239.2 242.6 241.2 241.5 138 Baffin Bay 238.5 237.6 239.3 237.6 235.3 236.4 236.8 237.6 242.9 243.8 241.2 243.9 244.5 243.4 242.7 248.7 243.9 235.7 232.5 231.3 232.8 234.6 240.0 241.9 242.5 241.9 237.4 236.5 241.7 244.7 245.8 139 South Greenland 247.9 247.2 247.5 247.1 245.3 245.5 246.1 248.6 249.3 247.3 247.8 250.2 250.8 250.3 251.9 256.7 247.8 244.1 241.9 240.6 242.0 246.6 250.2 248.9 246.5 246.7 247.9 249.7 253.6 251.8 253.2 140 Greenland Sea 234.8 233.1 231.0 230.1 231.0 235.7 237.7 243.4 243.4 243.7 241.2 241.8 244.1 243.1 240.3 248.3 246.5 238.8 234.0 232.7 231.2 230.7 236.4 239.0 237.2 238.0 237.0 235.4 241.1 243.5 246.2 142 Norwegian Sea 270.3 270.3 269.0 269.2 267.6 266.6 266.8 268.3 271.7 275.1 273.6 271.2 270.4 274.0 272.6 271.0 271.3 271.3 270.6 271.3 274.2 272.5 271.4 268.5 267.5 268.6 269.6 268.5 268.2 267.5 266.3 144 Barents Sea 254.9 255.3 260.6 266.0 268.9 265.4 259.2 255.6 256.8 258.3 268.2 268.2 265.6 261.2 265.0 263.5 258.5 259.5 257.7 259.0 260.4 261.7 262.1 259.9 258.1 256.8 255.2 254.3 253.7 253.1 255.1 146 Kara Sea 256.7 257.7 256.7 255.4 257.5 259.1 258.6 259.9 259.4 255.8 253.2 254.4 255.4 256.2 256.8 257.4 254.5 252.1 251.0 249.5 248.3 249.1 250.6 251.4 251.6 251.5 251.5 251.5 251.8 252.8 253.7 148 Laptev Sea 239.9 241.6 243.9 246.7 244.8 241.9 241.9 244.0 248.4 251.2 250.6 247.7 246.6 246.6 248.4 247.4 247.1 247.5 244.3 242.0 239.6 239.2 239.6 241.4 244.4 246.0 246.9 247.3 246.3 244.5 242.4 150 East Siberian Sea 241.6 242.8 244.7 245.2 244.2 242.7 240.9 241.6 243.2 243.8 244.2 245.5 243.9 244.8 242.7 240.1 238.6 238.6 239.4 238.9 237.5 236.2 235.6 239.2 246.3 249.7 246.9 245.8 244.6 243.7 241.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.6 269.2 267.8 266.5 266.3 267.8 269.8 268.1 266.8 265.0 263.2 264.1 267.2 269.1 266.3 266.1 266.8 265.5 266.7 265.9 269.9 271.7 270.4 267.9 265.3 262.4 259.8 258.7 261.0 263.8 268.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.9 272.5 270.6 269.9 268.3 272.8 273.5 274.2 271.2 267.3 263.7 264.2 263.6 267.2 266.0 264.2 264.9 264.7 262.9 256.4 268.7 267.5 265.4 264.1 258.8 255.0 257.0 259.8 265.4 269.4 271.7