1988 02 - 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 249.4 249.3 248.6 248.0 248.5 249.1 249.2 248.6 248.3 248.6 249.6 250.1 250.3 251.0 251.9 252.0 252.0 251.9 252.7 252.3 251.5 251.3 252.2 252.6 253.7 255.4 256.0 255.8 255.3 -9999.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 244.8 244.2 245.0 245.6 245.1 247.6 247.9 248.0 246.0 246.0 250.2 254.8 256.0 252.2 250.3 252.6 257.6 260.5 259.7 253.9 254.0 256.2 254.3 253.4 256.1 260.7 262.4 262.9 257.6 -9999.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 244.7 247.4 247.0 244.3 243.6 241.2 241.5 242.4 244.7 242.2 243.2 247.3 252.7 258.7 243.5 239.5 245.5 253.5 255.1 260.5 247.9 242.4 251.4 246.7 246.0 248.1 253.9 251.6 257.2 -9999.0 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.6 257.5 253.2 251.3 254.5 258.3 257.8 255.4 255.4 253.2 253.1 251.3 251.1 253.5 252.6 250.9 249.1 252.3 259.4 256.3 248.4 246.1 258.9 264.1 263.2 264.5 259.1 258.9 258.7 -9999.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 238.7 239.0 241.3 245.0 239.3 238.0 238.0 239.6 234.6 233.8 236.6 234.8 233.5 237.2 242.9 246.7 247.8 247.5 242.0 241.0 246.2 246.1 244.6 243.5 244.9 245.8 249.2 248.4 244.2 -9999.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 259.5 256.0 254.2 254.5 257.3 258.6 259.0 257.2 256.1 252.8 246.6 246.5 246.5 245.5 242.6 240.6 238.3 237.8 245.8 243.1 241.2 244.0 251.6 258.8 258.2 259.4 255.1 253.3 254.5 -9999.0 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 247.7 246.2 244.6 243.4 246.0 249.8 251.0 248.2 245.2 249.1 256.0 253.8 249.1 250.4 254.7 254.9 256.3 255.7 259.4 263.5 263.5 252.9 251.7 260.7 268.3 270.1 270.1 265.2 263.9 -9999.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.6 238.3 240.0 243.2 244.8 242.1 241.7 242.8 246.4 244.8 241.5 239.4 236.1 234.7 235.8 238.1 237.3 236.0 238.3 241.2 243.4 248.5 248.8 244.5 245.3 248.1 250.2 247.6 246.3 -9999.0 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 242.6 242.8 250.1 250.0 244.2 239.5 241.5 242.2 242.1 243.6 238.7 246.0 243.0 243.5 243.9 234.4 234.2 241.6 245.4 245.6 253.2 253.8 249.2 247.8 243.5 243.3 244.6 249.7 245.9 -9999.0 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 245.4 246.8 245.7 243.2 242.3 242.6 243.6 240.8 239.7 241.3 237.9 236.1 237.9 242.2 250.5 254.4 253.5 245.1 240.9 243.2 245.4 250.2 255.1 251.4 247.8 247.8 244.1 243.6 247.5 -9999.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 254.0 254.1 251.4 249.0 249.1 248.0 249.5 248.8 247.0 246.4 244.6 243.9 245.7 250.3 255.3 256.8 252.7 247.9 250.9 251.8 252.0 256.5 260.6 255.4 254.0 252.4 249.5 256.4 263.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 244.2 240.5 240.1 238.7 237.7 237.4 237.4 236.6 239.6 243.1 243.2 239.7 240.1 245.2 249.2 247.3 251.5 249.5 245.1 243.1 245.1 245.3 251.7 256.1 247.4 243.7 242.9 242.3 243.6 -9999.0 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 266.1 269.2 270.3 270.5 272.4 272.7 271.6 269.3 268.6 269.7 270.9 271.5 270.4 271.1 272.7 272.2 269.1 267.2 266.7 267.1 267.0 265.7 264.5 264.2 265.2 266.6 270.2 270.6 268.7 -9999.0 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 255.8 256.7 258.6 259.8 258.8 258.3 261.2 262.9 266.4 268.1 268.2 268.0 266.0 266.6 267.5 265.1 260.8 256.8 254.9 255.7 258.0 258.7 260.6 261.5 262.3 264.0 262.9 262.3 261.4 -9999.0 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 254.7 253.5 250.5 248.9 250.1 250.7 250.7 250.2 249.5 249.3 249.6 251.3 252.6 253.9 256.0 256.5 255.5 255.4 256.0 254.8 252.9 251.8 250.6 249.6 250.5 252.5 253.9 255.4 255.7 -9999.0 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 242.6 244.4 245.3 245.2 244.2 244.2 243.0 242.2 242.8 244.3 245.2 244.9 246.1 246.0 245.7 244.8 244.6 244.4 244.5 246.1 245.7 246.4 246.3 247.5 248.3 250.5 253.1 251.5 250.0 -9999.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 241.6 248.9 251.6 251.1 250.2 248.6 245.8 245.8 246.1 244.7 244.0 243.4 244.0 245.5 245.5 243.7 242.2 241.6 241.5 243.2 244.9 244.5 243.4 243.6 245.0 245.5 246.6 242.6 242.9 -9999.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.9 263.3 259.7 261.0 267.0 269.9 269.3 267.1 265.1 266.5 268.5 267.3 267.1 268.5 267.0 265.3 266.1 270.6 271.7 268.0 256.6 263.2 271.4 272.5 273.2 270.6 268.2 270.7 270.6 -9999.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.0 266.1 263.3 266.7 270.1 267.9 272.0 271.1 271.8 268.4 268.4 265.9 266.2 265.2 259.0 255.8 253.6 262.6 260.9 248.8 248.2 262.0 273.3 272.3 273.2 269.1 263.0 266.5 270.9 -9999.0 -9999.0