1988 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 255.5 255.8 256.1 256.8 257.6 258.2 258.4 258.4 257.7 257.2 257.0 256.7 256.9 257.4 258.0 257.9 257.2 257.1 257.3 257.8 258.5 259.7 260.6 260.2 259.7 260.2 259.9 259.7 259.8 259.4 259.4 34 Hudson Bay 255.8 255.4 255.8 257.8 261.3 264.6 264.1 264.4 265.8 262.3 257.1 257.4 258.8 262.4 264.0 263.8 263.3 262.0 258.4 255.5 258.3 263.3 266.6 266.6 265.3 264.5 263.4 262.5 263.9 265.6 265.2 36 Hudson Strait 256.2 251.2 251.5 248.7 247.9 246.8 248.0 250.4 256.4 259.6 262.2 268.0 268.5 262.2 256.1 257.7 256.6 256.6 258.6 259.4 258.8 253.9 254.3 260.8 261.5 263.2 268.9 264.8 260.7 262.6 269.1 98 Bering Strait 260.0 262.4 261.8 259.2 258.5 258.5 259.2 258.7 257.3 260.4 264.2 261.3 262.0 259.6 258.9 257.2 255.8 257.3 258.1 255.9 255.3 256.0 256.7 257.7 257.6 258.0 257.1 258.6 259.4 262.4 262.4 128 Arctic subocean 241.1 242.0 244.1 245.2 239.8 236.6 238.6 241.2 243.4 243.3 243.9 250.5 255.2 250.0 252.3 241.8 235.5 232.7 233.9 238.0 240.6 241.0 240.2 239.9 239.8 243.0 244.7 245.7 243.8 239.7 238.6 130 Chukchi Sea 255.1 253.7 254.3 255.3 254.6 254.3 250.2 248.0 249.3 253.2 259.5 257.3 254.3 249.5 250.8 252.6 254.3 253.5 252.3 252.7 252.3 249.0 249.3 250.7 248.7 251.2 253.8 254.0 254.1 254.7 253.6 132 Beaufort Sea 261.6 262.6 264.6 263.5 263.0 261.9 263.7 265.8 265.5 264.3 266.7 268.2 266.2 265.1 262.7 259.9 257.8 255.8 255.9 256.6 258.1 259.0 259.5 260.2 260.7 261.4 260.2 259.4 260.3 261.3 265.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.1 246.1 248.7 250.5 250.3 247.7 244.5 246.0 249.3 251.1 252.4 257.2 258.4 256.3 255.9 252.6 247.7 242.6 240.2 242.5 244.7 245.9 247.0 246.3 249.1 251.4 251.1 250.4 249.1 249.5 249.5 136 Foxe Basin 252.5 247.1 244.6 248.7 247.6 245.7 243.5 243.2 243.0 244.8 247.9 250.0 251.6 254.0 255.0 253.0 251.5 249.5 246.1 242.7 243.7 247.4 251.1 254.3 250.1 250.0 252.6 253.8 250.9 252.2 254.1 138 Baffin Bay 249.7 250.3 247.4 250.3 251.4 246.8 244.4 244.3 242.5 240.7 240.9 243.6 249.8 249.2 249.0 246.7 241.4 240.7 242.7 244.1 241.4 243.0 243.6 242.1 241.5 243.3 244.1 245.3 244.9 242.0 239.2 139 South Greenland 260.7 257.9 260.7 264.5 258.1 253.1 254.9 249.9 247.1 248.8 252.0 254.8 252.8 251.0 249.3 250.1 251.0 252.3 253.9 255.3 256.4 255.6 255.2 254.1 253.4 252.8 251.6 252.2 255.0 254.6 252.2 140 Greenland Sea 245.8 245.0 244.3 244.2 246.2 244.6 240.9 240.7 240.3 241.0 239.8 241.9 246.9 246.4 242.4 244.8 238.8 237.5 241.8 247.2 246.1 243.3 242.5 240.5 239.5 239.6 239.9 241.5 242.3 240.6 236.7 142 Norwegian Sea 267.2 266.9 268.1 268.1 268.8 268.1 268.5 268.7 269.2 271.5 269.4 268.5 268.5 268.4 268.5 267.7 267.7 269.3 270.8 273.4 273.6 272.5 271.6 271.0 271.3 270.5 271.5 271.5 271.4 271.8 273.4 144 Barents Sea 262.4 266.1 265.8 265.0 265.3 263.2 262.5 262.5 260.9 261.3 263.0 264.2 265.3 265.2 265.8 266.1 266.1 267.3 268.5 270.6 271.4 270.7 270.4 271.4 271.3 270.2 270.7 270.6 268.0 268.0 270.6 146 Kara Sea 257.2 258.1 259.4 260.9 262.6 264.9 264.5 265.0 263.7 262.4 260.3 257.8 258.5 260.1 261.1 260.6 261.2 262.0 263.5 264.3 265.0 266.5 266.3 264.1 263.4 265.2 264.1 263.3 263.3 260.8 260.1 148 Laptev Sea 250.0 250.0 248.5 248.3 250.7 253.2 255.6 254.8 252.7 251.1 252.3 250.9 247.5 248.8 250.4 251.3 251.0 251.6 253.0 255.3 256.2 257.0 259.0 259.0 257.2 256.1 257.0 257.8 257.7 256.4 256.3 150 East Siberian Sea 244.9 244.7 243.2 242.1 242.1 242.5 244.0 243.3 241.6 241.5 242.3 242.1 244.2 247.2 253.8 260.0 260.5 260.0 258.4 255.8 254.5 254.9 256.7 258.3 259.2 260.5 259.9 259.8 259.2 259.4 258.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 272.2 269.4 268.6 268.3 268.5 270.8 270.4 268.8 271.4 271.8 271.2 270.1 267.8 268.4 269.5 269.8 271.0 269.3 268.3 266.8 267.8 267.3 267.7 266.9 266.0 266.0 267.1 268.2 271.0 270.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.3 270.9 268.6 270.0 265.5 263.7 267.2 264.0 262.0 271.2 270.9 268.9 266.4 258.6 258.2 262.4 264.5 266.6 266.4 265.2 261.7 259.8 259.0 260.6 260.4 260.5 261.4 262.9 264.0 268.8 268.9