1988 09 - 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 281.4 281.2 280.8 280.6 279.8 279.2 278.9 278.5 277.9 277.6 278.0 277.9 277.6 277.2 276.5 276.0 275.7 276.2 275.8 275.9 275.9 275.2 274.7 274.4 274.2 273.1 272.8 272.8 273.6 274.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 288.2 289.0 288.3 285.5 283.3 284.1 286.6 285.0 283.3 282.2 281.1 281.3 282.7 282.5 283.8 284.8 283.2 281.1 279.6 279.0 279.4 279.5 279.1 278.6 277.7 277.1 277.0 277.3 279.4 282.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 278.2 278.3 280.3 282.0 279.2 277.9 277.0 276.8 280.1 279.9 277.4 276.5 276.3 274.8 273.6 275.7 276.4 280.9 279.6 276.9 277.0 274.2 274.0 275.2 275.0 274.8 275.7 275.1 273.4 273.5 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 277.4 277.9 279.7 281.8 279.3 276.6 275.8 276.2 276.5 276.6 278.0 276.8 274.3 274.6 274.0 274.1 274.3 275.2 273.2 272.2 272.7 272.4 272.1 271.6 270.5 270.3 271.1 270.1 269.0 269.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 269.6 267.2 268.5 268.7 265.1 263.6 262.3 261.1 262.0 262.4 262.5 264.9 264.0 261.2 262.4 264.7 265.0 260.7 262.1 259.8 253.6 254.1 255.3 259.6 261.5 262.2 263.1 262.7 264.6 262.1 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 274.7 275.6 278.7 278.2 276.9 274.3 273.8 274.4 274.5 274.7 274.3 273.3 274.1 274.9 274.4 273.7 275.3 275.9 271.7 270.1 269.9 270.6 271.6 272.4 270.9 272.0 273.2 272.1 269.5 269.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 282.8 283.7 283.6 285.9 288.1 284.4 278.3 276.2 275.5 275.8 278.6 281.5 279.3 279.5 278.0 275.5 274.7 275.8 275.5 275.7 277.3 275.0 271.7 269.7 270.5 271.9 273.7 274.1 277.3 276.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 277.2 277.8 274.4 274.3 273.6 274.1 272.8 271.8 270.9 270.2 272.0 272.9 271.9 270.3 269.5 269.5 269.8 270.0 270.9 270.6 271.3 269.6 267.6 266.9 266.9 267.6 268.9 270.2 270.7 269.6 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 277.7 279.0 278.5 276.9 274.4 273.9 274.1 274.7 275.3 273.8 272.4 272.6 272.0 272.0 271.6 271.7 271.4 272.3 271.6 271.3 271.6 272.8 271.9 270.9 271.9 272.1 271.1 270.4 269.7 269.6 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 265.9 264.9 268.2 268.2 267.1 265.7 266.4 266.7 264.2 262.7 261.8 262.6 262.5 260.2 260.0 259.9 259.5 258.1 258.9 260.5 259.9 259.3 257.8 259.7 261.2 262.8 261.6 259.1 257.8 255.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 267.0 267.2 266.7 267.5 267.9 269.2 270.5 270.2 268.8 266.5 266.1 266.0 269.6 269.1 265.6 265.0 262.2 261.4 261.2 262.8 264.0 261.6 259.8 258.6 260.4 262.8 263.6 260.9 257.5 256.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 264.6 263.0 264.0 269.5 268.1 266.0 264.2 264.5 261.3 258.5 256.5 257.7 258.4 256.2 253.6 255.3 256.8 254.5 254.4 258.3 255.8 253.3 249.3 251.0 255.4 256.6 256.9 254.6 253.0 253.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 284.4 284.4 284.8 284.8 284.2 284.2 284.1 284.8 284.6 282.0 280.8 279.0 279.0 278.7 281.1 279.0 279.0 277.9 279.2 279.3 278.1 279.3 281.2 281.6 280.2 278.7 277.9 278.9 278.6 276.7 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.2 281.7 282.7 283.5 284.0 283.0 282.0 281.6 282.7 283.1 281.5 280.1 278.1 276.6 276.4 277.2 278.5 277.6 276.7 275.6 274.3 274.8 275.8 277.8 279.4 279.4 279.0 278.9 278.9 280.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 285.2 284.4 283.4 282.1 281.7 281.9 282.4 282.5 281.8 282.2 283.6 283.1 282.8 281.8 279.6 278.2 279.1 281.8 282.6 283.2 283.1 282.1 281.2 279.7 277.2 275.6 275.7 277.0 278.2 278.2 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 283.7 281.9 281.1 281.0 280.2 279.3 279.4 278.7 277.7 277.3 277.3 276.4 276.1 277.8 279.1 277.6 276.1 276.4 276.1 275.3 274.7 275.9 277.2 278.3 279.9 273.0 269.9 270.9 272.0 272.8 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 278.0 279.3 278.5 277.4 275.3 274.3 273.4 274.6 276.5 275.7 277.1 276.2 275.0 273.6 273.2 274.2 273.9 272.8 270.7 272.3 273.3 272.4 273.2 273.8 274.6 275.6 272.5 268.9 270.1 269.5 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 279.0 277.9 279.9 282.2 278.2 276.8 276.5 276.4 276.9 277.8 279.0 278.0 276.8 277.1 277.0 276.8 277.6 277.6 276.5 276.8 276.3 274.1 273.4 273.5 273.9 274.0 274.4 272.9 273.3 273.7 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.1 281.5 281.0 281.8 281.3 281.1 280.5 279.9 279.9 281.3 280.6 280.8 278.9 279.8 280.6 281.4 282.1 281.3 281.5 280.3 277.3 274.6 274.3 274.2 275.1 275.6 274.6 273.9 273.6 273.0 -9999.0