1989 12 - 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 255.4 254.6 255.4 256.4 255.8 255.5 255.3 254.2 252.6 252.6 253.3 254.0 253.4 252.2 251.8 251.0 251.4 251.5 251.5 251.0 250.5 251.5 252.6 253.3 252.9 252.2 251.7 251.6 252.3 252.4 252.5 34 Hudson Bay 256.4 254.9 257.0 260.0 258.3 252.9 250.1 251.6 251.7 249.0 247.2 248.4 247.0 248.8 252.6 252.1 249.4 246.8 245.5 243.8 244.1 246.5 254.9 258.0 253.7 251.1 252.7 251.2 251.8 258.0 258.0 36 Hudson Strait 251.5 249.5 247.4 250.3 259.1 261.2 255.6 247.7 245.7 250.1 255.6 257.7 260.3 261.9 263.8 261.7 258.4 260.3 259.9 257.6 253.4 248.4 245.3 250.5 243.0 240.5 238.1 238.4 242.1 246.8 250.8 98 Bering Strait 256.9 259.6 263.1 261.7 261.6 261.2 261.3 257.9 255.3 258.4 264.9 264.1 263.9 262.8 262.8 262.6 260.1 257.3 254.6 249.2 249.5 253.3 252.8 254.2 256.9 256.9 255.4 258.5 258.2 251.3 247.5 128 Arctic subocean 242.1 240.5 242.5 244.0 241.6 240.5 243.4 241.0 245.5 249.1 247.0 249.0 245.7 242.2 241.8 241.9 242.1 245.7 247.3 244.5 239.7 236.8 235.4 236.9 237.2 241.3 245.0 246.7 245.0 246.8 247.9 130 Chukchi Sea 254.4 254.1 253.9 258.3 257.4 256.3 255.3 256.1 256.2 255.7 258.8 257.6 259.6 258.4 259.3 266.5 263.4 257.4 253.1 250.5 249.5 247.0 245.0 248.0 250.6 250.6 248.4 249.4 246.0 243.4 241.3 132 Beaufort Sea 258.0 259.3 265.9 260.9 255.2 253.8 251.9 250.2 249.6 249.3 257.4 259.9 260.6 263.3 259.2 253.7 250.1 246.8 243.2 240.3 242.1 254.5 258.4 255.3 255.6 261.8 260.3 259.2 264.5 260.6 257.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.1 244.4 244.5 242.1 241.1 241.4 242.6 243.4 241.9 242.8 243.3 245.3 244.8 245.4 243.5 240.9 240.8 242.7 242.7 245.1 244.6 242.9 237.8 237.0 240.0 241.1 241.8 244.0 245.4 244.9 245.0 136 Foxe Basin 239.7 239.8 241.0 242.6 241.8 245.8 253.1 253.4 248.5 252.5 257.9 258.8 253.7 249.6 250.6 250.3 251.0 252.1 249.4 244.8 244.2 240.9 239.3 241.6 237.8 238.5 237.1 237.3 238.6 239.6 240.8 138 Baffin Bay 243.0 241.2 241.6 245.8 248.0 250.2 255.4 254.7 254.4 254.4 256.2 257.7 255.7 250.8 247.9 243.2 240.5 240.4 240.8 239.3 238.4 237.2 237.3 237.5 239.3 241.4 239.2 238.0 245.8 245.6 246.9 139 South Greenland 257.7 254.7 253.0 261.9 262.0 264.9 263.1 261.3 261.4 262.4 260.6 258.0 257.9 255.9 253.7 252.5 250.8 247.3 242.5 240.8 241.4 243.4 244.6 246.4 247.3 246.1 243.3 243.7 251.9 247.8 257.9 140 Greenland Sea 243.2 241.0 241.1 244.5 248.3 247.8 251.5 251.7 250.9 253.5 251.1 254.6 253.4 246.8 242.7 242.7 239.8 239.4 238.3 238.6 236.0 234.6 235.9 238.1 243.9 249.9 249.0 244.4 245.6 247.6 249.2 142 Norwegian Sea 275.3 276.2 274.4 269.0 269.3 270.8 268.8 268.4 267.6 269.0 266.1 265.0 262.5 261.5 263.9 265.9 266.3 268.1 269.6 270.4 270.8 270.4 269.4 270.6 273.5 275.9 274.1 273.4 273.5 272.3 271.9 144 Barents Sea 264.7 266.1 268.1 263.8 259.2 257.5 256.8 256.2 256.6 254.6 250.5 248.7 252.3 259.0 260.4 257.7 257.8 258.5 259.2 265.2 268.7 266.2 265.1 261.2 261.3 261.9 267.4 266.0 267.3 269.1 266.2 146 Kara Sea 258.2 257.9 257.9 260.5 261.6 262.9 262.9 259.4 255.7 256.3 256.6 257.3 255.1 251.0 252.1 253.7 258.2 259.4 260.3 258.9 256.3 257.8 259.3 260.5 258.6 255.1 254.0 254.0 252.5 252.4 254.1 148 Laptev Sea 255.2 248.9 246.6 247.3 247.1 247.3 247.5 249.0 247.1 245.8 245.7 247.6 248.1 246.2 242.0 239.3 239.2 244.2 249.7 252.0 252.8 248.5 246.3 247.8 248.6 247.6 245.7 245.7 245.4 245.8 243.5 150 East Siberian Sea 246.9 249.3 250.7 248.6 247.9 248.1 249.6 250.7 249.2 248.9 247.7 246.2 244.6 242.3 241.9 244.8 250.7 250.0 247.8 249.7 247.3 247.2 246.5 245.4 246.3 246.0 245.7 247.0 247.3 246.2 245.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.1 272.2 273.0 271.8 271.0 270.7 269.9 267.8 266.3 269.5 271.7 272.7 273.8 271.2 270.2 271.1 267.7 267.6 265.3 261.6 265.0 269.3 270.2 270.9 272.3 268.4 266.3 271.0 266.0 261.3 260.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.6 265.9 270.6 270.4 265.6 266.9 271.5 268.5 267.2 273.0 272.8 273.4 272.9 271.5 273.8 272.4 268.3 264.4 262.9 263.0 265.1 260.8 253.1 251.5 255.9 257.9 265.0 264.3 256.7 253.0 254.6