1990 05 - 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 270.5 270.9 272.0 272.4 272.4 272.7 271.8 271.6 272.1 272.7 273.1 273.4 274.8 275.7 275.5 274.8 274.3 274.4 275.1 276.6 277.9 278.4 278.7 278.3 278.3 278.0 278.6 278.6 278.3 278.3 278.4 34 Hudson Bay 272.4 270.9 272.5 275.5 276.1 276.9 274.7 272.7 272.7 273.3 273.8 273.0 274.8 276.5 278.1 277.7 277.2 276.7 277.5 278.2 281.0 282.5 284.3 285.5 286.3 285.9 283.7 279.8 279.6 283.1 284.6 36 Hudson Strait 273.4 269.3 265.1 263.9 264.1 264.6 265.7 265.8 264.5 263.3 268.7 269.4 267.0 268.9 270.5 272.2 272.3 274.0 274.7 275.6 275.4 274.3 273.2 274.2 275.4 274.5 276.7 275.2 271.2 270.3 270.3 98 Bering Strait 270.6 270.9 271.5 271.5 270.8 270.9 272.3 273.4 274.1 274.1 275.4 274.6 276.1 276.1 275.5 276.3 276.7 277.0 276.9 276.8 276.5 274.1 274.5 275.0 276.6 277.6 280.8 281.8 281.1 279.8 280.0 128 Arctic subocean 256.1 258.0 260.1 263.9 262.9 261.9 261.7 261.9 261.2 261.2 263.7 265.2 264.2 266.1 266.6 264.9 264.5 264.8 263.6 264.5 267.2 267.5 264.4 263.9 266.1 267.2 267.9 267.8 268.6 267.5 268.5 130 Chukchi Sea 265.2 267.5 269.2 269.1 269.4 268.9 272.0 273.0 273.9 274.7 274.9 274.5 275.3 275.2 274.2 275.7 277.2 277.5 278.4 276.4 275.0 273.4 273.0 273.0 275.9 278.1 279.4 278.6 276.6 276.6 277.6 132 Beaufort Sea 269.7 271.2 273.7 275.2 276.4 275.3 272.6 273.5 274.3 272.4 273.4 274.0 275.1 275.4 274.6 275.1 276.3 275.0 273.5 274.0 276.0 278.6 280.4 280.1 280.8 281.1 282.9 284.9 286.5 285.7 282.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 259.5 260.9 263.4 265.4 265.7 265.5 265.9 264.6 264.1 264.5 265.0 265.1 265.8 265.6 265.2 265.1 265.3 264.6 264.3 264.8 264.9 266.3 266.8 266.4 268.7 269.4 269.7 271.8 275.0 275.8 271.8 136 Foxe Basin 263.0 264.9 263.6 262.0 263.7 264.1 263.4 261.9 261.5 262.1 263.4 265.6 266.5 265.4 265.0 265.3 264.4 267.8 270.6 270.4 271.6 271.8 273.7 270.8 270.5 269.1 268.7 269.0 269.4 270.8 271.3 138 Baffin Bay 252.0 255.8 259.8 259.8 257.2 257.8 259.9 261.1 263.7 266.2 264.7 262.5 264.9 266.7 263.3 261.9 262.0 262.6 262.1 264.6 265.8 264.4 261.0 261.8 263.3 262.4 262.1 261.9 263.2 264.4 265.8 139 South Greenland 256.8 261.2 267.3 267.7 266.9 268.6 269.3 269.8 268.4 264.5 262.5 264.0 268.9 270.7 269.5 268.1 267.9 267.4 267.4 267.7 268.0 268.4 269.4 269.3 268.3 267.4 268.4 269.3 270.3 270.3 270.8 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 252.7 258.6 261.8 258.9 257.7 261.8 263.0 263.5 262.3 264.5 262.0 263.2 268.0 267.2 264.5 263.4 264.8 263.6 262.5 264.9 264.3 261.8 259.3 262.9 263.3 263.5 262.9 262.6 263.0 263.5 142 Norwegian Sea 276.9 279.7 279.0 278.6 278.9 278.7 276.6 276.8 276.7 276.3 275.0 277.1 279.1 277.4 275.0 274.8 274.4 274.1 275.0 275.5 275.2 275.1 276.2 276.4 275.4 275.3 277.3 277.0 278.1 278.6 277.3 144 Barents Sea 275.4 273.1 276.6 273.7 274.4 273.3 272.8 271.3 271.8 272.1 272.6 272.1 273.1 275.2 275.0 275.4 276.7 276.1 273.6 273.9 274.6 275.7 276.5 277.4 278.0 277.8 276.1 275.6 277.1 279.4 280.1 146 Kara Sea 276.4 276.2 275.8 275.8 275.8 275.3 273.3 274.4 275.6 276.7 276.9 277.9 278.8 279.2 278.6 276.6 276.7 279.4 282.1 284.3 284.4 284.5 283.4 280.7 279.8 280.5 282.0 282.3 280.6 279.7 280.9 148 Laptev Sea 273.2 273.7 273.3 272.3 272.0 274.3 273.1 270.4 271.2 274.2 274.3 275.6 277.8 278.7 277.8 277.5 273.3 270.8 273.7 277.9 280.8 281.5 283.9 284.7 281.5 279.5 279.9 279.9 278.4 275.7 274.8 150 East Siberian Sea 268.3 268.8 269.8 270.9 271.0 270.7 272.0 272.5 273.3 273.6 274.2 273.2 273.0 275.2 277.4 276.2 276.9 274.6 269.1 270.6 274.3 276.1 272.7 274.2 276.9 273.4 273.7 276.4 277.9 280.9 282.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.7 273.8 273.3 273.3 273.1 274.5 274.8 275.2 275.8 275.3 276.4 276.5 277.4 276.5 276.0 276.5 276.5 276.9 277.7 279.2 278.6 274.4 274.4 275.0 276.9 279.0 281.5 281.5 279.6 278.9 279.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.7 273.9 272.0 271.1 271.6 275.0 276.1 276.5 277.1 277.5 277.3 277.3 278.3 278.5 279.0 279.4 278.6 278.6 278.3 279.3 274.8 274.4 276.4 277.8 278.8 280.2 283.1 284.0 282.3 280.8 280.8