1990 08 - 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 285.1 284.9 284.7 284.9 285.5 286.0 286.0 285.7 285.3 285.0 285.7 286.1 285.3 284.4 283.7 283.2 282.7 282.0 282.1 282.2 282.3 282.4 282.0 282.0 282.2 282.3 282.3 282.2 281.6 281.0 280.6 34 Hudson Bay 290.2 290.8 289.4 287.9 288.7 289.7 291.2 290.9 287.9 285.9 287.0 288.6 289.2 287.1 285.9 286.4 286.0 284.6 285.5 287.3 290.2 290.6 289.5 288.1 287.0 286.5 285.9 285.9 286.4 288.0 287.7 36 Hudson Strait 282.6 284.7 287.1 286.6 285.5 284.4 282.8 285.9 287.6 281.0 279.5 281.1 279.9 281.4 283.2 279.0 279.6 278.4 278.3 279.7 280.2 280.7 278.7 281.5 284.7 281.9 282.9 280.7 280.6 279.5 278.4 98 Bering Strait 283.6 284.3 284.4 284.1 284.2 284.4 283.6 283.5 284.0 284.5 285.6 288.4 288.0 286.6 285.8 284.8 284.2 283.2 283.9 282.0 279.6 280.5 280.8 280.9 280.1 281.8 281.7 280.8 279.7 279.2 279.7 128 Arctic subocean 275.0 274.8 273.7 273.9 273.6 273.2 273.1 272.3 272.4 272.0 271.8 271.9 271.6 271.3 269.7 269.5 270.2 270.6 271.5 272.7 271.5 270.0 268.9 268.3 268.7 268.8 267.6 267.5 266.9 266.8 268.0 130 Chukchi Sea 286.0 286.0 285.4 284.4 283.3 283.6 284.1 284.5 283.2 283.0 285.5 288.1 287.8 285.6 284.4 282.7 283.8 283.3 282.0 280.6 279.4 282.0 282.6 281.1 280.9 281.2 279.0 279.1 279.8 280.4 279.6 132 Beaufort Sea 285.4 282.9 283.4 285.2 287.6 289.6 286.3 283.8 286.1 289.0 291.4 291.3 287.6 285.0 284.6 283.5 284.7 285.8 285.6 287.1 285.4 283.6 279.5 278.5 278.9 280.1 282.8 284.5 283.9 281.8 280.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 275.3 275.2 276.8 278.2 277.1 277.7 276.9 275.9 276.6 277.7 279.7 279.1 277.4 275.2 275.1 275.6 276.9 277.5 276.6 275.4 274.5 274.0 273.9 274.0 274.6 274.0 273.8 274.4 274.7 275.0 274.2 136 Foxe Basin 275.3 275.6 276.6 276.4 276.6 277.6 277.3 277.6 277.7 276.3 277.4 277.8 277.9 277.3 276.9 276.4 276.5 277.1 278.3 276.2 276.3 276.2 276.5 277.6 277.9 277.8 276.1 275.3 275.9 277.0 277.5 138 Baffin Bay 274.0 272.6 271.8 271.5 271.4 270.0 270.9 270.3 270.8 270.4 269.9 269.0 269.1 269.4 268.6 268.6 269.4 268.6 270.0 270.5 268.1 268.0 268.1 267.9 268.3 268.1 267.1 267.2 267.2 267.1 265.8 139 South Greenland 273.6 272.8 272.5 273.3 275.0 274.1 274.2 273.2 271.5 272.3 272.1 271.2 270.8 270.7 270.4 270.1 269.9 269.5 269.4 268.5 268.5 268.9 267.9 269.1 270.1 270.3 270.3 269.6 268.3 268.9 269.7 140 Greenland Sea 275.4 274.1 271.7 271.7 271.5 269.4 269.4 269.1 269.5 269.2 268.0 267.5 266.6 266.7 266.9 268.8 270.1 268.9 271.0 268.9 266.2 265.3 266.7 267.2 266.3 265.6 264.8 264.1 262.6 261.4 261.0 142 Norwegian Sea 285.9 287.0 287.7 284.9 283.2 281.7 282.2 282.7 282.5 283.3 284.8 286.2 286.6 286.6 286.4 286.9 287.4 286.0 284.6 284.8 284.6 283.4 282.3 281.7 281.1 280.8 281.9 283.7 285.0 286.9 286.5 144 Barents Sea 286.7 286.0 286.0 287.7 288.5 289.8 289.4 288.1 288.2 289.2 288.9 288.0 288.3 289.5 288.8 286.9 285.3 284.6 284.7 281.7 282.0 282.8 281.9 282.1 281.6 281.1 280.7 280.9 280.8 280.9 281.2 146 Kara Sea 287.9 287.6 287.2 287.2 288.0 289.0 289.8 290.2 289.4 288.7 289.0 289.0 288.2 288.0 288.1 288.5 287.2 284.9 283.7 283.6 283.9 284.2 284.8 285.3 286.5 287.2 287.3 287.3 287.5 286.6 285.8 148 Laptev Sea 287.7 288.0 288.4 288.9 288.9 288.9 289.5 289.8 289.7 288.9 289.4 290.5 289.1 287.2 284.3 282.5 281.9 283.6 284.4 284.7 284.6 285.8 285.9 285.6 284.8 284.0 284.8 283.9 281.5 279.4 279.4 150 East Siberian Sea 284.9 285.3 284.8 284.1 284.3 284.5 282.8 282.2 282.3 282.6 282.9 281.2 280.7 281.1 281.4 281.1 279.4 278.8 279.5 281.4 282.8 280.9 280.9 282.0 283.3 282.6 281.0 280.6 277.8 275.3 274.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.0 281.2 281.4 283.1 282.8 282.8 280.3 279.2 280.8 281.5 284.8 288.3 289.6 289.2 287.0 285.0 282.6 281.8 283.4 282.1 281.0 281.4 281.8 281.5 281.2 284.1 283.0 280.9 279.3 278.9 279.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.7 284.9 286.6 287.8 286.7 286.3 285.9 284.4 285.1 285.7 287.4 286.6 286.9 287.4 286.7 286.7 284.7 282.4 283.5 283.2 283.2 285.0 283.7 283.5 285.0 286.3 283.5 281.5 281.3 281.8 281.7