1990 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 279.8 279.3 278.9 278.4 277.9 277.8 277.3 276.7 276.1 275.5 275.4 275.2 275.4 275.5 275.8 275.8 274.7 273.6 273.3 273.2 273.5 274.3 275.2 275.6 274.9 273.9 273.3 272.8 272.7 272.3 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 286.3 285.3 286.8 285.9 285.5 284.8 283.0 284.4 281.9 281.5 282.7 280.4 279.6 280.6 281.5 281.2 282.0 281.6 280.4 278.8 277.8 277.5 280.0 283.4 283.8 282.7 280.6 277.9 277.3 278.2 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 280.4 279.3 276.4 280.0 277.8 276.9 275.3 275.4 277.3 274.2 273.5 275.5 273.1 272.3 272.6 272.9 273.0 274.5 276.3 277.1 276.0 272.0 273.2 276.0 275.4 274.7 275.8 276.3 272.9 271.9 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 279.4 277.1 278.2 277.9 278.3 278.1 276.0 275.3 275.2 273.7 273.4 273.9 275.7 274.7 274.5 273.8 274.1 273.9 273.1 273.5 274.0 273.8 274.7 271.9 270.6 269.6 270.9 270.6 270.8 271.1 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 266.3 265.1 265.3 262.4 262.3 261.4 261.1 261.3 260.8 259.3 264.6 265.3 263.0 260.7 259.1 260.7 262.3 259.5 258.1 257.1 256.7 261.3 265.2 264.1 262.2 258.4 259.9 258.1 254.9 253.5 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 276.7 277.5 278.0 277.3 277.4 276.1 273.8 274.3 273.5 273.5 275.0 275.3 274.8 274.3 273.0 273.3 274.9 274.6 273.5 273.4 272.8 272.8 271.1 270.1 270.3 269.7 269.6 268.8 268.3 268.6 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 281.2 280.1 277.8 278.7 278.5 280.2 281.8 277.5 276.5 277.3 276.0 276.8 279.1 281.5 283.4 283.1 277.8 275.2 275.2 275.8 277.5 280.2 284.6 284.4 279.7 275.7 274.3 275.6 278.2 275.7 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 274.6 276.5 274.9 271.4 271.1 272.0 272.5 269.1 269.0 268.0 266.8 267.4 268.8 269.8 271.4 272.9 270.0 265.9 264.8 264.6 265.6 269.6 270.0 271.5 271.0 268.4 268.6 269.7 269.5 265.7 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 276.7 275.4 274.2 273.7 273.7 273.2 272.8 273.3 273.0 272.4 271.8 271.8 271.6 270.1 269.5 270.0 271.8 272.0 271.6 271.8 270.3 269.3 268.5 269.1 270.3 269.4 269.1 268.7 270.6 271.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 263.4 262.4 261.1 262.1 263.1 262.2 261.9 262.0 260.7 260.3 262.4 261.6 259.1 257.8 256.4 257.1 257.0 254.8 254.5 255.9 260.3 264.1 264.6 263.7 260.6 258.7 256.3 254.2 255.0 255.5 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 269.3 268.5 267.9 267.9 266.7 266.8 265.9 264.6 263.9 263.9 262.5 262.1 262.6 263.4 262.8 261.1 259.4 259.0 262.5 260.9 263.2 264.1 264.4 265.1 266.9 266.5 263.3 259.3 257.5 256.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 260.5 260.6 260.6 260.4 261.5 262.2 260.3 259.7 258.3 257.0 259.6 260.0 257.6 256.1 254.6 254.4 255.7 254.7 253.2 252.3 255.3 260.3 260.5 261.0 258.8 256.8 253.1 251.7 255.2 254.9 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 285.0 283.8 283.7 283.3 282.3 282.2 283.7 283.1 282.5 282.2 281.9 280.3 279.7 279.5 279.0 279.9 280.0 279.1 280.0 279.9 278.6 278.2 277.1 276.8 276.3 276.2 275.8 277.6 277.2 277.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 281.3 280.7 280.7 281.9 283.0 282.2 280.2 279.2 278.7 278.2 277.3 276.9 276.9 276.9 276.5 277.4 278.7 279.5 279.8 278.9 277.5 277.3 277.8 275.9 274.9 274.7 274.9 274.7 274.4 274.6 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 284.7 284.6 283.5 281.8 280.4 279.8 279.8 279.8 280.0 279.3 279.3 279.9 280.0 279.9 280.7 280.8 278.3 276.6 276.1 276.7 277.2 277.9 278.3 278.8 278.9 277.6 276.7 276.2 276.9 277.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 277.8 277.3 277.8 278.4 277.9 278.5 278.1 276.6 275.3 274.5 274.3 273.9 274.1 273.9 273.6 273.7 273.4 272.9 272.7 272.7 272.4 272.1 272.2 272.1 271.8 272.4 273.8 273.6 271.4 270.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 274.7 274.0 272.9 272.9 272.7 272.0 272.1 272.9 275.2 274.5 272.6 271.0 271.4 270.1 269.3 269.7 269.8 269.6 268.5 268.0 267.6 268.1 268.8 268.1 267.5 267.7 268.5 270.1 270.7 268.7 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.3 280.3 280.4 279.9 280.1 279.8 278.3 279.6 280.6 279.8 278.1 279.1 279.5 279.1 278.6 278.1 278.0 277.0 277.2 277.5 278.1 278.1 278.6 276.4 274.5 274.0 275.4 276.1 275.6 275.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 282.9 283.5 283.5 281.9 281.8 281.3 280.9 282.5 282.9 280.1 278.7 281.8 281.6 279.7 279.2 280.9 281.3 278.0 278.3 279.3 279.7 278.4 277.5 274.7 274.0 275.9 277.0 275.9 273.9 272.3 -9999.0