1990 11 - 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 259.7 259.5 258.3 257.6 256.9 256.4 256.5 257.5 258.1 258.5 257.6 257.0 257.6 257.9 257.0 256.7 256.0 255.8 255.8 256.3 256.5 255.6 254.7 254.2 253.7 252.5 251.7 252.4 253.9 254.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 268.3 268.0 265.9 265.4 265.2 262.9 264.4 267.6 266.9 264.4 261.7 259.9 262.3 268.0 268.6 265.8 266.4 267.5 265.4 264.0 265.0 266.6 264.1 260.9 256.1 255.0 256.8 258.5 260.5 262.5 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 261.6 258.9 257.4 259.3 261.1 258.9 262.4 262.5 262.6 265.4 268.0 268.0 271.0 266.6 266.1 266.8 260.8 259.8 265.2 264.4 261.8 265.1 271.4 269.9 267.2 265.1 262.1 258.7 263.3 262.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 256.4 262.1 262.2 265.8 264.4 260.1 254.6 250.5 250.0 252.4 251.9 253.6 257.4 258.9 259.6 259.9 259.9 262.4 259.6 259.1 255.1 252.1 249.1 250.0 251.2 252.0 246.8 245.7 241.8 243.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 246.9 245.0 245.5 244.1 243.1 242.1 243.8 244.1 246.8 243.9 241.2 241.5 242.2 241.0 238.7 239.8 237.1 240.7 246.5 243.9 240.9 238.7 240.2 242.2 241.7 238.8 238.1 239.5 241.1 240.9 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 261.8 263.6 270.5 270.0 264.0 257.1 252.8 251.4 252.4 258.6 261.8 263.9 264.2 263.2 259.2 255.3 257.9 263.9 265.0 263.5 257.2 253.0 255.5 255.3 255.4 251.0 246.2 243.8 241.6 244.6 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 261.3 260.0 260.0 261.7 262.1 262.8 263.5 259.2 254.0 251.6 249.3 250.9 256.8 258.3 258.4 262.8 261.5 258.9 254.4 249.6 249.1 248.0 246.2 245.3 246.8 247.6 249.4 248.7 249.7 245.4 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 251.3 251.5 253.5 252.1 250.6 254.0 251.4 245.9 241.8 240.3 240.9 242.7 243.0 246.3 246.6 247.0 248.2 248.3 247.1 246.0 244.6 242.8 243.0 242.1 241.5 241.9 242.3 242.6 243.2 242.1 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 251.3 247.9 247.3 249.9 251.5 250.9 260.3 259.6 257.1 255.2 255.5 256.6 252.4 248.8 245.3 243.3 242.5 249.6 259.9 257.8 247.9 244.6 248.6 255.5 258.0 256.2 255.4 257.8 254.8 249.2 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 249.7 250.0 250.5 249.0 248.8 248.9 246.8 249.2 249.2 247.3 244.5 247.6 250.1 248.4 247.0 245.0 242.4 244.6 246.6 248.1 247.4 241.6 239.8 242.4 245.9 247.2 249.6 251.6 253.7 249.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 258.0 260.9 262.7 264.5 264.0 261.4 262.1 263.7 259.2 258.7 259.4 261.8 261.5 260.4 257.9 255.8 254.3 252.1 251.1 255.3 254.2 247.5 248.3 256.6 262.9 263.4 259.7 258.6 260.5 260.3 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 244.4 246.0 249.0 249.7 249.0 252.0 246.8 246.1 246.0 246.3 241.9 244.2 247.6 248.1 247.2 248.3 245.5 242.9 243.3 242.4 243.4 239.8 239.9 240.3 244.6 243.7 246.7 246.1 250.3 247.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 272.9 273.3 273.7 274.3 275.2 275.4 276.4 276.2 274.4 273.9 272.3 272.9 272.3 270.8 271.7 274.6 273.4 272.4 270.6 267.6 266.6 268.2 269.4 268.9 269.6 270.9 272.1 273.6 271.8 271.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.5 267.5 266.3 266.4 267.0 267.2 266.2 265.7 266.6 265.1 263.4 261.8 263.4 262.1 259.6 260.6 262.4 264.9 262.0 256.9 255.2 256.1 258.6 260.0 260.9 260.0 266.2 267.3 264.1 262.9 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 262.7 261.5 258.4 255.4 253.9 254.0 256.9 262.7 266.2 266.5 264.8 260.2 259.3 260.6 259.5 258.1 255.1 253.4 258.5 264.1 263.3 260.7 260.9 261.6 258.5 254.1 250.6 254.5 259.8 261.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.2 251.4 250.7 249.6 248.0 246.5 246.0 245.7 248.4 252.5 254.1 255.3 252.5 247.9 246.6 248.1 249.1 249.4 246.0 246.1 250.4 252.8 251.2 246.2 248.7 250.8 248.6 246.3 245.9 247.8 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 252.2 254.0 251.0 248.0 249.7 253.5 248.4 248.1 251.6 257.9 258.8 260.7 256.0 252.7 249.0 248.4 249.7 249.7 248.9 246.2 253.1 257.7 250.8 246.0 242.6 240.0 244.1 244.4 243.2 243.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 267.2 269.4 266.6 268.0 269.5 269.6 263.2 256.6 256.1 256.3 256.1 256.8 262.3 264.3 268.6 267.4 269.8 271.1 266.4 264.3 263.0 258.7 255.8 259.9 263.1 266.7 261.0 258.7 254.2 251.3 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.9 267.7 266.9 272.0 272.0 265.8 261.5 257.9 254.1 251.3 251.6 259.3 269.8 270.7 269.3 267.1 274.3 272.0 270.9 270.1 267.7 261.3 257.7 266.4 270.0 267.9 258.9 252.6 251.2 245.3 -9999.0