1991 03 - 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 253.8 253.6 253.3 254.1 253.9 253.7 254.3 254.9 254.9 254.5 254.3 254.8 255.3 256.5 257.0 257.0 257.6 257.3 256.6 256.6 256.4 255.9 255.9 255.8 256.5 257.3 258.2 259.6 261.6 263.5 264.3 34 Hudson Bay 252.0 249.3 249.7 255.8 259.0 256.3 255.1 255.5 259.1 260.4 262.1 263.4 263.6 266.3 267.0 268.6 268.1 268.1 266.2 264.4 263.3 264.8 266.2 265.3 263.2 260.5 261.6 262.0 261.0 264.4 266.9 36 Hudson Strait 247.7 254.1 246.3 242.9 250.2 256.8 265.1 265.8 264.7 261.4 256.3 252.6 252.6 254.5 258.5 260.3 262.1 256.8 263.3 253.3 250.2 250.2 257.8 258.1 260.5 261.6 257.1 262.9 268.6 263.7 260.4 98 Bering Strait 261.9 261.1 263.5 263.9 261.1 263.0 264.9 262.3 257.9 255.8 255.2 255.2 255.5 258.3 257.6 253.0 259.2 258.4 255.9 255.0 255.9 255.7 259.1 264.9 264.8 263.1 261.3 263.0 263.4 260.9 261.8 128 Arctic subocean 239.4 244.4 245.8 246.0 243.5 241.4 242.0 247.2 255.6 254.4 250.6 246.2 247.7 248.2 247.5 246.2 243.3 242.2 243.1 245.1 245.9 243.1 241.4 240.7 243.3 241.0 242.0 243.6 244.4 243.1 245.8 130 Chukchi Sea 263.6 264.4 262.8 262.7 261.0 259.1 255.9 252.2 250.0 252.2 252.3 248.3 241.6 243.9 246.2 240.3 248.1 247.1 246.1 246.6 246.4 244.6 256.0 261.2 260.7 253.2 250.5 252.7 252.3 254.5 257.0 132 Beaufort Sea 249.1 250.2 250.2 251.8 248.9 249.7 256.7 259.9 256.5 252.5 252.0 252.8 254.9 259.2 263.2 261.8 265.8 267.4 265.7 263.6 263.0 261.4 258.2 256.6 257.3 258.9 259.7 260.2 265.4 266.7 267.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.0 239.8 238.1 238.3 238.8 240.6 245.7 246.5 244.0 241.9 242.2 246.7 247.7 247.5 248.3 249.6 249.6 250.1 249.7 247.8 249.0 249.9 244.9 243.1 242.5 242.0 245.0 246.7 249.3 253.2 255.2 136 Foxe Basin 236.7 236.9 238.2 238.1 241.5 244.8 253.8 258.8 257.7 253.5 248.6 244.2 251.1 257.1 258.1 253.1 252.1 249.1 250.6 252.1 248.0 248.0 250.7 243.3 243.0 246.1 244.4 246.7 248.4 253.2 254.6 138 Baffin Bay 244.5 247.9 250.3 250.4 248.1 245.2 243.5 250.5 256.6 256.0 253.1 249.4 249.4 248.5 247.5 247.2 246.1 246.6 247.2 249.9 252.5 250.6 247.3 243.1 243.6 241.1 240.5 242.6 242.8 245.8 247.0 139 South Greenland 251.9 254.8 255.5 256.4 254.8 253.3 253.1 253.2 254.6 254.1 252.7 251.3 249.6 250.1 250.9 250.3 252.4 253.3 254.5 255.8 259.4 262.9 259.2 252.7 253.1 252.7 250.7 250.5 255.1 263.1 261.1 140 Greenland Sea 244.6 250.2 251.7 253.2 251.4 247.0 242.0 244.6 251.8 252.8 251.4 247.8 245.2 244.5 244.6 243.5 241.8 243.2 245.6 248.4 251.7 255.0 252.0 246.3 244.2 246.5 241.9 242.8 241.8 243.4 244.6 142 Norwegian Sea 268.2 268.9 269.3 270.3 270.9 270.7 271.5 271.7 271.9 273.2 274.3 272.6 270.5 270.9 269.4 269.9 272.0 272.4 273.7 274.6 273.7 272.8 271.7 271.9 274.8 276.2 276.9 274.2 274.0 272.8 270.0 144 Barents Sea 264.8 264.2 263.2 262.4 262.0 262.5 262.2 263.8 263.3 259.8 259.2 261.2 259.8 256.9 258.3 260.8 262.1 262.6 261.0 261.7 262.6 260.2 260.6 263.8 266.0 267.9 267.6 267.0 267.5 268.5 270.6 146 Kara Sea 257.7 256.2 255.4 255.4 255.3 255.6 255.7 256.1 256.2 256.7 257.0 258.4 259.4 260.4 260.7 260.6 259.9 259.7 259.3 259.4 257.0 255.0 255.4 256.4 258.4 260.8 262.7 264.7 266.8 268.6 267.9 148 Laptev Sea 251.2 252.0 251.1 250.4 249.7 249.9 249.3 249.5 248.9 248.6 248.3 248.2 249.2 250.0 249.7 250.0 249.2 247.8 247.3 249.3 250.8 250.4 250.3 250.0 251.3 253.4 256.5 259.0 262.3 264.6 266.1 150 East Siberian Sea 255.1 254.1 254.3 253.1 250.6 248.0 245.8 244.0 243.1 246.4 245.1 243.4 243.8 243.8 244.2 245.8 245.9 245.4 244.0 244.3 244.6 244.8 245.0 246.0 247.3 249.4 251.7 254.1 257.3 257.7 260.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.9 266.4 266.7 268.0 267.9 268.6 269.8 268.3 264.6 262.1 262.5 265.0 269.2 267.6 267.4 263.9 268.9 267.9 264.8 264.2 265.7 265.1 266.6 270.2 272.5 272.2 271.5 269.7 269.9 267.9 267.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.4 267.5 268.0 268.6 267.6 271.5 270.5 264.2 259.0 263.5 265.1 269.0 270.6 269.4 257.8 258.6 268.1 256.4 252.1 261.1 266.6 268.8 272.4 273.5 274.1 272.7 272.1 270.2 269.2 263.8 264.8