1991 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 258.0 258.0 258.8 259.4 259.8 259.7 259.9 259.5 259.7 260.0 259.7 259.6 259.8 259.7 259.5 260.2 259.9 258.9 258.2 257.3 255.7 254.6 255.3 256.0 256.1 255.6 254.6 253.4 252.8 252.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 260.8 261.5 260.6 259.9 260.2 258.0 259.2 261.4 262.1 260.8 263.4 266.1 269.1 268.0 263.9 264.9 269.9 268.3 267.8 265.9 263.1 260.3 257.8 257.5 260.0 259.9 258.2 258.9 259.2 256.8 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 268.0 268.4 272.5 269.3 264.6 262.3 265.8 263.2 262.0 265.1 262.5 260.7 260.9 264.6 268.5 266.9 265.4 266.1 266.5 270.2 268.9 266.1 263.2 260.9 262.1 260.8 260.8 256.7 259.2 260.9 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 263.6 262.4 262.0 261.6 262.2 263.6 261.1 256.0 257.4 257.4 256.5 255.3 254.6 252.8 254.8 251.9 248.9 248.4 252.8 256.7 255.5 253.6 257.9 259.3 257.3 255.5 256.2 259.2 261.6 262.0 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 246.9 247.6 246.7 249.2 249.6 247.3 248.5 248.2 247.9 247.3 248.5 246.6 248.2 249.2 250.2 251.0 246.6 249.5 246.6 246.3 245.3 243.5 244.2 244.6 243.8 239.1 241.8 244.1 245.6 245.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 268.8 268.2 267.5 265.9 265.0 265.4 263.3 263.1 262.3 259.1 260.4 259.2 256.3 257.2 256.0 252.7 250.3 249.7 250.8 254.7 258.2 257.1 255.3 256.5 254.9 253.7 250.9 255.2 264.0 263.5 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 256.4 256.8 258.3 257.5 254.4 256.3 259.2 256.6 257.0 259.1 259.4 261.0 257.4 253.1 253.3 260.6 254.6 252.9 254.4 257.8 258.5 255.8 256.1 260.2 258.2 254.2 254.9 256.9 254.2 255.2 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.7 251.5 250.9 251.6 253.3 254.3 252.4 249.9 251.1 250.6 247.9 247.3 249.0 248.5 245.1 243.7 248.4 246.7 247.4 249.4 248.1 247.7 248.3 248.6 245.8 243.8 243.4 242.1 241.2 241.2 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 258.5 257.4 255.5 261.9 259.8 258.3 259.1 260.4 259.4 257.8 253.9 249.6 255.3 262.3 265.4 257.2 257.2 263.9 256.1 253.7 255.3 251.1 249.0 248.7 248.8 243.3 240.8 242.9 242.7 240.5 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 251.1 247.8 247.3 248.9 252.4 251.2 249.6 249.0 248.9 248.1 245.8 244.0 244.8 247.6 251.0 253.4 250.2 254.2 254.1 250.3 246.1 243.1 243.4 242.1 241.0 238.0 239.1 238.7 241.6 241.6 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 257.0 253.8 255.1 259.2 259.5 254.9 251.6 252.4 252.6 249.6 247.9 251.8 249.8 248.5 251.7 255.2 255.2 255.6 257.4 257.9 254.6 252.9 252.2 249.1 245.9 246.5 247.3 245.8 246.8 247.0 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 248.7 248.0 248.7 247.1 246.4 246.4 247.4 245.8 243.0 243.6 244.0 242.2 242.6 245.2 246.2 249.6 251.6 250.9 251.2 246.1 244.3 240.3 238.9 239.0 238.8 239.9 247.6 250.9 252.6 246.5 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 274.2 275.9 275.3 274.6 273.9 271.7 272.1 272.9 271.6 271.4 270.7 273.4 273.6 273.6 271.5 269.3 269.6 269.0 269.4 269.8 272.3 273.7 274.2 276.2 276.5 275.8 276.0 275.5 275.7 275.8 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 266.0 270.2 270.8 271.1 271.2 271.4 271.4 270.9 270.8 272.3 271.2 269.6 267.9 269.3 272.0 272.0 271.0 266.2 264.2 262.9 264.6 264.1 261.0 259.9 267.0 267.7 265.2 262.2 263.4 266.2 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 258.3 259.7 262.5 263.2 263.6 264.2 264.8 265.7 266.1 266.1 265.9 265.9 267.5 267.6 267.6 268.1 267.0 265.0 261.2 257.7 256.2 258.5 261.8 261.4 259.5 260.2 258.7 253.1 250.2 248.9 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 251.0 249.3 249.2 251.3 253.1 254.1 254.3 254.4 254.4 255.5 254.4 253.0 253.1 254.2 254.0 253.7 254.1 254.8 255.1 254.2 250.6 245.7 245.4 248.9 251.2 250.7 248.3 249.4 249.1 248.3 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 258.2 258.9 258.2 257.4 259.9 259.3 257.8 255.3 255.1 258.6 258.0 255.4 251.7 248.7 248.1 247.6 246.9 246.5 246.1 246.0 246.3 248.4 251.7 253.5 256.9 257.8 252.8 250.0 248.7 248.9 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.3 267.9 269.8 272.2 273.4 273.8 272.0 267.5 269.8 271.3 269.3 265.3 264.7 266.6 269.2 266.6 266.2 265.5 267.4 267.1 264.3 263.7 267.8 270.7 268.0 266.6 270.3 270.2 271.7 271.0 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.6 273.8 270.8 272.7 274.4 274.4 273.1 267.5 263.6 264.2 264.2 259.5 260.0 266.5 265.6 258.9 256.4 253.3 253.9 257.6 257.4 255.3 254.2 260.1 259.8 258.9 268.2 272.3 273.2 269.8 -9999.0