1992 12 - 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 254.4 254.3 253.8 253.5 254.2 254.2 254.2 254.0 253.1 252.4 251.8 252.4 254.5 255.9 254.6 253.1 252.8 251.8 251.5 251.3 250.7 251.5 250.9 251.1 251.0 251.3 250.8 250.7 250.3 250.4 250.6 34 Hudson Bay 263.1 262.0 258.7 256.3 260.1 261.6 257.7 257.0 260.0 260.9 260.1 261.6 260.8 263.6 265.7 260.0 253.6 250.5 251.8 251.3 249.5 250.4 249.1 250.0 248.3 246.5 245.5 243.6 241.6 244.2 246.9 36 Hudson Strait 249.1 255.3 259.4 256.1 253.6 252.5 254.7 254.6 252.4 256.9 257.3 253.9 259.1 260.7 254.3 260.6 263.0 246.9 248.2 254.4 246.5 244.4 245.6 247.5 242.7 241.2 239.8 242.6 241.7 240.6 244.2 98 Bering Strait 258.8 263.3 260.7 255.7 254.3 252.8 251.6 254.2 251.5 253.2 250.3 250.3 251.3 249.6 247.1 245.1 249.2 256.3 251.4 249.5 245.9 243.0 246.3 247.4 251.0 250.3 251.9 256.1 258.4 261.8 263.1 128 Arctic subocean 245.7 247.2 247.2 247.8 247.7 245.4 244.0 241.0 240.0 240.1 242.0 242.3 243.7 244.3 243.6 246.2 246.7 243.6 241.0 240.0 238.8 239.3 238.0 242.7 240.8 239.8 239.7 243.6 246.9 251.0 243.2 130 Chukchi Sea 246.6 259.5 254.6 247.8 248.4 249.9 253.2 251.4 249.8 247.5 245.0 243.8 245.8 246.1 245.1 244.9 256.6 253.2 248.8 246.7 242.1 244.0 244.2 244.1 244.1 246.5 262.1 265.2 261.7 261.0 264.5 132 Beaufort Sea 264.5 263.9 264.0 265.7 263.2 255.8 254.8 254.6 253.2 254.0 253.8 251.0 255.2 260.9 253.2 248.2 247.0 249.8 251.4 248.2 247.7 246.7 246.8 248.8 248.2 246.5 241.3 242.1 244.7 248.1 253.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.9 249.9 249.8 256.5 253.6 249.4 248.1 247.2 241.9 239.9 245.0 247.7 247.7 248.9 250.5 247.2 248.4 247.4 242.6 241.9 242.3 241.5 239.3 239.2 238.7 237.7 240.7 241.4 245.8 252.7 251.4 136 Foxe Basin 245.3 246.2 247.2 247.0 247.1 248.9 246.6 246.8 250.7 241.9 235.8 241.6 247.5 248.7 247.7 252.9 253.5 242.5 241.6 241.4 241.5 239.9 236.3 236.8 240.9 242.1 238.9 236.1 236.8 238.8 243.0 138 Baffin Bay 249.1 247.2 245.0 244.1 243.4 243.2 243.3 243.1 242.5 239.9 240.3 239.5 240.6 243.4 245.6 247.5 247.5 246.5 246.1 245.2 243.2 241.5 239.6 238.3 239.8 245.1 246.0 246.0 247.9 241.6 240.6 139 South Greenland 253.7 252.1 249.9 247.1 246.7 247.0 249.1 252.5 251.3 248.5 248.0 243.5 241.9 243.1 244.8 247.6 249.6 251.1 251.2 251.0 247.1 252.1 248.0 246.7 247.4 254.4 251.9 254.5 250.2 245.1 248.6 140 Greenland Sea 247.3 245.6 244.0 242.4 241.7 241.1 241.3 241.2 243.2 242.0 240.7 239.2 240.6 241.2 241.8 244.3 243.6 242.1 239.1 240.6 242.6 242.8 243.8 244.1 242.2 243.3 247.1 246.2 249.4 246.0 241.3 142 Norwegian Sea 274.5 274.9 274.4 274.1 271.4 270.9 270.6 272.2 273.9 275.6 274.3 271.0 269.2 269.2 272.8 272.9 273.1 274.3 274.0 269.4 269.7 272.5 273.5 273.9 274.3 271.9 272.1 274.9 273.1 272.6 272.3 144 Barents Sea 256.5 261.5 267.7 269.7 270.6 271.2 269.1 266.6 266.5 267.5 269.5 269.6 266.4 264.1 263.6 262.4 261.5 268.2 269.3 269.3 265.3 262.9 265.6 268.5 268.7 268.3 265.1 260.5 257.1 256.9 258.1 146 Kara Sea 254.2 253.7 253.5 254.7 256.1 257.9 259.9 259.4 257.4 255.0 254.2 256.8 259.9 259.1 257.2 257.1 256.8 253.1 253.0 255.5 258.4 260.4 258.3 256.2 256.3 257.6 257.6 257.5 255.8 253.6 251.9 148 Laptev Sea 241.9 240.8 241.4 242.2 243.7 245.3 247.0 247.6 245.9 244.8 243.1 243.7 249.8 254.0 252.3 250.1 250.6 249.5 249.3 245.5 244.0 246.8 248.0 249.7 248.3 248.0 247.8 247.1 248.0 248.7 246.7 150 East Siberian Sea 252.3 249.2 247.0 242.8 241.0 241.7 240.9 240.7 242.0 243.3 242.3 242.6 243.2 246.0 245.5 243.1 243.1 244.1 245.3 248.0 247.7 245.9 244.3 242.8 247.2 249.2 250.4 248.6 244.4 242.6 242.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.8 272.7 270.2 266.2 267.0 266.1 267.4 266.5 264.5 265.0 264.2 264.8 268.4 266.0 261.3 257.9 260.8 265.9 262.5 261.6 260.0 258.4 263.4 265.3 268.5 262.3 255.9 259.6 263.2 265.3 267.6 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.4 273.7 265.4 263.0 270.8 268.1 261.5 257.7 255.3 256.2 254.7 253.6 254.7 254.4 252.7 254.9 270.0 267.3 265.9 262.8 254.8 259.6 261.6 268.3 269.8 263.0 262.9 269.9 271.3 272.5 272.1