1993 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 256.9 255.7 254.6 255.6 256.4 257.3 256.9 255.5 255.2 256.4 256.7 256.7 256.5 256.5 255.9 256.3 257.7 258.9 259.9 260.6 261.1 261.6 262.1 261.9 262.2 261.4 261.2 261.8 261.8 261.2 260.4 34 Hudson Bay 266.0 265.5 263.6 263.9 265.8 265.5 265.3 261.1 259.8 257.5 255.1 253.2 253.1 253.5 254.6 253.9 253.4 259.5 261.3 260.4 263.2 265.5 269.0 272.1 273.4 271.7 270.1 268.8 266.6 264.7 261.6 36 Hudson Strait 256.8 254.0 249.4 245.3 247.6 258.3 258.2 249.8 248.5 253.2 251.6 246.2 244.5 242.6 243.1 244.5 252.8 246.5 254.7 250.0 253.3 257.4 250.8 253.7 267.3 270.0 265.9 261.6 258.5 257.3 253.6 98 Bering Strait 261.2 261.5 257.9 257.7 258.3 259.7 260.8 261.7 261.9 261.2 261.2 263.0 261.3 259.4 256.8 257.7 259.8 260.9 262.7 263.4 264.2 262.6 261.7 258.9 257.8 258.2 260.4 262.7 264.7 267.3 269.4 128 Arctic subocean 235.1 235.7 236.4 237.1 239.5 247.4 243.4 237.9 238.4 237.8 235.8 233.1 232.5 234.7 236.6 239.1 239.1 237.8 234.9 237.2 236.9 241.0 245.3 249.8 246.9 243.0 243.3 244.4 244.0 245.9 246.2 130 Chukchi Sea 247.1 249.0 255.6 252.7 247.9 247.9 251.6 253.4 254.5 257.0 256.9 257.2 259.2 259.0 259.3 255.5 251.4 254.5 250.9 254.3 258.5 256.0 255.4 254.9 251.6 249.3 252.8 258.8 259.5 261.9 266.4 132 Beaufort Sea 265.5 266.8 263.0 262.7 264.6 265.6 264.3 262.6 260.5 259.7 258.4 257.7 257.6 257.1 252.7 253.2 257.6 257.3 258.8 262.8 266.3 269.3 270.4 268.8 266.7 262.7 261.5 263.1 265.4 267.1 268.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 239.9 243.6 246.4 248.1 245.2 245.5 246.8 245.6 242.8 244.6 242.8 244.3 243.3 242.7 240.9 241.0 245.0 242.7 242.5 250.1 245.5 250.6 258.8 263.0 259.5 256.0 253.3 252.1 249.0 253.5 259.8 136 Foxe Basin 237.3 239.4 238.0 239.7 247.6 250.0 245.4 243.5 243.7 244.6 243.9 242.5 240.4 239.4 239.3 238.1 239.5 239.7 241.0 241.6 248.4 241.8 246.7 252.0 259.7 260.8 254.9 256.0 253.7 250.0 250.7 138 Baffin Bay 234.8 229.3 229.6 232.8 234.6 238.0 239.9 238.7 238.6 237.1 236.2 235.0 235.7 237.0 237.6 235.4 234.6 232.3 233.8 234.9 233.7 236.5 242.1 247.5 251.9 246.9 241.7 241.9 242.0 244.0 247.0 139 South Greenland 250.1 244.6 247.3 248.3 241.4 243.4 245.0 244.2 247.7 254.6 256.6 255.0 252.0 248.8 247.6 246.9 243.6 244.5 244.4 243.6 243.4 245.3 246.8 251.7 257.8 252.6 250.6 251.6 255.6 256.1 255.7 140 Greenland Sea 242.5 235.8 234.3 234.7 232.3 238.4 241.0 240.4 238.4 236.7 234.6 233.2 235.2 238.5 239.5 238.0 237.7 235.3 234.0 238.7 240.3 242.2 244.3 245.8 248.1 246.4 237.6 237.4 238.8 241.5 246.3 142 Norwegian Sea 270.5 272.4 271.9 270.6 271.4 270.9 270.0 273.8 272.9 268.4 269.3 271.1 274.2 276.5 276.4 274.6 273.4 272.3 271.9 272.5 273.3 272.3 272.3 272.0 271.4 271.7 271.3 269.9 270.2 269.6 270.3 144 Barents Sea 263.3 265.0 264.2 264.7 263.4 261.6 261.2 262.1 264.1 266.2 261.7 256.6 256.4 256.3 258.1 264.8 270.1 270.2 271.0 270.8 269.6 268.8 268.9 268.0 269.1 269.5 268.7 266.7 266.9 268.3 268.6 146 Kara Sea 260.3 260.0 259.7 260.8 260.4 259.5 258.7 257.9 259.0 262.3 264.7 266.0 265.3 265.2 263.3 262.7 263.7 265.1 267.2 268.4 269.5 269.0 268.5 268.2 267.5 267.1 267.3 266.7 265.5 264.7 262.7 148 Laptev Sea 253.8 248.8 246.2 249.8 254.9 255.7 253.8 252.7 250.0 250.2 252.8 255.5 257.3 258.4 260.4 261.4 263.0 263.8 261.8 260.9 260.3 260.6 257.3 253.1 253.1 254.8 257.8 261.5 261.6 256.0 253.3 150 East Siberian Sea 243.0 241.5 239.3 239.0 243.0 248.9 248.6 247.7 249.4 251.9 252.7 252.3 252.3 253.0 253.7 255.5 257.8 259.7 261.4 258.5 252.4 248.3 248.3 244.4 241.3 243.3 247.3 251.3 255.9 255.7 253.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.5 268.3 267.5 268.8 270.6 270.1 270.0 268.5 267.9 266.4 269.6 271.2 269.5 267.4 262.9 264.8 266.6 266.0 267.2 268.0 270.0 270.9 270.2 266.2 265.7 267.5 269.0 270.4 271.6 271.5 272.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 265.1 264.8 267.9 265.0 266.6 266.7 268.1 268.4 266.2 266.1 266.0 268.2 268.1 267.1 266.4 270.0 271.6 271.0 272.0 272.5 271.3 268.7 262.0 258.7 265.8 270.8 273.1 273.5 273.4 272.3 274.1