1993 09 - 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 279.2 279.0 279.0 278.7 278.8 278.8 278.8 278.6 277.7 277.1 276.7 276.5 275.5 275.4 275.3 274.6 274.6 274.6 274.2 273.9 273.7 273.8 273.1 272.1 271.6 271.3 271.5 270.9 270.6 270.6 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 282.5 281.8 281.9 280.7 279.8 280.1 281.2 284.4 282.6 280.2 280.4 279.2 277.2 277.7 278.4 278.1 277.9 277.7 279.1 280.9 279.6 279.5 280.7 280.6 278.3 276.3 277.3 275.9 274.6 277.5 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 279.0 279.1 279.8 277.6 277.6 276.6 276.8 276.3 277.2 279.5 280.0 276.0 276.6 275.8 275.9 274.3 276.3 278.3 276.6 274.9 273.8 275.1 276.1 276.5 274.2 272.1 272.6 273.8 272.1 269.9 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 281.2 280.3 279.3 279.6 279.6 280.5 278.5 276.9 277.7 277.8 276.4 277.0 275.7 274.4 274.7 274.1 273.4 270.5 271.2 272.5 272.4 270.6 268.2 268.2 268.2 268.6 267.9 268.1 268.7 268.3 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 266.3 266.3 265.6 265.6 265.6 266.7 267.5 266.3 265.4 263.9 263.4 262.2 261.1 259.6 259.7 258.6 260.1 260.1 260.7 259.1 258.6 257.5 255.8 257.5 259.7 257.4 255.4 255.5 254.3 254.0 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 276.7 275.7 275.0 274.1 274.0 275.0 277.2 275.4 275.6 274.7 274.4 275.7 276.0 276.7 275.7 273.1 271.2 271.2 271.0 270.6 269.2 269.8 270.1 270.1 270.0 269.3 269.9 268.7 267.8 267.9 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 279.8 280.8 281.7 282.0 282.7 284.5 285.9 284.7 281.3 280.3 277.8 275.7 277.2 277.8 276.7 277.0 278.5 278.9 274.8 274.1 275.9 278.3 275.5 272.3 271.9 274.0 274.4 272.0 275.5 271.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 272.7 272.4 273.2 273.3 272.3 272.7 273.0 271.6 270.8 270.1 269.7 270.7 270.8 269.9 268.8 267.4 268.0 270.1 271.0 271.0 270.7 269.5 267.5 266.2 265.8 265.4 265.4 265.2 264.4 263.4 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 274.6 275.6 275.6 275.0 275.0 274.3 273.5 273.3 273.2 273.6 273.6 274.4 273.8 273.7 273.2 272.3 272.3 273.5 273.1 272.5 272.5 271.8 271.1 269.7 270.9 270.0 269.5 268.3 267.6 267.4 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 265.2 265.8 267.3 267.4 267.6 266.8 265.7 265.4 264.3 263.9 263.0 261.7 262.4 265.5 266.4 264.4 265.6 263.4 261.1 260.1 260.1 261.4 261.9 260.0 259.1 257.8 258.2 257.7 256.1 254.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 270.5 272.5 272.4 271.8 272.4 271.9 270.9 269.0 267.0 266.2 266.2 267.3 268.7 270.0 269.4 268.2 267.3 265.8 264.1 263.6 265.6 266.7 264.6 262.0 261.7 264.0 263.4 261.9 261.2 261.4 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 261.7 262.4 263.8 263.2 263.9 266.0 263.3 262.5 261.0 261.0 262.0 259.8 257.9 261.1 262.3 259.3 261.0 260.5 256.6 253.8 254.0 256.1 258.4 256.8 257.2 254.6 255.2 254.7 253.2 251.8 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 281.2 280.3 279.3 278.6 278.7 277.9 277.6 278.9 280.1 280.5 280.5 279.0 278.0 276.7 276.2 276.0 276.3 275.4 276.9 277.9 279.1 279.0 277.7 277.6 278.2 277.8 277.7 278.4 278.7 278.6 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 278.4 279.0 279.6 279.7 280.3 280.7 281.9 280.7 278.6 277.8 277.4 277.2 276.8 276.6 276.4 276.0 275.2 274.7 274.7 274.7 274.7 274.0 274.0 273.6 272.9 272.8 272.7 272.0 272.5 272.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 281.5 280.4 279.7 279.8 280.6 281.2 281.9 282.5 282.4 281.5 280.8 280.8 279.3 278.4 278.2 277.7 278.4 279.2 278.8 277.8 277.3 277.4 275.8 274.3 274.4 274.5 275.2 275.1 274.2 273.8 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 281.5 281.7 282.5 281.5 280.3 278.9 277.4 275.1 275.1 276.4 277.0 278.2 276.7 275.8 275.8 274.9 273.2 272.8 272.8 272.5 272.8 272.2 273.2 273.7 272.5 271.0 270.5 270.1 270.9 271.4 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 281.0 280.5 279.6 280.2 280.5 276.5 275.6 275.4 273.8 272.8 273.1 272.6 269.8 269.5 269.8 269.9 269.2 269.7 270.0 268.4 267.2 267.8 266.6 264.7 265.2 265.9 265.7 265.3 263.3 265.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 283.3 281.2 280.4 280.9 281.9 282.6 280.5 279.5 280.1 278.5 278.0 279.4 279.5 279.3 279.2 279.2 276.0 273.6 275.7 276.9 276.8 274.4 272.7 273.5 274.0 275.6 275.0 276.4 275.4 276.4 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 285.3 282.2 282.9 283.2 283.3 283.7 281.6 280.1 281.8 280.4 280.9 282.0 282.3 282.1 281.7 279.5 276.1 279.1 280.0 280.6 277.5 274.3 274.0 273.8 275.6 273.7 274.5 275.5 274.7 279.4 -9999.0