1993 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 254.0 254.9 254.4 253.4 253.5 253.2 252.6 252.1 251.5 250.5 250.5 250.7 250.4 250.5 250.8 251.4 251.6 250.9 250.7 251.3 251.5 251.5 252.3 252.5 251.1 249.6 249.3 250.3 251.0 250.9 249.1 34 Hudson Bay 265.5 263.4 261.2 262.9 263.6 261.3 259.3 260.1 259.0 256.4 259.2 262.8 262.3 261.7 262.1 261.8 262.4 262.4 259.3 256.2 253.7 250.2 247.7 249.1 247.0 243.7 242.5 247.3 248.6 252.9 252.3 36 Hudson Strait 254.7 265.9 259.5 251.6 250.2 250.8 253.1 259.9 257.0 262.3 259.4 254.1 257.5 258.9 257.9 254.7 260.1 256.4 258.0 253.7 251.5 251.8 253.3 246.1 241.8 240.9 241.3 240.6 238.9 240.0 242.9 98 Bering Strait 254.4 256.0 258.8 253.5 253.8 259.3 259.6 256.7 253.7 250.9 251.3 253.6 250.5 250.4 253.4 255.5 254.8 256.0 260.6 257.1 257.0 256.4 259.0 259.6 257.0 257.6 258.1 262.5 263.2 262.4 257.6 128 Arctic subocean 244.1 242.5 241.4 244.1 244.3 241.7 240.4 240.4 242.1 240.8 239.1 241.6 240.5 237.9 240.4 240.4 238.9 236.8 236.3 236.5 235.7 236.7 237.5 239.3 238.4 238.7 240.6 239.3 241.5 240.5 240.5 130 Chukchi Sea 250.2 249.6 249.9 251.1 251.0 250.5 252.5 250.4 250.2 247.2 247.8 249.4 248.3 249.6 247.2 245.7 247.0 248.6 250.8 252.5 253.7 254.1 252.9 251.3 252.6 253.7 253.9 258.1 257.4 258.2 257.3 132 Beaufort Sea 253.5 257.4 261.7 260.7 257.4 256.1 258.5 258.1 255.8 256.9 260.7 257.9 256.2 257.3 254.3 254.9 258.4 257.1 255.5 258.7 253.8 254.4 253.5 256.5 255.1 251.9 253.3 255.5 258.3 256.2 248.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.6 243.9 243.4 243.6 244.3 246.7 246.5 248.8 248.2 246.7 245.2 244.1 243.8 244.5 246.0 246.3 243.9 239.9 239.7 237.3 236.8 236.4 236.5 236.7 236.9 237.2 239.5 240.7 243.9 243.6 243.5 136 Foxe Basin 243.6 244.8 241.6 240.5 241.2 238.2 239.8 247.1 250.5 253.4 255.3 251.8 246.8 243.9 247.5 252.1 249.5 248.0 248.8 244.2 241.0 240.2 240.8 244.1 246.2 244.5 239.5 237.6 236.6 236.1 239.4 138 Baffin Bay 239.2 240.3 238.4 239.8 242.1 241.2 238.8 238.4 237.7 236.7 240.6 246.4 247.3 242.6 242.9 240.1 237.9 237.9 237.8 239.6 239.5 236.5 237.8 243.7 244.9 246.7 248.0 246.5 248.2 248.2 248.7 139 South Greenland 247.8 246.1 248.1 248.8 248.0 247.2 246.1 244.4 243.7 245.0 249.3 253.1 252.0 248.7 246.1 244.9 246.3 247.6 248.1 247.0 246.8 243.5 248.8 253.9 253.6 255.0 252.9 252.3 253.6 254.3 254.0 140 Greenland Sea 240.3 241.4 239.9 237.2 241.4 238.2 234.0 233.9 234.9 231.8 235.9 240.9 243.5 241.8 240.0 238.5 237.7 237.8 239.7 241.6 242.9 240.7 241.5 245.4 245.8 243.5 245.0 244.4 247.0 247.7 244.6 142 Norwegian Sea 267.9 270.6 271.5 271.6 271.3 272.4 271.2 269.7 268.5 268.1 267.0 268.1 267.1 266.0 268.6 269.0 267.3 269.1 273.5 270.5 270.3 268.4 266.2 265.8 266.1 267.1 267.5 265.9 266.7 269.6 269.5 144 Barents Sea 259.6 259.0 258.3 257.1 259.7 263.3 264.9 265.1 265.4 266.1 265.3 265.6 266.2 265.4 263.7 261.0 262.3 265.2 264.6 264.5 264.9 262.2 259.1 254.3 250.6 250.7 255.8 258.3 256.0 257.3 259.5 146 Kara Sea 258.5 258.6 257.8 256.0 254.6 253.4 253.1 253.3 253.8 252.2 250.3 250.3 252.2 253.6 255.9 258.7 257.6 255.0 255.3 258.2 260.5 260.9 260.5 257.3 254.9 253.6 252.8 251.8 252.0 251.0 248.6 148 Laptev Sea 247.3 251.9 250.8 250.4 251.5 251.0 248.4 245.2 243.9 241.8 239.2 236.6 234.5 234.8 232.3 232.8 233.6 234.7 234.0 236.2 238.2 242.9 247.3 250.7 249.6 245.6 243.7 245.1 245.2 243.7 241.6 150 East Siberian Sea 239.0 239.1 237.6 234.9 236.2 238.5 239.5 236.3 235.8 237.3 236.8 234.8 232.7 233.9 234.8 235.9 235.9 234.0 234.1 234.4 234.9 239.5 245.3 244.6 246.7 246.3 243.1 242.2 243.2 242.6 242.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.0 270.7 267.4 264.1 267.0 271.9 268.4 266.4 265.9 266.3 265.3 266.7 263.9 263.4 269.6 270.9 271.2 271.1 272.0 268.6 271.6 269.2 273.0 271.8 269.7 269.6 271.0 272.9 272.4 270.8 267.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.2 267.7 262.9 264.1 267.7 269.9 267.9 266.0 264.5 262.1 258.9 260.0 260.3 258.7 265.4 266.5 267.7 267.8 269.9 270.7 271.7 269.1 269.4 267.6 269.2 273.8 274.4 272.6 272.4 270.8 265.7