1994 10 - 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 272.4 272.8 273.0 272.4 271.4 270.7 270.6 270.5 270.3 269.3 268.3 267.7 267.6 267.7 267.9 268.5 268.6 268.2 267.5 267.3 266.8 266.4 265.6 264.7 264.7 264.4 264.2 263.7 263.0 261.6 259.5 34 Hudson Bay 276.6 276.5 275.5 276.3 278.8 280.3 279.2 276.8 276.1 275.6 276.1 276.8 274.7 274.7 276.3 276.9 277.2 277.4 276.5 276.2 275.0 274.0 272.2 269.2 269.6 272.3 274.0 274.4 274.5 273.3 269.7 36 Hudson Strait 277.6 276.1 276.8 275.5 274.3 273.9 276.8 275.0 271.8 271.5 267.1 266.7 272.5 270.7 268.2 269.5 271.2 272.7 269.7 273.4 273.8 272.2 273.3 271.6 272.1 271.8 269.8 266.8 270.7 273.5 272.5 98 Bering Strait 267.0 270.0 272.5 272.8 271.2 268.7 266.5 266.1 267.9 265.5 263.8 267.5 268.1 266.3 265.4 266.7 267.1 265.4 262.9 261.5 263.1 264.1 262.4 263.1 264.9 263.0 261.9 261.2 261.6 261.2 259.5 128 Arctic subocean 255.2 256.0 254.7 251.7 250.0 248.4 251.0 256.7 257.8 255.1 254.2 253.9 255.3 255.0 253.7 253.1 250.7 252.3 254.9 255.3 254.1 251.0 247.3 248.0 248.4 249.1 251.2 250.9 247.5 246.3 247.5 130 Chukchi Sea 268.0 267.8 269.9 270.5 268.7 263.2 260.4 261.2 261.7 262.3 263.5 264.1 263.6 263.1 263.8 262.5 263.0 262.2 259.2 260.2 259.9 260.3 260.0 258.4 258.9 257.3 257.1 257.9 257.1 260.4 262.7 132 Beaufort Sea 272.2 271.0 274.8 277.7 277.1 272.5 273.1 272.6 273.0 271.5 269.0 268.2 270.9 270.0 268.1 269.8 271.9 270.9 267.5 268.0 266.6 264.8 265.2 264.7 269.4 269.4 267.8 267.0 264.4 262.3 260.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 266.7 267.5 267.2 269.1 267.1 262.7 258.7 258.1 258.5 258.7 258.2 259.4 259.6 260.5 259.3 258.4 260.4 263.5 264.7 262.1 259.7 257.1 253.2 253.9 255.6 258.8 262.9 263.9 261.4 257.3 253.9 136 Foxe Basin 272.2 271.7 271.7 269.0 269.1 269.7 268.9 264.0 263.1 262.5 262.5 262.4 264.4 265.9 268.3 268.9 266.1 265.2 266.3 267.8 267.9 265.8 263.9 261.8 259.6 262.8 266.5 266.1 266.8 267.7 266.1 138 Baffin Bay 258.3 260.6 258.8 255.6 252.0 250.8 252.0 253.0 252.3 252.2 251.0 250.1 250.8 250.8 251.1 251.3 251.4 251.6 251.9 253.1 254.3 254.0 253.0 252.1 250.4 249.8 249.8 248.8 248.4 248.3 247.1 139 South Greenland 269.4 269.8 268.9 266.6 262.8 259.2 257.7 259.8 259.5 255.8 257.9 256.3 253.4 253.6 256.0 257.3 257.9 258.8 257.5 257.4 258.9 260.8 260.0 257.5 254.7 254.7 254.0 254.0 255.1 254.3 253.9 140 Greenland Sea 253.0 253.8 253.5 249.7 246.8 244.9 247.4 250.5 250.0 248.4 248.2 246.6 247.3 249.2 249.6 248.7 246.2 245.0 245.8 248.7 250.4 249.9 247.9 246.0 246.1 244.8 244.6 244.1 244.5 245.0 245.8 142 Norwegian Sea 273.4 272.0 271.1 272.3 273.5 277.6 278.9 277.1 277.6 276.7 276.9 275.4 275.2 275.2 271.6 270.5 271.5 271.2 271.1 273.8 274.5 275.1 276.0 276.3 275.7 274.9 274.4 273.8 272.8 271.8 271.1 144 Barents Sea 274.7 275.5 273.6 274.6 275.3 274.0 275.6 278.0 278.0 276.2 274.8 275.4 274.4 272.4 271.5 270.9 270.5 269.5 268.3 267.7 269.5 271.7 270.9 272.4 272.6 272.2 272.8 272.9 271.0 267.4 263.6 146 Kara Sea 277.6 277.8 278.3 277.4 276.3 276.8 276.2 276.0 276.1 274.8 272.9 270.8 271.3 272.2 272.7 272.5 272.0 272.1 272.1 271.6 270.6 269.5 268.3 267.5 267.5 266.4 266.1 266.6 266.1 264.9 262.7 148 Laptev Sea 270.4 271.6 271.7 269.3 267.1 267.1 269.3 270.0 269.6 269.2 268.1 266.6 265.0 265.4 267.2 269.1 267.9 265.5 266.9 266.5 264.4 265.5 266.9 265.4 262.7 261.5 259.3 254.7 251.7 250.9 250.0 150 East Siberian Sea 270.3 268.1 265.5 262.6 260.4 260.6 263.5 263.6 261.8 261.5 260.6 261.5 262.7 262.7 260.5 261.8 265.5 263.4 259.3 260.4 262.0 260.6 259.9 261.0 258.8 256.6 256.7 258.8 262.8 258.7 251.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.3 275.8 277.7 278.1 275.8 275.4 274.1 273.5 271.6 270.5 273.2 274.4 273.1 270.8 272.1 274.6 271.2 269.2 269.7 268.5 267.8 267.2 268.6 271.7 272.7 270.6 270.2 269.1 267.9 266.4 265.5 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.0 278.2 279.1 278.4 277.7 276.1 270.9 267.1 267.1 267.5 272.2 271.0 269.2 267.2 266.5 265.8 265.7 266.6 264.8 263.2 264.9 265.0 264.9 268.1 267.5 267.2 265.4 264.8 264.3 261.9 263.9