1994 11 - 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 258.2 258.0 258.7 258.5 258.2 258.4 258.6 258.5 258.4 258.9 258.9 259.3 259.3 259.3 259.0 258.3 257.8 257.7 257.1 256.7 256.3 255.0 254.9 255.7 255.8 254.9 254.2 254.3 254.1 253.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 268.3 268.6 267.8 267.9 269.6 269.0 268.8 268.7 267.5 269.4 270.6 271.4 272.4 271.6 268.2 267.4 267.0 265.2 264.5 266.8 264.7 260.8 258.5 261.3 258.7 255.0 256.8 259.1 258.6 258.6 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 270.9 267.9 266.2 267.3 268.7 266.7 268.0 268.3 267.6 270.2 269.8 266.3 267.0 267.6 272.7 270.4 265.9 269.2 267.7 261.8 267.0 270.9 266.8 263.8 257.0 253.7 257.0 255.4 253.5 254.0 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 259.6 261.6 264.1 261.0 259.7 255.9 256.4 256.7 258.4 262.7 261.1 256.8 252.8 251.7 256.1 259.0 258.0 259.4 253.3 253.2 253.5 248.5 244.8 247.8 250.3 251.9 253.1 254.0 253.4 251.3 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 245.0 242.5 243.7 248.8 250.9 254.5 252.7 256.7 256.2 255.6 254.6 257.0 257.4 259.1 253.5 246.9 244.1 242.7 239.8 238.9 238.1 239.3 238.8 237.9 238.7 240.2 239.5 241.5 244.8 241.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 266.6 266.2 262.0 258.5 257.5 259.1 254.9 254.1 259.8 258.6 252.3 249.4 247.5 248.1 253.6 249.3 246.8 246.1 242.6 242.4 242.1 241.9 243.5 247.7 248.2 251.1 252.0 250.9 252.5 257.5 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 260.3 259.8 262.2 266.5 262.8 256.2 256.8 259.7 258.4 261.6 266.1 265.5 261.6 258.3 256.3 258.1 256.6 260.2 261.2 253.7 251.7 253.2 255.2 251.0 248.7 249.5 253.2 254.9 255.0 249.9 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.3 252.9 255.8 259.4 260.9 257.2 250.9 248.7 248.4 255.1 261.1 265.1 263.5 258.1 250.1 246.5 246.2 247.9 248.9 247.0 244.7 240.2 240.5 239.4 240.9 240.2 240.7 240.9 241.3 241.9 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 262.7 261.1 262.0 262.0 259.5 257.6 257.2 262.6 265.3 261.9 259.7 259.5 261.3 264.4 262.8 261.8 257.4 252.1 249.1 250.1 249.7 245.8 241.1 239.7 240.3 238.8 237.6 236.4 232.8 233.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 246.9 246.1 248.1 250.3 250.2 254.8 260.3 259.2 259.6 259.5 256.4 255.3 254.7 256.0 255.0 253.5 251.5 247.9 244.7 242.2 240.5 240.0 238.8 240.2 245.6 243.7 241.9 241.7 239.2 237.3 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 253.5 254.8 255.7 255.4 255.5 261.6 262.1 262.5 263.9 265.5 262.1 259.3 256.2 252.9 253.7 256.7 257.6 255.1 251.6 250.1 250.0 248.5 249.1 257.8 259.0 254.4 250.3 246.5 245.7 243.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 244.0 242.4 242.6 245.1 245.7 249.1 255.5 256.4 256.9 258.5 256.0 252.4 250.1 252.3 253.8 251.9 250.2 246.1 240.2 240.0 240.8 242.7 245.8 243.7 248.2 246.7 242.7 240.6 239.1 236.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.6 272.8 272.6 274.5 276.7 273.7 272.1 271.1 269.4 268.0 268.0 269.8 269.4 271.7 273.0 271.5 270.3 269.7 271.1 274.1 273.8 276.2 276.3 273.3 273.0 275.0 276.3 274.2 272.8 274.1 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 261.5 259.2 258.0 259.3 263.5 268.8 266.6 264.5 263.5 260.9 257.3 258.4 259.5 261.2 264.8 266.0 267.7 267.7 265.8 264.3 265.8 265.1 264.2 262.3 260.4 255.8 254.7 262.2 263.5 261.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 261.4 262.6 263.2 261.4 259.9 260.7 261.5 261.5 260.8 258.1 257.7 260.4 261.7 260.4 259.4 258.3 259.9 261.9 263.8 264.9 263.7 261.4 261.9 263.3 261.6 260.7 258.8 256.5 256.8 257.3 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 247.8 245.0 246.6 245.8 244.1 245.4 246.3 246.2 246.3 247.3 247.0 246.6 249.5 255.9 256.6 255.0 250.5 249.2 248.3 248.9 252.6 254.1 253.5 253.2 257.9 256.5 253.0 253.6 251.4 251.0 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 247.6 245.7 245.7 244.5 247.2 248.4 246.6 245.5 246.7 245.3 247.0 247.4 246.7 245.8 248.6 246.7 247.4 243.7 241.8 239.9 240.0 241.5 246.4 248.6 248.9 254.2 255.1 257.0 262.2 257.0 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.1 270.8 272.7 268.3 266.6 266.3 267.6 264.3 265.3 270.8 269.4 267.4 264.0 261.5 266.3 266.5 268.2 267.4 263.1 266.3 267.1 261.1 257.1 256.8 259.4 263.9 264.9 262.8 259.4 255.6 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.0 274.1 271.4 267.3 266.0 269.8 267.5 262.4 270.6 272.7 268.8 270.0 263.6 264.4 271.7 269.4 272.3 264.7 267.2 268.5 255.8 250.7 248.2 247.8 253.5 267.9 267.3 259.2 254.3 257.9 -9999.0