1995 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 273.1 272.5 271.7 270.9 270.3 270.3 270.5 270.4 269.8 269.4 269.3 268.8 268.1 268.0 267.8 267.2 266.7 266.2 265.9 266.1 266.4 266.3 265.4 265.0 264.4 263.8 263.3 262.3 261.9 262.0 262.8 34 Hudson Bay 279.1 278.2 277.9 277.1 276.1 275.7 276.8 277.9 278.1 279.5 280.9 279.7 276.6 275.6 276.1 275.4 274.1 272.3 270.6 271.4 274.2 274.7 272.5 271.7 271.3 270.7 270.5 269.5 267.0 265.0 264.8 36 Hudson Strait 277.2 269.9 271.0 270.7 271.6 271.7 270.5 269.1 271.2 273.3 272.6 273.9 273.4 272.3 275.5 274.7 269.7 267.3 270.8 267.4 265.9 268.0 273.3 272.2 269.4 267.5 269.3 269.0 272.2 268.1 266.9 98 Bering Strait 271.8 271.8 270.8 270.1 269.6 269.1 269.1 270.8 270.1 268.5 266.5 266.3 265.1 264.6 263.6 263.3 261.3 261.2 263.8 265.3 263.0 263.9 265.8 264.7 263.5 261.6 259.8 258.2 264.7 266.9 267.0 128 Arctic subocean 257.9 258.3 257.5 256.3 254.9 252.3 252.2 251.2 250.1 250.0 252.3 254.9 250.9 251.6 250.0 248.4 247.0 245.3 246.1 247.5 247.3 248.3 252.0 253.6 251.4 250.1 249.2 248.5 248.4 245.8 244.2 130 Chukchi Sea 271.3 270.5 269.8 270.0 270.7 269.3 268.7 268.9 269.4 268.2 266.4 266.3 265.4 264.6 263.0 262.4 261.8 261.9 263.1 263.9 263.2 261.0 261.7 261.8 259.8 259.9 258.9 260.3 267.6 271.8 271.1 132 Beaufort Sea 274.0 275.2 274.4 272.0 270.1 272.5 273.5 273.5 274.1 273.0 270.5 269.7 271.1 272.6 270.4 266.9 264.1 264.7 267.0 271.0 270.0 265.8 264.7 264.5 265.4 265.4 265.0 263.2 262.6 263.8 262.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.0 263.7 262.4 261.2 260.0 259.9 261.0 260.0 258.5 262.6 262.1 257.4 255.0 256.8 259.6 258.9 256.7 252.2 249.3 250.4 257.2 263.1 260.8 257.6 257.9 258.5 256.8 254.9 253.3 251.9 251.1 136 Foxe Basin 267.1 266.4 268.0 269.8 267.1 264.9 263.9 266.8 268.6 266.3 267.8 267.5 267.0 264.3 263.6 264.0 262.6 264.5 262.4 261.2 259.9 263.8 266.6 269.0 269.6 268.4 266.8 267.1 267.7 266.4 264.3 138 Baffin Bay 262.0 261.0 258.3 257.0 253.6 254.7 255.0 254.0 253.5 251.8 256.4 256.9 253.9 253.0 251.3 247.7 246.1 248.4 248.9 249.1 247.6 247.0 250.4 252.8 252.8 254.5 253.9 251.8 250.8 250.1 250.7 139 South Greenland 264.0 262.6 261.8 259.1 258.7 259.0 259.2 257.9 256.8 256.8 256.4 254.0 255.1 255.8 255.5 255.2 258.7 256.7 255.3 257.1 255.6 252.4 250.3 252.0 253.4 253.8 256.2 257.0 255.5 259.1 263.5 140 Greenland Sea 258.1 257.7 255.8 253.0 251.1 249.8 251.0 250.6 249.3 247.6 248.7 254.4 253.6 250.4 247.8 244.5 243.2 243.8 244.8 246.1 243.2 242.4 243.2 248.1 247.1 246.0 247.7 247.4 246.2 244.2 246.6 142 Norwegian Sea 273.9 274.0 276.2 278.5 279.5 279.9 279.9 279.1 281.4 278.9 277.6 277.5 276.9 275.6 276.0 278.4 278.6 276.6 275.4 274.2 271.9 273.8 275.7 275.7 275.3 276.5 276.0 274.8 272.5 271.4 269.8 144 Barents Sea 280.6 279.6 278.1 277.4 277.5 277.9 278.5 278.3 275.9 274.7 276.7 274.4 272.6 270.7 270.0 271.2 272.5 274.3 273.3 269.4 266.8 265.7 267.8 270.5 268.7 269.9 272.2 273.4 273.9 269.0 266.8 146 Kara Sea 277.3 276.5 275.8 276.5 277.0 276.7 276.2 274.8 273.6 272.9 272.0 273.0 273.9 272.9 271.3 271.1 270.8 269.6 270.5 271.6 271.5 271.2 269.3 268.1 267.4 266.9 264.9 264.1 264.5 267.5 268.8 148 Laptev Sea 269.6 269.8 268.8 267.3 266.7 266.2 266.2 268.0 267.6 266.5 266.4 265.2 262.2 264.5 268.3 268.6 268.6 269.3 265.8 264.7 267.0 266.8 264.3 263.8 264.0 262.4 262.4 260.2 257.3 254.8 258.1 150 East Siberian Sea 267.9 266.6 265.5 264.3 262.7 262.6 263.3 262.7 260.5 259.5 260.6 259.6 262.3 262.8 260.7 261.6 265.0 266.3 265.2 259.5 256.7 258.2 261.2 258.5 253.5 252.7 253.3 250.7 249.7 248.5 251.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.8 276.9 276.2 275.6 274.8 275.0 276.0 276.2 275.2 274.5 273.9 272.3 272.2 271.2 271.9 271.0 269.4 269.0 273.7 273.1 271.8 273.6 272.6 272.0 273.8 271.0 269.0 268.6 271.8 272.2 273.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 278.9 278.4 277.1 275.4 274.4 276.1 277.0 275.3 275.1 274.0 272.9 272.7 272.6 272.4 272.6 273.1 269.5 266.0 268.3 267.2 271.1 272.9 267.9 266.8 267.9 265.7 263.7 267.5 276.0 276.3 275.2