1996 01 - 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 250.3 251.3 251.5 249.4 248.7 249.2 250.8 250.8 249.9 249.2 248.9 249.2 248.7 248.1 248.3 247.6 247.2 246.8 246.5 247.2 248.4 248.6 248.8 249.3 248.9 247.7 247.0 246.4 248.2 250.2 249.8 34 Hudson Bay 251.8 251.4 251.5 245.9 246.8 248.1 253.3 258.3 257.3 256.7 259.7 262.4 255.2 246.8 244.4 247.3 246.4 245.1 246.1 246.0 248.2 250.3 247.6 245.9 245.5 246.4 247.0 244.3 242.1 243.4 242.3 36 Hudson Strait 240.9 241.7 250.9 250.2 245.3 247.0 250.5 246.6 243.1 245.6 248.9 246.0 257.4 247.1 241.5 238.9 244.1 245.9 250.9 262.4 247.7 252.2 252.9 243.0 248.5 240.5 246.1 256.2 245.6 242.0 247.9 98 Bering Strait 261.9 261.1 261.3 261.3 258.9 256.8 253.5 248.3 246.2 248.0 248.2 245.9 247.1 248.7 250.4 247.6 245.9 246.0 246.0 245.6 248.3 247.1 245.8 247.7 249.1 248.9 248.7 252.5 261.5 263.7 260.6 128 Arctic subocean 242.0 239.0 242.8 243.9 243.3 240.5 241.3 240.6 239.3 239.2 236.1 236.8 236.7 234.6 237.1 244.0 243.9 243.6 241.8 240.3 237.4 241.4 242.9 237.6 240.0 240.4 240.9 241.2 238.9 239.0 242.5 130 Chukchi Sea 263.7 264.6 265.6 263.8 257.3 251.5 248.1 245.6 244.0 242.7 248.6 250.0 251.4 253.3 251.2 247.3 248.0 248.7 247.3 247.2 246.9 246.8 246.1 246.3 247.9 252.1 253.9 259.9 268.4 265.4 257.8 132 Beaufort Sea 255.7 259.5 257.5 253.3 251.7 250.9 253.6 253.3 251.1 249.6 250.2 248.3 244.7 244.8 246.3 243.6 240.4 240.2 241.7 246.0 250.1 250.0 247.5 247.0 246.8 244.2 242.5 245.1 247.5 252.0 252.6 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.3 247.7 246.9 249.6 250.6 244.8 243.5 241.1 239.1 234.5 232.5 231.7 231.6 231.8 233.7 234.8 241.5 243.1 241.5 241.0 238.0 237.9 239.5 239.6 240.2 239.4 240.3 237.6 236.0 235.8 235.5 136 Foxe Basin 234.9 239.0 240.4 240.3 241.3 243.6 242.3 238.1 239.5 241.9 236.3 233.1 236.9 241.6 241.3 240.7 237.1 237.3 237.1 237.4 240.6 241.9 245.4 243.0 238.3 242.1 237.6 237.7 244.0 242.1 240.2 138 Baffin Bay 241.8 242.2 244.0 246.0 247.4 247.5 246.7 246.8 247.3 245.6 243.5 239.5 238.9 243.7 254.0 250.6 241.5 238.0 234.1 234.3 245.5 243.1 240.6 242.3 242.2 248.5 244.5 235.0 239.8 248.6 241.8 139 South Greenland 254.9 254.3 254.6 253.9 254.9 253.9 254.0 258.7 256.2 255.3 251.8 250.0 251.0 255.6 257.0 248.9 246.2 242.3 239.2 246.6 259.3 251.4 251.1 249.8 248.5 257.7 253.4 245.2 254.4 257.8 257.1 140 Greenland Sea 239.6 237.1 236.6 240.9 245.0 246.0 248.3 250.9 250.2 248.3 245.8 243.9 242.1 245.6 250.2 252.3 246.8 251.4 240.1 233.9 242.0 248.1 242.2 240.4 242.7 243.1 248.8 239.6 237.0 248.5 244.0 142 Norwegian Sea 267.8 265.9 266.8 269.3 268.2 268.6 269.2 272.2 272.2 273.9 273.2 272.4 272.6 274.2 274.5 274.2 274.1 272.7 271.9 269.9 270.8 271.4 269.2 267.5 267.3 268.4 269.8 273.4 273.5 270.6 269.4 144 Barents Sea 256.8 262.3 260.7 259.0 261.2 257.1 255.2 255.2 262.6 264.1 263.7 264.2 263.1 262.6 263.1 262.7 263.3 265.1 266.9 265.1 262.4 262.9 263.2 262.9 261.8 258.8 258.2 259.5 261.1 262.1 262.4 146 Kara Sea 250.4 252.8 254.2 250.9 248.0 250.2 252.6 250.0 246.2 246.0 247.7 250.1 251.6 252.3 251.6 251.6 252.3 252.6 252.0 251.2 250.8 251.6 254.1 256.0 253.6 249.1 247.6 248.7 250.9 252.8 252.8 148 Laptev Sea 243.0 242.2 240.1 238.0 238.4 239.0 242.0 246.0 249.3 246.0 241.4 242.0 242.5 241.7 242.1 241.0 240.5 238.9 237.4 239.7 240.0 240.0 242.5 244.4 245.1 243.3 240.4 238.0 240.1 242.4 244.6 150 East Siberian Sea 244.3 244.2 244.9 245.0 245.3 252.7 252.2 247.8 247.4 251.1 248.3 244.4 245.9 246.4 243.6 243.2 245.4 243.4 246.8 246.9 243.9 241.3 240.9 245.0 246.8 247.4 250.2 250.9 250.9 247.4 245.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.7 265.8 266.4 266.7 264.8 264.0 264.7 262.7 261.4 261.4 259.1 256.4 253.9 255.5 256.6 255.7 255.4 255.6 255.2 253.5 257.6 259.1 257.1 256.6 256.0 254.7 255.3 257.2 265.2 269.0 268.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 270.5 268.6 273.3 271.6 266.6 264.5 259.2 251.6 247.8 247.6 247.2 248.4 249.9 255.8 259.4 253.6 251.9 253.3 256.2 255.8 259.7 261.5 258.9 260.0 260.2 260.5 263.9 270.6 272.2 272.3 269.9