1996 03 - 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 258.0 257.0 255.3 254.6 254.6 254.8 255.5 256.6 257.1 258.1 258.6 257.6 257.0 258.0 258.3 257.8 257.6 256.8 256.9 256.8 256.6 256.4 256.2 256.6 258.1 259.3 259.9 260.7 261.1 260.8 260.3 34 Hudson Bay 258.2 254.8 253.0 250.0 247.9 247.5 250.3 254.5 257.7 263.3 267.9 267.6 266.6 263.0 261.7 261.5 262.0 262.4 259.5 258.9 259.4 258.9 257.5 255.6 253.4 253.7 253.6 256.6 260.2 261.1 261.1 36 Hudson Strait 252.4 255.3 257.9 260.2 254.5 249.8 248.8 248.7 246.9 248.5 257.3 257.4 252.8 263.2 256.1 249.8 252.3 261.9 265.4 255.9 250.3 256.0 262.0 261.2 255.9 261.7 257.1 248.4 251.0 255.5 257.3 98 Bering Strait 266.5 264.5 262.4 263.7 264.3 261.6 258.1 258.6 259.9 258.2 256.7 257.2 262.7 263.9 262.0 259.6 254.6 256.3 257.7 257.6 260.3 261.6 261.5 265.1 267.1 266.7 267.7 265.4 265.6 263.3 262.1 128 Arctic subocean 244.3 250.4 248.4 243.3 242.1 244.6 239.2 239.0 241.4 240.1 238.4 237.9 237.9 241.6 248.1 246.7 250.2 248.4 247.9 239.7 239.6 237.4 234.6 240.1 245.5 246.7 250.1 247.6 248.3 245.6 244.1 130 Chukchi Sea 257.5 259.7 268.5 267.1 264.5 264.3 262.1 259.1 253.9 252.4 249.4 251.7 252.7 252.2 248.0 247.2 248.5 252.0 254.7 262.8 264.8 266.5 265.5 265.6 269.2 268.2 264.2 266.7 267.4 266.1 265.1 132 Beaufort Sea 263.8 259.2 253.3 251.9 252.1 250.4 252.6 255.3 260.0 262.2 261.3 258.5 257.6 263.6 264.1 262.8 261.5 257.4 258.7 256.6 252.6 252.1 253.0 256.4 259.8 261.1 261.1 262.7 260.3 257.1 254.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 243.0 241.5 241.8 241.4 242.3 249.3 255.3 252.6 251.6 247.4 242.7 241.0 242.2 245.2 245.8 249.0 251.6 243.1 241.0 240.9 240.6 244.7 246.0 242.8 243.6 245.0 249.6 249.8 248.2 248.5 248.5 136 Foxe Basin 253.4 248.1 248.7 249.7 246.2 242.6 243.3 241.4 241.4 244.8 247.0 244.9 240.4 240.8 242.2 243.7 251.9 254.6 252.6 245.3 241.6 244.0 245.9 245.7 245.5 247.8 248.1 244.9 246.2 251.3 251.0 138 Baffin Bay 258.3 258.2 248.6 244.4 243.0 246.0 243.9 241.9 240.1 240.8 239.9 237.4 239.9 246.0 249.5 252.0 251.5 249.8 250.8 247.7 241.8 231.7 230.5 234.5 246.8 254.5 249.3 252.7 252.2 243.4 242.0 139 South Greenland 266.6 264.1 260.1 257.8 258.0 257.3 255.1 251.7 250.3 250.3 249.3 249.0 249.8 254.0 257.0 258.9 258.8 257.3 260.7 262.1 257.3 245.8 245.1 251.2 260.2 261.5 261.9 263.9 263.5 262.8 262.6 140 Greenland Sea 257.7 262.1 253.5 245.6 241.2 245.9 246.2 249.2 243.9 241.0 245.5 244.5 242.4 247.4 251.9 252.9 253.1 249.1 251.9 257.1 249.3 238.1 235.0 238.5 246.3 253.8 250.5 252.2 256.0 249.0 241.4 142 Norwegian Sea 270.9 271.3 273.2 273.3 271.0 272.3 274.0 274.9 274.2 272.6 271.4 269.7 269.6 269.3 269.1 269.9 270.5 270.8 271.4 269.8 270.0 270.9 269.4 270.4 270.0 268.7 268.9 269.2 268.8 268.9 269.0 144 Barents Sea 265.7 264.5 263.1 263.2 264.8 262.4 262.6 267.0 266.9 267.8 269.0 268.0 267.7 267.6 268.0 267.5 267.1 267.0 266.4 265.3 267.3 267.2 266.2 264.7 266.1 267.9 268.3 267.7 268.3 268.7 268.5 146 Kara Sea 261.8 261.2 260.9 260.2 259.3 260.0 261.6 263.0 263.3 263.7 262.6 261.6 260.5 260.4 261.1 260.3 259.6 258.7 259.2 260.0 260.9 262.4 262.6 262.1 262.7 263.5 264.8 264.9 264.9 265.8 266.0 148 Laptev Sea 248.6 248.5 248.1 250.4 252.5 253.3 253.0 253.6 253.2 255.2 256.5 253.4 252.0 252.8 252.6 251.4 252.2 251.8 250.9 251.6 252.7 254.4 254.8 254.7 255.3 256.2 258.4 259.3 258.5 258.2 258.4 150 East Siberian Sea 242.9 246.2 244.6 246.5 252.4 254.0 250.6 247.9 246.9 247.2 250.2 252.1 248.4 248.1 250.0 250.2 247.9 249.4 252.5 255.0 255.0 253.2 251.1 251.9 253.5 252.4 253.3 256.7 260.3 261.7 261.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.3 269.1 267.5 265.6 266.0 263.2 261.2 264.1 267.7 268.0 268.1 267.6 270.8 269.9 269.3 270.3 267.7 268.8 266.5 263.0 265.4 266.4 267.5 269.3 269.8 270.6 271.1 268.8 268.5 266.7 263.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.9 271.0 270.8 268.1 268.9 267.1 268.2 270.5 267.9 263.2 261.4 267.2 272.0 271.8 271.3 267.2 263.0 264.2 264.8 265.1 270.6 270.7 269.5 268.9 271.9 272.9 270.9 270.9 271.8 270.2 268.3