1996 04 - 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 260.4 260.4 260.3 261.2 262.4 262.9 262.9 263.6 264.3 264.5 264.3 264.1 264.0 264.1 264.4 264.8 265.2 265.7 266.6 267.5 266.9 266.3 266.0 266.2 266.4 267.1 267.6 267.7 268.0 268.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 260.8 259.6 259.2 261.4 263.6 266.2 268.1 271.0 273.0 271.3 267.3 264.4 265.0 267.8 269.4 270.1 270.2 270.0 269.5 269.1 269.6 268.4 267.7 268.7 267.7 267.1 269.5 271.4 272.2 272.0 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 260.8 264.5 265.1 265.9 267.6 268.2 267.4 269.7 269.4 268.9 269.8 266.2 261.6 259.5 262.2 267.6 271.0 265.6 267.2 263.3 264.5 272.0 270.5 264.6 264.9 264.9 270.4 271.0 270.1 268.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.4 259.0 258.0 260.6 264.1 264.1 261.4 259.3 259.5 260.8 262.7 263.1 263.5 264.2 265.0 264.6 266.5 265.8 265.8 268.3 268.8 269.6 270.1 266.9 266.1 268.1 269.6 270.8 270.0 270.5 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 247.6 250.5 249.6 249.8 249.7 251.9 251.6 249.7 249.2 251.4 253.5 254.7 256.1 255.3 253.5 252.3 252.5 251.1 252.5 254.5 257.6 255.8 254.2 253.2 254.3 255.8 256.2 257.3 255.5 254.3 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 265.6 260.1 255.6 253.5 252.0 254.5 257.0 255.9 255.0 257.9 259.2 257.9 256.9 256.6 257.9 255.2 257.8 260.6 258.8 262.8 264.8 266.3 263.5 259.1 258.1 258.8 260.6 264.6 263.7 262.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 253.5 256.1 257.8 261.1 268.4 272.2 270.4 269.4 266.8 262.6 261.4 262.8 263.1 263.8 264.6 266.3 266.0 265.5 266.4 266.6 265.8 267.2 268.0 268.0 267.8 268.7 269.6 270.7 271.9 271.8 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.2 247.2 249.4 252.2 253.0 256.8 259.2 258.5 255.6 253.8 254.3 256.5 257.2 256.6 255.7 254.4 255.4 257.6 256.8 255.5 255.6 256.2 257.5 259.8 260.0 261.0 259.7 257.4 258.4 260.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 249.3 251.4 256.3 261.3 257.9 254.9 257.7 259.2 264.6 267.8 267.5 263.8 262.8 256.7 257.2 260.2 262.9 260.0 260.6 258.7 258.0 262.5 262.7 262.3 262.4 268.1 266.5 263.9 260.4 258.7 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 241.6 243.9 247.0 251.1 255.0 251.5 247.7 248.9 250.5 254.3 257.5 258.7 259.1 259.5 258.4 257.8 256.5 256.7 258.9 262.6 261.0 255.9 252.5 254.1 256.6 258.5 261.7 259.6 257.1 255.0 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 258.3 256.1 255.7 257.9 260.3 260.1 256.7 254.8 257.5 260.8 263.7 263.6 263.3 262.9 261.1 260.4 259.6 262.0 264.0 264.1 261.6 258.3 260.9 263.1 264.3 267.4 268.7 267.8 268.3 267.8 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 242.5 246.5 248.1 250.1 251.8 251.1 249.3 248.7 251.5 255.8 256.8 258.3 256.9 255.9 255.7 255.6 254.2 253.4 253.6 257.6 258.1 256.2 252.6 254.3 256.8 258.0 259.3 258.8 256.1 254.4 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 269.1 270.4 271.6 273.6 274.6 273.6 274.5 275.3 273.8 271.1 269.9 272.3 273.3 273.3 272.6 273.8 275.8 275.6 275.7 275.7 275.5 275.3 274.1 273.5 274.2 274.8 274.7 272.2 270.7 271.6 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 269.1 270.2 271.4 271.6 271.9 272.7 273.1 272.3 271.4 267.3 265.8 267.1 269.4 269.8 267.7 267.4 266.0 263.8 263.8 266.7 267.3 266.6 267.1 264.5 266.0 265.9 267.9 270.8 273.4 273.5 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 266.2 265.8 264.8 264.1 263.8 264.1 265.2 266.4 267.1 267.5 267.3 266.2 266.5 266.8 267.2 267.7 268.4 269.5 271.1 272.4 271.2 269.7 268.4 269.0 269.3 269.7 268.9 267.7 268.1 269.7 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.9 260.2 259.6 259.4 259.4 258.9 258.8 260.4 262.0 264.6 265.4 265.9 263.5 260.8 261.2 262.3 263.4 265.9 267.3 268.5 267.4 266.6 266.8 266.4 265.5 266.2 266.4 267.0 267.8 267.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 263.7 264.8 263.2 260.4 256.7 253.1 252.9 253.0 253.8 255.3 256.9 257.7 258.5 260.2 259.2 258.7 259.2 259.5 259.7 259.6 259.4 259.8 261.9 264.7 267.3 268.3 267.2 266.3 265.5 267.3 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 262.5 260.3 263.0 269.1 272.2 271.3 266.7 266.3 268.2 269.6 269.9 270.4 271.7 271.6 273.8 273.3 273.5 273.2 273.8 273.6 272.8 273.6 274.1 273.2 272.7 273.2 272.5 271.3 272.2 272.6 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.2 264.4 262.7 262.3 264.4 264.4 259.9 262.2 270.0 271.3 270.1 270.8 271.8 272.8 274.2 272.5 270.2 266.9 272.8 275.3 274.3 274.5 274.6 274.6 272.1 272.9 273.4 271.6 270.0 270.5 -9999.0