1996 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 270.5 270.0 269.6 269.9 270.0 269.3 268.5 268.4 268.4 268.5 268.4 268.2 268.3 268.7 268.5 268.0 267.0 265.6 264.7 264.3 263.9 262.9 262.6 262.3 261.9 260.9 260.0 260.0 259.4 259.7 260.4 34 Hudson Bay 273.5 273.2 272.9 275.4 279.7 277.5 275.1 275.4 273.4 273.0 274.9 274.8 274.1 273.8 274.0 273.9 272.1 271.7 273.0 273.4 273.0 273.9 273.8 272.4 271.8 271.3 271.8 273.1 270.4 265.8 264.2 36 Hudson Strait 272.0 273.1 272.4 270.9 271.0 276.0 271.6 270.6 269.5 269.5 266.6 267.8 265.5 264.2 264.5 265.6 266.4 265.8 265.7 271.6 271.9 271.4 271.8 273.5 273.0 272.0 268.5 269.2 272.0 270.4 269.1 98 Bering Strait 270.4 268.2 267.5 268.0 268.4 268.4 266.4 263.8 264.7 263.3 260.6 262.8 262.3 263.1 261.5 260.7 260.0 259.7 258.5 258.1 257.2 255.7 255.4 254.9 253.3 255.3 259.2 261.8 266.1 265.9 267.4 128 Arctic subocean 255.6 253.2 253.0 253.4 250.7 251.3 250.3 253.7 249.8 251.9 253.8 251.4 249.8 253.0 254.6 256.1 256.7 252.1 250.3 252.3 253.6 252.5 249.2 248.0 248.1 247.7 245.8 244.0 245.2 246.6 248.2 130 Chukchi Sea 270.2 268.6 271.2 272.6 271.5 268.5 264.2 262.6 261.8 261.4 260.8 261.2 260.6 259.8 261.5 260.4 259.7 260.2 259.3 259.7 260.7 261.0 260.6 257.5 257.1 259.4 264.7 268.4 270.1 265.1 264.7 132 Beaufort Sea 267.8 267.9 270.0 271.9 270.2 270.2 271.1 268.9 270.5 274.0 271.7 268.1 269.3 270.9 268.8 265.4 263.7 263.2 262.3 262.7 263.9 263.7 261.0 259.3 258.4 258.7 263.1 259.6 257.0 260.2 264.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 265.8 263.4 261.5 260.9 261.0 262.1 259.5 256.2 256.1 256.3 254.3 254.5 254.6 260.7 265.4 266.1 264.4 261.5 259.7 261.3 259.8 257.6 257.2 256.0 255.4 254.5 253.6 251.5 248.6 251.4 256.6 136 Foxe Basin 271.1 270.1 269.6 268.2 267.0 266.6 265.7 265.5 265.0 264.1 264.8 263.7 260.4 260.3 263.3 264.4 266.0 266.2 265.3 269.4 269.2 265.7 265.1 267.0 269.8 267.6 263.0 262.2 264.0 266.3 267.4 138 Baffin Bay 260.4 256.3 255.8 254.5 252.8 252.4 247.8 249.9 249.2 247.7 247.0 249.5 251.1 252.5 252.9 256.7 257.0 252.7 250.4 251.0 256.1 253.5 251.1 250.6 250.4 251.2 250.3 248.6 246.8 245.2 247.8 139 South Greenland 262.1 261.1 260.4 261.5 260.0 254.1 254.0 257.3 257.4 255.2 254.1 256.6 258.4 257.9 259.1 262.5 263.5 261.1 260.2 258.3 258.3 258.1 258.1 257.4 258.0 259.7 260.4 258.6 254.0 250.6 250.0 140 Greenland Sea 256.3 252.8 251.4 249.9 250.7 249.3 250.2 255.3 250.0 247.9 249.0 249.1 249.3 250.8 250.8 253.3 254.1 251.3 245.8 244.4 251.0 251.0 247.5 247.3 245.9 245.3 244.7 242.8 241.2 244.0 245.4 142 Norwegian Sea 277.9 277.1 277.4 278.3 278.1 278.6 280.9 278.3 278.2 275.3 276.9 278.0 273.7 274.4 275.8 276.4 276.5 277.0 277.2 276.1 275.6 275.5 276.8 280.4 280.2 278.5 276.7 276.4 275.9 272.2 271.3 144 Barents Sea 273.5 276.4 276.8 276.3 275.7 277.5 277.3 276.8 278.1 278.8 277.8 275.2 274.8 272.9 270.4 270.0 269.6 269.2 268.9 269.3 268.9 270.0 270.6 269.9 270.9 272.8 273.1 272.6 271.5 271.2 270.4 146 Kara Sea 273.5 272.2 271.6 273.1 274.3 274.2 274.1 274.2 275.3 275.2 275.5 275.3 275.2 274.8 274.1 273.0 271.3 270.0 269.2 267.7 266.0 263.8 264.2 265.5 265.8 262.2 258.6 260.1 261.5 263.6 263.5 148 Laptev Sea 269.6 271.3 270.1 266.6 265.6 265.8 266.1 266.5 266.4 267.1 267.4 267.6 268.0 268.9 268.7 266.9 266.0 265.2 263.6 262.3 260.5 259.4 258.6 256.2 254.9 254.5 252.6 250.5 249.0 248.9 248.9 150 East Siberian Sea 275.1 275.8 274.3 272.9 266.6 261.3 258.9 258.4 258.8 259.7 260.0 260.3 262.0 263.9 263.9 264.9 263.0 259.1 255.9 254.5 254.7 253.6 255.3 261.1 260.4 256.5 253.4 253.7 252.3 255.3 260.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.8 271.9 272.5 273.2 272.5 273.7 274.1 274.0 273.6 271.8 270.5 271.6 272.0 267.9 266.2 266.2 266.5 266.1 265.8 265.3 265.1 264.7 267.1 266.2 264.5 264.6 265.0 266.9 270.3 272.6 273.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 274.7 271.9 270.0 271.1 271.3 271.9 271.1 270.1 269.6 264.7 266.9 265.8 264.0 263.8 265.5 266.4 264.5 262.8 264.8 268.5 269.3 267.9 269.0 262.3 257.5 258.5 259.0 271.2 274.0 273.3 269.3