1997 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 249.0 249.8 250.3 250.6 250.6 251.0 251.4 250.3 249.5 249.8 250.0 250.5 250.8 250.0 248.9 248.9 249.9 252.3 252.7 250.2 249.0 248.2 248.4 249.4 249.6 248.6 248.9 250.4 250.6 251.8 253.0 34 Hudson Bay 249.8 255.0 254.3 252.0 251.8 251.6 251.8 253.6 251.8 249.8 250.6 253.2 256.8 256.5 255.4 249.4 247.4 253.3 261.3 256.8 251.9 248.6 245.6 247.0 245.9 244.6 245.1 245.7 245.5 251.4 254.0 36 Hudson Strait 246.6 248.2 251.6 252.2 250.1 249.0 261.7 265.1 261.9 258.8 263.9 259.0 253.5 254.4 250.1 252.7 255.1 251.4 250.2 249.0 242.8 241.0 239.2 241.9 247.1 245.4 243.4 244.5 245.5 244.3 240.8 98 Bering Strait 244.2 241.5 240.5 242.7 244.8 246.1 243.5 241.4 245.3 257.5 263.0 261.3 262.1 262.4 260.7 259.7 257.5 257.6 256.1 252.3 249.9 247.1 246.5 248.3 251.9 251.3 250.6 254.5 255.6 258.5 261.1 128 Arctic subocean 245.6 243.4 243.1 242.8 246.6 244.1 239.4 235.9 235.2 237.1 237.6 235.6 234.6 232.8 234.0 240.6 241.5 236.9 232.6 232.2 232.3 232.8 233.6 235.2 238.9 240.4 244.6 246.6 245.5 245.1 242.1 130 Chukchi Sea 248.1 244.0 240.8 242.7 242.3 238.8 242.7 243.7 243.3 249.5 253.9 252.2 255.9 262.3 261.3 260.7 255.6 252.3 251.6 249.9 246.6 243.2 241.6 245.7 254.7 249.7 251.4 252.9 245.6 244.5 253.8 132 Beaufort Sea 245.9 247.2 245.0 245.1 247.6 252.3 255.2 248.6 242.9 246.5 254.8 262.4 263.0 262.1 255.6 253.8 256.0 263.8 258.7 251.2 246.4 244.7 242.5 243.0 246.8 244.6 243.8 246.8 255.3 258.8 260.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 238.8 239.1 242.3 240.4 238.7 236.2 241.0 244.0 241.6 238.9 242.0 251.7 247.7 240.4 241.5 243.2 246.4 245.9 242.7 236.9 238.2 238.9 238.9 241.7 242.4 237.3 237.5 239.3 241.4 240.2 239.1 136 Foxe Basin 240.8 247.1 249.8 257.9 248.8 244.7 240.6 240.8 244.7 244.5 244.9 245.7 246.6 244.1 246.6 246.7 242.9 249.5 251.6 244.7 237.9 234.5 231.8 233.7 233.1 234.6 236.0 235.2 235.7 234.1 232.7 138 Baffin Bay 253.5 255.3 254.5 256.5 253.2 249.2 242.6 240.0 244.1 244.0 239.4 238.0 238.3 236.7 238.3 242.9 245.8 245.1 246.8 242.7 239.8 237.0 235.6 237.4 233.2 232.7 235.0 241.1 238.1 238.6 244.8 139 South Greenland 262.7 264.5 265.4 262.7 261.2 259.7 257.4 254.7 252.4 252.6 252.3 248.9 246.9 246.6 248.0 249.1 252.6 258.4 255.5 250.0 249.2 244.4 247.0 247.1 241.2 241.1 250.2 253.9 247.4 250.2 253.1 140 Greenland Sea 254.8 256.1 258.0 253.5 252.5 249.3 247.4 238.7 239.9 240.2 236.2 232.0 232.9 231.8 232.9 236.9 243.4 245.2 245.9 241.0 237.3 235.0 235.9 250.4 244.1 236.4 237.2 243.4 240.5 240.0 243.8 142 Norwegian Sea 269.8 268.4 269.5 270.3 269.8 270.5 270.2 268.5 267.8 264.6 264.3 267.0 273.2 272.3 275.0 270.2 269.9 271.7 269.9 270.4 274.5 274.4 271.4 270.6 272.0 275.2 270.8 268.4 273.8 273.8 268.9 144 Barents Sea 259.0 256.6 254.2 250.3 249.3 251.3 251.4 248.9 250.4 258.2 258.8 256.1 256.0 259.6 255.3 260.5 259.2 255.9 253.7 253.2 257.7 265.3 266.1 264.1 261.7 258.3 258.8 259.6 256.1 254.2 254.9 146 Kara Sea 250.2 251.1 253.2 255.0 254.2 253.2 254.2 255.5 252.4 249.4 249.4 250.9 251.7 250.2 249.2 249.8 252.9 257.1 256.7 254.1 252.3 253.4 256.1 256.5 256.0 255.3 254.8 255.0 254.6 254.8 255.8 148 Laptev Sea 243.7 243.0 243.9 246.2 248.1 252.0 251.1 247.9 251.5 250.5 243.7 240.9 240.1 239.7 238.9 239.4 239.3 238.7 241.0 244.2 247.6 245.3 243.7 244.1 243.7 244.0 244.8 246.7 248.5 248.6 249.2 150 East Siberian Sea 246.7 245.5 245.5 245.8 245.4 248.4 249.0 244.3 241.2 243.2 243.4 237.8 236.1 235.2 236.8 240.0 240.1 238.3 240.1 240.4 240.8 241.8 245.9 248.8 257.0 261.5 256.2 253.1 250.1 247.9 247.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 254.0 253.8 255.8 258.1 260.7 259.3 255.3 255.7 264.2 271.8 271.7 271.1 272.4 269.2 270.9 269.1 268.9 270.0 269.2 265.4 263.8 262.1 259.7 256.9 256.4 255.9 257.7 266.5 269.7 271.5 269.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 249.2 248.0 246.1 243.0 243.8 243.5 242.8 253.7 265.4 271.1 272.5 272.1 273.3 272.7 274.0 271.2 266.8 262.5 260.2 258.2 262.5 261.9 263.1 259.6 256.2 255.8 254.1 258.9 265.2 267.2 263.6