1997 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 253.2 253.6 253.7 254.0 253.6 254.6 255.1 255.4 255.7 256.3 256.5 256.6 257.2 258.3 259.4 260.2 260.6 261.3 261.3 260.7 260.2 259.9 260.1 259.8 259.7 259.6 258.6 258.2 258.3 258.6 259.5 34 Hudson Bay 255.5 252.9 250.4 251.3 252.1 253.7 253.8 255.5 260.1 261.8 258.1 253.9 253.2 253.0 254.0 256.8 259.3 260.1 264.2 263.9 262.9 261.3 261.7 264.0 265.3 268.5 266.9 264.1 260.3 260.0 264.8 36 Hudson Strait 248.7 242.3 240.2 242.8 244.3 247.9 245.6 243.5 246.6 251.1 258.7 257.4 256.8 256.6 254.8 262.6 258.0 254.8 253.8 253.2 255.6 258.4 260.0 259.6 256.1 262.1 260.3 257.9 257.7 250.7 250.9 98 Bering Strait 251.1 250.2 251.7 252.8 253.6 255.2 255.3 255.5 256.1 254.9 257.0 260.1 262.7 263.9 263.6 260.2 256.1 257.4 259.0 258.5 258.2 257.1 256.6 255.6 255.5 255.9 255.9 258.9 257.9 257.1 256.2 128 Arctic subocean 237.7 240.5 239.9 240.2 242.8 252.5 253.7 249.7 244.5 244.5 245.1 245.6 245.8 245.4 243.9 244.3 247.1 251.0 253.1 253.7 250.9 247.3 245.7 244.8 242.7 241.0 242.1 241.9 241.0 241.1 240.8 130 Chukchi Sea 247.2 246.4 248.4 252.8 254.9 257.2 252.0 249.9 248.6 251.0 259.0 265.1 266.5 267.1 265.6 259.8 255.3 250.7 248.9 248.2 249.0 249.6 248.2 254.3 255.9 254.2 253.2 254.1 254.1 252.1 250.2 132 Beaufort Sea 247.6 246.8 248.1 250.1 250.8 252.7 256.0 258.4 257.3 254.1 252.7 252.2 253.9 256.9 257.4 255.1 252.6 255.6 260.0 262.9 262.2 261.4 260.4 258.9 260.6 257.5 253.7 253.9 257.7 259.9 259.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 237.7 239.6 242.1 241.5 242.5 249.1 247.0 245.4 245.7 243.5 244.3 245.2 247.1 248.6 248.3 247.8 249.5 253.4 252.9 253.8 254.6 252.2 251.2 249.6 247.1 246.3 244.2 242.4 243.0 243.9 244.6 136 Foxe Basin 232.4 234.3 234.8 237.8 238.5 244.6 243.8 243.3 242.7 246.5 247.1 249.1 250.2 250.3 253.2 255.1 264.9 264.3 263.6 260.6 261.1 257.1 253.2 251.6 250.2 250.5 250.8 249.9 248.3 244.3 243.8 138 Baffin Bay 236.1 238.0 240.8 244.2 244.1 242.5 241.6 239.1 236.4 236.9 236.7 238.9 242.1 242.5 242.9 247.2 255.0 258.4 258.2 255.4 252.5 249.8 249.5 248.2 247.5 246.4 246.4 246.5 247.6 244.7 241.2 139 South Greenland 246.7 245.0 244.7 246.5 243.7 242.2 241.7 244.1 243.6 243.3 244.1 247.8 251.1 253.4 254.7 257.1 258.9 258.8 257.0 254.9 255.6 253.5 254.2 255.8 255.1 254.2 253.6 255.2 254.4 252.1 249.8 140 Greenland Sea 237.6 240.5 244.5 246.2 247.9 249.1 246.0 243.6 238.2 238.0 239.2 240.8 242.1 243.6 244.7 243.9 247.6 251.2 252.7 251.4 249.4 244.8 246.6 245.7 246.6 247.1 247.5 246.2 247.4 247.5 243.9 142 Norwegian Sea 274.3 274.3 272.5 272.1 273.9 273.9 275.1 273.8 275.7 274.5 274.5 273.3 270.6 268.0 266.7 266.6 267.2 267.2 266.4 267.5 268.4 268.6 267.7 267.5 268.3 271.5 271.6 270.5 270.8 273.4 274.4 144 Barents Sea 266.9 268.4 270.2 270.4 269.1 266.3 266.7 268.5 270.6 271.8 270.1 269.3 267.7 267.4 265.7 264.9 263.2 265.5 266.6 264.5 263.1 263.7 262.0 258.8 258.7 258.2 259.6 261.3 263.9 266.7 268.3 146 Kara Sea 263.6 265.1 264.9 262.9 261.4 262.5 263.4 263.3 263.2 264.4 264.7 264.7 265.1 265.7 266.6 267.2 267.2 266.9 266.1 266.8 267.4 266.9 266.9 266.7 264.8 264.9 265.1 265.6 266.5 267.3 268.5 148 Laptev Sea 245.0 247.9 248.4 248.8 247.1 247.3 248.7 249.0 249.1 250.3 252.2 252.8 252.9 254.2 258.5 261.1 262.4 263.0 259.3 255.7 254.0 256.1 257.9 256.1 258.4 257.0 254.1 251.4 252.2 254.6 256.2 150 East Siberian Sea 253.6 253.4 251.6 251.4 251.0 249.6 249.2 249.1 248.7 251.0 253.8 255.8 255.6 259.9 261.4 261.9 262.0 258.6 255.1 252.4 250.4 253.5 257.2 259.9 258.0 257.0 256.6 255.6 252.8 250.0 251.6 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.4 259.7 259.1 260.2 263.1 267.3 267.1 267.3 266.0 264.3 262.3 261.8 263.7 264.8 266.5 263.2 261.5 266.7 268.6 267.5 268.0 268.2 267.6 265.5 264.7 264.2 266.0 268.4 267.5 265.9 265.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 259.2 254.8 258.5 264.2 269.2 268.0 265.3 265.3 261.9 258.4 259.0 264.2 266.4 265.5 267.3 266.2 259.1 257.7 259.3 259.8 262.4 263.7 262.3 256.9 258.9 262.6 265.4 265.9 263.2 261.8 262.3