1998 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 247.7 248.1 248.6 248.5 248.7 248.3 248.0 247.4 247.1 247.4 248.0 247.0 246.3 246.4 247.2 248.2 249.0 249.7 249.0 249.2 250.0 250.2 251.4 251.6 251.0 251.6 253.4 253.9 253.1 252.9 253.0 34 Hudson Bay 251.1 249.2 246.1 245.3 246.6 248.2 249.2 249.1 248.6 250.1 249.9 247.6 247.3 248.1 251.5 252.5 253.0 253.7 254.8 253.6 251.5 251.6 253.1 253.3 250.6 252.6 256.5 256.9 255.3 257.2 257.3 36 Hudson Strait 240.6 241.8 240.4 240.1 242.1 239.2 240.5 245.0 244.3 243.6 251.4 251.1 246.7 257.0 254.5 249.0 246.3 247.0 252.9 254.9 252.9 240.6 241.7 250.4 256.3 251.3 249.3 250.8 250.1 249.2 253.3 98 Bering Strait 244.6 244.0 244.7 243.6 246.5 248.4 245.9 247.4 250.2 256.6 257.8 253.7 250.7 247.9 247.7 250.2 250.5 252.1 249.6 250.6 251.2 251.9 252.3 250.3 249.7 251.5 253.2 254.1 254.5 255.4 258.4 128 Arctic subocean 243.5 245.7 252.1 249.1 248.7 248.6 249.3 248.6 248.8 248.4 244.9 243.2 243.0 242.8 240.5 240.1 241.5 242.0 240.1 242.0 241.4 239.8 239.6 241.5 242.5 243.9 243.6 241.6 245.9 252.1 247.4 130 Chukchi Sea 244.7 241.9 243.5 246.6 250.4 249.9 247.1 250.4 251.7 254.9 259.2 255.0 251.1 247.8 244.7 242.9 244.4 246.8 247.1 249.1 248.4 249.1 247.9 247.0 243.6 242.6 242.7 245.5 246.7 248.6 249.9 132 Beaufort Sea 243.4 241.7 241.8 243.3 244.2 243.9 243.6 243.5 243.1 243.6 246.3 245.4 243.1 242.9 243.7 246.4 248.7 250.8 248.9 248.0 250.5 249.8 248.2 249.6 253.5 257.1 258.1 255.7 255.5 257.8 259.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 240.8 241.3 238.7 239.2 241.6 243.5 243.2 243.0 242.6 244.1 244.4 242.0 241.7 239.9 238.1 240.3 243.1 241.7 239.9 239.6 240.0 239.0 237.9 238.6 239.8 238.8 239.8 245.4 247.4 244.0 241.3 136 Foxe Basin 240.0 238.2 240.7 242.0 242.1 244.6 244.6 244.9 244.2 241.1 243.2 241.3 239.1 241.3 249.0 254.2 246.4 244.5 246.8 240.3 237.0 235.9 234.7 235.5 237.7 241.1 243.8 245.0 237.4 235.9 240.7 138 Baffin Bay 253.0 251.1 254.4 255.0 254.9 253.7 250.7 248.4 247.5 244.1 241.5 241.1 242.5 242.0 240.3 241.9 246.5 245.7 240.8 238.3 238.8 238.6 244.6 248.4 242.8 241.1 249.2 255.2 255.2 244.7 238.8 139 South Greenland 255.1 253.6 256.3 258.0 256.4 256.3 255.4 252.3 251.4 250.4 249.8 249.2 250.1 250.3 252.1 253.7 251.7 251.6 248.3 245.8 246.3 249.6 256.9 259.4 252.5 254.3 261.4 260.4 254.3 250.1 252.9 140 Greenland Sea 252.6 251.9 254.3 251.5 251.5 249.1 247.1 246.1 246.7 245.0 243.2 241.2 239.8 240.9 238.4 237.5 240.3 244.6 239.5 237.3 237.7 237.4 244.0 249.8 244.1 238.8 245.4 248.2 248.9 245.2 241.8 142 Norwegian Sea 271.8 271.4 270.0 270.6 270.1 269.2 269.1 268.0 268.6 271.9 273.2 272.3 271.9 273.2 274.2 273.4 271.7 267.3 265.1 265.8 268.6 274.0 272.0 270.5 273.5 275.0 270.0 265.4 266.1 263.4 264.7 144 Barents Sea 265.0 263.8 262.1 260.3 261.9 261.4 259.0 256.8 255.7 251.5 251.3 254.2 255.4 255.0 257.4 263.4 264.8 266.9 266.6 265.1 262.3 262.5 266.8 263.5 260.4 260.4 264.6 260.8 253.6 249.6 249.0 146 Kara Sea 248.1 250.9 253.4 253.9 253.7 251.8 249.8 246.9 246.0 246.7 248.0 248.0 247.4 247.7 248.2 248.9 250.8 252.3 252.4 254.0 255.4 254.6 254.4 254.2 254.8 255.9 256.0 256.8 257.4 257.2 256.2 148 Laptev Sea 238.4 239.6 240.6 240.6 239.3 238.6 239.6 241.5 241.4 240.7 241.2 240.9 240.9 239.8 240.2 239.7 239.0 238.5 237.8 239.1 242.6 245.7 248.3 248.3 247.3 246.0 247.6 248.2 247.1 248.5 250.4 150 East Siberian Sea 247.1 251.1 250.0 247.9 244.7 244.9 249.4 249.5 250.1 248.9 245.9 242.1 242.1 245.4 245.8 243.8 242.9 240.2 239.3 240.2 242.1 243.5 243.4 242.2 243.2 243.9 242.8 242.1 241.6 242.0 241.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 259.3 258.9 256.5 255.1 254.0 256.1 258.7 261.5 262.2 264.2 265.8 264.6 261.7 261.4 264.8 266.8 266.3 267.5 266.4 267.2 266.8 266.0 266.6 265.4 267.1 268.1 267.5 269.7 269.7 268.8 271.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 263.5 253.0 249.6 248.7 250.9 252.2 258.6 269.6 270.4 272.6 271.6 267.0 262.4 256.4 257.4 263.7 262.9 262.4 262.6 262.9 267.4 266.3 265.6 260.3 256.8 254.0 252.3 253.3 257.1 260.2 264.6