1998 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 256.7 257.5 257.4 257.2 257.4 257.5 257.3 257.0 256.8 256.4 256.1 255.9 255.7 255.9 256.1 256.7 257.3 258.1 259.1 260.1 260.1 260.1 259.9 259.7 259.4 259.0 258.7 258.9 260.3 260.7 261.0 34 Hudson Bay 264.2 262.4 260.4 260.3 260.2 259.5 257.4 255.5 253.1 251.7 253.7 257.9 258.1 256.0 258.5 262.4 262.3 258.8 259.2 260.8 261.4 261.9 260.8 262.2 265.8 267.6 267.9 267.2 267.2 267.6 267.6 36 Hudson Strait 251.9 248.2 251.0 252.7 254.0 254.6 257.4 255.7 259.2 259.0 252.6 249.9 249.3 248.4 250.9 254.9 261.0 253.8 246.0 246.2 246.9 251.6 256.2 259.0 252.9 264.6 263.5 254.2 257.3 256.0 256.5 98 Bering Strait 252.9 252.5 253.7 253.4 256.1 257.5 256.6 256.2 255.6 256.5 259.4 260.0 262.0 262.6 263.2 263.6 263.7 265.3 266.2 267.0 266.8 266.1 266.4 265.8 266.2 264.4 261.9 259.8 262.1 260.5 258.3 128 Arctic subocean 252.9 252.7 247.1 243.7 243.3 241.5 240.1 241.4 241.9 240.8 240.2 241.9 241.5 241.4 243.2 243.3 242.9 244.8 247.2 243.6 240.5 244.4 247.2 247.1 248.1 250.9 250.1 252.3 256.1 255.0 253.4 130 Chukchi Sea 248.9 251.8 251.0 252.3 257.0 260.1 259.7 261.3 262.3 262.2 261.4 259.1 260.8 260.8 258.4 256.6 255.5 259.4 263.9 268.2 268.7 264.8 266.6 265.8 262.5 259.1 255.9 253.3 255.1 253.2 254.8 132 Beaufort Sea 258.4 258.8 258.0 257.9 256.3 254.4 251.4 250.2 251.5 254.4 259.3 259.8 258.4 260.9 264.0 262.7 261.9 265.4 268.5 267.2 266.8 266.3 266.9 266.9 265.4 263.4 261.9 261.7 265.0 267.8 266.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 254.7 254.6 253.3 251.5 250.3 248.5 245.9 247.5 250.9 251.2 248.5 248.4 248.1 253.5 255.2 249.1 245.7 246.8 249.9 255.3 254.1 248.9 251.0 249.9 249.2 249.6 250.3 251.1 252.1 253.7 253.9 136 Foxe Basin 244.7 250.9 251.1 252.3 248.9 247.5 245.4 243.5 242.5 243.6 243.3 244.5 242.9 245.3 249.5 253.5 248.5 245.3 244.6 246.4 249.1 250.6 249.3 251.7 250.5 249.3 247.3 249.9 250.9 253.0 254.5 138 Baffin Bay 245.5 247.4 244.9 241.0 239.4 239.0 239.4 238.0 236.0 235.0 236.2 237.0 239.2 241.6 240.3 237.7 239.7 242.6 245.6 247.6 245.7 243.0 242.5 242.5 245.3 247.5 248.7 250.5 251.9 252.6 251.9 139 South Greenland 243.9 247.2 246.7 245.9 245.2 247.0 249.0 246.5 244.2 246.3 252.0 255.6 261.3 257.8 250.5 247.2 249.8 252.8 257.1 259.7 254.0 249.2 249.1 250.9 253.0 253.7 254.2 254.5 254.6 256.0 256.5 140 Greenland Sea 245.7 245.0 242.2 238.1 237.8 234.7 233.6 233.6 233.8 235.3 237.8 239.4 239.5 243.6 243.6 240.5 241.1 243.3 243.1 246.9 247.0 244.4 244.0 244.7 247.9 249.7 252.0 255.8 256.8 256.9 252.7 142 Norwegian Sea 265.2 264.6 264.3 265.1 264.5 265.1 265.5 266.4 266.8 267.7 267.5 268.6 269.8 269.4 272.0 274.2 274.1 270.9 269.7 270.8 273.5 276.4 275.1 273.3 272.5 273.5 275.1 274.7 275.7 275.2 272.4 144 Barents Sea 268.9 267.1 261.7 258.4 263.2 265.1 261.1 259.6 259.7 265.2 264.3 259.1 257.4 264.2 266.6 267.5 266.8 266.0 266.7 267.6 267.4 267.2 267.5 268.9 268.0 266.6 268.9 269.0 262.4 257.9 256.7 146 Kara Sea 263.2 266.0 266.1 264.7 265.1 265.5 266.3 266.2 264.8 263.3 261.7 262.2 261.1 257.9 255.5 256.4 258.8 260.8 262.1 263.0 263.8 265.1 264.6 264.0 262.4 260.5 258.7 260.1 263.4 264.0 264.7 148 Laptev Sea 247.3 249.0 253.9 256.9 255.5 256.0 258.8 261.2 262.6 258.7 254.3 248.6 247.9 251.2 252.7 254.2 254.4 255.5 255.4 256.2 257.2 257.9 256.1 253.5 251.5 251.3 253.4 253.5 253.7 254.8 257.0 150 East Siberian Sea 246.2 243.6 243.4 246.8 250.0 250.3 249.6 249.2 252.8 252.5 250.7 248.8 246.7 247.3 247.8 250.1 250.3 250.7 249.9 247.6 246.5 248.7 250.3 249.7 250.0 250.7 249.8 248.9 250.1 252.0 253.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.4 263.4 263.1 263.4 264.7 265.3 264.5 265.0 263.1 265.0 267.8 269.7 270.5 271.5 272.3 271.1 270.9 272.2 271.7 272.8 273.1 272.3 272.8 272.0 271.6 269.7 268.4 268.7 271.1 269.8 267.9 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.5 263.2 262.2 267.5 269.5 270.4 270.4 272.0 269.1 267.2 265.5 268.9 272.9 272.0 272.6 273.2 273.3 273.6 273.9 274.5 273.5 269.3 272.1 271.7 272.0 269.4 264.3 266.1 269.9 264.9 269.9