1999 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 249.6 249.4 248.8 248.9 248.9 249.7 250.1 250.6 251.4 252.1 251.1 250.8 251.9 253.0 253.4 252.7 251.1 250.2 249.9 249.0 247.8 247.3 247.2 247.0 246.6 247.0 247.6 248.5 248.9 248.9 249.5 34 Hudson Bay 244.7 247.3 247.9 249.3 248.1 247.7 246.7 247.1 246.9 246.3 245.4 243.1 245.1 251.8 259.8 262.8 262.1 258.3 255.2 252.3 252.0 252.6 254.2 253.0 253.6 255.1 253.5 253.9 257.9 260.8 261.9 36 Hudson Strait 251.5 256.8 253.4 258.4 252.9 245.2 246.5 244.0 244.7 242.8 243.4 245.2 243.2 245.9 249.9 250.9 255.6 255.5 258.2 261.2 254.1 246.9 251.3 250.3 248.3 245.5 245.2 241.0 242.3 245.9 254.3 98 Bering Strait 250.6 250.8 252.7 252.6 249.3 248.9 247.6 248.0 247.3 249.6 251.9 256.8 260.4 258.7 255.6 253.6 250.9 247.4 243.5 241.5 241.8 249.3 258.5 259.7 252.4 246.6 243.6 244.7 244.2 241.0 240.1 128 Arctic subocean 245.8 243.0 240.7 240.4 241.7 241.5 242.4 244.4 244.2 243.2 243.3 244.7 244.0 244.8 244.3 244.4 243.4 243.2 244.4 245.6 241.3 242.8 242.1 243.5 244.1 246.8 242.1 240.7 238.3 238.0 240.0 130 Chukchi Sea 250.7 249.7 248.3 249.4 251.3 253.9 253.5 251.2 248.1 250.4 248.1 250.1 251.9 250.8 249.5 246.3 245.0 242.1 240.5 240.1 242.7 251.2 259.0 253.6 242.7 243.6 241.6 243.0 244.8 236.7 232.4 132 Beaufort Sea 246.8 247.6 249.8 253.3 250.2 247.3 246.5 245.6 246.3 245.9 245.4 249.1 258.4 263.6 264.2 259.0 254.0 253.1 253.2 252.5 248.5 247.0 249.6 258.3 259.9 255.3 253.7 251.9 247.7 247.0 246.7 134 Arctic Archipelago 244.1 243.3 245.3 243.3 244.1 247.5 248.5 247.3 246.0 247.0 243.4 241.5 243.3 242.0 243.5 243.7 245.0 243.9 243.5 244.4 244.0 243.7 241.2 241.2 242.5 245.0 243.2 242.0 241.6 240.0 239.6 136 Foxe Basin 248.3 246.7 244.4 241.1 253.9 258.2 247.5 246.9 248.6 249.1 246.0 243.2 239.0 241.0 243.3 242.1 242.0 245.2 247.6 244.0 240.2 240.6 245.9 243.2 241.5 240.1 239.9 239.8 239.1 240.9 244.5 138 Baffin Bay 246.2 246.1 245.8 243.8 245.0 252.1 251.7 247.8 245.1 247.9 245.3 240.8 239.2 241.7 243.9 243.0 240.6 241.0 241.0 242.9 240.9 240.7 238.9 239.7 243.2 244.3 241.3 239.6 237.4 237.4 237.0 139 South Greenland 254.9 255.8 254.3 251.8 255.0 255.3 253.5 251.1 251.8 252.9 246.7 244.7 244.5 245.6 249.0 246.9 244.8 246.7 246.6 247.4 250.8 251.6 249.7 250.0 250.7 251.9 251.2 249.1 251.4 247.6 247.1 140 Greenland Sea 243.0 243.6 241.6 243.3 241.5 245.7 246.8 245.4 241.0 244.2 243.1 240.7 242.7 248.2 249.9 247.5 245.0 245.5 248.8 248.6 242.4 242.5 238.9 238.1 239.8 243.0 242.7 242.2 237.9 241.5 239.9 142 Norwegian Sea 272.0 271.9 273.4 272.3 270.9 270.6 269.8 268.8 268.1 267.2 267.4 265.7 262.8 261.2 262.2 269.8 272.7 273.1 273.4 273.3 273.0 271.4 269.4 266.8 263.9 261.1 260.4 262.2 267.8 271.4 275.5 144 Barents Sea 251.7 254.4 258.9 261.3 262.7 265.5 261.6 258.8 256.6 253.6 250.6 248.8 249.8 254.2 258.2 261.0 264.5 268.4 268.2 265.5 259.2 252.1 248.9 242.6 239.4 241.3 243.8 244.5 246.7 250.3 252.1 146 Kara Sea 255.1 253.5 249.8 248.3 249.3 251.7 254.8 256.4 258.9 260.1 257.9 255.4 256.3 256.6 254.3 253.4 251.9 252.8 254.6 253.2 250.7 247.4 244.0 243.4 244.3 246.2 248.5 252.2 252.5 251.1 252.7 148 Laptev Sea 244.8 243.1 243.2 243.3 241.0 239.0 240.4 243.9 246.8 250.0 252.4 255.5 253.5 249.9 247.5 246.5 242.7 239.4 238.2 238.6 240.9 242.3 242.8 241.6 239.7 240.2 243.3 244.1 244.0 245.0 245.7 150 East Siberian Sea 246.0 242.8 241.4 242.9 249.1 252.1 252.9 254.2 253.5 250.4 250.2 251.7 249.3 245.6 243.4 241.8 239.1 237.5 236.1 235.3 237.6 239.5 238.1 236.7 236.0 237.5 242.4 246.0 247.9 249.5 248.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.4 267.3 266.8 264.1 261.8 260.7 259.6 262.2 264.4 266.9 267.4 269.5 270.4 270.8 267.4 264.8 262.3 259.6 256.9 255.5 254.1 257.2 266.0 269.1 266.5 263.7 261.5 258.3 255.0 254.0 255.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 254.8 255.7 254.6 258.3 261.2 264.8 261.1 259.0 265.9 265.9 266.3 270.3 270.1 266.6 256.9 257.0 260.9 259.3 256.4 256.5 258.0 267.1 272.6 269.6 262.9 258.4 250.9 249.8 248.9 245.1 237.4