1999 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 253.5 253.1 252.1 251.4 251.2 251.6 252.7 253.2 253.3 254.2 255.0 255.7 255.1 255.2 255.7 255.4 255.1 255.6 256.3 257.1 257.8 258.3 258.4 258.2 258.8 259.4 259.6 259.9 259.4 259.5 260.1 34 Hudson Bay 263.1 259.8 256.1 253.4 252.1 252.6 255.6 258.8 261.1 262.5 262.6 262.8 263.8 265.8 267.2 267.5 266.3 265.8 266.7 267.1 266.9 267.1 266.4 265.9 269.0 272.3 273.6 272.4 269.2 266.5 263.2 36 Hudson Strait 259.0 257.1 262.0 255.8 255.9 249.5 246.4 249.4 251.1 253.6 259.7 265.0 262.0 261.4 261.8 260.6 262.1 261.2 258.1 257.8 258.4 260.1 265.8 265.0 262.4 263.3 268.9 272.9 272.9 272.0 259.3 98 Bering Strait 254.6 256.1 255.3 254.0 253.3 253.0 252.6 250.8 250.1 251.5 255.1 259.6 256.4 258.0 258.2 256.9 255.6 254.7 257.7 262.1 263.2 265.5 266.7 267.2 266.1 263.1 258.8 257.4 255.6 254.7 258.1 128 Arctic subocean 243.9 244.4 244.4 241.6 242.4 246.3 247.1 251.8 251.0 248.0 249.1 251.4 250.3 250.6 251.2 252.3 253.1 253.1 250.6 248.1 247.6 246.1 246.1 244.8 241.9 240.5 240.6 243.3 243.2 245.4 249.0 130 Chukchi Sea 245.6 247.5 253.6 256.9 257.9 256.2 256.6 246.2 243.7 244.8 245.0 246.6 245.7 250.3 252.4 250.6 250.8 249.7 250.6 253.9 252.5 255.7 257.6 261.2 260.8 255.5 248.1 248.2 247.2 249.7 251.1 132 Beaufort Sea 257.0 257.6 255.9 253.8 252.9 253.5 251.8 252.1 256.5 258.0 261.0 264.9 264.7 264.3 264.3 263.1 262.0 263.7 264.2 265.0 266.7 269.4 268.8 269.2 270.3 267.1 262.4 259.2 256.0 255.2 256.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.8 246.0 243.8 243.7 244.4 244.3 243.6 243.2 246.1 253.1 256.4 260.7 260.4 258.1 258.6 258.0 255.8 256.5 256.9 257.9 257.2 255.9 259.8 260.4 258.3 259.5 255.8 252.9 250.2 246.0 247.0 136 Foxe Basin 245.6 245.0 244.1 248.1 247.6 247.6 249.7 249.6 246.9 248.3 253.1 256.4 258.9 258.2 257.8 257.7 256.1 254.0 257.0 258.4 258.3 256.7 257.5 258.7 259.4 256.2 260.2 259.7 262.9 258.6 253.9 138 Baffin Bay 245.7 244.2 241.9 242.9 248.6 250.2 255.1 255.5 246.8 243.8 246.4 248.5 248.5 248.3 247.1 247.8 247.0 244.2 243.9 242.4 242.8 243.6 243.0 242.6 241.6 240.9 241.5 242.8 245.1 248.9 255.4 139 South Greenland 251.5 250.5 250.8 256.4 258.1 260.3 263.8 259.0 252.6 251.9 252.0 255.2 253.7 251.8 250.9 248.5 247.5 249.4 252.2 253.8 254.7 252.8 250.6 250.5 252.1 252.7 253.7 254.0 255.5 258.7 264.3 140 Greenland Sea 247.0 245.2 245.9 243.8 246.0 247.8 255.2 258.8 252.8 248.7 249.2 248.4 243.6 240.4 239.5 240.3 240.8 243.4 244.5 245.4 244.5 243.9 242.9 242.0 239.4 238.2 238.0 237.0 238.8 245.0 253.7 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 269.1 266.0 266.6 268.3 269.7 271.6 272.5 270.2 266.6 267.2 267.6 270.3 272.2 272.7 274.4 273.8 273.5 273.1 271.9 270.9 269.5 269.5 270.7 271.8 271.9 272.9 272.9 273.7 275.7 275.4 144 Barents Sea 262.9 262.8 262.7 263.5 262.1 260.2 259.3 260.4 262.8 262.1 259.6 257.2 257.7 260.4 264.9 265.3 267.4 268.0 263.3 253.3 253.6 259.9 265.3 267.4 268.9 270.2 269.7 271.2 272.2 270.4 269.6 146 Kara Sea 256.1 254.7 253.1 251.6 250.6 250.8 251.6 252.3 252.9 254.4 254.4 253.6 253.1 252.9 253.1 252.8 252.7 253.8 255.3 258.6 260.2 259.5 257.6 255.7 256.4 258.4 260.8 262.6 263.7 265.6 265.9 148 Laptev Sea 242.3 243.9 245.3 246.0 245.8 246.0 247.1 247.8 247.6 247.9 248.1 248.1 247.9 247.2 247.7 248.2 249.2 248.8 248.5 248.4 248.8 249.5 250.0 249.9 250.0 250.3 250.6 252.0 252.1 252.6 254.2 150 East Siberian Sea 244.9 247.9 247.6 247.4 249.4 252.4 255.5 254.2 252.2 250.0 248.7 247.8 244.4 242.9 242.7 243.1 242.6 244.1 245.0 244.5 245.0 245.7 249.1 252.3 253.0 253.3 253.6 254.5 253.7 252.3 252.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 266.2 266.1 263.9 261.5 259.5 258.9 258.5 258.9 259.9 262.8 268.6 269.3 267.2 267.5 267.6 265.4 263.0 264.1 267.6 270.7 271.5 271.7 272.1 271.0 270.8 270.3 269.0 268.5 267.1 265.9 268.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 252.8 251.3 254.1 256.2 257.6 259.7 258.5 259.4 252.2 250.4 255.5 255.4 254.5 265.6 263.8 254.8 254.2 261.9 270.2 271.1 270.4 271.2 269.6 271.8 272.2 270.9 269.4 267.6 262.0 259.7 265.2