1999 05 - 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 269.4 270.5 271.6 272.4 272.4 272.6 272.2 271.6 271.4 271.0 271.7 272.2 272.2 273.2 274.3 274.6 274.1 273.7 274.1 274.3 274.8 275.4 275.9 276.5 277.3 277.4 276.9 276.9 276.3 276.1 276.1 34 Hudson Bay 276.8 280.2 281.9 282.4 281.9 280.3 277.8 274.3 273.1 272.9 273.7 275.3 277.5 279.8 281.4 280.5 278.6 277.3 277.9 277.8 277.6 277.8 278.4 280.0 281.7 283.4 282.6 283.5 282.1 279.5 278.2 36 Hudson Strait 264.1 268.4 273.4 274.5 275.6 274.0 276.0 275.7 275.2 271.7 266.2 265.7 269.8 271.0 272.2 274.2 273.7 271.4 271.4 270.6 267.8 269.9 271.4 271.2 273.3 275.4 274.1 275.5 276.8 275.6 271.4 98 Bering Strait 270.4 269.6 268.9 268.8 268.1 270.3 270.4 270.3 270.5 271.2 272.6 273.2 274.1 274.1 274.2 273.8 273.4 272.3 272.5 274.2 274.6 275.2 276.1 276.2 275.4 274.3 274.9 275.0 274.9 275.8 275.1 128 Arctic subocean 255.9 256.1 256.3 256.3 256.8 259.9 260.7 260.3 259.6 259.2 257.3 258.0 261.1 261.5 263.7 266.3 265.8 263.8 264.2 264.1 263.7 264.0 265.4 266.2 267.0 265.8 266.0 265.9 265.5 266.2 266.2 130 Chukchi Sea 267.4 265.5 265.5 264.7 262.6 264.0 265.2 265.9 265.8 268.6 271.3 271.2 272.4 271.4 272.3 272.4 271.8 272.4 272.7 272.8 273.0 272.8 274.1 273.1 271.6 270.6 271.7 271.7 272.0 273.5 272.3 132 Beaufort Sea 273.4 274.0 271.9 270.8 269.5 269.9 270.9 271.5 272.7 274.0 275.3 275.7 274.9 274.9 274.0 272.5 272.8 272.8 273.3 274.7 275.1 275.7 277.4 279.3 280.2 277.6 276.1 276.3 276.2 278.5 279.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.5 260.8 261.8 262.0 260.4 260.8 261.1 262.6 263.6 264.3 268.3 269.2 268.4 266.8 266.6 266.6 267.4 266.5 266.5 267.1 267.3 265.9 266.2 268.1 269.5 269.0 267.7 267.2 267.0 268.3 269.6 136 Foxe Basin 254.9 257.6 261.2 262.1 261.7 262.6 262.4 261.2 260.8 260.2 261.2 266.7 269.2 266.7 265.5 262.7 263.5 265.9 266.4 266.2 265.9 268.3 267.3 266.2 268.7 269.1 270.0 270.9 272.0 271.5 270.2 138 Baffin Bay 253.7 255.4 255.9 255.7 257.1 259.2 260.3 257.6 254.3 252.6 254.6 253.4 252.6 253.1 257.5 261.2 260.4 257.5 258.0 258.9 259.0 260.5 261.2 263.0 263.4 264.0 264.3 264.8 264.4 265.7 266.9 139 South Greenland 258.8 260.0 261.5 263.1 264.3 265.4 266.1 265.8 266.0 267.4 270.1 266.9 261.0 260.2 261.6 262.2 260.3 259.3 258.4 259.5 260.9 262.6 264.8 265.4 265.8 265.9 266.9 267.7 268.4 268.9 269.0 140 Greenland Sea 252.1 254.4 256.6 258.1 260.4 263.8 266.6 265.2 262.5 259.3 261.3 255.4 252.8 252.3 259.2 260.8 260.3 260.1 260.1 259.9 261.7 263.9 266.6 266.3 266.4 265.7 264.6 265.9 265.8 265.2 267.0 142 Norwegian Sea 272.4 272.8 274.0 274.3 275.1 276.0 274.1 273.6 273.7 273.7 273.6 274.2 274.3 275.5 275.9 275.0 275.5 277.4 278.4 280.2 280.6 279.3 278.8 278.0 277.5 277.7 278.0 277.6 277.0 276.1 277.3 144 Barents Sea 270.4 268.1 267.5 267.4 268.6 269.1 268.8 269.2 269.7 268.8 270.3 270.8 271.4 271.7 271.2 272.1 273.4 273.7 274.5 274.2 274.7 275.3 274.5 276.0 278.0 278.4 277.6 276.7 274.5 274.3 275.7 146 Kara Sea 273.3 275.9 277.5 278.7 278.3 278.0 276.7 275.3 275.1 274.8 274.8 275.7 275.9 278.2 279.7 280.1 279.2 279.7 280.4 280.7 281.4 282.1 281.9 282.3 282.3 282.4 282.3 281.4 280.8 281.6 281.9 148 Laptev Sea 267.2 265.9 268.9 270.8 271.3 271.4 272.2 273.2 273.3 271.5 271.7 272.6 272.4 272.9 273.6 274.7 275.4 274.3 274.7 273.8 274.4 275.9 276.6 275.5 277.4 277.8 276.5 277.3 276.1 273.2 272.5 150 East Siberian Sea 268.7 268.7 268.7 270.0 271.6 272.2 272.1 272.5 272.0 269.7 268.9 268.9 269.3 269.5 271.4 272.3 271.5 270.9 271.0 271.2 272.1 271.5 270.6 271.4 271.9 273.2 273.2 272.0 272.5 273.7 274.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.2 270.1 270.1 270.8 270.9 271.9 272.3 271.6 271.5 273.1 273.3 274.9 274.6 276.1 277.3 277.4 276.9 275.0 274.3 275.6 275.2 275.4 275.4 276.4 275.6 274.6 274.7 274.5 274.2 274.5 275.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.7 268.4 267.9 269.1 270.2 268.9 268.2 268.0 270.1 274.1 274.5 275.2 274.0 275.7 278.4 279.1 278.7 278.1 277.1 280.2 280.5 280.7 278.9 277.8 276.9 275.7 274.6 274.6 276.0 276.8 276.3