1999 11 - 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 264.1 263.6 263.1 261.7 260.7 259.6 258.7 259.3 259.9 259.4 258.6 258.1 259.0 258.8 258.0 257.6 258.2 257.2 256.4 255.3 254.3 253.2 253.2 253.8 254.8 254.8 254.8 254.1 253.5 254.1 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 273.4 269.7 269.6 270.1 269.1 266.6 268.4 270.1 270.3 268.3 269.8 271.1 271.2 268.1 267.5 264.2 262.3 258.9 261.5 263.5 263.7 265.5 266.3 265.2 265.2 265.2 264.3 262.6 260.5 265.2 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 266.0 268.2 269.6 267.8 268.5 265.3 265.1 261.9 258.1 255.9 257.2 257.5 257.8 263.4 266.8 263.5 260.8 257.1 261.7 264.5 262.6 259.7 257.9 255.7 261.0 259.1 262.5 264.3 260.2 257.3 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 258.3 257.1 255.5 253.4 252.5 256.3 258.4 258.3 258.1 258.5 255.6 256.3 258.8 260.4 259.9 259.4 260.8 260.5 260.2 260.8 261.6 259.5 257.1 255.7 254.7 253.5 252.6 252.6 252.2 250.8 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 244.3 245.1 248.4 247.0 246.6 245.6 246.5 247.9 247.5 250.3 252.6 256.1 252.7 248.9 249.7 251.2 250.2 248.9 247.9 251.3 253.1 253.7 252.5 250.5 249.0 247.2 246.2 246.1 244.9 243.1 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 254.4 255.7 257.2 255.3 252.2 253.5 253.7 255.4 258.4 262.5 258.1 254.3 255.9 256.6 257.8 258.0 257.0 256.2 260.0 257.4 257.8 255.5 255.0 252.9 252.2 250.7 249.3 248.3 248.6 249.3 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 265.5 268.7 263.9 260.2 258.2 259.1 262.2 262.7 262.6 265.7 262.7 262.5 260.2 260.1 257.9 256.3 258.2 260.6 260.3 261.0 263.5 262.9 261.3 260.3 260.8 259.8 256.9 254.8 257.0 258.5 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.1 257.4 257.4 252.8 250.5 249.5 248.3 247.1 248.5 256.9 261.4 257.8 253.7 250.2 246.5 247.0 250.1 251.5 250.9 250.8 250.7 251.7 252.7 252.6 252.1 253.0 253.1 251.7 249.0 247.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 263.6 263.8 263.2 265.2 261.1 259.3 257.2 253.2 252.9 251.0 255.8 260.5 260.9 261.2 256.3 249.9 250.9 257.6 257.8 255.3 253.3 252.0 252.0 253.3 254.7 255.4 256.4 251.1 249.7 251.9 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 244.0 242.7 244.5 245.8 246.4 245.6 244.8 243.7 244.6 247.2 253.4 253.0 255.2 252.4 249.1 250.0 251.1 257.7 257.6 251.8 248.7 246.3 245.4 244.4 242.2 241.1 240.3 238.9 240.0 239.7 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 250.6 249.3 251.9 252.7 255.9 258.3 253.0 251.3 256.8 263.5 264.0 256.7 263.0 256.3 255.6 257.3 262.6 266.1 263.4 255.5 251.8 248.0 246.4 247.4 247.9 247.7 245.3 244.6 245.8 246.6 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 240.5 242.5 246.8 250.5 250.2 248.4 244.5 243.2 242.8 245.5 252.8 249.8 252.8 254.1 248.5 248.6 247.9 252.1 255.7 253.3 250.9 249.1 246.8 244.2 241.7 240.5 240.4 240.8 242.4 241.2 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 278.4 277.4 276.0 277.5 278.3 276.4 276.4 277.2 275.4 275.0 277.3 277.8 274.9 272.1 273.0 272.9 270.8 270.7 271.1 274.6 277.3 275.1 274.3 276.6 275.7 274.5 275.7 273.9 272.6 272.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 271.8 271.8 270.8 266.0 264.4 262.7 259.5 262.6 268.1 268.9 268.5 266.3 264.4 263.4 260.9 257.9 258.4 260.5 262.6 261.7 262.6 261.8 261.2 259.4 257.9 258.1 261.3 263.1 265.8 268.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 270.6 270.2 269.4 269.1 268.1 265.4 263.1 263.8 262.4 258.7 257.2 258.8 260.8 262.6 262.8 262.8 262.7 259.5 255.3 253.1 251.2 248.8 249.8 251.9 255.1 256.5 257.8 257.3 256.3 256.9 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 259.5 260.0 260.0 256.2 253.8 254.2 252.4 253.9 257.6 255.5 249.0 243.9 244.9 247.7 248.7 251.4 252.8 248.3 247.8 245.6 243.3 242.3 243.4 247.9 249.2 249.0 248.7 247.8 245.1 243.2 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.9 255.2 253.7 251.3 250.6 248.0 247.0 247.0 246.1 245.2 246.4 249.7 251.5 248.6 245.7 244.5 247.0 248.0 246.7 247.4 245.3 244.6 244.3 244.5 244.2 242.9 241.6 245.2 246.7 246.6 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.0 264.6 263.1 263.8 268.7 269.0 270.0 269.1 268.0 266.1 265.3 267.8 271.3 271.1 269.2 269.1 269.6 269.2 269.5 270.9 269.9 268.5 267.2 265.6 264.7 264.9 264.9 261.9 263.4 262.5 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.9 260.1 260.8 266.7 266.3 261.6 263.2 262.8 257.4 256.7 263.7 270.5 271.6 265.4 260.9 260.5 257.0 266.8 271.9 269.1 268.0 265.6 262.1 258.0 258.9 263.2 261.7 255.0 257.8 261.7 -9999.0