1999 12 - 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 255.4 256.3 256.7 256.9 256.9 256.7 255.5 253.9 253.1 253.4 253.8 253.6 253.7 253.6 252.8 253.2 254.2 254.7 255.4 256.4 257.3 258.2 258.7 258.2 257.2 255.8 254.3 252.7 250.8 248.0 247.3 34 Hudson Bay 269.5 268.2 265.9 263.2 262.8 266.2 265.5 263.7 263.1 261.5 263.7 263.5 262.2 261.4 256.5 254.4 255.9 257.6 257.3 253.6 251.9 251.9 256.4 261.4 267.1 260.6 257.1 260.2 258.0 253.4 253.0 36 Hudson Strait 260.1 264.5 266.7 265.8 260.6 256.5 259.8 261.8 261.5 262.3 257.5 260.6 266.8 264.3 263.5 265.0 267.1 261.5 258.8 256.9 263.2 257.2 253.8 256.9 255.8 258.8 256.4 249.5 247.3 244.6 245.6 98 Bering Strait 252.1 254.1 253.7 255.0 254.1 252.7 249.1 247.6 247.4 247.5 248.3 247.6 245.6 244.7 245.6 247.7 246.4 243.8 248.8 256.8 256.6 261.0 262.2 254.1 248.6 256.8 260.1 255.6 248.0 242.3 241.4 128 Arctic subocean 243.2 241.1 242.4 242.9 243.2 244.9 244.9 245.4 245.7 243.8 242.2 242.0 242.7 242.6 241.7 243.8 244.6 245.0 246.2 244.1 243.3 241.8 238.7 239.4 240.8 240.5 244.5 244.4 244.8 246.4 245.5 130 Chukchi Sea 248.6 248.9 247.3 250.6 252.8 249.8 245.4 243.3 243.4 242.0 243.8 244.2 243.4 245.6 245.4 244.1 240.2 238.9 239.9 247.9 245.5 246.5 250.8 245.9 246.1 245.3 245.1 239.9 238.6 241.4 245.2 132 Beaufort Sea 257.0 254.3 255.3 258.2 262.5 260.6 256.2 254.8 254.7 259.5 255.8 252.4 249.1 245.9 245.7 251.6 254.2 250.4 246.8 254.8 261.7 268.4 272.9 271.0 262.0 262.8 267.5 266.3 260.2 252.6 249.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.9 247.7 247.9 246.7 247.2 247.3 247.0 246.4 247.2 246.4 247.9 248.0 247.0 244.8 243.3 243.1 244.0 243.8 243.9 242.9 242.5 244.5 248.2 252.6 248.4 245.5 245.7 243.8 243.6 243.1 244.1 136 Foxe Basin 252.0 254.5 257.1 256.6 249.8 248.6 251.0 250.4 247.8 248.1 249.4 257.9 261.5 256.8 254.6 252.4 255.6 254.1 251.9 249.5 252.0 251.9 249.7 246.9 246.3 245.1 243.2 243.1 251.3 245.8 248.2 138 Baffin Bay 239.2 238.3 237.8 239.3 241.8 242.4 242.6 242.3 241.1 240.0 238.1 237.9 239.3 244.7 244.5 244.0 245.6 252.6 253.3 250.4 249.0 247.6 247.0 244.9 243.5 245.5 244.8 246.1 251.4 250.8 251.7 139 South Greenland 246.1 244.9 246.8 252.0 251.8 251.2 248.7 247.2 246.7 246.6 245.6 245.8 250.1 254.7 252.5 251.7 256.1 258.4 259.8 257.2 257.1 258.8 255.7 252.7 250.8 249.0 250.4 254.0 255.7 253.2 255.5 140 Greenland Sea 240.4 238.3 237.1 237.8 239.4 241.4 241.2 239.4 239.2 238.7 238.9 238.2 235.7 238.5 239.4 240.7 241.0 246.3 252.0 247.8 247.0 245.0 245.9 244.9 246.1 250.4 253.0 248.9 247.7 250.7 250.7 142 Norwegian Sea 271.4 271.5 268.8 267.0 267.9 268.5 267.1 266.7 266.6 265.6 266.3 266.5 266.7 266.2 265.4 266.8 268.1 268.4 269.7 269.3 270.0 271.9 273.0 274.5 273.6 273.5 271.0 268.7 267.4 269.0 269.4 144 Barents Sea 268.4 269.8 268.7 266.3 263.1 260.8 261.5 265.8 266.2 263.8 264.1 265.4 266.7 270.7 268.8 265.7 266.2 265.0 265.5 265.0 264.8 262.5 262.4 266.9 268.3 266.1 261.6 260.2 261.5 260.3 257.4 146 Kara Sea 259.9 262.1 264.4 265.3 264.8 264.4 263.8 260.7 259.2 260.6 261.7 261.5 260.6 258.7 258.3 259.2 259.2 260.3 260.4 261.2 264.0 265.2 264.6 262.4 259.1 257.3 254.1 251.3 249.0 245.5 243.7 148 Laptev Sea 244.0 248.4 248.8 248.3 248.6 247.5 246.2 243.0 240.5 240.2 241.3 242.6 244.7 245.1 245.6 247.5 250.2 251.4 253.8 256.1 254.6 254.0 252.7 252.4 256.1 252.5 248.0 245.2 244.4 243.0 243.0 150 East Siberian Sea 246.0 243.0 241.1 239.1 240.5 241.4 240.7 241.1 241.4 241.6 241.1 241.1 244.3 250.5 251.8 249.0 248.0 247.3 247.8 250.7 250.3 248.9 248.6 247.7 245.2 245.8 244.9 242.4 240.4 242.0 244.7 152 Gulf of Alaska 265.4 266.6 268.4 269.3 267.3 265.3 262.1 262.4 262.7 263.0 264.1 261.9 260.7 260.4 260.6 259.8 258.8 259.7 266.9 269.9 271.7 274.2 270.8 263.7 264.9 272.3 273.2 269.9 262.6 257.6 256.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 260.0 256.2 258.7 260.3 259.6 256.6 254.0 253.7 257.1 260.8 257.8 248.5 246.2 250.3 252.2 249.6 249.3 249.5 262.7 262.4 259.5 264.9 257.9 253.3 254.0 257.8 262.8 255.3 248.6 249.3 246.6