2000 10 - 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 271.1 270.0 269.2 268.5 268.1 268.5 269.3 269.1 268.9 268.7 268.7 268.1 266.8 266.2 266.0 265.8 265.9 265.3 264.5 263.6 262.7 263.1 263.7 263.8 263.4 263.5 263.6 263.9 262.9 263.0 262.3 34 Hudson Bay 279.7 278.1 274.6 272.0 270.3 269.3 271.4 274.4 277.4 278.3 278.5 277.3 275.4 272.7 272.6 274.6 277.5 277.9 277.6 275.3 272.9 274.9 276.8 276.7 276.3 274.4 270.9 272.0 273.0 275.3 275.3 36 Hudson Strait 268.3 272.1 274.1 271.6 271.5 270.0 268.6 270.1 271.1 272.2 272.3 270.8 270.0 269.2 267.5 266.8 269.7 272.6 272.4 270.0 270.9 266.0 270.1 272.1 268.1 265.2 262.9 264.1 265.7 267.7 269.1 98 Bering Strait 265.1 264.2 264.8 266.1 267.0 267.9 268.9 267.9 266.0 266.4 267.5 266.7 269.0 269.8 268.4 266.0 264.8 263.9 262.1 261.4 258.2 259.1 261.6 262.7 264.1 266.2 263.8 262.5 261.8 262.7 263.8 128 Arctic subocean 255.2 256.1 255.8 255.7 256.2 254.3 251.9 251.3 251.9 253.4 256.7 256.0 254.0 253.4 255.0 257.8 258.3 257.9 256.8 256.6 255.0 254.8 253.5 251.3 250.1 249.1 248.2 249.1 247.8 248.0 249.4 130 Chukchi Sea 269.4 268.8 268.6 269.0 267.3 265.4 264.1 264.3 265.8 267.8 268.3 270.0 266.2 266.2 267.1 266.9 265.6 264.4 264.7 261.8 260.1 260.5 262.6 261.6 265.8 268.1 264.6 263.0 263.6 265.6 264.3 132 Beaufort Sea 269.4 266.7 265.8 265.5 265.5 271.0 274.2 275.9 274.5 272.0 272.1 273.0 271.5 272.9 273.3 273.6 271.9 271.4 269.0 267.8 268.4 268.0 270.1 269.7 267.5 266.7 268.0 265.5 263.3 263.8 264.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 264.4 264.5 263.5 263.4 262.6 265.0 267.6 263.8 265.7 265.9 265.1 264.2 260.6 259.9 261.0 261.3 259.4 258.2 258.2 257.5 257.7 258.1 256.8 255.0 254.4 254.5 258.0 258.7 255.0 255.2 256.6 136 Foxe Basin 269.0 269.0 268.7 268.2 268.1 267.3 269.2 269.4 267.1 269.6 270.6 269.1 266.8 266.0 265.3 265.3 266.7 265.3 264.1 262.8 263.5 264.6 267.3 266.7 264.7 262.3 261.0 265.7 268.6 263.1 264.6 138 Baffin Bay 256.0 255.5 255.4 254.2 252.0 251.7 252.4 252.1 250.0 249.4 250.6 250.9 251.5 252.6 255.3 254.8 253.9 253.0 252.7 252.2 253.0 253.9 254.1 252.8 250.2 248.6 247.4 249.7 249.9 248.4 249.5 139 South Greenland 259.9 258.2 259.5 258.7 260.6 265.2 262.2 257.1 257.1 255.5 252.8 255.6 258.7 260.5 259.8 258.9 257.9 257.9 256.0 256.2 257.8 259.3 258.8 257.6 256.9 257.1 257.0 260.2 258.9 256.7 254.3 140 Greenland Sea 254.4 249.9 252.6 254.3 251.9 249.3 249.9 247.0 246.2 242.7 244.1 250.8 253.5 253.0 255.9 255.3 253.9 253.0 251.8 250.7 249.3 249.8 249.8 248.5 246.1 245.3 245.2 249.0 248.5 245.6 244.6 142 Norwegian Sea 283.2 282.3 282.2 282.2 281.5 281.0 281.7 282.0 281.5 280.9 278.6 280.2 279.5 279.2 279.4 279.9 281.8 279.9 280.1 279.5 279.1 278.1 277.3 277.6 275.9 274.5 272.3 272.2 273.1 271.9 273.6 144 Barents Sea 277.8 278.1 279.1 278.2 277.1 277.9 279.6 279.5 278.2 276.4 274.7 273.3 273.0 273.9 275.4 276.2 276.4 276.5 277.0 276.1 275.9 276.7 276.0 273.7 273.2 275.9 275.3 273.6 269.7 266.4 265.4 146 Kara Sea 273.4 272.4 271.8 271.8 271.2 270.5 270.8 270.9 270.5 270.4 270.3 269.5 269.2 269.6 269.1 268.5 268.1 266.3 264.8 263.9 262.3 261.8 262.9 264.1 264.3 265.2 267.5 268.0 267.7 267.5 265.2 148 Laptev Sea 272.4 270.9 268.9 268.0 268.7 268.3 268.8 267.3 266.0 266.7 268.2 265.7 260.0 256.2 255.2 253.6 254.4 254.9 255.0 255.2 255.2 255.2 254.3 255.2 256.4 256.4 255.6 255.1 252.1 252.7 253.1 150 East Siberian Sea 269.0 269.0 268.8 265.7 264.2 265.8 266.8 266.7 265.0 264.8 262.4 261.1 259.2 257.8 256.3 257.1 258.4 257.1 258.1 256.6 256.3 257.9 256.7 254.7 251.6 252.3 255.2 257.8 258.2 257.5 253.5 152 Gulf of Alaska 270.3 269.9 270.9 271.4 274.9 277.2 276.2 273.4 271.7 271.3 272.9 273.8 273.9 274.8 274.6 273.1 273.1 272.4 271.4 270.7 268.6 271.4 271.9 270.7 272.6 271.8 269.0 267.4 266.4 268.7 271.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.6 274.1 275.3 276.7 276.0 273.4 270.7 268.0 271.0 271.6 269.6 267.7 269.9 275.3 273.6 272.1 271.9 271.4 271.2 270.9 267.7 265.8 267.5 272.6 275.1 273.2 269.1 269.0 272.4 269.5 266.5