2000 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 261.1 260.5 260.1 259.0 257.8 257.1 257.1 257.5 258.9 259.3 259.2 259.3 257.9 256.9 256.6 256.6 256.8 257.6 257.4 256.6 255.5 255.7 256.5 256.9 256.6 255.6 254.7 253.6 252.8 251.5 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 272.8 272.8 272.6 271.6 270.1 266.8 264.8 265.0 266.0 264.2 261.0 263.6 264.5 264.0 264.9 263.4 262.5 262.5 260.4 258.5 258.3 258.7 261.6 267.0 269.3 268.3 266.1 263.0 260.6 258.3 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 271.3 270.3 267.9 272.9 271.5 269.1 268.0 267.8 268.9 271.6 271.5 266.7 262.5 262.2 268.2 269.6 267.5 264.7 261.7 261.2 259.7 258.5 257.7 259.9 260.3 262.5 267.0 264.7 265.2 262.1 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 261.2 257.8 258.1 257.6 256.6 255.3 256.1 256.7 264.3 268.6 270.2 267.5 265.2 267.5 266.7 263.4 266.2 266.5 266.9 266.7 265.6 264.8 260.1 257.1 256.4 253.9 254.4 254.8 254.2 252.3 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 250.4 249.3 248.1 249.2 249.0 250.2 252.7 246.0 245.2 247.6 249.0 252.0 247.7 244.3 247.0 249.2 247.7 248.0 249.6 252.3 253.2 249.5 251.9 251.4 251.9 252.2 251.4 250.8 246.9 246.7 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 262.3 259.8 258.2 256.8 259.8 258.8 258.3 257.4 265.8 270.4 269.5 266.5 264.9 268.0 268.1 266.4 265.2 265.1 266.6 265.3 260.7 259.3 257.5 255.9 253.7 251.1 251.4 250.6 248.7 246.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 267.2 265.7 264.2 263.4 256.4 254.6 254.6 255.6 254.4 254.0 260.6 267.1 265.9 265.0 264.5 265.1 264.0 264.6 262.9 263.1 264.5 268.2 268.2 266.4 264.1 261.8 259.2 258.5 257.4 255.0 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 255.6 256.9 256.3 254.8 257.8 256.9 250.9 246.1 246.8 245.0 244.2 249.5 249.5 247.3 247.9 250.4 248.1 248.4 249.7 250.1 250.6 252.8 253.8 252.8 251.8 253.6 252.4 249.5 247.1 247.3 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 268.6 266.5 265.4 269.2 270.8 266.8 264.8 260.7 258.6 263.2 260.5 256.9 261.4 253.9 254.0 256.0 258.2 256.9 260.6 259.4 259.0 257.3 255.9 256.9 257.2 259.3 260.7 261.8 261.1 256.8 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 248.7 251.2 252.4 252.3 253.7 258.7 255.7 251.4 249.4 248.8 251.9 254.6 247.6 248.1 247.0 243.5 242.0 247.7 254.4 256.5 256.7 255.1 254.0 253.2 252.2 251.0 249.4 248.1 247.5 247.6 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 252.6 256.5 257.3 256.1 259.2 261.3 261.4 258.7 253.2 252.6 256.0 260.0 260.6 255.3 251.4 250.6 253.9 261.2 263.5 264.1 261.7 258.2 258.7 257.9 255.6 254.3 254.2 254.9 255.3 255.4 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 245.0 246.2 248.6 246.4 245.9 251.2 252.6 247.8 244.0 242.6 244.0 250.8 246.9 243.7 243.3 242.9 247.8 251.3 254.1 259.6 257.8 252.3 250.5 251.1 251.7 250.0 247.8 247.4 246.6 246.7 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.6 275.5 274.8 276.0 274.7 273.6 273.2 274.7 275.5 275.5 274.4 274.4 275.3 274.2 273.3 272.9 272.5 273.2 271.9 272.4 271.7 270.6 274.0 274.5 275.5 274.7 274.5 274.3 273.4 274.5 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 267.1 266.5 267.0 269.7 271.7 273.5 273.2 272.6 271.6 271.1 269.8 268.7 268.5 267.6 267.4 269.0 268.0 265.7 261.7 258.6 256.7 258.4 262.1 264.4 266.6 265.5 266.4 265.4 264.8 266.1 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 262.4 260.5 259.6 256.4 253.8 253.4 256.2 259.3 262.9 264.2 262.5 258.6 255.8 255.2 255.3 255.8 256.2 256.7 256.8 255.6 254.0 253.3 254.7 254.9 255.0 255.0 254.0 253.4 251.9 249.1 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 253.4 253.3 253.3 252.6 250.3 248.5 247.7 248.4 250.3 250.6 250.3 250.2 249.8 248.2 246.5 246.9 247.0 247.9 247.9 246.0 244.5 245.8 246.8 246.9 245.0 242.6 242.1 242.1 242.8 243.9 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 249.7 247.3 246.4 246.7 249.3 251.3 251.2 249.8 249.9 252.0 253.1 252.1 249.0 246.7 247.9 248.3 249.2 250.8 250.4 249.2 246.5 247.8 247.7 246.0 244.6 243.4 243.2 239.2 240.2 242.4 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.1 269.0 269.9 268.1 267.4 266.5 268.3 269.2 271.6 272.2 273.6 271.1 269.8 272.3 270.2 269.5 272.2 271.9 272.3 273.2 273.8 272.8 270.0 269.6 270.1 267.7 266.5 268.4 269.1 265.1 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 264.8 269.3 271.3 271.0 272.1 268.9 266.2 269.8 275.5 275.8 274.2 272.5 273.7 273.8 272.5 273.8 273.5 273.8 273.1 271.5 273.5 273.5 270.2 269.5 265.6 261.8 260.4 261.7 263.0 255.4 -9999.0