2001 01 - 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 248.5 248.3 248.2 248.7 247.6 247.4 247.6 249.0 249.9 249.4 248.7 249.3 251.2 252.0 253.5 254.0 253.7 254.2 255.0 254.9 254.2 254.2 253.9 253.8 252.9 252.5 252.2 251.1 250.0 248.5 248.2 34 Hudson Bay 255.4 257.1 256.9 258.4 257.0 256.1 253.4 254.0 259.6 261.3 260.6 259.4 257.2 255.7 254.8 252.3 254.5 254.8 255.0 257.3 259.0 262.7 261.8 257.4 260.2 257.6 255.6 257.0 259.8 255.8 253.3 36 Hudson Strait 255.9 253.0 244.6 244.6 243.8 250.6 244.7 241.6 244.5 244.1 246.8 244.3 247.6 249.0 250.4 246.9 243.3 242.9 245.6 246.2 244.1 244.7 252.7 255.7 249.6 254.1 246.1 245.2 246.7 250.4 244.8 98 Bering Strait 259.4 255.4 254.5 256.6 252.9 251.4 256.6 260.9 257.9 253.1 249.8 252.8 258.9 260.7 264.5 263.2 256.0 261.6 264.5 263.8 260.0 260.3 261.7 261.9 262.5 264.5 265.7 263.8 259.7 256.2 255.7 128 Arctic subocean 242.9 243.1 244.0 247.6 252.3 249.2 246.9 243.7 244.0 242.4 241.9 242.7 243.4 240.0 241.9 241.8 240.7 240.8 238.7 240.7 243.5 241.8 241.1 242.0 243.2 243.8 244.4 245.7 247.0 247.2 247.9 130 Chukchi Sea 251.8 246.9 247.4 250.8 247.1 243.7 244.5 248.6 253.0 248.3 248.2 247.0 252.1 256.1 259.6 256.8 250.4 252.9 256.8 259.9 257.7 257.7 256.0 256.9 260.4 263.6 265.1 260.8 255.8 252.3 249.8 132 Beaufort Sea 258.1 257.0 257.2 258.8 254.0 253.7 255.9 262.2 266.4 261.7 258.8 253.7 257.9 259.7 260.9 268.3 264.8 264.0 266.7 266.2 265.5 263.0 260.6 265.2 261.4 260.1 262.4 263.5 258.6 256.1 255.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 242.8 244.5 243.7 243.1 241.4 239.9 239.1 239.6 244.6 245.5 244.4 243.9 244.8 242.7 243.3 244.5 246.3 249.0 248.0 247.0 251.3 251.6 244.8 249.5 244.2 244.2 244.6 241.7 242.3 241.2 244.7 136 Foxe Basin 251.6 249.2 245.6 243.6 242.5 243.6 244.3 243.1 241.5 243.7 247.0 250.5 251.4 249.5 247.1 245.0 242.0 243.5 246.2 246.9 245.3 246.1 246.8 248.0 250.5 249.8 247.9 248.3 245.7 245.6 246.5 138 Baffin Bay 243.7 244.5 247.5 250.9 248.1 244.9 244.6 245.9 238.7 235.5 237.2 239.1 242.9 241.9 238.0 237.8 236.4 235.9 237.9 240.8 238.9 240.5 240.1 243.8 245.8 245.3 246.7 247.8 245.9 244.9 243.5 139 South Greenland 250.0 248.8 250.4 251.6 250.5 249.4 250.2 251.1 250.6 256.2 257.6 255.2 256.2 252.1 248.7 247.5 246.3 244.8 251.1 249.8 247.2 247.2 249.7 254.7 254.8 253.5 252.6 252.2 253.8 255.1 258.4 140 Greenland Sea 240.4 241.0 242.9 246.0 247.5 243.1 241.3 242.4 239.4 236.3 235.9 238.2 242.6 244.4 237.0 234.8 234.3 236.9 236.9 242.2 241.6 242.2 242.4 247.8 249.6 250.3 249.3 245.9 245.2 247.8 249.8 142 Norwegian Sea 268.6 270.3 271.8 272.8 271.6 272.1 271.3 270.1 268.7 268.8 270.3 272.9 274.4 274.5 274.7 273.1 271.9 270.7 270.8 270.1 269.4 268.6 268.6 270.2 272.8 272.7 270.9 269.8 270.1 269.9 268.3 144 Barents Sea 256.4 258.3 260.4 260.8 260.8 261.0 261.2 260.7 260.2 259.9 258.1 257.3 255.7 261.3 268.8 269.1 267.1 264.4 267.7 266.0 260.1 260.9 264.9 260.4 258.4 262.2 262.9 260.6 261.5 261.0 257.5 146 Kara Sea 245.2 245.0 244.0 243.0 242.5 242.7 242.9 244.4 244.8 244.1 244.3 247.6 250.9 253.6 257.8 258.9 258.2 257.1 256.8 256.2 254.9 252.6 251.6 252.1 251.1 250.8 250.9 249.7 246.8 245.2 245.2 148 Laptev Sea 236.5 235.8 237.0 237.9 238.0 239.1 239.9 240.0 240.1 240.9 238.9 240.0 241.5 241.9 242.7 244.2 247.1 249.1 248.1 248.1 248.6 250.0 250.1 246.5 243.0 241.6 241.5 238.9 236.7 235.2 235.5 150 East Siberian Sea 243.5 244.1 244.1 242.6 243.1 242.4 242.6 245.5 243.5 243.3 242.9 242.6 241.8 241.7 241.6 240.9 243.0 246.5 247.8 246.2 244.5 244.5 245.1 245.2 245.6 244.1 241.1 239.6 241.8 244.1 245.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.6 268.0 268.6 268.4 265.6 266.1 272.6 271.4 267.8 263.2 262.0 267.1 269.9 271.1 273.2 270.3 270.4 273.0 272.5 269.3 269.3 270.9 271.1 269.5 269.8 271.1 271.4 268.3 266.1 266.0 268.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 267.4 263.2 258.9 256.5 255.2 257.4 267.2 265.7 258.7 255.8 261.0 269.0 270.8 271.9 272.3 268.3 270.0 273.5 273.9 271.9 272.0 270.6 268.6 270.3 271.7 272.9 271.3 267.5 268.9 268.2 265.6