2002 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 254.4 255.0 254.6 253.9 252.8 253.3 254.4 254.7 254.7 253.9 253.0 252.4 252.4 253.1 254.4 253.9 252.4 251.8 252.1 251.5 250.6 250.0 250.0 250.5 250.5 250.1 250.5 250.2 250.8 251.7 252.8 34 Hudson Bay 256.8 256.7 256.9 259.3 259.5 257.7 262.7 267.8 267.4 264.0 263.3 261.6 258.3 255.4 254.5 253.6 250.5 247.7 249.8 248.7 247.2 245.7 245.6 247.5 249.8 246.4 244.5 243.7 243.7 245.1 247.7 36 Hudson Strait 262.5 259.0 251.9 256.2 255.9 257.2 250.6 250.2 253.8 250.3 252.0 251.5 247.5 245.4 246.0 245.7 248.2 247.0 243.6 246.0 244.9 240.9 240.0 239.4 237.9 239.3 243.0 241.7 239.4 240.2 243.4 98 Bering Strait 258.8 257.5 255.1 253.7 254.7 258.7 261.2 261.1 262.0 264.0 259.3 254.1 252.5 259.0 264.7 262.2 262.1 265.9 261.5 255.1 249.6 248.5 244.7 244.9 243.7 243.1 247.6 251.3 252.9 255.7 254.1 128 Arctic subocean 244.3 242.6 243.7 242.9 241.0 241.1 240.8 244.4 246.1 248.0 249.2 246.8 245.9 243.3 243.5 239.3 236.2 236.9 241.0 247.9 249.4 247.5 246.8 246.5 246.4 243.5 241.9 239.8 239.9 239.7 239.2 130 Chukchi Sea 254.5 253.4 247.2 243.3 244.7 248.7 249.1 249.7 250.0 256.3 255.1 250.5 249.6 256.1 265.6 262.1 263.7 267.2 260.9 253.0 247.0 245.2 243.6 240.8 239.9 240.3 243.7 244.8 244.3 245.2 246.9 132 Beaufort Sea 250.7 251.8 257.4 257.5 253.6 261.0 267.8 267.0 266.5 269.4 269.5 265.1 262.4 259.3 260.3 258.3 256.8 256.2 250.7 245.8 242.5 242.3 243.7 244.7 244.7 244.6 244.0 246.3 248.8 249.4 253.4 134 Arctic Archipelago 250.6 247.6 248.7 247.0 242.5 240.6 244.4 247.8 247.3 246.5 247.2 246.6 247.2 247.7 244.9 244.0 243.9 240.0 238.8 238.9 239.6 242.1 245.1 248.2 248.4 243.4 241.1 240.0 240.5 241.3 240.4 136 Foxe Basin 256.1 252.8 255.0 254.7 251.5 248.7 244.0 244.1 246.9 247.9 246.5 245.7 243.4 246.1 246.3 245.6 243.5 241.5 239.5 241.1 245.3 246.7 250.1 244.3 240.2 241.7 244.2 244.2 244.8 243.8 249.7 138 Baffin Bay 248.0 248.8 250.8 248.6 250.5 248.0 244.9 244.0 243.9 243.0 240.5 238.4 239.7 243.8 244.3 243.1 244.0 244.7 247.4 250.1 251.5 252.0 253.6 250.3 248.7 245.9 246.1 244.5 244.2 244.8 243.8 139 South Greenland 255.7 258.2 257.1 259.0 257.5 256.5 250.7 250.9 249.3 247.5 244.6 243.4 248.2 252.6 253.2 254.8 252.9 251.9 252.4 253.9 253.7 253.7 253.1 250.4 249.9 251.0 251.2 250.8 250.5 252.7 254.8 140 Greenland Sea 244.8 246.3 253.2 250.4 253.7 251.4 249.3 246.9 245.2 242.5 242.2 241.4 242.3 242.6 245.3 243.3 242.6 241.2 243.7 247.2 248.9 247.8 246.3 244.0 242.1 240.9 240.7 240.3 240.2 242.6 240.4 142 Norwegian Sea 268.1 268.2 274.0 274.8 274.3 274.3 275.8 275.6 274.2 276.4 276.1 274.6 275.5 275.3 274.0 273.0 271.6 271.6 268.8 267.4 265.9 265.5 263.9 264.1 263.9 264.9 264.9 266.5 268.2 267.2 267.3 144 Barents Sea 253.7 252.4 254.3 257.8 253.9 250.4 248.5 250.8 259.3 262.3 267.4 270.0 268.2 268.4 263.9 258.4 261.9 263.1 262.0 260.1 260.2 258.2 256.1 260.8 256.2 261.3 261.5 258.0 257.5 257.5 255.3 146 Kara Sea 261.6 261.9 258.8 255.4 253.0 255.8 257.2 255.6 254.3 252.6 251.5 253.0 254.1 255.9 259.1 258.3 254.5 253.7 257.1 258.3 256.7 257.6 258.9 259.4 260.2 260.3 261.0 261.7 263.4 262.9 263.6 148 Laptev Sea 242.4 247.4 247.4 246.4 247.8 244.7 243.6 243.6 243.8 243.1 240.7 240.4 242.1 242.4 244.9 247.6 247.6 247.1 247.1 246.6 248.7 246.2 244.9 244.9 244.7 245.5 246.7 243.1 242.8 247.2 250.0 150 East Siberian Sea 248.0 246.2 245.3 244.1 242.9 243.0 244.4 243.1 240.3 239.3 239.9 241.1 240.8 240.2 241.7 243.5 242.9 244.8 244.1 242.5 242.5 241.3 241.3 243.5 243.9 241.1 239.0 239.7 238.5 236.2 236.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 271.3 268.8 269.0 269.6 270.1 272.9 272.0 270.0 271.8 271.7 268.9 265.0 266.0 270.3 271.1 269.9 270.9 272.1 268.9 266.2 261.7 258.8 259.7 258.8 255.6 254.1 259.7 264.7 268.5 269.7 266.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 272.4 270.2 267.2 265.2 270.8 270.3 267.7 266.6 272.7 269.4 259.4 258.2 267.4 273.4 273.1 271.8 273.6 271.1 266.4 265.3 261.9 258.9 251.2 246.5 245.6 255.5 265.6 262.3 267.1 262.8 258.0