2002 03 - 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 255.2 256.7 256.9 256.6 256.0 256.3 256.6 256.8 257.6 258.0 257.8 258.5 258.0 257.5 257.2 257.8 258.6 259.1 258.9 258.8 259.7 260.2 260.1 259.4 260.0 260.9 261.4 260.9 260.7 259.4 258.9 34 Hudson Bay 248.5 249.6 252.2 255.4 251.3 248.9 249.2 251.1 254.3 255.5 253.1 255.9 257.1 255.7 256.6 256.6 256.6 257.5 256.7 254.7 254.5 257.7 257.7 255.2 259.9 263.5 267.0 270.0 269.7 267.1 264.8 36 Hudson Strait 248.2 244.4 245.1 243.6 245.0 245.3 247.2 244.7 246.6 255.4 257.5 249.9 248.4 251.9 247.7 249.5 250.3 253.2 254.2 259.4 260.9 251.3 257.4 264.8 261.5 260.2 261.3 260.0 261.2 262.1 264.2 98 Bering Strait 264.2 262.4 261.3 259.6 258.0 256.0 257.4 257.8 257.0 256.4 256.3 255.3 254.3 255.1 258.8 260.3 263.1 262.4 262.7 264.7 264.9 264.2 264.2 263.8 264.4 265.2 262.9 258.3 257.1 258.0 256.7 128 Arctic subocean 241.0 239.4 239.2 237.1 240.9 241.5 242.9 242.3 249.7 247.4 245.5 246.6 244.3 243.7 244.0 242.6 247.1 250.9 252.7 247.5 248.3 247.1 247.7 247.4 243.2 240.9 242.4 246.0 247.6 245.8 241.6 130 Chukchi Sea 261.9 261.8 258.7 260.9 261.2 259.5 260.7 261.5 260.6 260.2 260.6 257.3 255.7 256.7 259.0 265.3 269.6 270.0 269.2 268.5 268.2 267.7 266.4 263.9 263.2 260.9 256.1 251.4 252.2 260.0 262.3 132 Beaufort Sea 253.9 259.9 263.3 255.7 249.6 251.4 253.2 253.8 251.6 250.0 251.5 252.2 250.8 252.6 253.3 253.0 254.3 252.3 253.4 255.2 260.8 263.2 262.7 263.5 262.6 264.8 264.8 260.2 254.8 252.9 254.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.9 249.5 248.5 243.2 242.7 247.6 247.9 247.2 245.0 243.7 243.8 244.3 248.1 249.4 247.3 245.5 247.0 248.7 247.6 252.9 256.0 253.3 251.4 253.6 253.0 250.1 249.7 249.6 246.8 247.2 247.7 136 Foxe Basin 245.9 247.9 246.0 245.8 245.4 245.1 244.8 243.4 243.3 243.3 240.7 243.4 243.9 242.9 244.6 245.5 247.6 246.8 245.3 243.4 246.1 253.4 256.1 257.1 256.7 255.3 251.3 250.4 258.6 261.1 261.3 138 Baffin Bay 239.3 245.7 240.0 236.7 236.5 236.9 235.3 234.9 238.5 239.1 238.7 245.1 248.8 245.7 242.5 242.0 245.3 247.1 246.0 244.4 242.2 242.8 248.6 250.6 248.6 247.8 246.9 247.4 248.8 248.2 246.8 139 South Greenland 260.4 254.1 246.0 243.7 245.5 246.1 243.8 245.3 245.9 244.9 247.3 255.7 253.6 248.2 249.7 253.5 255.0 254.6 254.6 253.9 254.0 256.6 260.0 260.1 260.1 258.0 255.9 252.8 253.9 253.4 254.2 140 Greenland Sea 236.7 244.4 240.0 237.0 235.9 235.0 233.2 236.9 244.6 243.4 240.4 241.4 244.7 241.6 239.3 239.6 242.1 246.5 247.9 244.3 244.0 241.3 244.9 248.2 247.4 247.2 248.6 250.6 249.3 247.1 245.4 142 Norwegian Sea 269.2 266.9 268.9 270.8 270.2 268.6 268.5 269.7 270.5 268.4 269.4 269.8 268.4 271.6 273.5 271.8 272.6 273.6 272.4 271.4 272.0 271.4 271.4 271.7 274.2 274.8 274.9 275.9 275.1 273.3 273.1 144 Barents Sea 269.7 267.9 264.3 262.1 261.7 264.8 267.4 267.4 265.2 264.3 264.9 263.5 261.7 261.8 263.9 267.4 266.3 266.4 268.9 272.8 271.9 269.9 267.2 264.1 264.7 266.4 265.9 262.2 264.9 260.0 257.1 146 Kara Sea 262.7 265.1 266.8 267.4 267.8 267.6 266.3 266.0 268.4 268.7 267.6 266.8 266.5 265.5 263.3 263.8 265.2 265.9 263.4 262.4 263.9 264.9 264.4 262.5 262.7 264.3 264.9 265.0 265.2 263.2 263.3 148 Laptev Sea 250.7 252.0 252.5 254.0 255.1 256.0 258.6 258.5 256.9 259.6 261.7 262.5 258.9 257.9 258.3 258.3 257.8 258.2 260.0 259.1 257.9 257.1 256.8 255.8 256.5 257.1 257.9 257.6 257.7 258.3 258.5 150 East Siberian Sea 247.2 245.7 246.4 252.4 256.6 258.6 258.1 256.4 257.3 256.7 255.9 256.0 255.4 257.2 256.6 255.9 254.8 255.6 257.6 257.1 259.0 260.0 257.4 256.9 256.6 256.2 256.7 259.1 262.2 260.6 258.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 268.7 268.9 267.1 263.9 260.4 259.9 261.1 260.4 260.1 259.3 261.1 261.2 260.7 261.2 261.8 265.1 266.5 263.9 264.7 266.1 266.7 266.4 266.6 266.8 268.6 270.2 268.9 267.2 265.6 263.2 261.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 269.4 266.9 265.6 264.9 263.5 262.7 262.7 264.6 265.8 263.7 261.6 261.8 260.9 266.9 270.3 273.7 272.0 271.0 271.4 271.1 270.5 268.8 267.9 270.6 270.7 270.3 269.0 267.2 264.4 260.4 260.9