2002 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 263.7 263.8 263.4 263.2 262.7 262.0 261.8 260.9 259.4 258.2 257.8 257.9 258.2 257.9 257.5 257.4 258.2 258.9 258.9 259.1 258.6 258.4 257.7 257.4 257.3 256.4 255.5 255.5 254.8 254.0 -9999.0 34 Hudson Bay 264.7 264.1 264.7 265.9 266.6 264.6 263.7 263.7 262.2 263.0 262.4 262.5 262.4 261.6 259.4 260.5 263.6 267.9 268.8 268.3 266.3 265.7 264.2 260.4 260.1 259.1 261.3 263.3 264.7 259.7 -9999.0 36 Hudson Strait 264.3 263.6 261.2 262.7 264.6 265.2 267.7 262.4 263.7 264.3 268.5 268.5 264.5 264.6 261.5 262.7 263.4 260.1 259.1 258.1 261.9 264.5 264.6 266.9 264.8 263.2 261.0 261.3 259.7 257.6 -9999.0 98 Bering Strait 271.7 269.8 267.8 267.2 268.7 268.4 268.5 265.1 261.1 256.8 254.7 258.8 259.6 259.9 260.6 259.7 259.8 260.1 259.8 262.7 264.0 263.9 266.7 268.1 267.1 265.7 267.9 266.6 266.4 268.7 -9999.0 128 Arctic subocean 242.2 248.7 252.2 253.7 251.0 254.8 255.1 251.5 248.2 248.9 251.7 252.5 252.3 251.8 248.3 247.5 248.2 248.2 247.1 244.1 242.3 242.6 241.1 240.5 239.0 238.5 241.8 246.7 248.6 249.8 -9999.0 130 Chukchi Sea 271.5 270.9 268.2 268.3 268.5 269.1 267.8 265.2 262.4 259.8 259.3 259.4 260.6 259.9 260.5 260.1 259.6 260.1 259.4 258.0 261.6 263.4 265.8 268.9 267.5 263.1 263.8 265.0 264.1 264.4 -9999.0 132 Beaufort Sea 268.4 268.2 265.9 265.9 263.5 260.5 260.5 258.0 257.9 257.0 256.7 256.4 258.6 260.1 263.4 262.8 264.4 263.8 262.1 264.8 265.6 264.6 260.8 263.0 266.0 268.4 271.7 273.5 267.9 268.8 -9999.0 134 Arctic Archipelago 252.6 254.8 255.6 256.0 254.3 254.3 258.3 260.8 259.6 256.5 255.9 255.8 257.1 254.2 252.3 252.2 253.1 255.2 254.1 249.0 247.6 244.9 244.5 245.3 245.8 249.7 245.9 248.1 249.2 248.8 -9999.0 136 Foxe Basin 260.3 258.0 257.6 261.2 263.5 264.9 267.6 267.3 266.6 267.2 266.6 268.3 267.2 263.7 260.9 260.6 259.3 261.3 263.4 263.8 259.3 253.4 251.6 252.1 249.3 247.7 252.7 257.8 256.0 254.1 -9999.0 138 Baffin Bay 251.1 253.2 255.5 256.5 255.9 256.4 254.2 253.8 254.8 255.1 253.5 252.2 250.0 248.5 251.1 253.1 253.1 251.8 252.3 251.9 249.7 248.9 246.4 245.1 245.3 245.0 244.9 245.6 251.7 255.9 -9999.0 139 South Greenland 258.9 261.9 262.4 260.8 259.5 256.9 257.8 261.2 262.7 262.3 260.3 259.3 257.2 255.5 256.3 256.9 257.4 260.3 260.0 258.5 257.0 258.4 258.8 258.0 258.2 256.4 255.3 258.0 262.8 263.2 -9999.0 140 Greenland Sea 248.4 251.4 254.5 257.1 255.4 255.7 253.0 248.8 250.3 250.6 248.7 247.2 244.5 242.3 243.7 248.2 249.8 250.5 248.8 249.8 248.3 246.3 246.1 244.1 244.6 245.1 243.2 243.6 250.2 252.9 -9999.0 142 Norwegian Sea 271.1 270.9 271.0 271.9 272.2 275.0 273.8 271.0 269.3 267.3 265.2 265.9 267.4 268.2 269.8 271.5 271.4 270.2 268.9 268.8 268.9 268.0 268.3 269.6 270.3 271.7 271.3 268.7 266.6 266.2 -9999.0 144 Barents Sea 269.2 266.6 265.4 264.5 266.2 266.9 267.3 266.1 265.0 263.4 263.9 265.7 264.9 262.6 261.3 259.3 258.6 263.3 264.8 263.3 263.6 264.9 263.5 263.0 260.3 260.1 258.6 254.7 254.6 257.7 -9999.0 146 Kara Sea 269.9 270.4 269.1 266.8 265.8 266.0 266.1 265.2 262.0 259.6 258.0 258.6 260.4 261.1 261.2 260.3 260.7 260.7 261.1 261.2 260.1 259.7 259.2 259.5 260.0 255.8 250.8 250.5 248.5 248.6 -9999.0 148 Laptev Sea 255.4 254.7 255.4 256.0 256.4 255.2 253.3 251.4 250.8 249.6 249.7 249.5 249.9 250.3 248.8 247.8 248.5 247.4 247.9 249.9 250.1 251.0 250.5 249.6 248.4 250.5 250.4 247.0 243.7 240.8 -9999.0 150 East Siberian Sea 255.9 256.4 257.1 256.8 253.8 253.3 253.7 255.9 255.2 256.7 262.5 255.6 253.4 252.1 250.6 252.0 250.0 249.6 246.8 246.2 246.8 247.1 248.0 248.0 245.8 245.4 246.7 248.4 248.1 245.2 -9999.0 152 Gulf of Alaska 274.8 274.8 274.2 275.0 275.8 275.8 275.6 273.6 269.9 266.6 267.5 272.4 270.8 271.9 271.5 270.1 270.3 270.7 271.9 272.7 272.8 272.8 274.3 274.4 274.3 276.1 275.6 272.8 274.3 275.9 -9999.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 275.9 275.0 273.8 277.3 277.1 277.8 276.4 273.4 268.3 261.1 261.5 268.7 265.5 263.2 263.2 266.9 271.8 271.2 271.6 272.7 273.3 273.9 276.1 275.3 274.8 274.9 273.4 271.9 274.0 272.9 -9999.0