2002 12 - 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 253.2 251.7 251.1 251.2 251.1 252.2 251.9 252.7 255.3 256.2 255.9 254.9 254.6 255.1 255.0 254.6 254.2 254.4 254.3 254.2 253.7 252.9 252.9 254.0 253.8 253.1 252.3 250.9 249.8 249.1 249.5 34 Hudson Bay 257.6 254.1 252.9 255.0 255.5 259.0 257.5 253.3 260.2 261.6 262.9 262.1 260.1 262.6 261.9 262.4 264.1 265.5 266.3 265.8 264.9 262.9 259.3 257.4 258.2 260.0 262.9 261.6 256.4 255.4 257.2 36 Hudson Strait 258.8 258.3 260.9 260.2 256.7 254.9 256.3 255.7 250.9 249.5 251.0 259.9 252.2 252.6 252.0 254.3 259.4 262.6 261.5 261.8 267.5 270.2 267.3 263.3 257.2 256.7 251.8 258.2 260.1 253.5 248.1 98 Bering Strait 265.2 263.3 263.9 267.0 266.8 267.2 267.2 268.1 266.2 263.4 262.0 262.3 262.7 259.8 257.2 256.1 252.5 253.1 256.7 259.1 256.5 255.6 259.9 260.9 257.8 253.6 249.3 248.7 248.9 247.7 248.2 128 Arctic subocean 247.1 242.0 242.6 239.1 241.4 246.5 253.0 253.4 252.8 252.3 253.8 256.2 255.8 251.1 250.1 250.0 250.4 245.8 244.3 245.5 244.9 241.7 237.0 239.7 246.5 248.5 249.9 252.8 249.5 247.6 250.3 130 Chukchi Sea 258.9 257.2 259.3 261.4 265.7 266.2 267.7 266.6 266.9 264.4 263.3 261.0 259.4 258.3 254.2 251.8 250.2 252.2 255.5 261.0 260.0 256.0 253.4 254.8 255.4 252.8 250.0 248.6 245.8 243.8 246.5 132 Beaufort Sea 268.0 261.8 259.6 260.5 261.7 260.8 259.5 267.3 269.4 265.9 262.5 260.6 265.1 265.7 264.5 263.5 262.1 262.1 260.6 258.0 257.3 255.4 258.6 265.3 263.5 262.9 258.3 253.1 250.8 250.6 254.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 248.5 251.1 256.7 250.1 248.5 247.1 246.0 248.5 248.5 249.4 252.1 254.1 252.5 257.1 260.3 256.9 255.3 254.4 255.3 256.2 255.1 253.2 248.9 246.8 243.7 245.5 245.3 243.7 242.1 243.1 246.8 136 Foxe Basin 253.0 254.4 252.7 252.5 251.9 253.0 253.3 257.3 257.2 258.0 255.3 254.9 255.6 255.4 255.1 257.9 260.8 258.6 252.4 252.2 253.4 252.2 251.2 247.1 241.5 242.6 242.4 245.5 249.1 245.8 240.1 138 Baffin Bay 255.5 250.6 247.6 246.4 249.5 254.9 250.7 248.5 255.7 260.0 260.8 254.1 249.7 250.3 248.7 249.5 250.2 247.1 245.6 244.7 244.9 242.7 241.3 242.4 245.8 250.5 250.2 248.3 248.3 252.4 251.9 139 South Greenland 260.7 258.3 257.0 256.0 257.6 258.8 252.9 255.3 262.8 263.0 260.5 255.3 256.0 256.7 254.1 251.0 255.8 258.1 256.2 256.4 252.9 248.1 248.9 250.9 256.0 256.6 254.9 255.1 257.4 258.2 255.8 140 Greenland Sea 251.7 246.7 244.8 249.5 250.1 258.5 252.0 246.6 249.2 256.5 258.9 251.5 246.8 247.7 246.6 243.6 245.9 242.8 239.6 238.4 239.9 237.4 238.4 247.0 252.8 253.2 255.4 253.8 248.2 249.3 250.0 142 Norwegian Sea 268.7 268.7 269.3 270.1 268.9 269.5 268.4 268.8 272.1 271.5 273.1 273.4 272.9 270.4 269.6 268.4 271.2 270.3 271.9 269.1 266.5 265.2 264.1 265.3 268.0 269.6 268.5 266.1 263.3 262.0 264.2 144 Barents Sea 261.9 260.1 260.0 259.5 259.8 260.6 256.6 256.9 256.3 262.0 260.1 259.1 259.5 265.4 268.0 265.4 263.1 261.6 261.4 259.4 261.1 259.4 256.3 256.8 253.4 250.0 253.0 251.7 249.3 247.2 250.9 146 Kara Sea 249.0 249.0 248.0 247.2 245.8 246.9 248.8 249.4 251.5 252.3 251.0 251.0 251.5 251.5 253.4 255.2 254.3 254.1 253.5 253.4 252.6 252.2 253.0 254.8 255.6 254.2 254.0 252.2 250.4 249.5 248.4 148 Laptev Sea 238.7 237.7 236.5 236.3 236.9 235.9 237.1 239.3 242.6 245.7 248.3 246.8 246.2 244.7 243.4 242.3 241.2 242.8 243.2 243.1 243.2 245.0 246.5 247.3 246.9 245.0 242.9 241.5 243.0 242.0 241.4 150 East Siberian Sea 245.3 245.6 246.3 249.7 248.7 249.3 250.7 252.3 253.9 252.5 251.3 250.0 248.8 248.1 246.2 242.8 239.9 238.4 239.4 242.5 244.0 244.4 244.0 242.9 241.8 239.7 237.4 238.1 241.8 242.4 243.1 152 Gulf of Alaska 273.2 271.0 273.0 273.2 272.9 272.2 271.6 273.6 272.8 272.6 271.2 270.5 268.7 267.0 266.2 265.7 266.9 268.4 267.4 265.0 263.4 266.8 271.5 270.3 267.6 264.2 261.4 261.2 262.7 263.5 264.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 268.4 273.2 275.0 274.9 275.3 276.2 275.4 274.7 274.3 273.0 269.9 266.2 265.6 266.1 264.1 263.2 259.6 260.4 265.0 268.9 268.2 266.9 266.5 265.0 262.1 259.0 255.3 253.3 255.6 252.9 250.8