2003 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 250.4 251.3 252.4 253.9 255.1 255.4 255.0 253.8 253.3 252.3 250.9 250.7 251.2 251.5 251.6 252.3 254.0 254.6 254.4 253.0 252.1 251.3 250.7 249.8 249.6 250.4 251.0 251.1 252.6 253.7 253.9 34 Hudson Bay 257.1 259.7 262.6 262.4 260.9 262.4 267.1 265.0 258.1 253.4 251.8 251.4 249.8 251.3 253.1 254.2 255.0 254.2 252.9 249.3 247.4 246.9 248.8 249.6 247.5 247.1 252.3 251.0 250.0 255.2 256.6 36 Hudson Strait 256.2 252.2 252.6 255.8 260.3 258.9 254.4 258.5 263.5 263.0 258.6 260.9 259.2 250.9 246.1 245.4 245.4 246.7 247.5 249.4 259.6 262.9 253.9 248.9 245.1 245.4 247.6 244.8 249.9 247.0 250.9 98 Bering Strait 249.7 248.4 251.0 258.4 258.1 254.6 249.0 247.3 255.4 260.7 259.3 257.7 258.7 258.5 257.0 258.2 259.9 264.4 262.1 259.1 259.7 259.2 257.4 251.9 249.5 250.1 251.4 256.3 258.2 255.1 257.1 128 Arctic subocean 246.5 245.4 242.3 241.9 244.2 248.3 253.3 254.4 253.4 245.2 245.1 246.7 249.5 241.8 240.8 238.7 238.4 239.9 239.8 245.1 248.7 250.5 245.0 241.4 241.8 242.2 242.9 245.9 243.8 241.7 239.7 130 Chukchi Sea 252.0 249.8 245.2 247.2 249.6 244.6 240.7 240.9 255.4 264.2 260.9 261.5 261.4 259.9 258.7 256.5 257.4 258.9 263.4 260.2 259.6 260.2 257.3 256.1 249.9 250.6 251.6 253.0 254.2 252.3 250.4 132 Beaufort Sea 258.9 260.1 258.2 262.2 268.9 270.8 269.3 260.4 252.6 248.3 247.3 246.3 247.4 251.7 252.3 256.4 260.0 259.0 254.8 248.9 249.2 246.6 244.5 243.1 243.5 249.6 249.8 247.5 257.6 255.3 250.5 134 Arctic Archipelago 246.8 249.5 248.2 246.3 251.5 257.5 253.2 249.8 247.9 246.3 247.5 250.2 252.8 255.1 251.9 248.9 248.1 248.3 248.3 249.7 246.3 243.2 244.1 243.8 246.2 247.0 242.3 243.1 245.4 245.8 247.0 136 Foxe Basin 240.6 243.9 245.2 247.2 246.3 243.3 245.2 252.8 263.6 258.4 255.9 254.9 253.3 253.4 251.7 251.3 248.3 246.4 250.2 244.7 250.3 250.9 253.4 247.4 244.8 245.2 247.4 248.2 250.9 261.3 253.0 138 Baffin Bay 248.8 243.0 242.4 246.1 247.1 249.8 254.4 253.3 251.1 250.6 249.8 249.1 251.2 247.8 246.3 245.1 243.9 245.6 246.1 248.4 246.4 247.4 246.7 244.8 245.3 244.1 241.8 242.0 243.3 249.8 250.7 139 South Greenland 253.0 253.3 255.8 258.9 260.6 260.8 259.0 258.3 258.5 262.1 260.6 258.4 255.2 251.8 250.0 249.6 248.0 249.7 252.3 250.8 248.9 247.9 249.1 251.2 251.9 252.0 250.4 250.5 254.8 259.1 251.3 140 Greenland Sea 247.0 244.2 244.4 243.6 247.1 246.6 251.9 251.1 248.8 246.2 244.7 244.1 245.5 238.9 239.2 240.0 239.2 239.6 239.5 242.4 245.8 242.5 242.3 240.1 242.4 243.4 242.5 240.1 239.3 241.5 244.1 142 Norwegian Sea 265.1 263.2 262.6 264.0 264.6 266.9 271.0 271.6 269.4 267.0 272.0 270.3 267.8 269.4 271.0 270.2 271.9 272.1 268.2 265.6 267.9 268.3 266.5 269.9 272.1 270.8 269.4 267.6 265.1 264.4 263.4 144 Barents Sea 254.1 252.6 251.4 249.7 248.9 248.5 250.8 248.9 248.5 249.0 247.5 251.1 253.8 255.3 255.0 254.7 260.9 259.7 260.3 254.9 253.3 261.9 266.3 265.2 264.7 264.3 265.5 262.0 256.8 256.8 258.7 146 Kara Sea 249.5 252.5 254.2 255.2 256.5 256.6 256.4 257.2 257.9 255.7 253.2 253.8 255.0 254.5 255.1 255.3 257.3 259.8 261.8 260.8 257.2 254.1 251.4 251.6 253.5 255.1 256.0 257.2 258.1 258.1 259.2 148 Laptev Sea 240.8 240.1 242.2 245.4 246.5 246.5 243.3 240.6 242.1 244.4 243.1 240.3 241.8 244.7 244.4 245.5 246.4 246.1 244.3 246.1 247.0 246.3 246.2 244.7 243.2 242.7 242.0 243.1 245.0 247.7 248.3 150 East Siberian Sea 245.8 245.2 245.1 243.5 243.3 241.7 239.8 241.1 240.4 240.5 241.2 242.4 239.7 239.5 242.8 245.6 251.0 249.0 247.6 246.3 249.4 252.9 256.1 253.3 248.7 246.9 244.7 242.7 241.6 240.9 243.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 264.4 265.8 268.8 271.9 268.4 266.2 262.1 264.3 269.4 270.4 270.9 269.0 270.4 268.8 267.6 269.6 271.8 273.4 271.8 271.8 268.8 265.3 264.4 261.9 266.3 266.6 267.0 269.3 271.5 270.9 270.4 154 Southeast Bering Sea 250.6 256.5 267.4 266.3 256.9 248.9 246.5 259.9 272.7 273.2 273.2 271.0 271.0 269.6 268.7 270.3 272.0 272.6 271.2 272.3 271.6 268.5 266.7 264.7 266.0 266.0 265.0 271.7 271.3 268.3 269.4