2003 10 - 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 273.9 273.8 273.8 273.7 273.1 272.0 270.8 270.0 270.2 270.8 271.3 271.1 271.1 270.7 270.2 269.3 269.0 269.0 269.0 268.6 267.9 267.8 267.7 267.3 266.9 266.1 265.1 264.4 263.4 263.0 262.0 34 Hudson Bay 274.7 277.3 278.7 279.2 280.4 281.1 281.3 279.1 280.2 283.3 282.9 280.5 278.2 276.3 274.1 272.5 273.3 275.0 275.5 275.5 274.6 274.7 273.1 271.8 270.1 270.8 270.9 270.2 268.1 267.9 265.7 36 Hudson Strait 272.2 271.7 272.0 271.6 274.3 273.2 271.2 273.0 270.3 271.1 279.9 278.9 280.1 275.2 273.8 275.8 275.4 274.0 272.0 270.3 271.6 272.1 270.2 270.3 269.7 269.2 267.4 266.8 265.2 265.9 267.2 98 Bering Strait 278.7 277.0 276.6 275.5 273.6 274.5 274.4 274.1 272.5 270.4 270.4 268.6 267.3 267.2 268.4 268.1 267.3 265.5 266.4 267.8 267.6 266.1 266.1 268.2 268.0 269.4 267.9 267.0 264.4 267.5 271.2 128 Arctic subocean 256.7 253.4 254.1 254.8 256.0 257.8 257.5 253.1 250.8 250.6 250.5 251.0 250.7 251.3 254.5 254.3 258.9 268.3 265.6 264.3 263.4 262.5 258.7 258.0 255.5 251.5 250.3 250.9 249.4 247.7 249.3 130 Chukchi Sea 275.6 276.1 274.2 272.1 271.7 272.5 273.2 273.0 272.9 271.0 271.3 269.8 267.5 266.6 267.3 269.0 268.0 266.6 264.5 265.3 265.9 266.5 266.7 266.2 265.3 266.5 266.6 267.9 270.9 271.9 272.4 132 Beaufort Sea 279.6 281.6 281.4 281.9 281.3 280.0 279.4 278.9 278.3 275.3 273.6 272.7 271.7 271.1 270.0 268.6 269.5 268.9 270.4 271.4 271.9 270.6 271.1 270.6 270.8 272.9 271.0 267.0 263.2 262.8 265.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 270.2 271.0 269.3 268.9 271.9 270.1 267.3 266.1 266.5 266.6 265.2 263.7 262.7 260.0 259.7 262.1 263.9 264.4 264.6 264.7 264.3 263.8 265.3 264.2 261.9 258.8 259.2 255.7 254.7 255.2 253.7 136 Foxe Basin 268.6 267.6 267.8 267.8 268.5 270.5 270.7 269.1 268.1 268.6 268.5 267.6 268.7 270.5 271.1 272.0 273.3 274.2 273.7 272.1 272.0 271.6 270.9 269.6 269.6 267.3 264.7 263.9 263.0 262.9 263.5 138 Baffin Bay 257.9 255.9 256.1 255.2 254.2 256.2 253.4 252.1 252.3 253.7 255.3 255.2 255.0 256.7 261.3 261.5 264.8 265.7 265.7 266.9 265.8 266.3 264.4 261.9 260.9 257.1 254.1 252.3 251.0 249.9 249.5 139 South Greenland 269.0 262.2 260.8 261.6 260.8 259.0 259.3 257.2 258.5 260.0 262.1 262.6 262.5 264.0 267.7 267.5 265.6 265.6 268.1 267.9 267.1 267.9 265.4 263.7 269.8 265.5 259.2 257.0 254.5 254.2 251.1 140 Greenland Sea 253.9 250.7 251.9 250.6 250.2 253.3 252.7 249.7 248.9 249.7 251.9 251.6 250.2 252.0 257.4 258.1 258.3 260.9 262.8 264.1 261.1 262.2 260.5 256.0 256.0 254.6 251.1 248.2 245.1 242.0 240.2 142 Norwegian Sea 277.0 276.7 277.2 277.5 276.8 276.8 276.6 276.4 275.9 276.5 276.2 275.8 275.8 276.7 277.0 277.3 276.0 273.3 271.1 269.5 269.1 269.4 271.5 272.8 270.7 270.2 275.4 275.9 274.8 272.5 273.2 144 Barents Sea 279.6 279.8 279.5 280.5 279.6 279.1 279.2 279.9 279.5 281.1 280.2 278.6 278.5 277.6 276.7 275.3 274.0 273.2 272.0 270.5 269.7 268.5 267.7 267.7 267.4 266.5 265.7 266.8 270.5 271.8 270.5 146 Kara Sea 276.6 277.0 278.0 277.2 275.3 272.3 269.2 268.7 269.3 270.8 272.7 274.1 275.2 275.4 274.5 272.8 272.6 272.3 271.3 270.6 271.0 271.4 270.4 269.7 268.1 266.7 268.2 267.6 267.8 267.9 266.3 148 Laptev Sea 271.9 270.4 269.6 269.9 269.1 267.2 266.4 267.0 267.1 266.8 266.5 267.7 269.9 268.8 266.0 264.9 262.7 262.4 262.0 260.9 259.2 259.1 260.5 260.9 261.1 260.5 258.6 260.8 258.7 254.8 251.8 150 East Siberian Sea 270.1 270.3 268.4 268.1 267.1 267.0 266.6 264.2 264.8 266.5 265.9 264.6 263.1 265.5 266.5 266.3 264.5 263.6 264.3 262.9 257.6 255.9 263.5 266.1 268.4 265.8 260.1 259.5 260.6 261.0 260.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 280.8 280.8 280.0 278.4 278.2 279.2 278.3 277.4 276.5 274.6 273.8 272.9 273.3 273.6 274.3 272.3 272.3 271.9 274.0 273.5 273.2 274.2 272.9 273.9 275.4 275.7 273.5 271.7 269.5 271.4 274.2 154 Southeast Bering Sea 283.5 281.3 279.5 279.2 279.2 280.1 279.8 278.4 276.2 274.7 274.1 272.5 273.9 275.4 277.9 274.8 271.9 268.9 268.1 267.5 267.8 268.2 268.7 270.3 270.2 269.5 270.2 270.3 272.6 276.7 276.8