2003 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 252.4 252.8 253.5 254.3 255.4 255.6 256.1 256.6 257.2 257.4 257.0 256.6 255.9 255.7 256.0 256.1 256.1 256.5 257.0 257.7 257.6 256.9 256.4 255.9 256.0 256.0 255.1 254.6 254.2 252.9 252.5 34 Hudson Bay 261.1 259.2 262.4 264.3 259.2 260.0 263.3 262.2 257.6 254.3 252.7 253.3 256.2 259.4 260.4 259.1 262.5 262.8 260.4 259.5 261.5 263.1 261.2 263.8 266.3 265.6 265.1 264.7 260.2 253.6 253.4 36 Hudson Strait 262.4 259.1 259.0 259.0 259.3 258.7 257.3 262.5 264.2 264.2 262.0 263.6 264.2 259.1 261.3 262.8 261.2 265.3 270.1 264.0 255.4 252.1 251.8 254.1 256.6 260.2 259.8 263.7 265.3 258.0 251.7 98 Bering Strait 252.0 251.2 247.3 253.4 255.3 253.7 254.6 258.8 261.1 262.4 262.9 261.7 259.2 256.7 256.4 254.6 254.4 255.7 257.2 259.4 258.3 258.8 257.6 254.3 254.2 255.2 254.4 255.2 260.1 261.5 257.2 128 Arctic subocean 242.6 244.2 244.8 248.4 252.2 245.7 243.4 245.0 246.3 243.6 242.6 246.7 244.1 243.1 242.6 243.4 243.3 243.5 246.6 247.4 253.4 255.0 249.5 246.7 247.6 245.8 242.1 243.3 242.6 240.6 238.7 130 Chukchi Sea 250.4 246.8 246.8 248.7 247.6 249.4 249.8 251.4 258.0 262.7 260.9 254.5 252.9 250.0 250.3 249.3 248.3 248.3 250.3 249.8 252.1 250.4 251.8 248.8 248.0 250.7 255.0 256.5 261.8 265.3 261.0 132 Beaufort Sea 257.7 261.1 264.4 256.2 257.7 258.6 254.4 251.4 253.6 253.8 252.9 256.4 255.9 252.9 253.0 258.5 260.4 260.4 263.2 265.3 265.5 265.3 269.9 266.8 262.8 261.4 257.1 253.0 251.3 251.6 251.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 245.9 246.4 253.8 256.8 249.0 244.8 244.5 241.7 242.9 247.2 246.4 244.3 243.3 241.7 242.0 241.7 244.0 243.2 244.5 246.2 249.4 251.6 254.2 255.0 251.8 249.2 249.1 246.5 246.0 245.1 244.9 136 Foxe Basin 251.2 252.1 253.2 257.8 260.3 254.0 252.6 255.9 250.9 249.3 249.0 250.3 250.8 251.8 252.3 255.6 252.2 250.4 255.7 264.6 261.0 254.7 253.5 253.0 256.5 254.9 253.4 257.0 250.8 245.3 244.2 138 Baffin Bay 246.5 248.1 245.8 246.3 254.0 253.0 250.2 244.4 242.3 240.7 240.2 240.9 241.4 243.5 248.5 249.3 246.9 246.5 247.8 253.6 261.5 257.8 254.2 251.0 249.8 248.6 246.1 245.7 244.6 243.2 243.2 139 South Greenland 258.7 256.7 252.6 249.1 256.6 259.0 254.5 250.8 251.4 251.4 252.6 249.6 248.2 254.8 254.7 253.3 251.7 250.5 251.2 257.4 259.0 257.6 255.2 252.6 250.5 249.5 250.6 250.1 248.9 248.9 252.9 140 Greenland Sea 244.3 247.7 242.5 240.9 251.3 253.1 248.4 244.7 240.0 237.7 237.8 238.7 237.7 239.9 242.5 244.2 243.3 241.6 243.0 244.9 250.9 249.3 247.3 244.9 244.1 243.2 242.1 240.6 238.5 236.6 238.0 142 Norwegian Sea 275.6 274.7 274.5 275.9 271.3 269.5 274.6 273.1 271.9 275.7 272.1 269.5 269.5 271.7 269.9 268.2 271.9 273.4 272.6 268.1 265.6 264.8 265.9 271.5 273.0 271.4 269.8 269.2 268.7 268.6 268.3 144 Barents Sea 269.2 270.3 269.6 267.7 268.7 267.0 265.0 264.0 263.4 264.3 268.1 268.9 267.3 264.3 263.9 266.4 262.8 259.2 259.0 265.0 261.8 261.6 264.3 261.0 261.8 267.3 265.4 264.5 266.6 268.1 266.3 146 Kara Sea 250.4 251.7 252.5 253.9 255.1 256.0 258.6 261.8 264.6 264.0 261.7 260.0 260.3 260.7 260.6 259.8 259.9 261.9 260.8 260.2 261.6 261.1 259.5 260.2 260.2 257.3 257.5 258.7 258.6 256.9 258.3 148 Laptev Sea 242.5 242.8 243.3 245.6 249.4 252.1 253.2 252.6 254.2 258.0 260.7 259.9 254.7 253.6 253.4 253.4 252.2 252.3 255.3 253.5 247.2 244.4 244.8 243.8 245.6 250.2 247.4 243.5 244.1 245.2 243.0 150 East Siberian Sea 242.2 242.3 241.9 243.7 247.0 245.9 246.2 249.4 249.7 248.5 249.0 250.3 249.3 246.2 245.4 244.1 243.7 243.3 242.2 243.7 242.7 241.0 239.9 240.2 241.2 242.8 242.6 245.7 244.8 244.3 241.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 263.8 262.1 261.5 269.3 266.5 262.3 265.0 268.8 270.5 269.6 270.3 270.3 268.5 267.0 268.0 268.6 267.2 267.6 269.2 269.5 268.9 270.0 266.1 263.7 262.1 261.0 260.6 262.4 268.6 270.2 267.1 154 Southeast Bering Sea 253.3 255.1 256.4 265.9 263.4 256.4 257.6 266.9 271.7 271.4 268.4 264.6 262.0 261.4 265.7 262.3 256.7 257.3 265.7 263.7 261.7 254.8 253.4 250.7 250.0 252.1 261.5 268.8 273.1 269.6 265.6