2004 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 272.2 271.9 271.5 271.6 272.0 272.2 272.0 271.4 271.1 270.8 270.4 270.4 269.9 269.0 268.0 267.1 265.5 264.6 264.8 264.9 264.0 263.4 263.9 264.1 264.4 264.6 265.0 264.7 263.5 262.7 262.7 34 Hudson Bay 277.1 276.8 276.1 273.2 275.5 278.5 281.9 282.3 280.2 280.5 280.0 280.0 275.8 273.7 270.9 270.1 267.9 265.9 266.9 268.3 270.0 271.3 273.5 273.1 272.3 271.4 271.0 273.3 273.4 271.8 272.0 36 Hudson Strait 272.4 278.3 279.0 275.7 273.4 270.6 271.1 273.0 274.2 273.0 270.5 273.1 272.2 273.4 269.2 273.6 277.9 277.7 272.7 269.2 269.3 270.9 274.3 276.2 277.0 276.0 271.4 269.1 270.7 272.5 269.7 98 Bering Strait 273.3 269.8 272.4 275.3 273.6 272.4 270.5 270.1 270.0 271.3 271.0 270.6 270.5 271.6 271.9 269.3 267.4 265.3 267.4 269.9 267.9 266.6 266.1 266.3 264.8 265.4 268.4 266.7 264.0 260.7 258.8 128 Arctic subocean 251.8 253.2 254.6 254.7 258.2 258.8 255.3 253.7 251.3 252.0 252.5 252.8 250.3 250.0 252.9 254.1 254.6 255.8 258.4 262.7 261.4 260.0 257.2 255.7 254.1 253.2 251.4 248.7 249.1 248.6 245.0 130 Chukchi Sea 270.9 272.2 270.9 272.4 272.6 272.0 270.1 268.7 269.9 270.3 270.2 269.7 268.0 269.6 272.6 272.6 272.1 270.9 272.4 273.6 271.5 270.0 269.7 269.7 267.8 266.0 268.7 267.9 264.3 258.9 258.3 132 Beaufort Sea 271.8 272.1 269.8 274.0 276.4 278.2 276.6 274.5 275.5 274.7 274.3 271.2 273.1 271.3 267.1 264.6 261.3 260.9 259.8 262.5 263.8 264.7 265.2 263.9 263.9 263.2 266.4 268.9 266.8 268.6 265.3 134 Arctic Archipelago 260.2 260.9 260.7 262.1 263.7 264.7 264.2 262.5 261.4 264.4 263.1 259.7 257.5 256.5 257.8 256.7 254.5 258.1 262.9 260.9 259.0 259.1 259.9 260.5 260.6 260.6 257.9 256.7 255.3 251.9 251.8 136 Foxe Basin 266.8 267.3 271.1 273.3 273.3 271.8 269.3 268.5 268.3 268.3 271.2 270.0 267.7 269.6 268.7 265.1 269.3 273.9 272.1 268.9 268.7 267.0 264.2 265.2 270.8 269.4 266.5 263.4 268.5 265.6 260.3 138 Baffin Bay 256.2 254.8 255.8 259.6 264.0 262.6 263.1 261.2 259.6 256.4 254.7 253.4 253.9 257.1 262.3 258.6 256.2 257.3 266.4 267.9 261.5 257.3 257.2 255.3 252.9 255.6 259.8 256.6 253.8 252.7 253.0 139 South Greenland 261.4 259.5 261.5 263.6 265.1 267.8 268.8 267.3 265.3 259.3 255.7 258.8 259.8 260.9 264.1 262.7 260.6 263.7 265.6 268.3 266.0 261.1 259.9 257.3 256.6 257.9 263.4 261.3 256.2 256.0 259.7 140 Greenland Sea 254.4 252.5 252.6 253.2 259.3 259.0 260.0 257.7 258.2 253.9 251.8 251.7 251.1 251.8 257.3 256.9 252.2 252.1 259.8 267.2 262.2 254.8 253.6 251.9 249.5 248.5 253.9 255.4 250.8 248.2 248.4 142 Norwegian Sea 280.3 278.8 279.6 279.5 279.9 279.0 277.7 275.0 275.0 274.9 275.8 277.3 276.5 275.8 275.1 275.9 275.7 274.6 275.1 274.7 275.3 276.1 275.3 274.8 274.5 275.1 274.8 273.9 272.8 273.7 275.9 144 Barents Sea 278.3 276.5 275.4 274.8 274.8 276.2 277.9 275.8 274.3 271.9 271.0 271.0 273.7 274.0 272.7 271.2 272.8 272.3 270.3 269.6 269.5 272.3 272.4 271.4 270.5 269.2 270.2 271.7 269.8 268.3 268.2 146 Kara Sea 279.0 279.4 278.7 277.7 276.8 275.2 273.8 274.0 274.5 275.0 275.9 276.4 274.9 273.3 272.5 271.1 268.5 266.5 266.0 265.2 264.0 263.4 264.6 267.0 270.1 271.4 270.6 268.4 268.0 268.2 267.8 148 Laptev Sea 268.3 267.4 266.7 266.8 266.5 267.0 266.7 266.5 266.9 266.9 266.7 267.3 268.1 265.7 263.3 264.7 265.4 263.8 260.9 258.1 256.1 254.9 254.9 255.8 255.2 254.7 254.2 255.1 254.7 253.5 256.7 150 East Siberian Sea 269.1 268.8 267.7 266.3 264.8 262.5 260.9 260.7 260.3 259.6 256.9 258.7 262.0 262.9 261.8 260.1 258.7 257.6 256.8 257.0 256.8 255.8 254.9 251.8 250.5 250.4 249.6 249.1 247.0 246.2 245.9 152 Gulf of Alaska 276.6 275.5 278.2 277.8 277.8 276.3 275.7 275.6 274.7 275.8 275.5 276.0 277.2 276.5 274.9 273.7 271.5 269.2 271.1 271.9 272.0 270.1 269.2 271.8 271.5 271.8 273.9 273.2 272.9 270.5 268.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 271.8 272.8 276.4 277.4 277.0 276.3 275.7 275.5 276.7 277.5 277.0 278.3 277.0 276.8 276.0 276.2 274.1 273.1 277.0 276.2 274.6 274.3 276.6 274.8 272.1 274.8 275.8 274.2 272.0 269.9 265.5