2004 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 253.8 252.5 251.4 250.2 249.3 249.5 249.3 248.6 248.8 249.3 250.2 251.2 250.9 251.0 250.7 250.5 250.9 250.5 250.2 250.0 249.0 249.4 250.8 250.9 250.4 250.5 250.8 251.8 251.9 251.6 251.5 34 Hudson Bay 255.3 255.7 258.9 257.7 252.0 252.4 254.0 255.1 255.5 256.2 259.7 258.8 255.7 259.6 261.0 258.4 255.9 252.4 248.0 251.1 247.4 245.4 244.5 245.3 245.6 245.8 249.1 255.7 254.9 252.6 252.3 36 Hudson Strait 260.4 256.2 258.5 256.9 259.7 257.2 258.2 253.7 259.5 257.5 253.7 251.9 257.0 259.8 256.6 249.4 253.8 246.9 248.2 241.2 242.4 247.8 249.2 252.9 247.7 244.9 246.3 247.0 250.0 245.2 243.2 98 Bering Strait 265.3 263.7 260.0 253.8 249.3 248.3 252.0 251.4 251.5 252.4 255.3 258.0 256.6 254.5 254.3 257.0 259.4 260.5 258.2 253.8 250.2 253.1 261.2 254.9 251.7 259.4 259.6 255.8 254.6 255.1 258.5 128 Arctic subocean 239.0 244.0 244.4 244.2 241.8 239.8 237.4 236.8 240.0 243.1 242.7 240.9 238.0 237.5 238.6 235.5 237.2 240.4 240.5 240.5 243.3 245.6 244.4 242.5 242.2 247.4 242.9 241.3 246.8 251.2 248.0 130 Chukchi Sea 265.1 260.8 255.8 251.5 248.4 248.0 249.9 250.0 252.4 252.0 249.7 248.3 247.9 248.0 251.0 253.3 257.3 259.4 256.5 253.0 245.3 243.5 246.7 245.5 256.1 262.7 255.8 251.1 256.5 264.6 266.1 132 Beaufort Sea 259.6 261.5 257.1 250.1 247.1 247.5 246.4 246.1 249.2 256.3 254.2 257.1 259.3 260.1 257.7 255.1 257.3 254.0 256.9 251.8 247.5 246.6 259.5 262.9 254.8 252.4 257.2 258.0 253.0 248.8 248.1 134 Arctic Archipelago 241.2 240.6 238.7 241.3 243.2 241.1 242.7 243.5 242.7 240.4 240.1 241.8 242.4 238.5 239.7 237.0 234.9 236.8 238.3 238.1 238.7 241.0 240.1 240.2 242.7 244.9 245.9 241.5 241.2 246.2 247.3 136 Foxe Basin 253.9 248.8 247.9 249.8 251.6 247.8 243.4 243.0 249.1 253.0 249.4 249.8 249.3 246.3 239.7 235.9 233.5 234.5 235.9 235.8 235.5 236.4 235.2 233.3 235.1 241.2 241.9 241.0 239.4 236.3 233.8 138 Baffin Bay 247.9 246.1 243.9 243.3 243.4 243.1 241.9 238.9 240.4 243.0 244.1 243.1 242.2 241.4 241.9 239.9 240.7 240.2 242.6 238.8 236.2 236.5 236.3 239.1 243.6 245.0 237.4 238.1 241.3 239.3 238.8 139 South Greenland 255.9 252.3 250.6 253.3 253.7 252.8 251.5 250.8 247.7 246.3 249.3 251.7 249.1 248.0 248.1 247.6 244.5 249.8 250.0 248.0 244.0 242.1 241.9 245.2 253.1 250.6 245.6 247.1 245.7 244.3 242.6 140 Greenland Sea 245.2 245.6 244.0 242.8 242.6 243.0 242.1 240.6 237.9 240.9 242.5 243.1 241.2 241.3 242.5 239.7 240.1 239.7 241.3 237.7 236.5 238.6 240.9 245.4 247.9 247.1 246.1 248.5 247.5 246.2 243.9 142 Norwegian Sea 273.7 270.6 270.4 273.6 273.9 273.3 275.0 274.0 274.9 276.1 273.6 273.0 273.7 276.2 274.2 273.5 274.3 271.2 269.1 267.6 268.9 272.1 268.3 266.8 267.6 269.6 271.1 273.7 271.6 274.6 273.2 144 Barents Sea 259.4 259.9 258.5 257.4 256.6 255.7 254.8 257.5 259.7 259.5 259.4 263.6 263.4 263.1 264.5 267.7 266.9 267.2 268.7 270.2 266.9 263.9 261.9 260.4 262.1 264.4 266.3 264.2 261.6 261.7 266.9 146 Kara Sea 256.0 253.5 251.8 251.3 252.5 253.4 253.4 251.2 249.9 249.8 251.1 252.6 253.3 253.2 252.5 253.4 255.4 255.0 254.5 254.6 254.3 253.7 252.7 251.4 250.0 249.8 250.1 252.7 255.9 257.1 255.5 148 Laptev Sea 243.6 241.6 240.4 241.1 240.9 241.1 238.4 238.0 239.6 238.8 238.2 237.3 237.2 237.0 235.7 237.5 238.2 239.6 239.8 241.9 245.7 248.3 250.8 252.2 251.5 250.1 249.7 248.2 246.7 246.9 247.8 150 East Siberian Sea 244.3 242.9 243.7 243.5 244.0 245.9 243.2 242.0 241.4 239.4 240.6 242.0 241.8 239.9 239.5 239.1 238.1 236.5 237.6 240.5 243.2 245.8 247.7 249.6 249.0 243.3 240.3 240.6 242.7 240.8 239.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 272.4 271.5 269.6 264.1 260.3 262.0 265.5 264.8 264.5 266.2 268.0 271.0 270.8 270.5 269.1 272.9 272.7 273.6 271.8 267.9 264.6 270.7 273.6 265.0 260.8 264.7 267.4 266.6 261.3 259.5 263.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 273.5 269.1 267.6 264.5 262.2 266.7 270.7 269.1 262.8 259.8 268.7 270.8 268.9 265.1 267.4 271.8 271.6 271.0 266.8 262.4 260.3 268.5 261.0 249.5 254.8 269.3 268.3 266.5 261.1 266.7 271.7