2005 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 253.5 252.9 253.0 252.5 252.4 252.6 253.0 253.6 254.6 255.4 255.2 254.3 254.1 254.3 254.4 255.6 256.2 256.0 255.6 255.6 255.6 255.1 253.6 253.0 253.4 253.3 252.4 252.3 252.6 253.2 251.8 34 Hudson Bay 258.0 255.6 255.5 254.9 255.5 256.2 254.9 258.1 259.5 259.9 258.9 257.2 257.1 259.0 259.2 256.2 256.0 257.8 259.8 257.1 257.3 261.2 260.2 260.0 260.3 263.4 263.4 262.0 258.4 258.5 257.4 36 Hudson Strait 268.1 261.7 266.3 268.2 264.8 261.2 260.0 259.1 259.5 258.1 254.2 256.6 259.1 258.2 256.7 258.5 256.6 257.7 258.9 255.8 251.7 250.9 248.7 247.5 248.0 247.8 249.8 257.6 252.2 246.8 248.1 98 Bering Strait 251.9 250.3 248.9 246.3 247.6 255.0 262.7 265.4 267.2 264.4 262.4 258.1 254.1 253.8 258.3 264.2 266.4 263.1 260.0 257.7 257.1 258.1 256.2 257.2 257.8 256.8 253.5 254.0 257.5 259.2 256.0 128 Arctic subocean 247.6 247.8 247.1 246.3 243.3 241.2 243.9 247.6 245.8 245.8 246.1 244.9 244.7 242.7 242.2 243.8 241.5 241.2 241.3 243.2 245.2 249.6 248.8 246.6 245.0 246.0 248.0 244.2 241.3 241.7 244.0 130 Chukchi Sea 249.4 251.3 251.9 248.1 248.0 249.7 254.0 256.2 261.2 259.2 249.9 252.3 249.9 247.7 248.3 250.2 255.9 254.9 250.0 252.0 252.6 249.8 248.3 246.9 249.2 250.5 249.6 248.8 250.0 252.2 250.1 132 Beaufort Sea 251.8 249.7 247.9 249.7 250.2 248.9 254.7 262.5 270.0 270.8 268.5 264.8 261.6 257.5 254.0 259.1 263.4 266.4 264.4 259.6 261.0 262.8 261.8 262.2 262.9 262.2 260.3 260.6 260.1 258.9 259.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 247.6 246.1 244.4 244.5 246.7 248.2 242.8 239.8 243.7 247.0 246.6 246.9 248.3 246.0 241.3 242.6 249.8 248.7 244.5 246.0 243.6 244.0 246.3 247.9 246.9 246.0 245.4 244.7 244.5 244.3 243.9 136 Foxe Basin 255.7 252.8 250.7 246.5 242.4 244.6 245.1 243.3 244.8 247.5 250.5 252.8 251.4 251.2 248.5 252.2 247.3 246.4 243.1 242.9 247.8 245.3 246.2 247.9 248.2 246.1 246.8 243.1 242.7 243.0 241.3 138 Baffin Bay 249.6 248.8 247.5 245.8 242.5 244.3 247.9 253.2 253.8 254.8 252.3 249.4 248.2 246.2 245.9 243.4 241.8 240.6 241.3 244.2 250.4 252.2 252.9 250.5 250.6 246.8 243.4 241.6 240.5 239.9 239.1 139 South Greenland 255.5 254.1 253.5 251.9 255.1 257.8 259.0 260.2 259.9 257.0 256.0 255.7 257.9 258.6 254.5 252.8 254.4 249.8 248.8 253.1 253.2 254.9 254.5 254.6 256.3 251.8 248.7 247.3 247.7 249.8 249.1 140 Greenland Sea 249.9 250.9 246.6 245.1 244.1 245.1 248.7 254.2 254.3 254.2 252.3 247.5 245.9 244.0 243.9 243.1 241.1 240.0 245.2 247.3 251.1 252.4 249.5 248.9 250.1 250.2 244.7 242.7 241.8 238.8 240.5 142 Norwegian Sea 270.5 271.7 271.3 270.6 270.6 269.4 268.7 269.6 271.1 274.1 275.8 274.4 273.7 273.1 271.1 269.8 269.7 269.9 268.7 269.0 271.0 272.1 271.7 270.6 271.1 269.3 269.4 268.4 266.0 267.0 268.1 144 Barents Sea 268.6 267.3 266.2 266.3 265.2 263.7 263.8 263.1 263.1 264.2 261.7 259.9 262.3 262.4 261.3 263.4 267.4 268.7 269.3 267.0 266.7 264.5 260.0 257.3 258.6 260.2 259.5 262.2 262.3 262.4 263.6 146 Kara Sea 254.5 254.5 255.8 254.9 254.0 252.8 251.7 249.5 248.6 249.9 251.6 252.7 253.9 256.1 259.0 260.3 259.3 258.3 259.1 261.9 262.2 258.6 255.2 252.9 252.3 252.0 251.9 253.1 256.2 257.1 252.8 148 Laptev Sea 245.1 247.3 248.4 248.9 249.5 247.7 245.9 244.3 245.9 248.6 251.3 251.1 249.8 247.1 245.5 247.8 248.7 248.6 246.0 245.1 244.7 242.6 241.9 242.8 244.8 243.9 242.8 242.0 241.9 243.9 244.1 150 East Siberian Sea 248.1 248.8 249.1 248.2 245.5 245.9 249.4 249.3 247.6 247.8 245.2 242.7 243.5 248.3 248.0 249.0 246.9 246.5 246.0 245.9 243.5 242.8 243.5 244.2 243.5 244.8 244.4 242.0 241.3 242.9 242.3 152 Gulf of Alaska 260.9 259.6 260.6 260.2 262.7 269.2 272.1 274.0 273.2 273.3 272.4 269.2 266.0 267.2 271.8 275.3 273.9 272.4 271.3 268.9 268.8 272.5 271.6 271.3 271.5 269.8 269.0 270.5 271.9 271.1 269.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 261.4 255.5 254.6 252.3 263.9 273.3 273.0 274.7 274.5 269.2 266.6 261.0 258.9 267.5 271.8 274.1 271.1 269.5 272.1 271.4 265.1 264.4 262.1 264.9 267.6 270.4 269.0 267.0 270.3 271.7 268.2