1980 12 - daily - mean unit vector of NNR daily wind direction at 10 meters (degree); S.-H. Wang, OSU 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 231.1 234.9 234.3 228.2 248.4 249.9 248.7 229.2 234.0 253.7 7.0 234.7 233.6 225.4 233.9 243.5 234.1 217.6 235.3 237.5 237.2 233.2 232.7 242.2 243.1 251.6 243.7 234.9 235.0 281.4 233.4 34 Hudson Bay 237.2 234.9 224.2 52.2 43.8 227.0 236.6 249.0 252.1 247.8 252.0 235.9 247.0 252.1 311.7 296.8 243.1 234.0 246.0 255.8 247.5 227.2 232.7 254.2 238.4 257.6 358.1 232.8 222.8 319.8 241.5 36 Hudson Strait 186.6 213.7 187.3 216.5 211.8 50.1 70.4 59.0 253.6 224.8 245.3 212.3 198.6 59.8 234.8 253.9 59.2 74.5 253.8 248.8 252.1 231.7 1.5 31.5 241.5 253.3 231.2 139.8 249.0 245.2 0.3 98 Bering Strait 236.8 247.2 244.4 256.8 190.9 321.2 317.4 55.6 54.1 47.9 49.6 37.9 61.8 19.3 223.2 355.2 68.0 69.2 71.0 69.8 79.9 49.1 62.0 54.3 44.2 64.4 65.8 69.9 72.7 45.4 51.0 128 Arctic subocean 174.3 48.2 227.7 227.5 234.8 231.3 217.4 192.0 205.3 225.1 161.8 222.0 236.0 239.8 267.5 231.8 235.6 234.8 219.4 227.2 226.6 229.8 219.5 214.3 221.6 225.6 222.4 239.1 215.6 210.4 239.0 130 Chukchi Sea 12.8 14.3 253.1 236.7 232.5 244.2 253.1 52.1 53.8 28.0 29.7 231.6 94.4 205.0 222.7 229.1 63.6 62.1 64.3 68.2 35.0 94.0 42.9 27.2 12.7 64.0 141.7 230.2 217.7 53.7 31.6 132 Beaufort Sea 246.1 227.9 347.2 315.7 307.7 263.1 234.0 248.3 245.5 155.6 69.6 238.0 78.6 79.8 228.8 253.1 241.9 231.8 250.4 253.1 248.3 236.0 238.6 227.5 58.2 56.8 332.5 210.3 160.6 275.4 221.9 134 Arctic Archipelago 198.8 214.1 223.6 237.1 220.7 222.9 89.1 160.7 225.1 239.7 222.9 257.7 231.3 229.9 30.1 292.3 197.8 212.5 218.0 233.9 213.6 219.5 248.4 245.7 245.0 255.9 251.2 236.1 227.5 241.9 222.8 136 Foxe Basin 69.2 52.5 43.5 25.5 241.5 246.2 58.1 77.8 75.7 69.8 64.6 54.6 125.1 191.6 237.7 237.1 195.8 165.4 75.6 90.4 74.0 94.7 224.8 233.9 352.7 222.7 258.9 240.4 252.9 222.0 31.5 138 Baffin Bay 60.1 48.6 38.0 339.4 32.7 299.5 41.5 59.9 54.5 53.2 58.9 55.1 50.9 42.5 49.7 46.4 18.2 50.3 49.4 57.9 57.9 45.0 57.0 49.5 52.7 58.8 8.9 55.1 60.8 53.8 63.1 139 South Greenland 67.7 45.1 264.3 231.4 202.2 218.0 60.2 61.7 47.5 80.7 56.6 66.5 68.0 123.6 87.7 345.5 223.4 67.4 51.0 76.6 50.5 62.5 73.2 122.9 85.2 49.4 240.8 240.6 77.7 227.7 214.2 140 Greenland Sea 242.5 241.9 250.3 236.1 239.3 240.4 230.7 238.9 242.4 239.9 239.8 233.1 233.7 240.0 238.3 238.8 235.8 228.8 235.1 241.9 240.8 240.9 244.1 241.1 245.3 242.5 237.2 215.8 199.7 192.3 202.8 142 Norwegian Sea 229.0 201.8 203.9 19.8 44.0 21.6 251.6 277.2 251.8 345.2 272.3 238.1 240.2 340.2 6.7 244.1 193.2 202.0 191.2 159.4 58.6 174.1 228.5 232.6 232.2 67.0 194.8 234.6 240.1 254.5 219.8 144 Barents Sea 336.9 180.0 35.1 99.9 38.2 45.5 261.4 220.1 213.7 299.6 240.4 224.1 203.5 239.3 232.1 51.0 241.2 216.3 215.3 201.8 340.0 23.7 18.9 8.3 328.1 229.4 246.8 320.5 25.2 296.1 229.1 146 Kara Sea 204.4 321.9 240.5 227.7 216.7 257.0 1.5 213.5 208.1 82.0 38.7 308.9 246.1 216.5 224.7 228.3 227.6 221.1 240.9 239.6 236.8 238.0 220.1 216.5 217.8 294.5 234.3 232.6 246.4 335.0 352.4 148 Laptev Sea 224.4 231.6 152.5 90.0 245.2 239.8 11.1 46.4 73.8 221.3 187.9 88.0 43.5 280.1 272.4 241.2 243.2 229.4 248.3 232.1 231.3 225.7 238.6 230.4 232.7 222.0 210.8 30.3 55.0 240.3 232.5 150 East Siberian Sea 244.3 234.4 211.1 223.6 43.5 38.0 213.6 151.1 120.6 235.5 229.1 91.6 51.6 70.4 59.5 62.3 28.3 48.9 63.8 300.1 246.0 281.3 36.0 48.9 215.5 243.5 232.7 242.3 237.4 290.7 351.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 44.9 69.4 65.9 50.6 49.7 35.4 50.4 58.5 62.5 47.9 68.9 205.7 52.3 234.2 223.7 226.4 47.0 74.5 75.0 70.0 58.9 58.7 64.2 56.3 40.8 43.1 53.7 68.0 57.4 179.5 40.3 154 Southeast Bering Sea 37.3 26.7 44.0 34.0 17.4 29.3 43.8 49.0 53.1 22.9 190.7 194.5 194.8 226.1 238.5 31.4 70.1 64.4 70.8 80.8 76.6 61.0 66.8 21.2 16.9 26.1 30.0 49.1 35.7 57.7 61.0