1983 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 221.5 232.0 224.4 236.3 228.3 225.8 237.0 242.0 237.8 239.6 232.6 230.2 239.3 236.7 221.9 230.3 233.6 238.3 230.8 224.5 225.2 231.6 236.2 245.0 238.3 228.2 230.4 277.3 281.7 243.9 248.2 34 Hudson Bay 244.7 240.0 223.6 251.1 241.3 253.0 243.1 256.6 242.5 227.3 295.6 318.1 238.1 346.2 231.4 237.2 247.1 247.6 239.8 231.4 202.4 178.4 228.3 251.0 256.3 240.7 241.2 252.1 251.3 237.9 242.9 36 Hudson Strait 35.2 241.1 216.8 34.8 215.7 225.8 52.4 12.2 237.2 235.0 258.8 301.2 242.9 71.9 228.0 222.5 221.1 234.2 243.1 236.4 242.0 90.5 59.7 320.2 234.0 239.9 225.8 209.8 243.5 220.0 253.6 98 Bering Strait 73.6 52.6 51.9 8.7 41.2 75.2 57.9 62.5 53.9 50.5 60.5 62.2 62.6 57.1 66.8 60.6 74.1 271.1 66.0 48.1 58.2 31.2 336.7 290.3 7.1 33.4 156.7 46.7 21.0 43.9 43.9 128 Arctic subocean 109.4 35.6 187.9 246.9 228.4 220.5 211.5 186.1 180.8 223.2 211.0 233.7 206.5 225.4 227.2 225.6 236.5 231.4 239.2 235.2 241.1 239.7 225.3 237.1 228.3 206.6 249.8 227.9 226.3 213.2 217.3 130 Chukchi Sea 69.5 38.1 48.3 54.4 63.1 70.6 50.0 68.1 81.2 55.8 56.4 58.4 60.4 65.0 77.2 63.6 26.4 41.9 53.2 38.0 46.3 31.3 11.6 212.6 206.6 223.8 209.0 34.3 44.9 243.3 345.0 132 Beaufort Sea 183.1 232.8 232.5 239.7 260.3 231.2 248.2 240.4 161.8 358.3 243.6 235.3 261.4 232.6 254.9 256.2 238.8 241.3 232.2 227.7 211.7 227.6 233.4 252.6 247.0 252.7 243.0 251.7 245.0 231.5 233.8 134 Arctic Archipelago 227.5 203.1 202.4 167.1 44.9 193.3 214.6 232.1 241.0 224.7 226.0 239.2 237.7 242.5 229.4 229.3 236.8 248.2 216.6 205.8 220.1 231.5 260.7 241.6 224.9 223.8 231.0 251.0 222.8 245.1 248.9 136 Foxe Basin 26.1 62.0 65.6 69.7 63.9 107.7 207.8 49.0 23.4 218.6 248.7 237.6 229.1 36.0 200.4 237.8 208.9 44.4 57.8 48.5 255.7 259.5 244.5 245.2 44.1 21.0 286.4 121.8 37.7 268.0 258.6 138 Baffin Bay 50.9 48.5 64.0 60.6 54.7 60.6 49.6 47.8 44.6 56.5 60.4 47.3 42.6 55.2 55.5 32.6 39.6 53.1 66.8 65.7 85.4 30.6 23.5 40.0 44.0 45.9 24.3 57.1 45.9 52.4 36.3 139 South Greenland 102.9 62.0 66.8 59.6 98.4 69.0 61.1 63.4 47.4 51.0 49.2 45.2 72.4 76.1 122.5 39.6 45.5 66.0 63.3 64.0 57.4 188.6 183.9 84.7 51.8 72.4 272.8 222.3 241.9 49.1 28.6 140 Greenland Sea 230.2 52.1 208.9 242.7 242.5 238.0 234.6 239.8 240.2 237.2 246.5 245.3 235.6 240.9 244.4 245.1 239.0 243.7 242.6 243.1 244.9 235.4 239.4 246.2 243.9 242.5 252.8 244.4 242.9 235.2 234.4 142 Norwegian Sea 190.8 227.9 243.1 223.7 244.4 221.9 233.3 304.8 254.3 222.8 235.0 204.4 205.7 202.3 213.8 183.8 44.3 52.7 60.1 58.6 63.4 56.7 142.8 204.3 89.2 245.7 230.7 266.4 234.0 277.9 248.0 144 Barents Sea 224.0 236.9 234.7 250.1 207.9 253.2 236.2 205.8 277.5 209.4 242.8 5.8 221.2 231.9 232.7 241.5 225.8 216.3 233.8 84.6 220.2 185.7 212.0 183.5 192.9 223.5 200.0 33.2 76.7 44.8 61.7 146 Kara Sea 204.5 215.0 228.7 222.6 216.9 212.7 223.9 225.8 225.6 239.8 235.5 211.3 241.6 227.6 218.1 214.2 227.5 233.0 223.5 227.4 236.9 229.4 233.8 236.8 226.3 210.8 210.6 28.8 39.0 46.8 47.7 148 Laptev Sea 235.7 239.1 6.3 264.8 227.9 242.6 246.4 251.2 242.3 236.7 225.0 234.7 250.8 244.0 236.7 234.4 225.2 236.6 245.0 226.1 236.5 256.4 243.4 250.7 231.4 223.1 227.2 235.5 231.8 213.9 219.1 150 East Siberian Sea 223.4 30.2 52.1 40.8 109.1 225.0 242.0 14.1 17.7 38.9 172.8 224.8 121.6 142.3 231.8 238.6 233.7 112.6 223.1 221.8 198.8 244.3 29.5 37.0 32.6 230.5 233.4 229.9 249.7 269.7 237.8 152 Gulf of Alaska 62.6 32.8 210.8 294.0 235.5 53.3 62.5 67.2 73.9 67.4 69.7 75.5 64.4 93.6 67.8 49.6 109.6 233.2 55.8 56.7 51.7 51.2 49.9 36.8 45.5 62.2 51.9 68.3 75.1 70.5 48.7 154 Southeast Bering Sea 79.4 61.9 49.6 20.4 38.7 46.8 78.5 72.4 51.7 40.3 44.8 55.0 292.2 65.9 66.3 41.4 12.7 38.6 55.4 57.1 58.9 51.0 50.6 37.1 33.5 50.9 70.6 50.8 69.6 69.6 49.4