1997 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 252.7 236.8 226.0 225.5 227.0 230.0 237.8 241.3 239.4 242.4 226.0 247.4 247.5 250.5 243.0 252.2 253.7 260.9 232.6 213.9 232.8 244.5 232.8 228.0 227.7 232.9 230.4 225.8 242.0 234.2 235.4 34 Hudson Bay 288.2 249.5 214.4 188.7 210.7 221.5 192.4 235.2 234.0 247.9 240.6 252.0 247.0 250.5 260.8 258.2 268.9 283.8 238.4 238.0 300.7 244.3 233.9 238.7 239.2 237.2 243.7 241.3 244.1 230.9 251.2 36 Hudson Strait 137.5 70.4 36.4 22.9 26.4 284.7 225.2 232.4 227.6 245.4 231.4 229.8 221.9 242.1 249.7 61.5 79.7 233.0 236.9 250.9 255.2 254.0 24.7 210.6 232.5 24.8 257.6 225.0 233.0 243.2 253.1 98 Bering Strait 55.2 33.2 63.4 52.6 56.7 74.8 64.3 44.3 42.8 71.5 68.7 63.8 9.4 63.9 47.4 49.3 44.7 48.6 54.7 45.1 68.7 40.8 64.0 158.4 206.4 232.6 91.8 72.4 70.6 51.6 57.7 128 Arctic subocean 251.2 236.2 229.0 248.1 256.4 231.9 214.2 20.7 212.0 194.6 83.7 206.1 227.0 231.2 217.8 231.3 352.3 65.7 191.5 197.0 230.2 201.1 240.4 188.9 182.6 210.8 218.9 237.1 11.0 227.7 41.8 130 Chukchi Sea 45.6 44.2 63.2 60.0 57.0 57.6 60.0 56.8 140.4 88.2 215.3 230.5 216.0 210.9 174.3 29.3 37.8 37.4 34.4 30.7 39.2 30.3 44.8 37.7 131.1 134.0 85.6 64.9 51.7 52.7 71.7 132 Beaufort Sea 242.6 220.8 56.7 40.7 11.6 353.8 160.0 353.4 238.4 238.3 218.8 247.2 86.9 228.4 248.3 57.1 57.8 255.0 70.8 88.4 236.9 163.8 235.6 242.1 245.9 154.1 249.1 74.4 73.7 49.5 204.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 49.2 37.7 205.6 237.1 227.4 112.8 115.2 355.9 351.2 214.4 246.0 249.1 256.7 41.1 33.5 38.7 60.0 252.1 238.1 264.1 264.3 253.7 252.1 251.1 249.2 237.8 205.1 214.9 235.0 254.1 252.0 136 Foxe Basin 41.6 63.7 65.4 288.0 232.8 222.3 243.6 255.2 242.2 15.9 100.0 241.6 223.2 32.0 233.4 54.6 55.1 268.4 228.9 37.9 223.4 244.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 21.0 58.7 62.7 240.1 233.2 229.7 138 Baffin Bay 76.2 106.6 75.3 233.9 227.0 73.1 48.3 33.0 30.7 51.6 53.3 55.3 31.6 42.4 51.6 60.3 51.5 32.8 45.3 45.0 44.4 14.9 49.1 53.8 50.8 52.3 52.9 52.1 47.6 45.5 42.8 139 South Greenland 72.1 55.3 49.6 126.3 218.1 212.3 2.8 48.2 52.8 68.3 124.6 282.2 31.5 49.0 54.6 65.0 66.1 63.4 64.4 70.2 69.9 36.9 57.5 53.2 52.4 15.7 72.5 59.3 60.8 56.5 59.6 140 Greenland Sea 242.1 239.4 241.7 249.3 236.9 229.8 218.8 236.4 238.5 215.3 79.1 241.8 247.6 246.2 234.8 246.6 242.9 236.1 248.1 235.2 241.4 244.0 238.2 241.8 241.8 246.3 240.4 246.3 238.1 243.2 239.9 142 Norwegian Sea 78.9 57.5 260.9 223.4 242.2 238.9 202.0 165.2 39.1 36.1 26.9 205.8 272.8 198.9 249.3 258.6 244.0 292.3 73.6 349.7 227.4 230.2 224.2 352.2 53.4 43.7 70.8 77.8 104.7 28.8 34.7 144 Barents Sea 254.2 246.0 228.1 225.0 240.2 41.4 68.8 204.3 207.5 124.3 47.2 49.2 56.5 12.1 230.4 245.4 248.8 228.0 239.3 227.7 216.6 233.3 255.1 237.0 230.8 66.1 77.4 76.2 118.6 210.3 13.9 146 Kara Sea 243.2 228.4 239.4 220.5 221.4 243.5 274.7 234.6 237.7 246.5 219.1 232.7 243.3 259.7 233.4 236.1 238.9 227.1 222.9 198.2 243.2 229.4 233.7 216.2 221.9 230.8 216.6 206.4 242.0 220.7 216.1 148 Laptev Sea 250.9 236.7 225.2 245.2 233.9 226.7 242.6 236.5 332.2 290.7 255.8 348.0 256.3 249.1 239.5 244.7 197.0 243.9 228.2 220.7 222.4 5.8 196.8 234.6 211.1 235.4 258.6 242.8 242.4 241.2 240.2 150 East Siberian Sea 220.6 201.6 134.1 347.8 247.9 227.5 244.4 244.4 241.6 209.5 207.9 63.0 53.7 43.7 233.2 56.1 57.3 60.0 29.9 251.6 238.6 245.9 240.5 230.0 240.8 230.6 39.2 55.0 48.4 69.2 70.2 152 Gulf of Alaska 29.6 359.0 69.0 30.3 43.2 59.7 55.9 31.7 48.8 54.5 33.1 59.4 170.5 81.3 33.8 15.5 35.8 59.3 60.1 235.5 62.4 46.4 36.0 204.8 43.9 225.2 53.3 85.7 228.9 60.7 37.0 154 Southeast Bering Sea 209.1 219.2 74.1 66.8 54.3 55.3 257.0 34.6 42.0 198.0 202.2 192.4 201.1 213.5 205.2 202.4 138.1 19.6 255.5 196.5 67.7 35.5 58.5 220.4 40.7 246.4 44.3 221.9 247.2 187.6 52.6