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Open-File Report 2011-1246

Moderate-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Data and Seasonal Pattern Analysis for the Arctic Ocean Ecoregions


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Table 3. Statistical metrics for Arctic and High Arctic ecoregions.

Province Ecoregion Approx. Ecoregion Center Lat/Lon (°N,°W) Temperature (°C) 29-year mean standard deviation (°C)
29-year Mean Min. monthly mean Max. monthly mean Range of annual cycle
High Arctic High Arctic 85.6, -178.8 -0.8 -1.2 -0.4 0.8 0.2
Arctic North Greenland 81.3, -37.0 -1 -1.7 0.2 2 0.7
High Arctic Archipelago 80.8, -90.8 -1.2 -1.9 -0.2 1.7 0.5
North and East Barents Sea 76.7, +40.4 1.8 0.8 3.8 3 1.1
Kara Sea 74.5, +81.4 -0.4 -1.6 1.7 3.3 1.2
Laptev Sea 73.4, +123.0 -0.5 -2 1.3 3.3 1.2
Lancaster Sound 72.8, -89.9 -0.6 -1.9 0.9 2.8 1
East Siberian Sea 72.6, +159.3 -0.5 -1.4 0.6 2 0.7
Baffin Bay-Davis Strait 71.8, -71.1 -0.3 -1.7 2.5 4.2 1.5
Chukchi Sea 71.2, -169.5 0.3 -1.5 3.6 5.1 1.9
Beaufort-Amundsen-Viscount Melville-Queen Maud 69.9, -111.8 -0.2 -1.8 1.4 3.3 1.1
Beaufort Sea-continental coast and shelf 69.8, -142.0 -0.3 -1.5 1.7 3.2 1.2
East Greenland Shelf 69.0, -30.4 3.4 1.9 4.6 2.6 0.7
North and East Iceland 69.0, -12.6 2.7 0.5 6.4 5.9 2.1
West Greenland Shelf 68.7, -53.8 1.9 0.5 4.9 4.3 1.6
White Sea 65.6, +37.0 3.1 -1.1 9.9 11 4.1
Northern Labrador 61.6, -63.3 1 -0.5 4 4.5 1.6
Hudson Complex 60.0, -81.5 0.9 -1.2 5.4 6.6 2.3
Eastern Bering Sea 60.0, -169.7 3.8 0.3 9.4 9.2 3.4
Northern Grand Banks-Southern Labrador 52.2, -55.5 3.1 -0.7 9.9 10.6 3.9

 

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