Tipping of the Filchner-Ronne and other Antarctic ice shelf cavities

• Main Authors: Haid, Verena, Timmermann, Ralph, Hellmer, Hartmut H.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: EGU General Assembly 2022 2022
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf; Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf; Ice Shelf; Ronne Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57422/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.2384d657-832f-46ff-beba-cfc1ee41c94d

Tipping of an ice shelf cavity from a cold to a warm state happens when a sustained inflow of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) or a modified variant of it replaces High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) and Ice Shelf Water (ISW) in a cold-water cavity. HSSW and ISW with temperatures close to or even belo...