FRISP Report No. 17 (2006) Rotating Ice Shelf Water plumes
Seawater’s freezing temperature decreases with increasing pressure and therefore depth, so water at the surface freezing temperature (such as High Salinity Shelf Water, HSSW) becomes superheated as it descends and intrudes into a sub-shelf cavity, gaining the po-tential to melt the ice shelf base. T...
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| Summary: | Seawater’s freezing temperature decreases with increasing pressure and therefore depth, so water at the surface freezing temperature (such as High Salinity Shelf Water, HSSW) becomes superheated as it descends and intrudes into a sub-shelf cavity, gaining the po-tential to melt the ice shelf base. The meltwater released cools and freshens the ambient |
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