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Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3163-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3163-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 8
Research article
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05 Aug 2022
Research article |  | 05 Aug 2022

Multi-annual temperature evolution and implications for cave ice development in a sag-type ice cave in the Austrian Alps

Maria Wind, Friedrich Obleitner, Tanguy Racine, and Christoph Spötl

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We present a thorough analysis of the thermal conditions of a sag-type ice cave in the Austrian Alps using temperature measurements for the period 2008–2021. Apart from a long-term increasing temperature trend in all parts of the cave, we find strong interannual and spatial variations as well as a characteristic seasonal pattern. Increasing temperatures further led to a drastic decrease in cave ice. A first attempt to model ablation based on temperature shows promising results.
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