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clear ice

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000477

A thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact. The ice is relatively transparent, as opposed to rime ice, because of large drop size, rapid accretion of liquid water, or slow dissipation of latent heat of fusion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000477
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Synonymsclear icing
ReferencesNWS Glossary
See alsorime ice
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000477",
  "term": "clear ice",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A thin coating of ice on terrestrial objects, caused by rain that freezes on impact. The ice is relatively transparent, as opposed to rime ice, because of large drop size, rapid accretion of liquid water, or slow dissipation of latent heat of fusion.",
  "synonyms": [
    "clear icing"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "rime ice"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/clear-ice/"
}

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