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heavy rain
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- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Circular 191: aircraft accident digest n.29 1982. Montreal, 1985. (Cir. 191-AN/116)
- Nota Adicional1
- Acronym in English: HVY RA.
- Contexto
- An airplane flying in heavy rain will strike the raindrops in its path, thus causing the raindrops to accelerate to the velocity of the airplane. This process extracts energy from the airplane, causing the airplane to decelerate.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Related Term
- precipitation
- Français
- pluie forte
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Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve which is one of several reserves in the lower lower Adelaide River catchment in the Northern Territory. A thunderstorm dumps heavy rain over Fogg Dam during the Build-Up which is the lead-up to the Wet Season.
