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freezing precipitation
- Definição1
- Any form of liquid precipitation that freezes upon impact with the ground or exposed objects, that is, freezing rain, freezing drizzle, or freezing fog.
- Fonte1
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 27 jun. 2022.
- Fonte2
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. Guide to meteorological instruments and methods of observation. 7th ed. Geneva, 2006. (WMO, n.8).
- Contexto
- At meteorological stations, the observation of ice accumulation is generally more qualitative than quantitative, primarily due to the lack of a suitable sensor. Ice accretion indicators, usually made of anodized aluminum, are used to observe and report the occurrence of freezing precipitation, frost or rime icing.
- Subárea
- Aeronautical Meteorology
- Français
- précipitation verglaçante