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thaw
- Definição1
- (1) To melt a substance, ice for example, by warming it to a temperature greater than the melting point of the substance, or to have frozen contents melted; (3) A warm spell when ice and snow melt.
- 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: 03 ago. 2021.
- Definição2
- Melting of snow or ice at the Earth's surface due to a temperature rise above O°C.
- Fonte2
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. International Meteorological vocabulary. 2nd ed. Geneva, 1992. (WMO, n.182). Disponível em: < https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=220#.XeauGOhKiUk >. Acesso em: 03 ago. 2021.
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Ice and snow on runways. Montreal, 1955. (Cir. 43 AN/38).
- Contexto
- The use of sand, cinders, or other abrasives is limited to emergency conditions only, and abrasives are swept from pavement surfaces immediately after a thaw.
- Subárea1
- Meteorology
- Related Term
- deicing