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EA:  ICING_TYPE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 489
Concept definition: The type of any deposit or coating of <ICE> on an <OBJECT> caused by the impingement and freezing of liquid (usually supercooled) hydrometeors; icing type.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
Reference type: IR
Reference: [WMO182, I0200, "icing"]
Supplemental references: [GMET, "icing"]
Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07		 ICING_TYPE CLEAR_ICE Smooth compact <RIME>, usually transparent, fairly amorphous, with a ragged <SURFACE>, and morphologically resembling <ICE_GLAZE>; clear ice. 1 IR [GMET, "clear ice"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 ICING_TYPE HARD_RIME Opaque, granular masses of <RIME> deposited chiefly on vertical <SURFACE>s by a dense supercooled <FOG>; hard rime. Hard rime is more compact and amorphous than <<<SOFT_RIME>>> and may build out into the <WIND> as glazed cones or feathers of <ICE>. 2 IR [GMET, "hard rime"]  
STD
2005/06/07		 ICING_TYPE HOAR_FROST <HOAR_FROST>. 3      
STD
2005/06/07		 ICING_TYPE ICE_GLAZE <ICE_GLAZE>. 4      
STD
2005/06/07		 ICING_TYPE RIME <RIME>. 5      
STD
2005/06/07		 ICING_TYPE SOFT_RIME A white, opaque coating of fine <RIME> deposited chiefly on vertical <SURFACE>s, especially on points and edges of <OBJECT>s, generally in supercooled <FOG>; soft rime. 6 IR [GMET, "soft rime"]  
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