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EA: ICING_TYPE
EE: HARD_RIME

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 2
EA label: ICING_TYPE
Concept definition: 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>.
 
Reference type: IR
Reference: [GMET, "hard rime"]
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