A time of widespread glaciation.
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In hydrologic terms, a floating structure designed to retain ice.
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In hydrologic terms, a continuous ice cover of limited size extending from shore to shore like a bridge.
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A barely visible crystalline form of ice that has the shape of needles, columns or plates. Ice crystals are so small that they seem to be suspended in air. Ice crystals occur at very low temperatures in a stable atmosphere.
- Browse Related Terms: ATMP, Conduction, Convective Temperature, DEW, DEWP, Freezing Level, Global Warming, Green Line, Hypothermia, Ice Crystals, MINT, SST, TEMPS, Thermistor, Urban Heat Island, Wet-Bulb Temperature, WTMP
Same as Freezing Fog; a suspension of numerous minute ice crystals in the air, or water droplets at temperatures below 0º Celsius, based at the Earth's surface, which reduces horizontal visibility; also called ice fog.
- Browse Related Terms: CLD, cloud, Collection Efficiency, FG, fog, Fogbow, Freezing Fog, Ice Fog, Mist, VSBY
In hydrologic terms, the gorge or opening left in a jam after it has broken.
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In hydrologic terms, a stationary accumulation that restricts or blocks streamflow.
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Any particle that serves as a nucleus in the formation of ice crystals in the atmosphere.
- Browse Related Terms: Cirriform, Glaciation, Ice Nucleus, Ice Pellets, Mare's Trail, Melting Level, PL, Sleet, THN
(abbrev. IP) Same as Sleet; defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½" or more.
- Browse Related Terms: Cirriform, Glaciation, Ice Nucleus, Ice Pellets, Mare's Trail, Melting Level, PL, Sleet, THN
In hydrologic terms, compression of an ice cover particularly at the front of a moving section of ice cover.
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In hydrologic terms, flow of ice in a river. An ice run may be light or heavy, and may consist of frazil, anchor, slush, or sheet ice
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In hydrologic terms, on-shore ice push caused by wind, and currents, changes in temperature, etcetera.
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An ice storm is used to describe occasions when damaging accumulations of ice are expected during freezing rain situations. Significant accumulations of ice pull down trees and utility lines resulting in loss of power and communication. These accumulations of ice make walking and driving extremely dangerous. Significant ice accumulations are usually accumulations of ¼" or greater.
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This product is issued by the National Weather Service when freezing rain produces a significant and possibly damaging accumulation of ice. The criteria for this warning varies from state to state, but typically will be issued any time more than 1/4" of ice is expected to accumulate in an area.
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In hydrologic terms, downstream movement of a small section of an ice cover. Ice twitches occur suddenly and often appear successively.
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A piece of a glacier which has broken off and is floating in the sea.
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A semi-permanent, subpolar area of low pressure in the North Atlantic Ocean. Because of its broad area and range of central pressure, it is an area where migratory lows tend to slow down and deepen. It is strongest during a Northern Hemisphere winter and early spring, centered over Iceland and southern Greenland, and is the dominate weather feature in the area. During the summer, it is weaker, less intense, and might divide into two parts, one west of Iceland, the other over the Davis Strait between Greenland and Baffin Island. Then the Azores or Bermuda High becomes the dominate weather feature in the North Atlantic.
- Browse Related Terms: Aleutian Low, Azores High, Bermuda High, DMNT, Icelandic Low, North Pacific High, Polar Jet, Polar Jet Stream
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A coating of ice on a solid object.
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The thermodynamic laws applying to perfect gases.
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Instrument Flight Rules
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