Extreme ice thicknesses from freezing rain
Final Report
discussed in a number of papers, including Golikova (1983) on ice storms, Twisdale (1982) on
tornadoes, and Vickery and Twisdale (1995) on hurricanes.
1.3
Notation
d
= wire, branch diameter
L
= sample length
m
= ice mass
P
= depth of freezing rain
t
= equivalent radial ice thickness
V
= average wind speed
= 10 knots or 5 m/s
Vo
π
= 3.14
= density of ice = 0.9 g/cm3
ρ
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