Extreme ice thicknesses from freezing rain
Final Report
Terms and Definitions
equivalent radial ice thickness: The uniform radial thickness of ice on a cylinder; describes the
ice load.
tall towers.
ice thickness with an annual exceedance probability of 0.02 has a 50-yr mean recurrence interval.
superstation. A grouping of weather stations with similar climatology for the environmental
load under consideration for the purpose of generating a longer period of record for an extreme
value analysis.
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