In general, the freezing of water on exposed surface can be called as icing. In the atmosphere, icing is usually associated with aviation. It occurs when the aircraft fly through clouds containing supercooled drops in clouds above freezing level. The rain striking the frame of the aircraft freezes on it and forms glace ice. Icing can also occur at seas when sea spray can freeze on the body of ships and boats.
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Lankford, T. T., 1999.Aircraft Icing: A Pilot’s Guide. New York, USA: McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0071341390, 9780071341394, 336 pp.
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PradeepKumar, P. (2011). Icing. In: Singh, V.P., Singh, P., Haritashya, U.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2642-2_292
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