Tuesday, January 29, 2008

China Snow Storm





Recent snow storm in China.
This is call Glaze or Freezing Rain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freezing_rain

過冷卻雨滴或毛毛雨滴在物體(溫度低於0℃)上凍結,就形成雨凇,俗稱「樹掛」,也叫冰淩、樹凝,形成雨凇的雨稱為凍雨。雨凇還號稱「桐油凝」,極不易剷除,其破壞性極強。

Not sure is this the byproduct as depicted in An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

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