Some have created superhydrophobic coatings that make
freezing raindrops bounce off surfaces instead of forming ice and sticking.
When this freezing occurs in the free atmosphere,
the frozen raindrops are referred to as sleet or ice pellets.
Not exact matches
When this
freezing occurs only upon the impact of the
raindrop with the ground, the precipitation is known as
freezing rain.
As these cumulus convective clouds grow taller, cloud water droplets collide and combine into
raindrops and fall out of the cloud or continue to rise until they
freeze into ice crystals and form cirrus clouds.