View Full Document. Ice Pellets Ice pellets (also called sleet) are refrozen snowflakes. They occur when a layer of air aloft is warm enough (> 0 ï° C) to melt snowflakes into raindrops but the air near the ground is cold enough to freeze the drops.
acarid - very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals or plants; related to ticks. 1  mite - any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods. 2  Acaridae, family Acaridae - mites.
Primarily investing in senior secured loans, CLOs employ an investment philosophy emphasizing preservation of capital. A Collateralized Loan Obligation (âCLOâ) is a structured product securitized by a diverse portfolio of high yield bank loans. These vehicles issue both debt and equity, each with a different priority of claims on a CLOâs underlying collateral.