General scientific publications, are debateable and/or not very well understood by folks other than experts.
The importance of ice on airplanes and airfoils is a safety concern and as such is pubished in the flight manuals for the benefit of safe operations. This is the one document that the pilot need worry about understanding and following.
It may be that your concern is warranted if the pilot does not understand the airplane manuals and by such thinks that he is safe when he is not.
A NASA maual is not the book to start throwing in front of a pilot/