Project ICECHIP Hailstorm Research
Sector: Automotive • Location: Levelland, Morton, Tucumcari, Brownfield, Meadow, Texas, New Mexico, United States
Source: The Register Citizen
Project ICECHIP is a first-of-its-kind giant science project involving about 60 researchers spending six weeks in the Great Plains chasing hailstorms. The project uses fortified vehicles, weather balloons, radar, drones, and other high-tech machinery to collect data on hailstorms to improve hail forecasts and understand hail size and behavior inside storms. The study is funded in part by $11 milli
- Status
- Under Construction
- Sector
- Automotive, Government
- Location
- Levelland, Morton, Tucumcari, Brownfield, Meadow, Texas, New Mexico, United States of America
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- The Register Citizen
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Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | Project ICECHIP is a first-of-its-kind giant science project involving about 60 researchers spending six weeks in the Great Plains chasing hailstorms. The project uses fortified vehicles, weather balloons, radar, drones, and other high-tech machinery to collect data on hailstorms to improve hail forecasts and understand hail size and behavior inside storms. The study is funded in part by $11 million from the National Science Foundation and includes collaboration with the insurance industry to test new types of hail-resistant roof shingles. |
Original sector | Science and Research |
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Country | United States of America (USA) |
State | Texas, New Mexico |
City | Levelland, Morton, Tucumcari, Brownfield, Meadow |
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Source | The Register Citizen |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Automotive, Government |
Article published date | 2025-06-14 |
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