IBHS Hail Impact Disdrometer Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/651.009

Summary
Hail impact and kinetic energy measurements from the Insurance Institute for
Business and Home Safety (IBHS) impact disdrometers that were deployed at
locations around the United States plains region for the ICECHIP (In-situ
Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains) campaign.

No data are available for the following IOPs: 6, 14, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 651.009
 * doi:10.26023/87YQ-X3XJ-8X08
   https://doi.org/10.26023/87YQ-X3XJ-8X08

Versions
  1.0: Final processed data.

Citation
 Giammanco, I. 2026. ICECHIP: IBHS Hail Impact Disdrometer Data. Version 1.0.
 NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/87YQ-X3XJ-8X08
 Accessed 06 May 2026.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NSF NCAR EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * ICECHIP: In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the
Plains
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ICECHIP

Additional information
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Field Sites

Instruments
 * Disdrometers

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CONVECTIVE CLOUDS/SYSTEMS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED) > DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > HAIL STORMS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CONVECTIVE CLOUDS/SYSTEMS (OBSERVED/ANALYZED) > PRECIPITATING CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SOLID PRECIPITATION > HAIL

Documentation
 * IBHS_Hail_Disdrometer_Processed_Data_Readme_072425.txt [6 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/55F8287DF4966/IBHS_Hail_Disdrometer_Processed_Data_Readme_072425.txt
 * IBHS_Hail_Impact_Disdrometer_ICECHIP_Data_Documentation.pdf [799 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/55F8287E29474/IBHS_Hail_Impact_Disdrometer_ICECHIP_Data_Documentation.pdf

Restrictions
 * authorization required

Related links
 * info: ICECHIP Data policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/31965
 * homepage: ICECHIP EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/icechip
 * info: ICECHIP Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/icechip/missions

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2025-05-18 18:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2025-06-23 01:31:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 47.10
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.20
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.70
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -96.30

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Ian M. Giammanco <igiammanco@ibhs.org>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/5430

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/651.009?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/651.009?format=isotc211