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Teixeira et al. 2025, in press

Teixeira, J., J.R. Piepmeier, A.R. Nehrir, C.O. Ao, S.S. Chen, C.A. Clayson, A.M. Fridlind, M. Lebsock, W. McCarty, H. Salmun, J.A. Santanello, D.D. Turner, Z. Wang, and X. Zeng, 2025: Toward a global planetary boundary layer observing system: A summary. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., in press, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0228.1.

A global Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) observing system is urgently needed to address fundamental PBL science questions and societal applications related to climate, weather and air quality. Such a PBL observing system should optimally combine emerging yet technically viable space-based observations of the PBL thermodynamic structure with complementary surface-based and suborbital assets, while taking advantage of, and helping improve, climate and weather models as well as data assimilation systems. The Earth science community has expressed great interest in improving the characterization of the atmospheric PBL in the recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2017-2027 decadal survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS). Specifically, higher spatial and temporal resolution observations of PBL temperature and water vapor profiles, and of PBL height, were selected as priorities by the decadal survey, which recommended a PBL mission in its incubation class. In response, NASA established the decadal survey incubation program and a PBL study team focused on prioritizing PBL science and technology that would require advancement and development prior to implementation. In this paper we summarize the key findings of the NASA PBL study team report.

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@unpublished{te08200c,
  author={Teixeira, J. and Piepmeier, J. R. and Nehrir, A. R. and Ao, C. O. and Chen, S. S. and Clayson, C. A. and Fridlind, A. M. and Lebsock, M. and McCarty, W. and Salmun, H. and Santanello, J. A. and Turner, D. D. and Wang, Z. and Zeng, X.},
  title={Toward a global planetary boundary layer observing system: A summary},
  year={2025},
  journal={Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
  doi={10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0228.1},
  note={Manuscript accepted for publication}
}

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RIS Citation

TY  - INPR
ID  - te08200c
AU  - Teixeira, J.
AU  - Piepmeier, J. R.
AU  - Nehrir, A. R.
AU  - Ao, C. O.
AU  - Chen, S. S.
AU  - Clayson, C. A.
AU  - Fridlind, A. M.
AU  - Lebsock, M.
AU  - McCarty, W.
AU  - Salmun, H.
AU  - Santanello, J. A.
AU  - Turner, D. D.
AU  - Wang, Z.
AU  - Zeng, X.
PY  - 2025
TI  - Toward a global planetary boundary layer observing system: A summary
JA  - Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc.
JO  - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
DO  - 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0228.1
ER  -

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