A107
Observing the Boundary Layer from Space

Session ID#: 83126

Session Description:
The planetary boundary layer (PBL) is at the heart of fundamental atmospheric science challenges, including: cloud-climate feedbacks; extreme weather; surface fluxes of energy, water and carbon between the atmosphere and the ocean, land, and ice surfaces; and mixing between the PBL and the free troposphere. The recent National Academies’ Earth Science Decadal Survey recommended the PBL as a targeted observable priority for incubation studies of future satellite observations. In this session, we welcome presentations on studies that utilize space-based observations of the PBL in the context of weather, air quality and climate. Presentations on future PBL observational systems from space, including ground/air-based developments that could be relevant to future mission concepts, are also welcome.  
Index Terms:

3307 Boundary layer processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Primary Convener:  Joao Teixeira, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Joseph A Santanello Jr, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Matthew D Lebsock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Joao Teixeira, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
STUDY OF FORMALDEHYDE ABUNDANCE TRENDS IN MEXICO CITY USING REMOTE SENSING (486013)
Cristina Mendoza1, Claudia Rivera1, Carlos Espinosa1, Gonzalo Gonzalez Abad2, Wolfgang Stremme3 and Michel Grutter4, (1)National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (4)UNAM, Atmospheric Science Center, Mexico D.F., Mexico
 
Observation of the vertical structure of the PBL from space: Inaccessible or feasible? (Invited) (486987)
Volker Wulfmeyer, University of Hohenheim, Institute of Physics and Meteorology, Stuttgart, Germany
 
Validation of the Vapor In-cloud Profiling Radar (VIPR): A G-Band Differential Absorption Cloud Radar for Boundary Layer Humidity Remote Sensing (490423)
Richard Roy, Matthew D Lebsock, Luis F Millan Valle and Ken B Cooper, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
PBL AMV and Height Measurements from MISR-GOES and MODIS-GOES Stereo Techniques (495908)
Dong Liang Wu, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, James L Carr, Carr Astronautics, Washington, DC, United States and Michael A Kelly, Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins, Laurel, MD, United States
 
Boundary Layer Moisture Structure and Deep Convection Initiation during the Indian Summer Monsoon Onset (499448)
Sun Wong, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Gregory Elsaesser, Columbia University/NASA GISS, Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, NY, United States, Jingbo Wu, Columbia University, New York City, United States and Anthony D Del Genio, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
 
Combining Microwave Sounder Observations from Satellite and Drone to Get a Better Understanding of the Planetary Boundary Layer (500345)
Mathias M Schreier, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Observational Surface-Based CAPE from Merged Hyperspectral IR Satellite Sounder and Surface Meteorological Station Data (502499)
Callyn Bloch, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States, Robert O Knuteson, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States and Antonia Gambacorta, I.M. & Systems Group, Inc., NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD, United States
 
Planetary Boundary Layer Height from AIRS, MERRA-2, and GPS Radio Occultation Data Products at NASA GES DISC, and Insights from Their Atmospheric Profiles Intercomparison (506219)
Feng Ding1,2, Lena Fornito Iredell1,2, Michael Theobald1,2, Suhung Shen3,4, Dana Ostrenga5,6, Jennifer C Wei1 and David J Meyer1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)ADNET Sys. Inc., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, George Mason University, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)George Mason University, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Bulk characterization of the planetary boundary layer column water vapor (507497)
Luis F Millan Valle, Matthew D Lebsock and Joao Teixeira, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Inherent Properties of Clouds in the PBL Derived from Multi-angle Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging at the “Edge of Space:” New Capabilities of JPL’s AirMSPI Sensor on NASA’s Airborne ER-2 Platform (508751)
Anthony B Davis1, Feng Xu1,2, Gerard van Harten1, David J Diner1, Aviad Levis3, Yoav Y Schechner3 and Georgios Matheou4, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States, (3)Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Haifa, Israel, (4)University of Connecticut, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Storrs, CT, United States
 
Using OCO-2 and AIRS to quantify water vapor in the Planetary Boundary Layer (508900)
Madison Jane Shogrin, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Vivienne Payne, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Gregory B Osterman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Robert R Nelson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
 
PBL Thermodynamic Profile Assimilation and Impacts on Land-Atmosphere Coupling (517189)
Joseph A Santanello Jr1, Sara Q Zhang1, David D Turner2, Patricia Lawston1,3 and William Gregory Blumberg4, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NOAA, ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
 
PBL Characterization with CALIPSO lidar and airborne Raman lidar measurements (518006)
Zhien Wang, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Tao Luo, Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Optics, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics,CAS Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China
 
Investigating surface-cloud-boundary layer interactions over Dome C, Antarctica, using space-borne and in-situ observations (529707)
Manisha Ganeshan, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Yuekui Yang, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, United States
 
Observed variability of the subtropical marine boundary layer (549564)
Matthew D Lebsock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Airborne Lidar Observations of Water Vapor Profiles and Planetary Boundary Layer Heights with the NASA High Altitude Lidar Observatory (HALO) (555344)
Rory Alistair Barton-Grimley1, Amin R Nehrir1, Susan A Kooi2, James E Collins Jr2, Joseph Lee1 and Kristopher M Bedka3, (1)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)SSAI, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Climate Science Branch, Hampton, VA, United States
 
The Climate of the Cloudy Boundary Layer from Space (560595)
Joao Teixeira1, Matthew D Lebsock2, Luis Millan3, Chi O Ao2, Peter Kalmus3 and Evan Fishbein4, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Characterizing the Vertical Stratification of the Planetary Boundary Layer from Space with GNSS Radio Occultation (564231)
Chi O Ao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Kuo-Nung Wang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Terence L Kubar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
 
Development of observation system for constraining uncertainties in physical parameterization (569821)
Kay Suselj, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Derek J Posselt, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
 
Estimation of CO2 concentration in the boundary layer from SWIR and TIR spectra observed by TANSO-FTS/GOSAT and TANSO-FTS-2/GOSAT-2 (572716)
Ryoichi Imasu, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, Chisa Iwasaki, Nara Women's University, Nara, Japan, Naoko Saitoh, CEReS, Chiba, Japan and Kei Shiomi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan
 
First airborne observations of the Planetary Boundary Layer by the Compact Midwave Imaging System (583186)
Michael A Kelly1, Dong Liang Wu2, Jeng-Hwa Yee3, John Boldt1, Arnold C. Goldberg1, Ivan Papusha4, Robert Demajistre5, Lauren Mehr4, James L Carr6, Andrew Heidinger7 and Ralph Stoffler8, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)NASA/Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins Univ, Laurel, MD, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, United States, (5)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)Carr Astronautics, Washington, DC, United States, (7)Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), NESDIS, Madison, WI, United States, (8)U.S. Air Force, Washington, DC, United States
 
Air mass transformation as sen from space and reanalysis (588672)
Michael K H Tjernstrom, Stockholm University, Dept. of Meteorology, Stockholm, Sweden, Cheng You, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Abhay Devasthale, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Norrköping, Sweden and John Prytherch, University of Leeds, Institute for Climate & Atmospheric Science, Leeds, United Kingdom
 
A Sensitivity Study of Microwave Spectra to Water Vapor Variability in the Extratropical Marine Planetary Boundary Layer (589396)
Dominique LeeAnn Stumbaugh1, Evan Fishbein2, Bjorn Lambrigtsen2, Peter Kalmus2, Mathias M Schreier2, Joao Teixeira2, Yu Gu3 and Kuo-Nan Liou3, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
Impact of vertical resolution of PBL measurements on the computation of PBL’s interaction with surface and the free atmosphere (604511)
Xubin Zeng1, Michael Brunke2, Jorge Arevalo1, James Edward Jack Reeves Eyre1 and Joshua Welty3, (1)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Evaluation of AIRS Retrieval Approaches in the Planetary Boundary Layer (605769)
Adam Brad Milstein and William J Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, United States
 
Infrared Instrument Radiance Modeling from Large Eddy Simulations to Access Sensitivity to Marine Planetary Boundary Layer Processes (606084)
Evan Fishbein1, Bjorn Lambrigtsen2, Matthew D Lebsock3, Georgios Matheou4, Vivienne Payne5, Mathias M Schreier4, Joao Teixeira3 and Robert C Wilson6, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Validation of Boundary Layer Winds in Reanalysis Products Over Ocean Using Cloud Motion Vectors (CMVs) Retrieved From the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) (608026)
Alexander Schein, University of Colorado at Boulder, Applied Mathematics, Boulder, CO, United States, Huikyo Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, Altadena, CA, United States and Michael J Garay, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
From DAWN to Space: Potential space-based ABL wind measurements and derived parameters from a space-based coherent Doppler Wind Lidar (614591)
Steve Greco1, George David Emmitt1, Sidney Allen Wood2 and Michael J Kavaya3, (1)Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (2)Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States
 
The role of Large-Eddy Simulation in PBL Observing System Simulation Experiments (618416)
Marcin Kurowski, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Joao Teixeira, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
A Global Satellite and MERRA-2 Perspective of the Role of Planetary Boundary Layer Thermodynamics on the Lifetime of Deep Convective Systems (618447)
Gregory Elsaesser, Columbia University/NASA GISS, Dept. of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, New York, NY, United States, Thomas Fiolleau, Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales-CNRS, Toulouse, France, Rémy Roca, CNRS, LEGOS, Toulouse, France and Anthony D Del Genio, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States
 
A new method to retrieve PBLH from lidar under different thermodynamic conditions: algorithm development and application (618763)
Tianning SU, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Zhanqing Li, Univ of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
 
Sensitivity of Infrared Radiances to Changes in Planetary Boundary Layer Water Vapor (621167)
Robert C Wilson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Vivienne Payne, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
 
Simulations of Space Borne Lidar Measurements of Thermodynamic Profiles in the Planetary Boundary Layer (622374)
David N Whiteman1, Paolo Di Girolamo2, Andreas Behrendt3 and Volker Wulfmeyer3, (1)Howard University, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Università della basilicata, POTENZA, Italy, (3)University of Hohenheim, Institute of Physics and Meteorology, Stuttgart, Germany
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