NASA Decadal Survey Planetary Boundary Layer Incubation Community Technical Meeting, September 15-16, 2025
College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center, Hyattsville, Maryland
The Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Community Technical Meeting will provide an overview and update of the Decadal Survey Incubation program goals for PBL, key science questions and associated challenges that will help shape the direction of a future PBL architecture. A goal of this meeting is to bring together the larger PBL community, including scientists and technologists, to continue our work towards a PBL framework that includes program-of-record observations as well as future space-based measurements in combination with suborbital campaigns. The meeting will include plenary sessions and breakout groups that will focus on refining draft white papers addressing PBL’s three main areas of focus: Cloudy PBL, Convection and Extreme Weather, and PBL Surface Interaction.
Anyone who wishes to participate in the PBL meeting must register in advance for either online or in-person attendance. If you wish to attend in person please register no later than September 5.
This meeting will be hybrid, however in-person attendance is strongly encouraged, especially for attendees participating in white paper breakout groups.
NASA participants: Do not enter this meeting into NCTS (NASA Conference Tracking System). See footnote for more detail.
Please see meeting outline below followed by a detailed agenda.
Monday, September 15
- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- DSI-24 Science Project Introductions
- Status Update on IR Sounder Study
- PBL Data System Tiger Team Introduction
- PBL Satellite Needs Working Group
- PBL White Paper Introductions and Breakout Groups
- Cloudy PBL
- Convection and Extreme Weather
- PBL Surface Interaction
Tuesday, September 16
- Report Outs from Breakout Group Discussions
- Suborbital Plans; How to Build a Future PBL Mission
- PBL ES2A
- PBL Mission Architecture Discussion
- Closing Remarks on the PBL Path Forward
- Adjourn approximately 5pm
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Meeting venue and hotel guest room block:
General Vessey Ballroom, ground floor of conference center
College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
3501 University Blvd. East, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA, 20783
Hotel reservations – book no later than August 22 using this link
- Group rate is $250 exclusive of taxes and is based on availability within the group room block
- Hotel parking is complimentary
- The group rate will be offered three days before and after the room block dates based on availability; call the hotel to extend your reservation
- Cancellation must be received at least 48 hours before arrival to avoid a late cancellation charge
- A fee of one night’s room plus tax will apply for early checkout, late cancellation, or no show; please make any changes to your departure date prior to check in to avoid a charge
Airports and ground transportation
The hotel is located approximately 18 miles from Regan National Airport (DCA), 25 miles from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), and 35 miles from Dulles International Airport (IAD)Transportation information is available on the airport websites.
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NASA participants: Forecasting/tracking this meeting is not required; do not enter this meeting into NCTS (NASA Conference Tracking System). This is a formal operational meeting with attendance limited to active project participants including PIs, CoIs, grad students and post docs, as well as invited speakers and community members.
Contact
If you wish to subscribe to the PBL Community mailing list please send an email with “Subscribe” in the subject line to pbl-all-subscribe@espo.nasa.gov
If you have questions about meeting logistics you may contact meeting-support@espo.nasa.gov