Earthdata Forum

Hello,
I am interested in downloading measurements of PBL thickness and was looking at https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/projects/nsite/solutions/merged-pbl-temperature-water-vapor-products. I was wondering when these data will become available as it indicates that the initial release would be around mid-year. Also, is there any documentation detailing the locations where the PBL are being measured and their frequency. Any extra technical details would be more than welcomed.
Thanks.

Dear User,

The provider is still working on this product - we are working with them and anticipate it becoming fully available to the public by the end of the year. We will have technical details documented in a README and ATBD (Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document) and available to the public once the dataset is released.

Regards,
GES DISC User Services

In the meantime, would there be any alternative? Thanks.

Dear User,

Unfortunately, if you are specifically looking for a data fusion product with infrared/microwave sounders, we don't have any comparable datasets as an alternative.

The closest options we can point you towards is the GNSS-RO L2B datasets recently added. The relevant collections for these data are hosted on Earthdata and through the NASA GES DISC website:
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog?keyword=GNSSRO%2AL2B
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?keywords=GNSSRO&page=1&processingLevel=2

There is also an article mentioning the GNSS-RO data collections, but it does not reference all of the relevant collections:
https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/alerts-outages/ges-disc-releases-gnss-radio-occultation-data-common-cf-compliant-format

We hope these resources will help point you to an alternative you can use in the meantime. Please let us know if you have any additional questions. Thank you.

Regards,
GES DISC User Services