Providing profiles of the atmospheric layer closest to the Earth’s surface where we all live impacts weather, air quality, and climate. Recent technological development for ground-based remote sensing instruments provides high-quality profiles of atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind, aerosol, and cloud properties.

What is still missing to exploit these data to the fullest?

Efficient science and technology networking coordination & data and procedure harmonization.

PROBE is a new initiative funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). PROBE will bridge between user needs and the science and technology expertise residing in industry and academia and will strengthen and harmonize methods to get higher quality ABL observations.