NASA Mission Gets Its First Snapshot of Polar Heat Emissions
September 6, 2024
“NASA’s newest climate mission has started collecting data on the amount of heat in the form of far-infrared radiation that the Arctic and Antarctic environments emit to space. These measurements by the Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-Infrared Experiment ( PREFIRE) are key to better predicting how climate change will affect Earth’s ice, seas, and weather — information that will help humanity better prepare for a changing world.”
Read the full NASA news release, September 3, 2024
Learn more about the PREFIRE mission, led by AOS Professor and CIMSS Director Tristan L’Ecuyer