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PREFIRE-SAT1  

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  • PREFIRE will document, for the first time, variability in spectral fluxes from 5-45 μm on hourly to seasonal timescales.Two 6U CubeSats in distinct 470–650 km altitude, near-polar (82°-98° inclination) orbitseach carrying a miniaturized IR spectrometer, covering 0- 45 μm at 0.84 μm spectral resolution, operating for one seasonal cycle (a year). The Arctic is Earth’s thermostat. It regulates the climate by venting excess energy received in the tropics. Nearly 60% of Arctic emission occurs at wavelengths > 15 μm (FIR) that have never been systematically measured. PREFIRE improves Arctic climate predictions by anchoring spectral FIR emission and atmospheric GHE. https://prefire.ssec.wisc.edu/ (en)

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  • 2023-05-11 17:34:18.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (PREFIRE-SAT1 [ffb2314a-d470-4ede-bb2a-46558a38a70c,1306138] - PREFIRE [01536059-6bd9-4d5e-941d-55f33ddb5efa,1306137]);
  • 2023-05-11 17:35:00.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Satellite-1 language code: en);
  • 2023-05-11 17:37:02.0 [sritz] insert Definition (id: null text: PREFIRE will document, for the first time, variability in spectral fluxes from 5-45 μm on hourly to seasonal timescales.Two 6U CubeSats in distinct 470–650 km altitude, near-polar (82°-98° inclination) orbitseach carrying a miniaturized IR spectrometer, covering 0- 45 μm at 0.84 μm spectral resolution, operating for one seasonal cycle (a year). The Arctic is Earth’s thermostat. It regulates the climate by venting excess energy received in the tropics. Nearly 60% of Arctic emission occurs at wavelengths > 15 μm (FIR) that have never been systematically measured. PREFIRE improves Arctic climate predictions by anchoring spectral FIR emission and atmospheric GHE. https://prefire.ssec.wisc.edu/ language code: en);

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