Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment
Revealing new aspects of the Arctic and Antarctic by measuring the full spectrum of polar radiant energy.
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Sensing the Poles’ Hidden Heat (NASA Image of the Day)
NASA has recently highlighted the project with an Image of the Day article that includes a new animation of two years of seasonal temperature swings in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, as…
PREFIRE 2025 Science Team Meeting
Modified on 12 April 2026 | Erin Hokanson Wagner PREFIRE’s annual Science Team Meeting was held on October 13th and 14th of 2025 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.…
Antarctic Observations Get An Upgrade With SHIRE
Published on 15 Oct 2025 | Hamish Prince In collaboration with PREFIRE, the Southern Hemisphere polar Infrared Radiation Experiment (SHIRE) has begun an intensive observation campaign at Scott Base (78°S, 166°E) in…
PREFIRE Data Products Released!
27 June 2025 | Erin Hokanson Wagner The PREFIRE Mission is excited to announce that all PREFIRE data products are available to the public via the Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) Distributed…
PREFIRE First Light Announcement!
03 Sep 2024 | Tim Michaels NASA has publicly released the first look at PREFIRE mission data, also known as the first light announcement! The PREFIRE science team worked with NASA’s Scientific…