Published on 01 Dec 2021 | Cally Bloch
On November 16-17, the PREFIRE science team virtually gathered for their annual meeting to collaborate and discuss updates. Participants from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Michigan, the University of Colorado, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and NASA discussed mission and instrument status, validation plans, algorithm status and baseline products, and modeling and science updates. The team also discussed the updated PREFIRE launch, which is currently anticipated to be in the spring of 2023.
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