ASDC | PREFIRE_SAT1_2B-FLX

PREFIRE Level 2B

Entry Title: Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Spectral Flux from PREFIRE Satellite 1 R01

Entry ID: PREFIRE_SAT1_2B-FLX_R01

Radiation Budget

Description

Satellite 1 (PREFIRE_SAT1_2B-FLX) contains surface emissivity retrieved from data collected by the PREFIRE Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (TIRS-PREFIRE) aboard PREFIRE-SAT1. Dual CubeSats each carry a PREFIRE Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (TIRS-PREFIRE), a push broom spectrometer with 63 channels measuring mid- and far-infrared (FIR) radiation from approximately 5 to 53 µm. Most polar emissions are in the FIR but have not been measured on a large scale. PREFIRE aims to fill knowledge gaps in the global energy budget by more accurately characterizing polar emissions. This information will then be assimilated into global circulation and other models to predict future conditions more accurately.

PREFIRE_SAT1_2B-FLX contains spectral flux at the top of atmosphere for all available TIRS-PREFIRE channels as derived from PREFIRE Spectral Radiance (PREFIRE_SAT1_1B-RAD) data using an Optimal Estimation retrieval with inputs from the PREFIRE_SAT1_2B-MSK (cloud mask), PREFIRE_SAT1_AUX-MET (Auxiliary Meteorology), and PREFIRE_SAT1_AUX-SAT collections. PREFIRE_SAT1_2B-FLX also contains the top-of-atmosphere Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) broadband flux. The primary purpose of this collection is to assess the radiative activities over the polar regions to better quantify the energy budget there.

Science data retrieval started July 24, 2024 and is ongoing. Geographic coverage is global, with the greatest concentration of data in the polar regions. Within the orbital swath there are eight distinct tracks of data associated with the eight separate spatial scenes for each PREFIRE-TIRS. At the beginning of the mission, the approximate scene footprint sizes were 11.8 km x 34.8 km (cross-track x along-track), with gaps between each scene of approximately 24.2 km. The entire swath was ~264 km across. Note that the scene footprint and swath sizes quoted here are for the orbit altitude soon after launch. However, the footprint size will slowly become smaller as the orbit altitude decreases with time. This data has a temporal resolution of 0.707 seconds and is available in netCDF-4.

The spectral flux data for the sister instrument aboard PREFIRE-SAT2 can be found in the PREFIRE_SAT2_2B-FLX collection.

DOI

10.5067/PREFIRE-SAT1/PREFIRE/FLX_L2B.R01

Citation Styles for this Dataset

VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

ALGORITHM THEORETICAL BASIS DOCUMENT (ATBD)

ATBD

ANOMALIES

PREFIRE SAT 1 operations log

DATA CITATION GUIDELINES

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USER'S GUIDE

Data User Guide Level 2B Spectral Flux (2B-FLX)

From GCMD Science Keywords:

RADIATIVE FLUX
EARTH RADIATION BUDGET
UPWELLING LONGWAVE RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION
OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION

Data Distribution

File Format(s):

netCDF-4

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Spatial Information

Spatial Coverage: (S: -84, N: 84), (W: -180, E: 180)
Spatial Coverage Type: Horizontal
Coordinate System: Geodetic
Granule Spatial Representation: Geodetic

Locations

GLOBAL ARCTIC POLAR

Temporal Information

Temporal Coverage: 2024-07-24 - Present

Platforms

Earth Observation Satellites

PREFIRE-SAT1

Polar Radiant Energy in the Far InfraRed Experiment (PREFIRE) Satellite-1

TIRS-PREFIRE

Thermal InfraRed Spectrometer

Metadata Dates

Created on 2024-07-01

Last updated on 2024-07-01