PREFIRE

Looking at far-infrared radiation at the poles

About Me

Hello, I'm Finn Swanson and I am a rising senior at Madison Country Day School. This summer I am helping in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at UW-Madison under Professor Tristan L'Ecuyer. I have not studied much climate science before this, but it has been a subject of interest for me. I also haven't done much work with "big data" like the data used in climate science, but I am excited to learn more about it.

PREFIRE Mission

The Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment (PREFIRE) program consists of 2 6U CubeSats operating in sun-synchronous orbits separated by 4 hours. The satellites observe infrared radiation at from 5 to 54 microns in both the near and far-infrared. Radiation above 15 microns has not been systematically measured especially at the poles where it accounts for over 50% of all emitted radiation.

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