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Heat escaping from the poles

PREFIRE L2 Polar Far-IR Retrievals
ASDC DAAC PREFIRE_L2 cloud-native ~10 km point-FOV (not imaging) multiple polar overpasses daily NetCDF cryosphereatmosphereradiation-budget

The first-of-its-kind far-IR (5-54 µm) polar emission retrievals — closes a 50-year observation gap in the polar radiation budget.

PREFIRE L2 Polar Far-IR Retrievals

The first-of-its-kind far-IR (5-54 µm) polar emission retrievals — closes a 50-year observation gap in the polar radiation budget.

Access

Gotchas

  • Brand new; documentation evolving
  • Point-FOV not imaging — along-track samples
  • ±60° polar focus by design
  • Other datasets: d038

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

prefire_l2_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="PREFIRE_L2*",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from ASDC DAAC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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