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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 1950 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 1951 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 1952 UTC
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 2016 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 2017 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 2018 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Apr 2024 - 2019 UTC
Band 10 key:
This band shows atmospheric temperatures in Celsius. Values in the red to yellow range represent a dry atmosphere. Values between yellow and white, including blue, represent a relatively moist atmosphere. Values colder than white, including green, represent clouds.
7.3 µm - "Lower-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 10 is a water vapor band, meaning it is capable of detecting water vapor at middle to lower portions of the atmosphere, in addition to high clouds. It can detect water vapor lower in the troposphere compared to the water vapor band on the legacy GOES-13 and -15 imager.
The imager on GOES-16 features three mid-level water vapor bands instead of the single water vapor band on the GOES-13 Imager. The single water vapor band on GOES-13 contained a mixture of water vapor features over many levels of the troposphere, but GOES-16 enables us to focus on water vapor in the upper troposphere (band 8), the middle troposphere (band 9), or the lower troposphere (band 10). The GOES-13 Imager water vapor channel is between ABI bands 8 and 9.