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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1906 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1911 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1916 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1921 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1926 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1931 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1936 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1941 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1946 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1951 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 1956 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Jan 2025 - 2001 UTC
3.9 µm - "Shortwave Window" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 7 has a variety of applications, including fire detection, cloud particle size retrievals, and differentiating between liquid water and ice clouds. Fire hot spots will show up as relatively small dark gray to black pixels.
GOES-16 band 7 corresponds approximately to the old GOES-13 infrared channel.