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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0836 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0841 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0846 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0851 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0856 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0901 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0906 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0911 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0916 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0921 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0926 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 27 Apr 2024 - 0931 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.