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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2106 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2111 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2116 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2121 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2126 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2131 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2136 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2141 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2146 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2151 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2156 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 25 Apr 2024 - 2201 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.