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GOES-West CONUS - Band 10
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1531 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1536 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1541 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1546 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1551 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1556 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1601 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1606 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1611 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1616 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1621 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1626 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1631 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1636 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1641 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1646 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1651 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1656 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1701 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1706 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1711 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1716 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1721 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Mar 2026 - 1726 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.
