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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1656 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1701 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1706 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1711 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1716 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1731 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1736 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1751 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1756 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1801 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1806 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1811 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1816 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1821 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1826 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1831 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1836 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1841 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1846 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Apr 2026 - 1851 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.