GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1000 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1010 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1020 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1030 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1040 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1050 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1100 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1110 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1120 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1130 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1140 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 05 Sep 2019 - 1150 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.