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28 Mar 2024 - 04:46 EDT
28 Mar 2024 - 08:46 UTC

Tropical Depression Eta - Band 9 at 15.1°N - 87.8°W

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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1400 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1400 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1410 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1420 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1420 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1430 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1430 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1440 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1440 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1450 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1450 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1500 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1500 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1510 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1510 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1520 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1520 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1530 UTC
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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1540 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1540 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1550 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1550 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1600 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1600 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1610 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1610 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1620 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1620 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1630 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1630 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1640 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1640 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Nov 2020 - 1650 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 13 Nov 2020 - 1650 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Jan 2021 - 1600 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Jan 2021 - 1600 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Jan 2021 - 1610 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Jan 2021 - 1610 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Jan 2021 - 1620 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Jan 2021 - 1620 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Jan 2021 - 1630 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Jan 2021 - 1630 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Jan 2021 - 1640 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Jan 2021 - 1640 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Jan 2021 - 1650 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Jan 2021 - 1650 UTC
legend for color-enhanced infrared channels 8-10

Band 9 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.


6.9 µm - "Mid-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 9 is the mid-level water vapor band. It is used for tracking middle-tropospheric winds, identifying jet streams, forecasting hurricane track and mid-latitude storm motion, monitoring severe weather potential, estimating mid-level moisture (for legacy vertical moisture profiles)and identifying regions where turbulence might exist. Surface features are usually not apparent in this band. Brightness Temperatures show cooling because of absorption of energy at 6.9 µm by water vapor.

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 falls between ABI bands 8 and 9.

• For more details, see the Band 9 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 550 KB)