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Post-Tropical Cyclone Gil - Band 16 at 15.1°N - 127.3°W

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Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1000 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1000 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1010 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1010 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1020 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1020 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1030 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1030 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1040 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1040 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1050 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1050 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1100 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1100 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1110 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1110 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1120 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1120 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1130 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1130 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1140 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1140 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1150 UTC
Band 16 - 13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave - IR - 05 Aug 2019 - 1150 UTC
legend for infrared color-enhanced channel 16

13.3 µm - CO₂ Longwave IR Band - 2 km resolution - Band 16 is used for mean tropospheric air temperature estimation, tropopause delineation, and as part of quantitative cloud products for cloud opacity estimation, cloud-top height assignments of cloud-drift motion vectors, and supplementing Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) observations.

Band 16 corresponds approximately to the old GOES-13 longwave IR channel.

• For more details, see the Band 16 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 769 KB)