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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2150 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2200 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2210 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2220 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2230 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2240 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2250 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2300 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2310 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2320 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2330 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Jan 2025 - 2340 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.