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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 18 Apr 2021 - 0630 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 18 Apr 2021 - 0645 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 18 Apr 2021 - 0730 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 18 Apr 2021 - 0830 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 18 Apr 2021 - 0845 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 18 Apr 2021 - 0915 UTC
About Band 7
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.