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GOES-19 Mesoscale view - Band 7 at 26°N - 80°W - Near Broward County, FL
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 28 Jan 2025 - 2056 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Jan 2025 - 0015 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Jan 2025 - 0334 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Jan 2025 - 0653 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Jan 2025 - 1012 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Jan 2025 - 1331 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.