GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
25 Sep 2023 - 02:53 EDT
25 Sep 2023 - 06:53 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 39°N - 119°W - Lyon County, NV
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0623 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0624 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0625 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0626 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0627 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0628 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0629 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0630 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0631 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0632 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0633 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0634 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0635 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0636 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0637 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0638 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0639 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0640 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0641 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0642 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0643 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0644 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0645 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0646 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0647 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0648 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0649 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0650 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0651 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 25 Sep 2023 - 0652 UTC
Band 10 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.
7.3 µm - "Lower-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 10 is a water vapor band, meaning it is capable of detecting water vapor at middle to lower portions of the atmosphere, in addition to high clouds. It can detect water vapor lower in the troposphere compared to the water vapor band on the legacy GOES-13 and -15 imager.
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 is between ABI bands 8 and 9.
