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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 53°N - 113°W - Alberta, Canada
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1930 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1931 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1932 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1933 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1934 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1935 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1936 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1937 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1938 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1939 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1940 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1941 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1942 UTC
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1946 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1947 UTC
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1951 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1952 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1953 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1954 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1955 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1956 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 1957 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 2000 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 24 Jul 2024 - 2001 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.
