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.
4 Feb 2023 - 14:29 EST
4 Feb 2023 - 19:29 UTC
GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 55°N - 149°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1858 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1859 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1900 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1901 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1902 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1903 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1904 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1905 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1906 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1907 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1908 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1909 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1910 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1911 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1912 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1913 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1914 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1915 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1916 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1917 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1918 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1919 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1920 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1921 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1922 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1923 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1924 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1925 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1926 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 04 Feb 2023 - 1927 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.
