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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 56°N - 137°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1444 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1445 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1445 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1446 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1446 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1447 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1447 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1448 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1448 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1449 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1449 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1450 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1450 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1451 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1451 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1452 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1452 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1453 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1453 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1454 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1454 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1455 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1455 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1456 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1456 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1457 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1457 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1458 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1458 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 08 Mar 2026 - 1459 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.
