4 Dec 2021 - 17:16 EST
4 Dec 2021 - 22:16 UTC

GOES-West - Sector view: Pacific Southwest*

Images updated every 5 minutes.

GeoColor

True Color daytime, multispectral IR at night
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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GLM FED3+GeoColor

Lightning flash extent density over GeoColor
4 Dec 2021 - 22:11 UTC

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AirMass RGB

RGB based on data from IR & water vapor
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Sandwich RGB

Blend combines IR band 13 with visual band 3
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Day Cloud Phase RGB

RGB for evaluating phase of cooling cloud tops
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Nighttime Microphysics

RGB to distinguish clouds from fog
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Fire Temperature

RGB used to highlight fires
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Dust RGB

RGB for identifying tropospheric dust
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 1

0.47 µm
Blue - Visible
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 2

0.64 µm
Red - Visible
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 3

0.86 µm
Veggie - Near IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 4

1.37 µm
Cirrus - Near IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 5

1.6 µm
Snow/Ice - Near IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 6

2.2 µm
Cloud Particle - Near IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 7

3.9 µm
Shortwave Window - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 8

6.2 µm
Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 9

6.9 µm
Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 10

7.3 µm
Lower-level Water Vapor - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 11

8.4 µm
Cloud Top - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 12

9.6 µm
Ozone - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 13

10.3 µm
Clean Longwave Window - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 14

11.2 µm
Longwave Window - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 15

12.3 µm
Dirty Longwave Window - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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Band 16

13.3 µm
CO₂ Longwave - IR
4 Dec 2021 - 22:06 UTC

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*GOES-17 Infrared Image Quality

During post-launch testing of the GOES-17 ABI instrument, an issue with the instrument's cooling system was discovered. The loop heat pipe (LHP) subsystem, which transfers heat from the ABI electronics to the radiator, is not operating at its designed capacity. The consequence of this is that the ABI detectors cannot be maintained at their intended temperatures under certain orbital conditions. This is preventing adequate cooling for some of the infrared (IR) channels on the instrument during parts of the night, leading to partial loss of ABI imagery. Learn more.