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GOES-East - Sector view: Upper Mississippi Valley - Band 9

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Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0116 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0116 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0121 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0121 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0126 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0126 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0131 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0131 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0136 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0136 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0141 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0141 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0146 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0146 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0151 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0151 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0156 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0156 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0201 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0201 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0206 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0206 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0211 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0211 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0216 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0216 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0221 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0221 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0226 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0226 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0231 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0231 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0236 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0236 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0241 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0241 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0246 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0246 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0251 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0251 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0256 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0256 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0301 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0301 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0306 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0306 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR - 12 Nov 2024 - 0311 UTC
Band 9 - 6.9 µm - Mid-Level Water Vapor - IR  - 12 Nov 2024 - 0311 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
legend for color-enhanced infrared channels 8-10

Band 9 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.


6.9 µm - "Mid-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 9 is the mid-level water vapor band. It is used for tracking middle-tropospheric winds, identifying jet streams, forecasting hurricane track and mid-latitude storm motion, monitoring severe weather potential, estimating mid-level moisture (for legacy vertical moisture profiles)and identifying regions where turbulence might exist. Surface features are usually not apparent in this band. Brightness Temperatures show cooling because of absorption of energy at 6.9 µm by water vapor.

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 falls between ABI bands 8 and 9.

• For more details, see the Band 9 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 550 KB)