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GOES-16 ABI spectral attributes

ABI Band Type Descriptive name Approx. Central
Wavelength (µm)
FWHM at
50% minimum (µm)
FWHM at
50% maximum (µm)
Subpoint
pixel spacing
1 Visible Blue 0.47 0.45 0.49 1
2 Visible Red 0.64 0.60 0.68 0.5
3 Near-infrared Vegetation 0.864 0.847 0.882 1
4 Near-infrared Cirrus 1.373 1.366 1.38 2
5 Near-infrared Snow/Ice 1.61 1.59 1.63 1
6 Near-infrared cloud particle size 2.24 2.22 2.27 2
7 Infrared shortwave window 3.90 3.80 3.99 2
8 Infrared Upper-level water vapor 6.19 5.79 6.59 2
9 Infrared Mid-level water vapor 6.93 6.72 7.14 2
10 Infrared Lower / mid-level water vapor 7.34 7.24 7.43 2
11 Infrared Cloud-top phase 8.44 8.23 8.66 2
12 Infrared Ozone 9.61 9.42 9.80 2
13 Infrared Clean longwave window 10.33 10.18 10.48 2
14 Infrared Longwave window 11.21 10.82 11.60 2
15 Infrared Dirty longwave window 12.29 11.83 12.75 2
16 Infrared CO2 13.28 12.99 13.56 2