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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1326 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1331 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1336 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1341 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1346 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1351 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1356 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1401 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1406 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1411 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1416 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1421 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1426 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1431 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1436 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1441 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1446 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1451 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1456 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1501 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1506 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1511 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1516 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 26 Apr 2024 - 1521 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.