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GOES-19 Full Disk - Band 7
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Feb 2026 - 0950 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Feb 2026 - 1000 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Feb 2026 - 1250 UTC
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Feb 2026 - 1320 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Feb 2026 - 1330 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 Feb 2026 - 1340 UTC
3.9 µm - "Shortwave Window" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 7 has a variety of applications, including fire detection, cloud particle size retrievals, and differentiating between liquid water and ice clouds. Fire hot spots will show up as relatively small dark gray to black pixels.
GOES-16 band 7 corresponds approximately to the old GOES-13 infrared channel.