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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1820 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1830 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1840 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1850 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1900 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1910 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1920 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1930 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1940 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 1950 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 2000 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 08 Feb 2025 - 2010 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.