GOES-18 Interleave Testing - Has ended. GOES-West data now supplied from operational GOES-17 satellite.
GOES-18 expected to become operational GOES-West in January 2023. See GOES-18 Interleave Testing for more information.
11 Dec 2023 - 04:16 EST
11 Dec 2023 - 09:16 UTC
GOES-West Full Disk - Band 7
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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0710 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0720 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0730 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0740 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0750 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0800 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0810 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0820 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0830 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0840 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0850 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 11 Dec 2023 - 0900 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.