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.
22 Sep 2023 - 20:12 EDT
23 Sep 2023 - 00:12 UTC
GOES-West Full Disk - Band 13
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Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2140 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2200 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2210 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2220 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2230 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2240 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2250 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2300 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2310 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2320 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2330 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 22 Sep 2023 - 2340 UTC
10.3 µm - "Clean" Longwave IR Window Band - 2 km resolution - Band 13 at 10.3 µm is an infrared window, meaning it is not strongly affected by atmospheric water vapor. This channel is useful for detecting clouds all times of day and night and is particularly useful in retrievals of cloud top height.
GOES-16 Band 13 corresponds approximately to the old GOES-13 IR cloud channel.