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17 Jul 2019 - 08:23 EDT
17 Jul 2019 - 12:23 UTC

GOES-East Mesoscale view - Band 8 at 37°N - 86°W - Barren County, KY

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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1152 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1152 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1153 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1156 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1157 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1157 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1158 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1200 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1203 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1204 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1205 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1206 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1207 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1208 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1208 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1209 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1209 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1211 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1220 UTC
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Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1221 UTC
Band 8 - 6.2 µm - Upper-Level Water Vapor - IR - 17 Jul 2019 - 1221 UTC
legend for GOES-East color-enhanced channels 8-10
 

About Band 8

6.2 µm - "Upper-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 8 will be used for upper-level tropospheric water vapor tracking, jet stream identification, hurricane track forecasting, mid-latitude storm forecasting, severe weather analysis, upper mid-level moisture estimation (for legacy vertical moisture profiles) and turbulence detection.

The imager 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 falls between ABI bands 8 and 9.

• For more details, see the Band 8 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 672 KB)

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