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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1806 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1811 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1816 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1821 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1826 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1831 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1836 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1841 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1846 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1851 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1856 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 15 May 2024 - 1901 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.