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.
28 Mar 2024 - 14:43 EDT
28 Mar 2024 - 18:43 UTC
GOES-West Full Disk - Band 13
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Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1630 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1640 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1700 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1710 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1720 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1730 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1740 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1750 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1800 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1810 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1820 UTC
Band 13 - 10.3 µm - Clean Longwave Window - IR - 28 Mar 2024 - 1830 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.