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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 1°S - 78°W - Ecuador
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1358 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1359 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1400 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1401 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1402 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1403 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1404 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1405 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1406 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1407 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1408 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1409 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1410 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1411 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1412 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1413 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1414 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1415 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1416 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1417 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1418 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1419 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1420 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1421 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1422 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1423 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1424 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1425 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1426 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 16 Apr 2026 - 1427 UTC
Band 10 key:
This band shows atmospheric temperatures in Celsius. Values in the red to yellow range represent a dry atmosphere. Values between yellow and white, including blue, represent a relatively moist atmosphere. Values colder than white, including green, represent clouds.
7.3 µm - "Lower-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 10 is a water vapor band, meaning it is capable of detecting water vapor at middle to lower portions of the atmosphere, in addition to high clouds. It can detect water vapor lower in the troposphere compared to the water vapor band on the legacy GOES-13 and -15 imager.
The imager on GOES-16 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 is between ABI bands 8 and 9.
