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GOES-West Mesoscale view - Band 10 at 55°N - 149°W - North Pacific Ocean
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1634 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1635 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1636 UTC
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1638 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1639 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1640 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1641 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1642 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1643 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1644 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1645 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1646 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1647 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1648 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1649 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1650 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1651 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1652 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1653 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1654 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1655 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1656 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1657 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1658 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1659 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1700 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1701 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1702 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 13 Feb 2026 - 1703 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.
