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GOES-19 - Sector view: Gulf of America - Band 7

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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1556 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1556 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1601 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1601 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1606 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1606 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1611 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1611 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1616 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1616 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1621 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1621 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1626 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1626 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1631 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1631 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1636 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1636 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1641 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1641 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1646 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1646 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1651 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 20 Apr 2025 - 1651 UTC Latitude / Longitude grid
legend for color-enhanced infrared channel 7

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.

• For more details, see the Band 7 - ABI Quick Information Guide, (PDF, 808 KB)