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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 06 Apr 2025 - 2310 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 06 Apr 2025 - 2320 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 06 Apr 2025 - 2330 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 06 Apr 2025 - 2340 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0000 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0010 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0020 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0030 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0040 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0100 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0110 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 07 Apr 2025 - 0120 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.