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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1200 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1210 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1220 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1230 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1240 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1250 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1300 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1310 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1320 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1330 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1340 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 29 Mar 2025 - 1350 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.