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Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0041 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0046 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0051 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0056 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0101 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0106 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0111 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0116 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0121 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0126 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0131 UTC
Band 7 - 3.9 µm - Shortwave Window - IR - 21 Oct 2024 - 0136 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.