Satellite bands Channel 14 IR Longwave Window
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Visible
Near infrared
Water vapor
Infrared
This channel
This channel
The traditional infrared view channel. Observations from this infrared window channel, with other wavelengths, contribute to many satellite derived products, such as precipitation estimates, cloud-drift winds, hurricane intensity and track analyses, cloud-top heights, and volcanic ash detection, as well as fog detection, cloud phase, and cloud particle size estimates.
What it is for
The traditional infrared picture
Source: NOAA / NESDIS / STAR. Channel wavelengths are the published GOES-R ABI set.
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The sixteen channels
The six reflected-light channels — the Visible and Near infrared families — have nothing to reflect after sunset; the ten that measure emitted heat work all night.
Visible — What the eye would see — daylight only
Near infrared — Reflected sunlight just past red — daylight only
Water vapor — Moisture aloft, day and night
Infrared — Emitted heat — works in the dark
Every thumbnail is that channel’s newest image as of the page’s last look; it looks every 15 minutes. Click one to bring it up in the frame above.
Source: NOAA / NESDIS / STAR.