Channel 14 IR Longwave Window
This channel
What it is for
The traditional infrared picture
The traditional infrared view channel. Observations from this infrared window channel, with other wavelengths, contributes 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.
Source: NOAA / NESDIS / STAR. Channel wavelengths are the published GOES-R ABI set.
All sixteen channels, right now
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 this minute’s image from that channel. Click one to bring it up in the frame above. 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.
Source: NOAA / NESDIS / STAR.