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Post-tropical Cyclone Colin - Band 10 at 35.2°N - 77.0°W
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Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1300 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1310 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1320 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1330 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1340 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1350 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1400 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1410 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1420 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1430 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1440 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1450 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1500 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1510 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1520 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1530 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1540 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1550 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1600 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1610 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1620 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1630 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1640 UTC
Band 10 - 7.3 µm - Lower-level Water Vapor - IR - 03 Jul 2022 - 1650 UTC
Band 10 key:
This band shows atmospheric temperatures in Celsius. Values in the red to yellow range represent a dry atmosphere. Values between yellow and white, including blue, represent a relatively moist atmosphere. Values colder than white, including green, represent clouds.
7.3 µm - "Lower-level Water Vapor" Band - 2 km resolution - Band 10 is a water vapor band, meaning it is capable of detecting water vapor at middle to lower portions of the atmosphere, in addition to high clouds. It can detect water vapor lower in the troposphere compared to the water vapor band on the legacy GOES-13 and -15 imager.
The imager on GOES-16 features three mid-level water vapor bands instead of the single water vapor band on the GOES-13 Imager. The single water vapor band on GOES-13 contained a mixture of water vapor features over many levels of the troposphere, but GOES-16 enables us to focus on water vapor in the upper troposphere (band 8), the middle troposphere (band 9), or the lower troposphere (band 10). The GOES-13 Imager water vapor channel is between ABI bands 8 and 9.
