Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch GOES-R ABI Bands and Bandwidths

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GOES-R ABI Bands and Bandwidths

ABI Band	Central Wavelength (µm)	Wavelength Range (µm)	Band Explanation	Spatial Resolution (km) @ nadir
1 (blue)	0.47	0.45 – 0.49	Visible/reflective	1
2 (red)	0.64	0.59 – 0.69	Visible/reflective	0.5
3	0.865	0.846 – 0.885	Reflective	1
4	1.378	1.371 – 1.386	Cirrus	2
5	1.61	1.58 – 1.64	Snow/ice	1
6	2.25	2.225 – 2.275	Particle size	2
7	3.9	3.80 – 4.00	Shortwave IR window	2
8	6.19	5.77 – 6.6	Water vapor	2
9	6.95	6.75 – 7.15	Water vapor	2
10	7.34	7.24 – 7.44	Water vapor	2
11	8.5	8.3 – 8.7	Water vapor, SO2	2
12	9.61	9.42 – 9.8	Ozone	2
13	10.35	10.1 – 10.6	Longwave IR window	2
14	11.2	10.8 – 11.6	Longwave IR window	2
15	12.3	11.8 – 12.8	Longwave IR	2
16	13.3	13.0 – 13.6	Longwave IR	2

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