GOES-R Satellite Series

 

The 7 ABI Bands most commonly used by weather forecasters

Satellite Images are some of the main tools meteorologist use to monitor and forecast weather. And the toolbox got much bigger with data from GOES-R Series satellites! Which is why Quick Guides were developed for all of the bands (wavelengths) acquired by the Advanced Baseline Imager. Recall that the previous GOES imager only measured 5 bands, so these resources are helpful to everyone utilizing new ABI data.

Here are the 7 ABI bands most commonly used by weather forecasters, click on the image to access the 2-page reference guide.

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To learn why these 7 bands are so useful to weather forecasters, watch this 11-minute video.

 

 Test your knowledge by working through this Spectral Bands Activity.

 

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