Table 2. Brightness temperature differences for HIS

minus GOES-8 sounder bands with

correction for viewing geometry.


   GOES-8 Sounder           Brightness       
        Band               Temperature       
                          Difference (K)     

          1                    1.1           

          2                    1.3           

          3                    1.6           

          4                    -0.3          

          5                    0.1           

          6                    -0.7          

          7                    -1.2          

          8                    -0.9          

          9                     na           

         10                    0.1           

         11                    -0.4          

         12                    0.8           

         13                    -0.1          

         14                    0.1           

         15                    0.3           

         16                    0.2           

         17                    0.4           

         18                     na           



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