GOES-13 Weighting Function Examples

Sounder / Band 1 (14.7 µm) Sounder / Band 2 (14.4 µm) Sounder / Band 3 (14.0 µm) Sounder / Band 4 (13.7 µm) Sounder / Band 5 (13.4 µm) Sounder / Band 6 (12.7 µm) Sounder / Band 7 (12.0 µm) Sounder / Band 8 (11.0 µm) Sounder / Band 9 (9.7 µm) Sounder / Band 10 (7.5 µm) Sounder / Band 11 (7.0 µm) Sounder / Band 12 (6.5 µm) Sounder / Band 13 (4.6 µm) Sounder / Band 14 (4.5 µm) Sounder / Band 15 (4.4 µm) Sounder / Band 16 (4.1 µm) Sounder / Band 17 (4.0 µm) Sounder / Band 18 (3.8 µm) Imager / Band 2 (3.9 µm) Imager / Band 3 (6.5 µm) Imager / Band 4 (10.7 µm) Imager / Band 6 (13.3 µm)

Standard Tropical Midlatitude Summer Midlatitude Winter US Standard

(Sfc Pressure = 1000 hPa)

0° 5° 10° 15° 20° 25° 30° 35° 40° 45° 50° 55° 60° 65° 70°

10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

-10 K -8 K -6 K -4 K -2 K + 0 K + 2 K + 4 K + 6 K + 8 K + 10 K