Transverse banding: a signature of potential turbulence
![GOES-13 Infrared Window (10.7 um) images, pilot reports of turbulence, Turbulence AIRMET boundaries [click to play animation]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/ir_screenCapture-20160719_113000.png)
GOES-13 Infrared Window (10.7 um) images, pilot reports of turbulence, Turbulence AIRMET boundaries [click to play animation]
The corresponding GOES-13 Water Vapor (6.5 µm) images (below) perhaps highlighted the transverse banding features a bit better at times, since the weighting function for that spectral band generally peaks in the middle to upper troposphere where the transverse banding cloud features existed.
![GOES-13 Water Vapor (6.5 um) images, pilot reports of turbulence, Turbulence AIRMET boundaries [click to play animation]](https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/07/wv_screenCapture-20160719_113000.png)
GOES-13 Water Vapor (6.5 um) images, pilot reports of turbulence, Turbulence AIRMET boundaries [click to play animation]