2 West Pacific storms, as seen using 3 Himawari-8 water vapor bands
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The Himawari-8 AHI instrument has 3 water vapor bands, centered at 6.2 µm, 6.9 µm, and 7.3 µm. Images of these 3 water vapor bands (above; also available as a large 126 Mbyte animated GIF) showed the intensification of a mid-latitude cyclone as it moved east of Japan during the 17-19... Read More