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<\/a>GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>After 1800 UTC on 01 December 2022, changes were made to Full Disk GOES-16 (GOES-East)<\/em> imagery that is distributed via the Satellite Broadcast Network (SBN) for AWIPS users (see the bottom section of this TOWR-S Communications<\/strong><\/a>). One change was the increase in spatial resolution of the ABI<\/strong><\/a> Band 13 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) data from 6 km to the native 2 km (at satellite nadir) — as shown in an animation of imagery in the vicinity of a low pressure system located over northern Quebec, Canada (above)<\/strong><\/em>. A toggle between those “before” (1800 UTC) and “after” (1810 UTC) images is available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 Infrared imagery in the tropics (below)<\/strong><\/em> displayed convection along the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ<\/strong><\/a>) in the East Pacific Ocean. A toggle between those “before” and “after” images is available here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images [click to play animated GIF | MP4<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Another GOES-16 Infrared example centered over southern British Columbia, Canada is shown below. A toggle between those “before” and “after” images is available here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n GOES-16 “Clean” Infrared Window (10.3 \u00b5m) images (credit: Tim Schmit, NOAA\/NESDIS\/ASPB) [click to enlarge]<\/p><\/div>One other important change is that “Full Disk” imagery will only cover the Northern Hemisphere, as shown in an animation of GOES-16 Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 \u00b5m<\/strong><\/a>) images (below)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>