Band | Units | Wavelength/center (µm) | Spatial resolution (km) | Description |
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1 | Reflectance factor | 0.45–0.49/ 0.47 | 1 | Visible—Blue/ Daytime aerosol over land, coastal water mapping. |
2 | Reflectance factor | 0.59–0.69/ 0.64 | 0.5 | Visible—Red/ Daytime clouds, fog, insolation, winds |
3 | Reflectance factor | 0.846–0.885/ 0.86 | 1 | Near infrared—Vegetation/ Daytime vegetation, burn scar, aerosol over water, winds |
4 | Reflectance factor | 1.371–1.386/ 1.37 | 2 | Near infrared—Cirrus/ Daytime cirrus cloud |
5 | Reflectance factor | 1.58–1.64/ 1.6 | 1 | Near infrared—Snow/Ice/ Daytime cloud-top phase and particle size, snow |
6 | Reflectance factor | 2.225–2.275/ 2.2 | 2 | Near infrared—Cloud Particle Size/ Daytime land, cloud properties, particle size, vegetation, snow |
7 | Brightness temperature (K) | 3.80–4.00/ 3.9 | 2 | Infrared—Shortwave Window |
8 | Brightness temperature (K) | 5.77–6.6/ 6.2 | 2 | Infrared—Upper-level tropospheric water vapor/ High-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall |
9 | Brightness temperature (K) | 6.75–7.15/ 6.9 | 2 | Infrared—Mid-level tropospheric water vapor/ Mid-level atmospheric water vapor, winds, rainfall |
10 | Brightness temperature (K) | 7.24–7.44/ 7.3 | 2 | Infrared—Lower-level tropospheric water vapor/ Lower-level water vapor, winds, and sulfur dioxide |
11 | Brightness temperature (K) | 8.3–8.7/ 8.4 | 2 | Infrared—Cloud-top phase/ Total water for stability, cloud phase, dust, sulfur dioxide, rainfall |
12 | Brightness temperature (K) | 9.42–9.8/ 9.6 | 2 | Infrared—Ozone/ Total ozone, turbulence, winds |
13 | Brightness temperature (K) | 10.1–10.6/ 10.3 | 2 | Infrared—Clean IR longwave window/ Surface and clouds |
14 | Brightness temperature (K) | 10.8–11.6/ 11.2 | 2 | Infrared—IR longwave window/ Imagery, sea surface temperature, clouds, rainfall |
15 | Brightness temperature (K) | 11.8–12.8/ 12.3 | 2 | Infrared—Dirty IR longwave window/ Total water, volcanic ash, sea surface temperature |
16 | Brightness temperature (K) | 13.0–13.6/ 13.2 | 2 | Infrared—CO2 longwave/ Air temperature, cloud heights |