McIDAS User's Guide
Version 2012.1

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GOES AAA

Satellites

GOES-6 and GOES-7 (no longer in use)

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Instrument

VAS

Resolution

1 km VIS, 4/8 km IR

 



Band		 Central
Wavelength
(µm)		 Major
Absorbing
Gases
Sounding
Level (mb)

Primary Uses
1 14.7 (IR) CO2 70 Temperature sounding
2 14.5 (IR) CO2 125 Temperature sounding
3 14.3 (IR) CO2 200 Temperature sounding
4 14.0 (IR) CO2 500 Temperature sounding, cloud heights
5 13.3 (IR) CO2 920 Temperature sounding, cloud heights
6 4.5 (IR) CO2, N2O 850 Temperature sounding
7 12.7 (IR) H2O 1000 Water vapor detection
8 11.2 (IR) Window Surface Nighttime cloud detection, surface temperature
9 7.3 (IR) H2O 600 Water vapor detection
10 6.7 (IR) H2O 400 Water vapor detection
11 4.4 (IR) CO2, N2O 300 Temperature sounding
12 3.9 (IR) Window Surface Surface skin temperature, cloud detection
13* - - - -
NA 0.65 (VIS) Window Surface Daytime cloud detection
* Band 13 in a McIDAS Area is the same as band 8 but at lower resolution.

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