Band |
Central
Wavelength
(µm) |
Primary Uses |
1 |
0.6465 |
Land/Cloud Boundaries |
2 |
0.8567 |
Land/Cloud Boundaries |
3 |
0.4656 |
Land/Cloud Properties |
4 |
0.5537 |
Land/Cloud Properties |
5 |
1.2419 |
Land/Cloud Properties |
6 |
1.6291 |
Land/Cloud Properties |
7 |
2.1143 |
Land/Cloud Properties |
8 |
0.4118 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
9 |
0.4421 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
10 |
0.4869 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
11 |
0.5297 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
12 |
0.5468 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
13* |
0.6656 |
Low polarization Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
14* |
0.6767 |
Low polarization Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
15 |
0.7464 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
16 |
0.8662 |
Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
17 |
0.9041 |
Atmospheric Water Vapor |
18 |
0.9353 |
Atmospheric Water Vapor |
19 |
0.9361 |
Atmospheric Water Vapor |
20 |
3.7882 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
21 |
3.9921 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
22 |
3.9719 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
23 |
4.0567 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
24 |
4.4732 |
Atmospheric Temperature |
25 |
4.5454 |
Atmospheric Temperature |
26 |
1.3820 |
Cirrus Cloud Water Vapor |
27 |
6.7654 |
Cirrus Cloud Water Vapor |
28 |
7.3367 |
Cirrus Cloud Water Vapor |
29 |
8.5288 |
Cirrus Cloud Water Vapor |
30 |
9.7344 |
Ozone |
31 |
11.0186 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
32 |
12.0325 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
33 |
13.3651 |
Cloud Top Altitude |
34 |
13.6835 |
Cloud Top Altitude |
35 |
13.9133 |
Cloud Top Altitude |
36 |
14.1957 |
Cloud Top Altitude |
37* |
0.6656 |
High polarization Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
38* |
0.6767 |
High polarization Ocean Color/Plankton/Biogeochemistry |
* Channels 13B and 14B are labeled in McIDAS as bands 37 and 38, respectively |