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Quick Guide Applications Matrix
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Single Band Application Quick Guides
Band # | Central Wavelength | Nickname | Burn Scars | Cirrus and Contrails | Cloud Heights | Cloud Phase | Clouds (water) over Ice | Clouds over Land | Clouds over Water | Convection - MCS Decay | Convection - New Cells | Dust | Extratropical Cyclone | Fires | Flooding | Fog | Ice Cover | Saturated Soils | Skin Temperature | Smoke | Snow Cover | Tropical Cyclone | Tropopause Fold | Turbulence | Volcanic Eruption |
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1 | 0.47 µm | Blue Visible Band | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | 0.64 µm | Red Visible Band | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||
3 | 0.86 µm | Veggie Band | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | 1.37 µm | Cirrus Band | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1.61 µm | Snow/Ice Band | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2.24 µm | Cloud Particle Size Band | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 3.90 µm | Shortwave Infrared | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 6.19 µm | Upper-Level Water Vapor | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 6.9 µm | Mid-Level Water Vapor | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 7.34 µm | Lower-Level Water Vapor | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | 8.5 µm | IR Cloud Top Phase Band | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 9.6 µm | Ozone Band | ? | ? | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 10.35 µm | Clean Window IR | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
14 | 11.2 µm | Legacy Window IR | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||
15 | 12.3 µm | Dirty Window IR | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 13.3 µm | CO2 Longwave | X | X |