ABI Quick Guide Gallery

The fact sheets in this section are designed as quick reference guides to provide National Weather Service forecasters with information on each of the GOES-R series Advanced Baseline Imager’s 16 spectral bands. These include two visible channels, four near-infrared channels and ten infrared channels. Each fact sheet covers what the band measures and how this is operationally relevant. The fact sheets also include links for more information.

An additional set of pre-launch ABI fact sheets is available from our partners at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies. 

ABI Band 1 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 1 | 0.47 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Visible | Nickname: Blue | Best Spatial…
ABI Band 2 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 2 | 0.64 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Visible | Nickname: Red | Best Spatial Resolution…
ABI Band 3 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 3 | 0.86 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Near-Infrared | Nickname: Vegetation/Veggie |…
ABI Band 4 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 4 | 1.37 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Near-Infrared | Nickname: Cirrus | Best Spatial…
ABI Band 5 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 5 | 1.61 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Near-Infrared | Nickname: Snow/Ice | Best Spatial…
ABI Band 6 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 6 | 2.24 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Near-Infrared | Nickname: Cloud Phase | Best…
ABI Band 7 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 7 | 3.9 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Shortwave Infrared | Best…
ABI Band 8 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 8 | 6.2 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Upper-level tropospheric…
ABI Band 9 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 9 | 6.9 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Mid-level tropospheric water…
ABI Band 10 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 10 | 7.3 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Lower-level tropospheric…
ABI Band 11 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 11 | 8.5 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Infrared Cloud Phase | Best…
ABI Band 12 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 12 | 9.6 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared| Nickname: Ozone | Best Spatial…
ABI Band 13 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 13 | 10.3 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: "Clean" Infrared Window |…
ABI Band 14 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 14 | 11.2 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Infrared Longwave Window |…
ABI Band 15 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 15 | 12.3 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Dirty Window | Best Spatial…
ABI Band 16 Quick Guide Document Preview / Decorative
ABI Band 16 | 13.3 Central Wavelength (µm) | Type: Infrared | Nickname: Carbon Dioxide | Best…