Meteosat 8 Bands

Satellites

Meteosat-8 and Meteosat-9 (8 is operational at ~0°E;
9 is scheduled for launch January 2005)

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Instrument

SEVIRI

Resolution

1 km Broadband Visible, 3 km all others

Band

Central
Wavelength
(µm)

Primary Uses

1

0.6

Visible - Surface, clouds

2

0.8

Visible - Surface, clouds

3

1.6

Near Infrared - Surface, cloud phase

4

3.9

Shortwave Infrared - Surface, clouds

5

6.2

Water vapor - High level clouds

6

7.3

Water vapor

7

8.7

Surface, clouds

8

9.7

Ozone

9

10.8

Longwave Infrared - Surface, clouds

10

12.0

Surface, clouds

11

13.4

Cirrus cloud height

12

0.7

Broadband visible (0.4 - 1.1 μm)