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Commonly Used Wavebands
•Visible  .55 - .75 micrometers (microns)
–View earth and atmosphere during the day
•Visible and near IR  .55 - 1.5 microns
–View city lights at night, moonlight visible
•Thermal (far) IR  10.5 - 12.5 microns
–View temperature of the earth’s surface, ocean, atmosphere and clouds
•Microwave  13.5 - 85 GigaHertz (GHz)
–View convective structure of thunderstorms, observe ocean surface through cloud cover