What do the abbreviations and numbers in the captions of satellite images mean?
Top of page The caption on our satellite images, like 6 MAR 02 – G-8 IMG – 10:15, usually contains the date “6 MAR 02” = March 6, 2002, an abbreviation for the weather satellite that recorded the image being viewed “G-8” = GOES-8 (additional acronyms), the satellite band (also called channel); i.e., visible, infrared, water vapor “IMG” = Visible light satellite image, (Additional information on interpreting satellite images in various channels) and the time, in GMT “10:15” = 10:15 GMT .
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