Noaa-apt

noaa-apt: Open Source Software for Receiving Satellite Images

Receives and decodes satellite images from NOAA polar orbiting weather satellites, suitable for low-cost ground stations with RTL-SDR dongle and antenna

What is Noaa-apt?

noaa-apt is free and open source software designed to receive and decode high resolution weather satellite images from NOAA polar orbiting weather satellites. It works with inexpensive RTL-SDR dongles to set up a low-cost satellite ground station capable of pulling real-time weather data and imagery.

Some key features include:

• Decodes APT transmissions from NOAA 15, 18 and 19 satellites in real time
• Generates PNG images with temperature data, satellite projection and annotations
• Built in database stores images and allows viewing historical passes
• Supports map overlays to match satellite passes to geographic regions
• Cross platform application for Linux, Mac and Windows

With an appropriate antenna and line of sight to NOAA satellites, noaa-apt allows weather enthusiasts, students and researchers to build an affordable ground station to monitor the latest pass over their location. The generated images contain visible and infrared channels providing cloud cover and temperature information useful for meteorology and environmental monitoring.

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