Development of weather information system using NOAA satellite data retriever system with RTL-SDR

Shahrulnizam, Afiq (2022) Development of weather information system using NOAA satellite data retriever system with RTL-SDR. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Polar meteorological satellites such as the NOAA satellite is one of the most important environmental information sources regarding the Earth and atmosphere. It is administered by the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) administration in the United States to provide live images of Earth through radio, which is received by users on the ground. However, access to weather satellite image data in real-time is limited due to several factors such expensive development cost for a receiver system, and lack of expertise to decode the hidden information contained in it and are still considered a major issue faced by satellite enthusiasts. Therefore, the purpose of this project includes creating a prototype of a ground station capable of completing this duty and documenting the whole process. RTL-SDR could be one of the alternatives that is cheaper and assist enthusiasts to explore this RTL-SDR deeper. This project utilizes software and hardware component such as WXtoImg, SDRsharp, Antenna and RTL-SDR to receive the data from the satellite. The RTL-SDR chosen to use in this system will be RTL-SDR 2832U. The software used in this project is WXtoImg for generating images and SDRsharp as integration with RTL-SDR to process data from an antenna. In this project, the result shows the image of earth which was displayed by laptop. In conclusion, this project has been successfully developed as a weather information system and able to generate weather images using the NOAA satellite data receiver.

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