{"id":17918,"date":"2019-02-21T20:41:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17918"},"modified":"2019-02-21T20:41:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T01:41:32","slug":"new-enhancements-to-low-cost-goes-weather-satellite-station-for-amateurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17918","title":{"rendered":"New enhancements to low-cost GOES weather satellite station for amateurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve posted a couple of times about the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=3262\">HRIT and LRIT Low-Cost System<\/a> for capturing weather satellite images:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16474\">Build a low cost system to receive images from GOES weather satellites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17075\">Improving GOES weather satellite imaging with low cost home ground station<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A reader who keeps me up-to-date on the project says the system now includes<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;improved color images and the addition of IR enhancements showing storm intensity for Band 13 images as well as IR color enhancements for Band 8 images.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=3262&amp;start=40#p13700\">images and updates here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17919\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=3262&amp;start=40#p13700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17919\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"969,971\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GOES 16 &amp;#8211; 02-17-2019 FD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image from GOES 16 satellite on Feb.17, 2019.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17919\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD.jpg 969w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GOES-16-02-17-2019-FD-768x770.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image from GOES 16 satellite on Feb.17, 2019.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17920\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=3262&amp;start=40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17920\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-CH13-Enhancements-02-18-2019.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"846,926\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"G16 CH13 Enhancements 02-18-2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Enhanced image from GOES 16.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-CH13-Enhancements-02-18-2019.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-17920\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-CH13-Enhancements-02-18-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-CH13-Enhancements-02-18-2019.jpg 846w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-CH13-Enhancements-02-18-2019-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-CH13-Enhancements-02-18-2019-768x841.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Enhanced image from GOES 16 taken on Feb.18.2019<br \/><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17921\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdrplay.com\/community\/viewtopic.php?f=5&amp;t=3262&amp;start=40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=17921\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/G16-Band8-Enhancements-02-18-2019.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"844,930\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"G16 Band8 Enhancements 02-18-2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;GOES 16 enhanced image taken on Feb.18.2019&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" 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