The first open-weather nowcast on 6 September 2020. Image: open-weather

Nowcast: 6 September 2020

On 6 September 2020, on the occasion of Our Networks festival, open-weather collaborators and extended networks co-produced a firs global ‘nowcast’. In response to an open call, thirteen DIY satellite ground station operators submitted satellite images and field notes to the open-weather archive. Using a guide for creating wide area composite images in WXtoImg written by Carl Reinemann, open-weather processed, decoded and map projected the images.

The nowcast was published on the open-weather site and shared in a presentation at Our Networks.

▴ Screenshots from the nowcast show a patchy earth image, textured by the radio frequency noise of the ground stations' different locations. Composite image: open-weather

Credits

Contributors:

Audrey Briot

Sofia Caferri

Sophie Dyer M6NYX

Sasha Engelmann M6IOR

Steve Engelmann

Joaquin Ezcurra

Jacques Gentil

Bill Liles NQ6Z

L. Paul Verhage KD4STH

Yoshiki Matsuoka JF1SAG

Ankit Sharma

Zack Wettstein; WXVids