Contribute to the public archive

Uploade your recording and help create a collective record of earth and its many weathers.

We accept recordings of automatic picture transmissions (APT) from satellites NOAA-15, NOAA-18 and NOAA-19.

Please note that by submitting this form you agree to license your contribution under the Creative Commons license Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0. You can revoke this permission at anytime by writing to us.

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Tell us your name(s)

We will use this to credit you. You do not need to use your real name. If you leave this field blank your entry will appear anonymous.

You do not need an amateur radio license to contribute. If you have one you can enter your callsign(s)

We will use this to credit you. You can learn more about radio callsigns here.

Describe your location *

We welcome use of informal or descriptive place names.

Which country or territory are you in?

Enter the latitude of your satellite ground station *

If you do not know the exact coordinate, make a best guess. Please use decimal degrees. For example: 51.505905.

Enter the longitude of your satellite ground station *

If you do not know the exact coordinate, make a best guess. Please use decimal degrees. For example: -0.181332.

Enter the date of your recording in local time *

We need the date to project image onto a map.

Enter the exact time your recording started in the local time *

We need an accurate time to be able to georeference your satellite image. Check the WAV filename to see if the time is recorded in it. Please use the 24-hour time format HH:MM:SS. For example, 15:01:26

Enter the date of your recording in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) *

We ask you to also enter the date in UTC to reduce errors. For some time zones, the local date may be different from the date in UTC. Since the difference between local and UTC time changes throughout the year, be sure to check the UTC time and date using thetimezoneconverter.com

Enter the exact time your recording started in UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) *

We ask you to also enter the time in UTC to help reduce errors. We recommend thetimezoneconverter.com to convert your local recording start time to UTC. Please the 24-time format HH:MM:SS. For example, 15:01:26

Which satellite did you receive? *

NOAA-19
NOAA-18
NOAA-15

What other antenna did you use?

Enter a weather note to be displayed alongside your archive entry

For example, how was your experience of the weather while receiving the image? What do you see in your image? Where do you locate the climate crisis in your local community or environment?

Give feedback about this form or open-weather

Upload your audio recording of the satellite transmission *

Only one channel is used, so a mono WAV file is ideal.
It will be automically resampled to 12480 Hz.

Share photos or other images to be displayed alongside your archive entry

For example, a photo of you, your DIY satellite ground station, the weather or your local environment. A maximum of 5 files no larger than 10 MB each can be uploaded.