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ATPDEC README (Thierry Leconte 2003) |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Atpdec is a open source program that decode images transmitted by POES |
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NOAA weather satellite serie. |
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These satellites transmit continuously, among other things, medium resolution images |
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of the earth on 137Mhz. |
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These transmitions could be easely received with |
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an inexpensive antenna and dedicated receiver. |
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Output from such a receiver, is an audio signal that could be recorded |
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Atpdec is an open source program that decodes images transmitted by POES |
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NOAA weather satellite series. |
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These satellites transmit continuously, among other things, medium |
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resolution images of the earth on 137Mhz. |
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These transmissions could be easily received with an inexpensive antenna |
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and dedicated receiver. |
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Output from such a receiver, is an audio signal that could be recorded |
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into a soundfile with any soundcard. |
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Atpdec will convert these sounfiles into .png images. |
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For each soundfile up to 4 images could be generated : |
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1) Raw image : contains the 2 transmitted channel images + telemetry and synchro pulses. |
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Raw image is not calibrated, so it could be too dark or too light depending of |
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the recording level. |
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2) Calibrated channel A image |
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3) Calibrated channel B image |
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4) False color image |
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1. Raw image : contains the 2 transmitted channel images + telemetry |
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and synchro pulses. |
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2. Calibrated channel A image |
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3. Calibrated channel B image |
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4. False color image |
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Input soundfiles must be mono signal sampled at 11025 Hz. |
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Atpdec use libsnd to read soundfile, so any sound file format supported by libsnd |
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