WeatherDump

Multi-platform software for record, demodulate, decode and process data from weather satellites.

Supported Datalink Protocols

Protocol	Complete Name	Satellites	Band	Support Level
LRPT	Low Rate Picture Transfer	Meteor-MN2	VHF	Alpha
HRD	High Rate Data	NOAA-20 & Suomi	X-Band	Beta
APT	Automatic Picture Transfer	NOAA-15, NOAA-18 & NOAA-19	VHF	Planned (Beta 1)

Example Usage

Decoding and processing a Meteor-MN2 soft-symbol file:

weatherdump lrpt soft ./file_path.bin

Known Bugs

• The LRPT RGB composite is unsynchonized in most occasions. Will be corrected in Beta 1.
• Garbage collection bug causes the app to use a huge amount of memory. Will be corrected in Beta 1.

Upcoming Features List

The WeatherDump project roadmap is available in our Notion Page.

Changelog

Alpha 2

• Support for multiple decoders for each protocol.
• Added support to scrambled unsynchronized CADU files for HRD.
• Added support to synchronized unscrambled CADU files for HRD.
• Fix multi-thread image processing freezing.
• New decoder and processor progress indicator.
• New CLI argument for multiple decoders.
• Improved far from perfect documentation.
• First public release of GUI version.
• Statistical SCID recover.
• New LRPT frame stacker with proper line synchronization.
• Added RGB multispectral composites for LRPT.
• Exported functions better documentated.
• GUI stylesheet refactor following Airbnb's styleguide.
• Webfonts now loaded from the CSS.
• Improving multi-theme support.
• Implemented Golang module manager.
• Tabs routing to the right place.
• New Javascript library for the REST API.
• Fix WebSockets synchronization.
• General improvements to the REST API.
• Unified WebSockets handlers.
• New thumbnail generator API.
• Add support for multiple apps opened at the same time.
• New engine handler is now running on client-side.