Implementation of NOAA Weather Satellite Receiver using HackRF-One SDR

Weather satellites enables mankind to monitor and keep track of climatic conditions on the earth. They provide images of cloud pattern that helps to predict range of atmospheric temperature, possibility of rainfall, formation of cyclones, etc. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA has launched a series of sophisticated satellites for weather monitoring. The images captured by these satellites can be received by any individual by setting up a portable weather station at any geographical location. Generally, off-the-self satellite receivers are rigid in configuration and costly as well. In this paper, implementation of a simple portable satellite signal receiving system using HackRF SDR board for reception of weather images from NOAA satellite is presented. Using this SDR receiver, live weather data of any geographical location can be directly received. A RaspberryPi board is also included in the system to convert received data packets to weather images and display it on a monitor.