peterbbryan/NOAA-APT-decoder-experiments

CLI to decode NOAA APT imagery to better understand imagery decoding from radio signal

NOAA APT DECODER

A learning experiment in decoding NOAA APT signals "from scratch."

My DSP background is weak, so I'm still working to better understand the mechanics of the Hilbert transform to extract instantaneous amplitude information.

Sample use

A sample of the CLI usage using Fire:

python noaa_apt_decoder.py --in_path=06261434.wav --out_path image.png --black_point 5 --white_point 95 --components ["image_a","image_b"]

python noaa_apt_decoder.py --in_path 06261434.wav --out_path temp.png --black_point 5 --white_point 70 --components ["image_a"] --colorize True

Special thanks

I found the following resources invaluable:

• https://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/pubs/Users_Guide-Building_Receive_Stations_March_2009.pdf
• https://noaa-apt.mbernardi.com.ar/how-it-works.html
• https://github.com/zacstewart/apt-decoder