Join us online for another NOAA Innovators presentation on May 6th at 12pm Eastern, titled "WxLiveStream: Real-time Satellite Weather Data Streamed over the Internet."
Speaker: Dr. James Carr, Carr Astronautics, President
WxLiveStream is a subscription service providing subscribers without a GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) Rebroadcast (GRB) antenna with real-time access to GOES-R data products over the Internet. WxLiveStream streams content as Network Common Data Form (NetCDF) packets to facilitate immediate consumption by low latency user applications. The talk will describe the genesis of WxLiveStream from a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project, its service offerings, and cloud architecture.
Key Takeaways:
1. NOAA could offer a service like WxLiveStream
2. Building a high-reliability, real-time cloud application had its surprises
3. SBIR projects can evolve in quite different directions
About the Speaker: Dr. Carr is the founder of Greenbelt, Maryland-based Carr Astronautics, a small business familiar in the NOAA community from its work on the GOES-R and GOES-NOP programs. He has a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland. His company specializes in atmospheric remote sensing and space technology and services contracts with NOAA and NASA.