Ground-based Whole Sky Imagers (WSIs) are increasingly being used for various remote sensing applications. While the fundamental requirements of a WSI are to make it climate-proof with an ability to capture high resolution images, cost also plays a significant role for wider scale adoption. This paper proposes an extremely low-cost alternative to the existing WSIs. In the designed model, high resolution images are captured with auto adjusting shutter speeds based on the surrounding light intensity. Furthermore, a manual data backup option using a portable memory drive is implemented for remote locations with no internet access.
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@article{arxiv.2106.03073,
title = {An Extremely-low Cost Ground-Based Whole Sky Imager},
author = {Mayank Jain and Isabella Gollini and Michela Bertolotto and Gavin McArdle and Soumyabrata Dev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.03073},
year = {2021}
}
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Published in IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2021