Hi Grant,
On the AWS listing for NEXRAD data:
https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-nexrad/
You can see the listing for the `arn:aws:s3:::unidata-nexrad-level2-chunks`
S3 bucket. This bucket contains a freely available, real-time feed of the
individual chunks of Level 2 NEXRAD data (that once assembled form a full
volume). This is the lowest possible latency you have to the data, unless
you're upstream of us. On that page you'll also see a listing for an SNS
topic that will notify you when new chunks are available.
Both real-time chunks and full NEXRAD level 2 volumes are available on AWS
without a paywall--I'm not sure why you'd characterize it as "hard to
access outside of private vendors/paywalls".
Ryan
On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 6:35 PM Grant Wise <grwise1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am a recent university graduate who is working on building a realtime
> level II radar analysis program in Python. This is for personal use, as
> well as general research/storm analysis. I have found that accessing a real
> time level II feed can be a bit challenging. Are there any universities on
> this list that provide a real time feed?
> It's surprising to me that this data is so hard to access outside of
> private vendors/paywalls.
>
> Thank you for the help,
> Grant Wise
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