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Design of a Sky Camera-Based Cloud Monitoring Camera at the Agam Space and Atmospheric Observation Station, Bukit Kototabang

1 Department of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia
2 Agam Space and Atmospheric Observation Station, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
3 Center for Climate and Atmospheric Research, Earth and Maritime Research Organization, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia
4 Mechanical Engineering Study Center, UiTM Johor Pasir Gudang Campus, Johor, Malaysia
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Abstract

Indonesia is a center of convection and acts as a driving force for global atmospheric circulation due to its geographical position. Moreover, Kototabang Hill is one of the national strategic areas in the equatorial atmospheric observation room with limited cloud cover data so that tools and development are needed to meet these data needs. Sky Camera for the purpose of observing clouds (Cloud Camera) is urgently needed to complement the need for cloud cover data to support observation and research activities in the field of the atmosphere. The Cloud Camera design is done by modifying the CCD Camera with several supporting devices including fish eye, solar tracker, sun filter and dome. Evaluation of the urgency of these enhancements is discussed in this paper. Among the four combinations of using supporting instruments (dome and sun filter) for the Cloud Camera device, the best image obtained is the device that uses a sun filter and without a dome. Among the four combinations of using supporting instruments (dome and sun filter) for the Cloud Camera device, the best image obtained is the device that uses a sun filter and without a dome.

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Design of a Sky Camera-Based Cloud Monitoring Camera at the Agam Space and Atmospheric Observation Station, Bukit Kototabang . EKSAKTA [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 30 [cited 2026 Aug. 23];24(03):362-7. Available from: https://eksakta.ppj.unp.ac.id/index.php/eksakta/article/view/426

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