Welcome to the McIDAS Website!
In existence since 1973, McIDAS (Man computer Interactive Data
Access System) is a suite of sophisticated software packages
that perform a wide variety of functions with satellite imagery,
observational reports, numerical forecasts, and other geophysical
data. Those functions include displaying, analyzing, interpreting,
acquiring and managing the data. [
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This website, administered by McIDAS
User Services at the Space
Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) of the University
of Wisconsin-Madison, has a variety of uses, including:
- information for visitors interested in learning about the McIDAS software packages
- access to software, documentation and other information for McIDAS Users' Group members
- access to these free software packages: McIDAS-V (the
successor to McIDAS-X for 3D geophysical data analysis
and visualization), and OpenADDE (a
package used to serve geophysical data to client workstations)
Thank you for visiting the McIDAS Website!