About McIDAS-V

McIDAS-V is a free, open source, visualization and data analysis software package that is the fifth generation in SSEC's 35+ year history of sophisticated McIDAS (Man computer Interactive Data Access System) software packages. McIDAS-V displays weather satellite (including hyperspectral) and other geophysical data in 2- and 3-dimensions, and can be used to analyze and manipulate the data with its powerful mathematical functions.

More McIDAS-V features and characteristics:

• Java-based, open-source, and freely available;
• Is built on VisAD and IDV and incorporates the functionality of McIDAS-X and HYDRA for viewing data, developing algorithms, and validating results;
• Includes tools for research and operational users of observational, model, and satellite data, including data from multi- and hyper-spectral sensors on both current and future satellites;
• Allows automatic reprojection of both local and remote data for easy integration of different data sources and formats; and
• Includes a “bridge” to McIDAS-X, allowing –X users to continue using legacy code in -X, while visualizing in McIDAS-V

Acknowledgements

The McIDAS-V development effort has been greatly assisted by open source licenses for YourKit Java Profiler.

• YourKit is kindly supporting open source projects with its full-featured Java Profiler. YourKit, LLC is the creator of innovative and intelligent tools for profiling Java and .NET applications. Take a look at YourKit's leading software products: YourKit Java Profiler and YourKit .NET Profiler.

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