McIDAS Learning Guide
Version 2015

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Grids and Grid Files

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Grids and Grid Files

A McIDAS grid is a lattice of regularly spaced data points. Grids can be generated from numerical models or observational data. When you contour observational data, it is interpolated and can be stored as a grid. Grids are stored in grid files.

This lesson describes how to:

The following commands are used in this lesson:

Command Function
GRDCOPY copies grids from one dataset to another
GRDDISP generates contours, streamlines or plots from grid data
GRDINFO lists, modifies, or statistically analyzes grid point values
GRDLIST lists grids in a dataset

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