McIDAS Programmer's Manual

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Image-specific characteristics

Some aspects of McIDAS-X area files are specific to their image type. This section describes characteristics specific to the following types:

• Meteosat PDUS
• Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Level 1.5
• GVAR Imager
• GVAR Block 11
• GVAR Sounder
• GOES VISSR
• GOES-7
• AVHRR
• TIP data
• GMS
• DMSP
• Geographic Projections

Although the descriptions for each image type vary, most include information about the directory, data, navigation and calibration blocks.