McIDAS Programmer's Manual
Version 2015

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Appendix B

Satellite Information

This appendix contains links to the current SSEC-assigned sensor source numbers used in McIDAS-X. It also contains links to the current band information for satellite data ingested in real time by the SSEC Data Center servers.

Sensor source numbers

  For a current list of Sensor Source numbers, see Appendix C: Sensor Source Numbers, in the McIDAS User's Guide.

Bands for satellite imagery

  For a current description of the bands for satellite data ingested in real time by the McIDAS-X servers, see Appendix D: Bands for Satellite Imagery, in the McIDAS User's Guide.

The tables containing the band information use terms that you may be unfamiliar with. They are defined below.

  For more information about the format of the satellite image data, see the AREAnnnn data file described in Chapter 6, Format of the Data Files.
  See the image-specific characteristics section in Chapter 6 for aspects of McIDAS-X area files that are specific to their image type.

 


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