McIDAS User's Guide
 Version 2012.1
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Commands in this category operate on point data, including McIDAS MD files containing conventional data such as synoptic, surface hourly, ship, buoy, and upper-air observations.
| Command | Purpose | 
|---|---|
| ALTIM | Calculates sounding data at standard aviation heights or pressures. | 
| DOQTL | Selectively deletes MD files. | 
| HODO | Plots a hodograph of upper-air data. | 
| ISENT | Calculates theta surface levels for upper air data. | 
| LSCHE | Lists an MD file schema. | 
| MDE | Edits MD files. | 
| MDU | MD file utility. | 
| MDX | Plots or grids data from MD files or grids. | 
| MFPLOT | Plots a frequency distribution of MD file data. | 
| PTCON | Converts point data to grids; displays contours and plots. | 
| PTCOPY | Copies point data from one dataset to another. | 
| PTDISP | Displays point data. | 
| PTLIST | Lists point data in a dataset. | 
| RAOBCON | Contours upper-air data from IRAB-schema point files. | 
| RAOBPLOT | Plots upper-air data from IRAB-schema point files. | 
| SCHE | Adds a schema to the schema file. | 
| SFCCON | Contours surface hourly data from ISFC-schema point files. | 
| SFCLIST | Lists surface hourly data from point files. | 
| SFCMG | Displays a surface meteorogram. | 
| SFCPLOT | Plots surface hourly data from ISFC-schema point files. | 
| TXT2MD | Creates an MD file from an ASCII text data file. | 
| UACROSS | Plots a vertical cross section of upper-air data. | 
| UALIST | Lists upper air data. | 
| UAPLOT | Plots a sounding on a thermodynamic diagram. | 
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