2015 McIDAS Users' Group Meeting 8-11 June 2015

All MUG Meeting activities will take place at Union South and the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. [Google map] All times below are subject to change.

Monday 8 June:
Day 1 of the meeting, and the first of two days of presentations and discussions. All events this day will take place at Union South. Registration check-in will take place from noon until 1:00 p.m. The meeting will run from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., followed by the working reception from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday 9 June:
Day 2 of the meeting consists of presentations and discussions. Continental breakfast will take place at Union South from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. The presentations and discussions will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Union South.

All times, topics and presenters are subject to change.

Monday 08 June 2015:

Time	Topic/Presentation	Presenter
noon - 1:00 p.m.	Registration
1:00 - 1:15 p.m.	Meeting Starts with Introductions and Agenda Review
1:15 - 1:30 p.m.	Welcome	Hank Revercomb (SSEC)
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.	McIDAS Program Status	Dave Santek (SSEC)
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.	McIDAS Users' Group (MUG) Update	Becky Schaffer (SSEC)
2:15 - 2:45 p.m.	McIDAS-XCD Replacement	Kevin Baggett and Jerrold Robaidek (SSEC)
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.	McIDAS SDI Status Update	Jerrold Robaidek (SSEC)
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.	Group Photo and Break
3:30 - 4:15 p.m.	McIDAS-X Software Demonstration	Jay Heinzelman and Dave Santek (SSEC)
4:15 - 4:30 p.m.	SSEC Data Center	Jerrold Robaidek (SSEC)
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.	RealEarth Demonstration	Russ Dengel and Dave Parker (SSEC)
5:00 - 6:30 p.m.	Working Reception

Tuesday 09 June 2015:

Time	Topic/Presentation	Presenter
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.	Status of NOAA Satellite Operations & McIDAS at ESPC	Jason Taylor and Tony Salemi (NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD)
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Use of McIDAS at EUMETSAT Data Centre	Sauli Joro (EUMETSAT)
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.	McIDAS-X Applications at the Aviation Weather Center	Amanda Terborg (Aviation Weather Center)
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.	Antarctic Meteorological Research Center's McIDAS Usage and Future Cyber-infrastructure	Carol Costanza and David Mikolajczyk (AMRC)
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 - 12:15 p.m.	McIDAS-V Software Demonstration	Bob Carp and Jay Heinzelman (SSEC)
12:15 - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch on Your Own
1:30 - 1:45 p.m.	Using the McIDAS-V Scripting API for Daily Research Tasks	Joleen Feltz (CIMSS)
1:45 - 2:00 p.m.	McIDAS in the Classroom: Tales of a Wayward McIDAS Site Coordinator	Matthew Lazzara (AMRC and Madison College)
2:00 - 2:25 p.m.	McIDAS Activities at NASA Langley Research Center	Doug Spangenberg (NASA-LaRC)
2:25 - 2:45 p.m.	Using McIDAS to Prepare Users for the ABI	Mathew Gunshor (CIMSS)
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.	Using McIDAS to perform validation and applications for Himawari and ABI	William Straka (CIMSS)
3:00 - 3:15 p.m.	Break
3:15 - 3:45 p.m.	McIDAS Advisory Committee (MAC) Update and Group Discussion	Joleen Feltz (CIMSS)
3:45 - 4:15 p.m.	McIDAS: The First True GIS Mashup	Tommy Jasmin (CIMSS)
4:15 - 4:30 p.m.	Meeting Wrap-up / Evaluations
4:30 p.m.	Meeting Adjourns

McIDAS Training Sessions

Wednesday 10 June and Thursday 11 June:
Days 3 and 4 of the meeting are optional training days and thus require that the additional training fee (see the Information page) to have been paid at registration. On each of the two days, continental breakfast will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m at SSEC, and the McIDAS training will run from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at DoIT (which is across the street from SSEC).

The two training sessions that will be offered - McIDAS-V Basic and McIDAS-V Scripting - are each two days long so you can attend one or the other, not both. See the descriptions below for more information about their content. Training sessions are limited to 40 per session. SSEC reserves the right to modify or cancel the meeting and training sessions due to low attendance.

The McIDAS-V Basic session will be similar to the training offered at the 2013 MUG Meeting. We will again use the McIDAS-V tutorials to provide step-by-step instructions on how to utilize the features of McIDAS-V. We will review examples and problem sets in the tutorials and also provide additional time for student questions and exploration. The basic topics include how to use Satellite Imagery, Hyperspectral Data, Radar, Point Observations, and Gridded Data within McIDAS-V. This session is intended for a range of users, from beginners with no experience to moderate users who would like to increase their knowledge and explore new topics.

The McIDAS-V Scripting session will be an expanded version of the McIDAS-V Scripting workshop offered at the 2013 MUG Meeting. This session concentrates on background processing, which includes running bundles and writing Jython scripts to create products. An overview of commonly used functions will be presented along with a demonstration of their usage within sample scripts. Students will then be given the opportunity to complete exercises designed to reinforce the presented material. There will be time at the end of the session for questions regarding scripting needs at your site.

For more information about the 2015 MUG Meeting, send e-mail to Nancy Troxel-Hoehn or call her at (608) 263-6721. To register, go to the MUG Meeting Registration Form.

Note: SSEC reserves the right to modify or cancel the meeting and/or training sessions if the number of registrations do not meet that needed to sufficiently cover the costs. The registration deadline is April 15th, and any decision to cancel the meeting and/or training will be made by May 1st. SSEC also reserves the right to limit the number of attendees per site or organization due to limited space in the MUG Meeting facilities (auditorium and computer labs).

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