McIDAS-V Documentation

free, open source software for 3D geophysical data analysis and visualization

There are three main sources for McIDAS-V Documentation: the McIDAS-V User’s Guide, online tutorials, and instructional videos.

The McIDAS-V User’s Guide provides comprehensive information on how to use McIDAS-V and all its features. The McIDAS-V User’s Guide is available online and is also accessible within McIDAS-V from the main menu under Help.

The McIDAS-V tutorials provide step-by-step instructions on how to utilize the features of McIDAS-V. If you have never run McIDAS-V on your machine, you should start with Installation and Introduction, and then proceed to the data topics that interest you.

The instructional videos cover specific features of McIDAS-V. The Introduction video highlights many of the capabilities of McIDAS-V, while the others answer many of the frequently asked questions received at the McIDAS Help Desk.

We are constantly adding to the video library, so please submit a request in the McIDAS-V Support Forums if you have an idea for a new instructional video topic.

Documents
McIDAS-V User’s Guide HTML | PDF
Tutorials
  • Installation and Introduction
 PDF | Data [18 MB]
  • Satellite Imagery
 PDF | Data [346 MB]
  • Polar Satellite Imagery
 PDF | Data [395 MB]
  • Hyperspectral Data
 PDF | Data [203 MB]
  • JPSS Data
 PDF | Data [2725 MB]
  • GOES-16 Data
 PDF | Data [87 MB]
  • Level II Radar Imagery
 PDF | Data [76 MB]
  • Point Observations using ADDE
 PDF | Data [0.6 MB]
  • Point Observations using netCDF
 PDF | Data [6 MB]
  • Gridded Data
 PDF | Data [1002 MB]
  • Importing Text Files
 PDF | Data [0.6 MB]
  • Time Matching
 PDF
  • Basic Formulas
 PDF | Data [205 MB]
  • Basic Scripting
 PDF | Data [220 MB]
  • Advanced Scripting – User Defined Functions
 PDF | Data [11 MB]

Note: If present, the Data link downloads a zipped file containing all of the data files used in the corresponding tutorial.

Instructional Videos