2019 MUG Meeting – Agenda
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| All MUG Meeting activities will take place at the Pyle Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus [Google map]. All times below are subject to change. |
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Schedule
Monday 16 September:
Day 1 of the meeting is the first of two days of presentations and discussions. Registration check-in will take place from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. outside of Room 335 of the Pyle Center. The meeting will take place in Room 335 and run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., followed by the working reception from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday 17 September:
Day 2 of the meeting begins with a break-out session for current McIDAS-XCD MUG Members, followed by the second and final day of presentations and discussions. The meeting will take place in Room 335 of the Pyle Center. The XCD break-out session is at 9:00 a.m. and the rest of the meeting will run from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday 18 September:
Day 3 of the meeting is the first day of optional McIDAS workshops. This day offers optional McIDAS-X or McIDAS-V training and requires that an additional training fee (see the Information page) has been paid at registration. On this day, continental breakfast will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m., and the McIDAS training will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in rooms 312 and 315 of the Pyle Center. See the McIDAS Training Sessions section below for details.
Thursday 19 September:
Day 4 of the meeting is the second day of optional McIDAS workshops. This day offers optional McIDAS-X or McIDAS-V training and requires that an additional training fee (see the Information page) has been paid at registration. On this day, continental breakfast will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m., and the McIDAS training will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in rooms 312 and 315 of the Pyle Center. See the McIDAS Training Sessions section below for details.
Agenda
Here is the planned agenda for the MUG Meeting presentations. All times, topics and presenters are subject to change.
Monday, September 16th
| 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | Registration Check-in & Refreshments | |
| 10:00 | Introductions and Agenda Review Becky Schaffer – SSEC |
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| 10:15 | Welcome Brad Pierce – Director, SSEC |
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| 10:30 | McIDAS Program Status Dave Santek – SSEC/CIMSS |
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| 10:50 | McIDAS Users’ Group (MUG) Status Update Becky Schaffer – SSEC |
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| 11:10 | McIDAS-XCD 2019.1 and Replacement Update Kevin Baggett – SSEC |
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| 11:25 | SSEC Satellite Data Services Jerrold Robaidek – SSEC |
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| 11:45 | Cloud-free GOES-16 Images Rick Kohrs – SSEC |
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| 12:05 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch on your own ** NO outside food is allowed in the Pyle Center. ** Outside beverages are allowed. |
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| 1:30 | McIDAS-X Software Demonstration Jay Heinzelman and Dave Santek – SSEC |
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| 2:30 | Status of NOAA Satellite Operations & McIDAS at ESPC Josh Jankot & Clay Davenport – NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/ESPC |
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| 3:00 | Group Picture and Break | |
| 3:30 | McIDAS–X and –V at CIRA Debra Molenar – CIRA |
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| 3:45 | SSEC Data Ingestor (SDI) Scott Mindock – SSEC/CIMSS |
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| 4:00 | Satellites and McIDAS Output in WebVR Jerrold Robaidek & Clayton Suplinski – SSEC |
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| 4:15 | Group Discussion | |
| 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. | Working Reception – Pyle Center Alumni Lounge with Virtual Reality demonstrations from SSEC SDS |
Tuesday, September 17th
| 9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | McIDAS-XCD Breakout Session for current McIDAS-XCD MUG Members |
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| 9:00 –10:00 a.m. | Refreshments outside of Room 335 | |
| 10:00 | McIDAS Imagery Produced for NCAR/EOL Field Campaigns Carol Costanza – NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory |
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| 10:20 | How McIDAS-V Can Support JPSS Activities William Straka – SSEC/CIMSS |
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| 10:40 | McIDAS-V Software Demonstration Bob Carp and Jay Heinzelman – SSEC |
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| 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch on your own ** NO outside food is allowed in the Pyle Center. ** Outside beverages are allowed. |
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| 1:30 | RealEarth Update Russ Dengel – SSEC |
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| 2:00 | Visualizing TROPOMI Data in McIDAS-V Tommy Jasmin – SSEC/CIMSS |
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| 2:30 | Unidata Activities in the Jetstream Cloud Tom Yoksas – Unidata |
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| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:15 | Python ADDE Project Dave Santek – SSEC/CIMSS |
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| 3:30 | McIDAS History & Future Dave Santek – SSEC/CIMSS |
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| 3:45 | Group Discussion | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Meeting Adjourns |
McIDAS Training Sessions (optional)
Wednesday & Thursday, 18-19 September 2019
– Rooms 312 & 315 of the Pyle Center
Days 3&4 (September 18-19) are optional training days and require an additional training fee (see the Information page) to have been paid at registration. On this day, continental breakfast will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m., and the McIDAS training will run from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in rooms 312 (McIDAS-X) & 315 (McIDAS-V) of the Pyle Center.
If possible, attendees should bring their own laptop with McIDAS-X 2019.1 and McIDAS-V 1.8 installed for training. If you are not able to bring a laptop, please contact us so we can help make suitable arrangements.
The McIDAS Workshops are full-day sessions that will cover new data types and new features available in McIDAS-X and McIDAS-V. Two courses will be offered on September 18, a basic McIDAS-X course and a basic McIDAS-V course, geared at new users of McIDAS. Two courses will also be offered on September 19, an advanced McIDAS-X course and an advanced McIDAS-V course, geared at advanced users of McIDAS, as well as those who just completed the basic session.
McIDAS-X Training - Room 312
Day 1: McIDAS-X Basics
Intended for new users of McIDAS-X, this training session will cover basic functionality of the software. The introduction will begin with setting up the user environment, starting McIDAS, and command line structure. The ADDE (Abstract Data Distribution Environment) will be used to set up local and remote datasets for data access. Users will learn to access each of the basic data types (Satellite Imagery, Gridded Model, and Observational Point Data), as well as other data types like Text and netCDF.
Day 2: McIDAS-X Advanced Topics
Intended for users already familiar with the basics of McIDAS-X, this training session will cover some of the more advanced and newer functionality of the software:
- visualizing and manipulating images from newer satellites such as NOAA-20, GOES-16/17 ABI and ABI L2 Products
- displaying GLM lightning data
- displaying RGB imagery
- python scripting in McIDAS-X
McIDAS-V Training - Room 315
Day 1: McIDAS-V Basics
Intended for new users of McIDAS-V, this training session will cover basic functionality of the software and displaying data from a variety of data sources. Users will learn to visualize real-time data from the GOES-16, -17 and NOAA-20 satellites, and to analyze polar satellite data using McIDAS-V’s hyperspectral functionality. Users will learn to display real-time radar, point observation, and gridded model data. The 3-D functionality of McIDAS-V will be featured when displaying gridded data.
Day 2: McIDAS-V Advanced Topics
Intended for users already familiar with McIDAS-V, this training session will cover some of the more advanced functionality of the software. Among the topics covered will be creating bundles and color enhancements to customize your display, using native formulas, and creating user-defined formulas. An introduction to scripting in the Jython Shell will be presented, featuring various scripting functions to load, manipulate and analyze data and to save the final display.
| For more information about the 2019 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 August 2nd, and any decision to cancel the meeting and/or training will be made by August 16th. 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).