{"id":1455,"date":"2019-02-13T22:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T22:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=1455"},"modified":"2019-02-14T22:10:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T22:10:43","slug":"2018-agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/2018-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 MUG Meeting &#8211; Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/\">Main<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/2018-information\/\">Information<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/2018-agenda\/\">Agenda<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/2018-presentations\/\">Presentations<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAll MUG Meeting activities will take place at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.union.wisc.edu\/visit-unionsouth.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Union South<\/a> on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a> campus. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/viewer?mid=1fcYw5-C0mzpWEXWETN66SouVKpEtiO21&amp;ll=43.07139943688909%2C-89.40299162015992&amp;z=15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Google<\/em> map<\/a>] All times below are subject to change.<\/p>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box-group mcidas-box-group-1-columns \" >\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><strong>Tuesday 22 May:<\/strong><br \/>\nDay 1 of the meeting, and 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 Varsity Hall 1. The meeting will take place in Varsity Hall 1 and run from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., followed by the working reception from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 23 May:<\/strong><br \/>\nDay 2 of the meeting consists of the second and final day of presentations and discussions. The meeting will take place in Varsity Hall 1 and run from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 24 May:<\/strong><br \/>\nDay 3 of the meeting, consisting of the McIDAS workshop. This day offers optional McIDAS-X and McIDAS-V training and thus requires that the additional training fee (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/2018-information\/\">Information page<\/a>) 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. See the <a href=\"#training\">McIDAS Training Session<\/a> section below for details.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script>\n\t\t\t\t$(document).ready(function(){\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box-group\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t\t$(\".mcidas-box\").children(\"p\").remove();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Here is the planned schedule for the main meeting (presentations). All times, topics and presenters are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Tuesday 22 May 2018 &#8211; Varsity Hall 1:<\/em><\/h2>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th width=\"20%\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"50%\"><strong>Topic\/Presentation<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"30%\"><strong>Presenter<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">9:00 &#8211; 10:00 a.m.<\/td>\n<td>Registration Check-in<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">10:00 &#8211; 10:15 a.m.<\/td>\n<td>Meeting Starts with Introductions and Agenda Review<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>10:15 &#8211; 10:45 a.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS Program Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dave Santek (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>10:45 &#8211; 11:00 a.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS Users&#8217; Group (MUG) Status Update<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Becky Schaffer (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>11:00 &#8211; 11:20 a.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS-XCD 2018.1 and Replacement Update<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kevin Baggett (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>11:20 &#8211; 11:40 a.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>SSEC Data Ingestor (SDI)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Scott Mindock (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>11:40 &#8211; noon<\/td>\n<td><strong>SSEC Satellite Data Services<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jerrold Robaidek (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">noon &#8211; 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Lunch on Your Own<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>1:30 &#8211; 2:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS-X Software Demonstration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Jay Heinzelman and Dave Santek (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">2:30 &#8211; 3:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>NOAA Satellites &amp; McIDAS at ESPC<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Clay Davenport (ESPC\/OSDPD\/NSOF)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>3:00 &#8211; 3:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Group Photo and Break<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">3:30 &#8211; 3:45 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>SDS RabbitMQ Messaging System<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Rick Kohrs (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">3:45 &#8211; 4:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS-X at NASA SPoRT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kevin McGrath (MSFC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">4:00 &#8211; 4:15 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS Utility at the Aviation Weather Center<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Amanda Terborg (AWC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">4:15 &#8211; 4:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>GOES-16 Dissemination in Unidata<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tom Yoksas (Unidata)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>4:30 &#8211; 5:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><b>McIDAS Advisory Committee (MAC) Update and Group Discussion<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Kris Bedka (NASA-Langley) and Jason Taylor (NOAA\/NESDIS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>5:00 &#8211; 6:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Working Reception &#8211; Union South Pavilion<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><em>Wednesday 23 May 2018 &#8211; Varsity Hall 1:<\/em><\/h2>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<th width=\"20%\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"50%\"><strong>Topic\/Presentation<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"30%\"><strong>Presenter<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\">9:30 &#8211; 11:00 a.m.<br \/>\n<em>Optional<\/em><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Today&#8217;s start time is 11:00 a.m. because of an SSEC Director candidate public presentation by one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.wisc.edu\/search-narrows-for-next-director-of-space-science-and-engineering-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">four finalists<\/a>. Today&#8217;s presentation, <em>Always Searching for New and Novel Applications of Satellite Data<\/em>, is by Bryan Duncan, a research physical scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and a project scientist for the Aura satellite mission. It takes place in Union South (same location as the MUG Meeting) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.wisc.edu\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/16\/finalists-named-for-uw-madisons-space-science-and-engineering-center-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Marquee Theatre from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.<\/a> You are welcome to attend.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>11:00 a.m. &#8211; noon<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS-V Software Demonstration<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bob Carp and Jay Heinzelman (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">noon &#8211; 1:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Lunch on Your Own<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>1:30 &#8211; 1:50 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>Science Made Simple with McIDAS-V and CDP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tommy Jasmin (SSEC\/CIMSS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>1:50 &#8211; 2:20 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS Utilization at NASA-Langley<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Kris Bedka (NASA-Langley)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>2:20 &#8211; 2:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS-V for International Training <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Erin Dagg (CIRA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>2:30 &#8211; 2:50 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>CIMSS Support of JPSS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>William Straka (SSEC\/CIMSS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>2:50 &#8211; 3:05 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Break<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>3:05 &#8211; 3:45 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>RealEarth Update<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Russ Dengel (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>3:45 &#8211; 4:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>CIMSS Satellite Blog<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Scott Lindstrom (SSEC\/CIMSS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>4:00 &#8211; 4:30 p.m.<\/td>\n<td><strong>McIDAS History &amp; Future<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Dave Santek (SSEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>4:30 &#8211; 5:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Open Discussion<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>5:00 p.m.<\/td>\n<td>Meeting Adjourns<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><a name=\"training\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><em>Thursday 24 May 2018 &#8211; McIDAS Training Session (optional)<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Day 3 (May 24th) is an optional training day and thus requires that the additional training fee (see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/support\/meetings\/2018-information\/\">Information page<\/a>) 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. The room location will be communicated during the meeting portion (days 1 and 2).<\/p>\n<p><em>If possible, attendees should bring their own laptop, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/\">McIDAS-X 2018.1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/v\/download\/\">McIDAS-V 1.7u1<\/a> installed, for training. If you are not able to bring a laptop please contact us so we can help make suitable arrangements.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <em><strong>McIDAS Workshop<\/strong><\/em> is a full-day session that will cover new satellites and new features in McIDAS-X and McIDAS-V. The new satellites section will include information about GOES-16, GOES-17 and NOAA-20, as well as instructions for making and using local datasets in McIDAS-X. The new McIDAS-X features section will include exciting enhancements in versions 2017.2 and 2018.1, such as the Expanded Stretch Feature&#8217;s bit-depth changes to increase the detail in displayed imagery, the new RGBDISP command to loop color images, support for GOES-17 and NOAA-20, updates to GOES-16 and -17 GLM list and display commands, and ABI L2 Products usage. The new McIDAS-V features section will include using VIIRS data to generate RGBs and remove bowtie deletion lines, investigating GOES-16 L1b data using various display types and formulas, and running a script to display a loop of realtime imagery from a remote ADDE server.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 15px; padding-top: 0px;\">\n<p><em>[05\/15\/2018 Update: There will not be a <a href=\"https:\/\/realearth.ssec.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealEarth<\/a> segment during the Thursday McIDAS Training Session. Instead, a longer RealEarth demonstration is planned during the meeting on Wednesday.]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\">For more information about the 2018 MUG Meeting, send e-mail to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/cgi-bin\/email_form.cgi?name=Troxel-Hoehn, Nancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Troxel-Hoehn<\/a> or call her at (608) 263-6721. To register, go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/register\/index.php?action=view_form&amp;mid=445&amp;fid=44501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> MUG Meeting Registration Form<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"c3\"><strong>Note:<\/strong> 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. <strong>The registration deadline is April 6th, and any decision to cancel the meeting and\/or training will be made by April 13th.<\/strong> 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).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Main | Information | Agenda | Presentations All MUG Meeting activities will take place at Union South on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. 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