{"id":165,"date":"2018-08-16T20:24:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T20:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:53:32","slug":"x","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/","title":{"rendered":"McIDAS-X"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-content\/themes\/mcidas\/include\/img\/suite-overview-images\/X-BLUGRN.JPG\" style=\"width: 400px; padding-top:0px; padding-left:20px;\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Global display of GOES East satellite data\" ><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMcIDAS-X is SSEC\u2019s sophisticated package used for <span class=\"small\">visualization and manipulation<\/span> of geophysical data in a wide variety of formats. Typical data types include geostationary and polar orbiting meteorological satellites, NEXRAD radar, surface and upper-air observations, gridded numerical forecasts, NOAAPORT text products, and data from special observing networks. The McIDAS-X package is designed to work in both real-time operational and in research environments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Visit the links below for additional information about McIDAS-X.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/capabilities\/\">Sample Capabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/#sysreqs\">System Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/doc\/\">Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/download\/\">Download<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/mug\/\">McIDAS Users\u2019 Group (MUG)<\/a> members subscribed to the McIDAS-X participation category can download the McIDAS-X software.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McIDAS-X is SSEC\u2019s sophisticated package used for visualization and manipulation of geophysical data in a wide variety of formats. Typical data types include geostationary and polar orbiting meteorological satellites, NEXRAD radar, surface and upper-air observations, gridded numerical forecasts, NOAAPORT text products, and data from special observing networks. The McIDAS-X package is designed to work in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-165","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions\/3992"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}