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\nMcIDAS (Man computer Interactive Data Access System) is a suite of sophisticated software packages for use with geophysical data, such as satellite and radar imagery, in-situ observational reports, and gridded numerical forecasts. McIDAS has been in use and under continual development by the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)<\/a> at the University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a> since 1973, and we are committed to continue support at least through the current GOES-R Satellite Series, currently set to end operations in 2036. [McIDAS History<\/a>]<\/p>\n
The McIDAS packages perform a wide variety of functions with these data. Those functions include acquiring, displaying (static and time-lapse), analyzing, interpreting and managing the data. Designed to handle large amounts of data in a convenient manner, the McIDAS packages are a vast resource of image-processing and applications programs and subroutines. McIDAS hardware and software are used by a network of users around the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The four main packages, McIDAS-X, McIDAS-V, McIDAS-XCD and SDI, are described below.<\/p>\n
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McIDAS-X is SSEC’s sophisticated package used for 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>\n
Visit the links below for additional information about McIDAS-X.<\/p>\n
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- System Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n
- Sample Capabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
See the McIDAS-X software page<\/a> for the available versions. Only McIDAS Users’ Group (MUG)<\/a> members subscribed to the McIDAS-X participation category can download the McIDAS-X software.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nMcIDAS-V<\/h3>\n
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McIDAS-V is a free<\/strong>, open source, visualization and data analysis software package that is the next generation in SSEC’s 40 year history of sophisticated McIDAS software packages. McIDAS-V displays weather satellite and other geophysical data in 2- and 3-dimensions. McIDAS-V can also analyze and manipulate the data with its powerful mathematical functions. McIDAS-V is built on SSEC’s VisAD and Unidata’s IDV libraries, and the functionality of SSEC’s HYDRA software package is also being integrated into McIDAS-V for viewing and analyzing hyperspectral satellite data.<\/p>\n
Visit the links below for additional information about McIDAS-V.<\/p>\n
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- System Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n
- Sample Capabilities<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
See the McIDAS-V software page<\/a> for the available versions. User support is available through the McIDAS-V Support Forums<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nMcIDAS-XCD<\/h3>\n
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McIDAS-XCD (McIDAS-X Conventional data Decoder) enables workstations running McIDAS-X to process and serve the NCEP\/NWSTG channel of the National Weather Service NOAAPORT broadcast. McIDAS-XCD stores and serves its data in formats that are compatible with McIDAS-X. Users of the data normally run McIDAS-X to display, analyze and interpret the data.<\/p>\n
Only McIDAS Users’ Group (MUG)<\/a> members subscribed to the McIDAS-XCD participation category can download the McIDAS-XCD software.<\/p>\n
Visit the links below for additional information about McIDAS-XCD.<\/p>\n
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- Introduction to McIDAS-XCD<\/em><\/a> – McIDAS-XCD Administrator’s Guide, Chapter 1<\/li>\n
- System Configurations<\/a> – McIDAS-XCD Administrator’s Guide, Chapter 2<\/li>\n
- NOAAPORT Receive System<\/a> for information about the NOAAPORT ingest system<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\nSDI GRB Appliance - GOES-R Series Ingestor<\/h3>\n
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The SDI GRB Appliance is a networked device, pre-configured with software to ingest and distribute GOES-R Series satellite data from the GRB (GOES Rebroadcast) data stream. This SDI (SSEC Data Ingestor) is the third generation of satellite ingestors produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center.<\/p>\n
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\n The SDI GRB Appliance has four primary functions \u2013 Ingest, Notify, Distribute and Monitor.<\/p>\n \n
- Ingest<\/strong>: Data ingest in the SDI is accomplished using the CSPP Geo GRB software to create mission-standard netCDF-4 files.<\/li>\n
- Notify<\/strong>: Open source RabbitMQ software is used by the SDI to notify data consumers when data becomes available at one of its standard network interfaces.<\/li>\n
- Distribute<\/strong>: The SDI supports SFTP and NFS as standard output interfaces. Optionally the SDI supports the McIDAS ADDE data interface.<\/li>\n
- Monitor<\/strong>: The SDI can be monitored using Check_MK for standard and custom properties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n
See the SDI GRB Appliance page<\/a> for more information.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n