{"id":638,"date":"2018-12-03T19:56:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T19:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/?page_id=638"},"modified":"2024-01-12T22:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T22:23:57","slug":"satellite","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/capabilities\/satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"McIDAS-X Satellite Imagery Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><br \/>\n[ Satellite |  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/capabilities\/model\/\">Model<\/a> |  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/capabilities\/obs\/\">Observation<\/a> |  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/software\/x\/capabilities\/gis\/\">GIS Apps<\/a> ]<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>McIDAS-X provides a robust suite of application tools for managing, processing, comparing and fusing data. Users access and integrate various data types by displaying images and graphics separately or simultaneously. Current, past and forecast data displays can be animated to monitor changes.<\/p>\n<p>McIDAS-X:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>includes support for GOES, NOAA\/POES, Meteosat, MSG, MODIS and other satellite data [see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSEC Satellite Data Services<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/datacenter\/real-time-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current list<\/a>]<\/li>\n<li>displays and manipulates images in a variety of formats, including McIDAS AREA, Aqua AIRS and MODIS Level 1b HDF, MSG Level 1.5, SAA POES\/NOAA KLM series AVHRR Level 1b, GVAR, and GOES ABI and MTG netCDF<\/li>\n<li>saves displayed images and graphics in GIF, JPEG and other formats<\/li>\n<li>converts raw values to radiometric or other units \u2013 such as radiance, albedo, brightness temperature<\/li>\n<li>contours radiometric values<\/li>\n<li>maps between radiometric values and grayscale<\/li>\n<li>manipulates images, allowing the user to:\n<ul>\n<li>mathematically combine or modify images<\/li>\n<li>filter the data with various algorithms \u2013 such as selecting data breakpoints, averaging or weighting surrounding pixels<\/li>\n<li>derive products from multi-spectral analysis \u2013 such as vegetation index, sea surface temperatures, cloud heights, rainfall, long wave flux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[All examples on this page were created using McIDAS-X software. Some were created by members of McIDAS User Services and some were downloaded from sites listed on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/\">SSEC Web page<\/a> under \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/research\">Research<\/a>\u201d or \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/data\">Images and Data<\/a>\u201c]<\/p>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box-group mcidas-box-group-2-columns \" >\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/goes12_remap.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/goes12_remap.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nDisplay in native projection and resolution, or convert images to other projections: Lambert Conformal, Mercator, Mollweide, polar stereographic, rectilinear, sinusoidal equal area, and tangent cone [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/goes12_remap.gif\">United States in four different projections<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/magnify.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/magnify.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nMagnify or blow down images from their original resolution<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/magnify.gif\">two views of Puerto Rico<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/antarctica.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/antarctica.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nCreate composite images:[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/antarctica.gif\">Antarctic composite<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/us-composite-over-topo.jpeg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/us-composite-over-topo.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nCreate composite images:[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/us-composite-over-topo.jpeg\">US composite<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/ALL-SAT-COMP.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/ALL-SAT-COMP.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nCreate composite images:[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/ALL-SAT-COMP.GIF\">global composite using all polar and geostationary meteorological satellites<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/latest_moll.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/latest_moll.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nCreate composite images:[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/latest_moll.gif\">global Mollweide composite<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/g10-loop.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/g10-loop.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nAnimate sequences of images to make a movie [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/g10-loop.gif\">GOES-10 IR loop<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-WV.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-WV.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nApply grayscale and color enhancements [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-WV.GIF\">GOES-12 water vapor<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/OHX-RADAR.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/OHX-RADAR.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nDisplay NEXRAD imagery [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/OHX-RADAR.GIF\">Nashville NEXRAD<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-FD.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-FD.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nOverlay images with maps and graphics from other data sources [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-FD.GIF\">full disk with map<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-CONUS.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-CONUS.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nOverlay images with maps and graphics from other data sources<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/EAST-CONUS.GIF\">United States with temperature contours<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/MID-PLOT.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/MID-PLOT.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nOverlay images with maps and graphics from other data sources<br \/>\n[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/MID-PLOT.GIF\">Midwest with station models<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/sst.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/sst.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Derive products from multi-spectral analysis \u2013 such as vegetation index, sea surface temperatures, cloud heights, rainfall, long wave flux [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/sst.gif\">sea surface temperatures<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/wg8wvir.GIF\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/wg8wvir.GIF\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nCalculate and display cloud drift winds [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/wg8wvir.GIF\">GOES-12 Mid- and Upper-level winds<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div  class=\"mcidas-box \" >\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-title-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mcidas-box-inner\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/NAVDISP-topo.gif\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/NAVDISP-topo.gif\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><br \/>\nPlot satellite navigation tracks [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ssec.wisc.edu\/mcidas\/images\/mcidas_capabilities\/NAVDISP-topo.gif\">predicted Terra passes<\/a>]<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ Satellite | Model | Observation | GIS Apps ] McIDAS-X provides a robust suite of application tools for managing, processing, 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