Chapter 1
Introduction to McIDAS-XCD
The McIDAS-X Conventional
data Decoder (McIDAS-XCD) enables workstations running McIDAS-X to directly
receive and process data from the National Weather Service Family of Services
and the NWSTG/NCEP channel of the National Weather Service NOAAPORT broadcast.
All of the operational McIDAS-XCD client commands for accessing conventional
data have been removed from the McIDAS-XCD package. These commands have been
replaced with ADDE (Abstract Data Distribution Environment) commands distributed
with McIDAS-X.
This introduction
consists of the following topics:
