Unidata McIDAS-X

McIDAS-X
The Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) is a large, research quality suite of applications used for decoding, analyzing, and displaying meteorological data for research and education. The software can be used with conventional observational, satellite, and grid-point data. more >

McIDAS-X News and Announcements

• v2008 Release Announcement
• v2008 Updates/Bugfixes (updated 20090622)
• v2008 Release Notes
• v2008 Program Sunset Information
• v2008 Known Bugs and Advisories

Getting Started with McIDAS-X

• Register as a Unidata User: why this is required
• Obtaining Unidata McIDAS-X
• Obtaining McIDAS-X for XP
• ABCs of Upgrading from a Previous Distribution
• Installing and Configuring McIDAS-X
• Publically Accessible McIDAS ADDE servers

McIDAS-X Documentation and Training

• Software Copyright
• Supported Platforms
• Unidata McIDAS-X User's Guide (html)
• Unidata McIDAS-X Learning Guide (html)
• Unidata McIDAS-X Training Workshop (html)
• Miscellaneous McIDAS documents
• McIDAS Programmer's Reference Manual (SSEC)

McIDAS-X Support

• Subscribe to the McIDAS-X mailing list
• Search or browse the McIDAS support archives
• Search or browse the McIDAS-X mailing list archives
• Search the or browse LDM-McIDAS support archives

Old McIDAS-X Distribution(s)

• Unidata McIDAS v2008 Home Page

Examples of McIDAS-X Display Capabilities
Unidata McIDAS-X can be used for visualization and manipulation of geophysical data in a wide variety of formats:

	Meteorological Analysis McIDAS-X can perform meteorological analyses for conventional observation and grid-point data.
	Radar Imagery McIDAS-X may be used for real-time access to and display of radar data such as NEXRAD.
	Satellite Imagery McIDAS-X can be used to analyze any major satellite data sets: GOES, POES, METEOSAT, GMS, MODIS, FY-2, etc.

More examples of McIDAS-X display capabilities: • Image Examples • Russ Dengel's PDA Wx Display

What is Unidata McIDAS?
Unidata McIDAS is a combination of several packages developed at SSEC, the Unidata Program Center (UPC), and Active State. more >