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IDV and Objective Dvorak technique

I have recently developed a hurricane database of satellite observations (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/rsad/b1utc/b1utc.html). These have been calibrated for homogeneity in time and are stored in netCDF using the CF convention. However, most analysts want the data in a form which McIDAS can read because from there, they can produce Objective Dvorak Technique (ODT) estimates of tropical cyclone intensity. 
Does anyone plan to develop an ODT technique for IDV?
Does anyone have any suggestions aside from completely re-formatting the data to McIDAS? 
Thanks-
-Ken
[Note: Evidently, McIDAS can read netCDF files, but assumes they are grids and the McIDAS AODT algorithm doesn't work on grids, but on images. Hence, completely reformatting the data seems to be the only option] 

[Also: This question is also being posed to the MUG (McIDAS Users Group)]


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