>From: jeff underwood <address@hidden> >Organization: SIU >Keywords: 200402161748.i1GHmRrV010416 McIDAS MD Jeff, >Can you provide information about surface met data format for McIdas (MD >files???). What does MD-file data look like (format)? You can learn about the layout of a McIDAS MD file in the McIDAS Programmers Reference Manual: Unidata HomePage http://my.unidatas.ucar.edu Software http://my.unidatas.ucar.edu/content/software McIDAS http://my.unidatas.ucar.edu/content/software/mcidas/index.html Documentation and Training http://my.unidatas.ucar.edu/content/software/mcidas/2003/document.html McIDAS Programmer's Reference Manual http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/mug/prog_man/prog_man.html Check out the section 'MDXXnnnn' in Chapter 6 - Format of the Data Files. >Are there >conversion programs available to change other formats to MD-files? Yes. McIDAS is distributed with a routine, TXT2MD, that converts ASCII text files of data into McIDAS MD files. TXT2MD, while being very useful, is not a truely generic routine. The input data must be in a particular format. Also, the end user needs to be conversant with McIDAS MD file schemas so that s/he can create a file that holds the desired data in a useful way. >Is there an archive where MD data can be retrieved? When the Unidata-Wisconsin datastream (IDD feed type UNIWISC aka MCIDAS) contained MD file data, the files were archived at SSEC. The archiving of the files ceased in 1999 when the datastream transitioned to imagery only. >Any help that you can provide is greatly appreciated. What data are you looking for? >Thank you, Cheers, Tom Yoksas --
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