Download McIDAS-X v. 2022.1

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McIDAS-X 2022.1 – released 23 Dec 2022

McIDAS-X Software

2022.1 Installation Instructions

Download Software

Download (e.g., right-click and select Save) the following files to the ~mcidas directory on your McIDAS-X workstation.

McIDAS-XRD

See -XRD Information Page for more information on McIDAS-XRD.

Past Versions

See the past versions page for links to download files and other materials from past versions.

System Requirements

2022.1 Operating Systems

Apple – supported on macOS 12.x
  1. Tested on macOS 12.3 (Apple processor):
    1. gcc & gfortran 12.2
    2. XQuartz X server
  1. Tested on macOS 12.2 (Intel processor):
    1. gcc & gfortran 11.2
    2. XQuartz X server
Red Hat – supported on RHEL 7.x and 8.x
  1. Tested on:
    1. Enterprise Linux 8.5 Intel w/ gcc & gfortran 8.5
    2. Enterprise Linux 7.9 Intel w/ gcc & gfortran 4.8.5
Microsoft Windows – supported on Windows®10 with WSL
  1. Tested on Windows®10:
    1. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
    2. Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
    3. gcc & gfortran 9.30

Complete System Requirements

Future OS Support Plans

OS User Survey Results

Note: The installation will fail if the names of the downloaded files do not exactly match those listed. If your web browser changes the names of the files during download (e.g., mcidas2022.1.tar.Z becomes mcidas2022_1_tar.Z), you must rename the files before installing.

What's New in McIDAS-X 2022.1

The Top Ten

  1. Added support for McIDAS-X on macOS systems with Apple silicon processors, and preliminary support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. See the Installing McIDAS-X page in the McIDAS-X User’s Guide for the complete list of supported system configurations.
  2. Added new calibration and navigation modules for the new MTG (Meteosat Third Generation) ADDE servers.  The MTG FCI servers are being released as a preliminary release separate from McIDAS-X.  These will be the first operational servers written in Python and will be officially released when they are fully tested with data from the satellite.
  3. The NEXRAD servers and McIDAS-XCD modules were updated to handle the new NEXRAD super resolution WSR Level 3 Products made available in February 2022.
  4. Updated GOES-R Series ABI and GLM servers with additional bug fixes and enhancements, including adding the NOAA STAR enhancements used in the GOES Image Viewer to -XRD, and added support of new variables in Level 2 Aerosol Detection Smoke and Dust fields, as well as in Level 2 & 3 NOAA Vlab GLM products.
  5. Updated the VIIRS  servers to read VIIRS EDR files and to improve scaling for some bands.
  6. Updated the Himawari servers to correctly identify Himawari-9 images and to use a new format of HimawariCast data available from Eumetsat.
  7. The GRIB servers and GRD* commands were updated to list and display GRIB data with entire atmosphere levels (EATM) and additional sigma levels (SIGM).
  8. The mcinet.sh script was updated allow the McIDAS-X system service to be controlled by systemd or xinetd, and to better report the status of the remote ADDE servers.
  9. Updated USCOUNTY.MAP, USSTATE.MAP and USZONE.MAP files with the most recent National Weather Service GIS-AWIPS Shapefile database updates.
  10. Updated the McIDAS-XRD Package included in the McIDAS-X installation files to include one new command (DAYNITE, which combines a visible and infrared image at the terminator) and seven new data files (STAR-ABI_*.ET, which are the standard enhancements used in the GOES Image Viewer).

See 2022.1 Significant Changes to see a more complete listing of the significant changes, or see 2022.1 – All Software Changes to see a list of all of the code changes included in the release.

If upgrading from an older version, see the past versions page for links to download files and documentation from past versions.