Getting Started

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Getting Started

The Man-computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) is a powerful data ingest, management, and analysis system for meteorological research and operational weather forecasting. The McIDAS database contains both real-time weather satellite and conventional weather data which you can access and analyze. For example, with McIDAS you can:

view a time sequence of real-time satellite images
track cloud motions
color enhance displayed images
overlay surface and upper air contoured analyses on satellite imagery
calculate derived parameters
display thermodynamic diagrams

This Learning Guide introduces you to McIDAS-X and teaches you the basic tools and concepts needed to use the system. The lessons build upon one another, so you will learn most effectively completing them in order. This lesson describes how to:

start and exit McIDAS
log on to the workstation
use online helps
raise windows
stop commands

The following commands are used in this lesson:

Command	Function
EXIT	exits the McIDAS session
GLOBKEY	lists global keyword parameters and examples
HELP	lists online documentation
KILL	stops a command
LOGON	logs you on to the McIDAS system
+	raises the image window
?	lists the currently running McIDAS commands
/	stops a command

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