Added the ability to add a Layer Visibility Animations button to the Main Toolbar in McIDAS-V. This can be done through the Toolbar Options tab of the User Preferences window. This allows you to animate through layers of data that do not have times associated with them without having to go through the menus.

Added the Hovmoller Display to the Displays panel of the Field Selector. Your display can be Time-Longitude or Time-Latitude, with either a color shaded or contour display. The display will be plotted in the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer, where you can change the color table, the time label format, and the order with respect to time of the display. This display can be used with both 2D and 3D model data, but not with 2D derived fields.

Added the ability to add logos to displays. This option can be found in the View->Properties menu item of the Main Display window. In the Main tab of the Properties dialog, there is a Logo panel. Here, you can select which image to add as the logo, select its location, and its size. You must also select the 'Show Logo' checkbox at the top of the tab for the logo to be visible. This will add a logo to the Main Display window. Certain types of displays are displayed in the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer. For these displays, an option to add a logo can be found in the item's Properties window, accessed through the Edit->Properties menu item in the Layer Controls tab.

Changed the way that wind barbs are plotted when the wind is between 0 and 2.5kts. Previously, these winds were regarded as calm and denoted by an open circle. Now, they are plotted as a staff with no flags.

Added a new class to support multispectral GEOCAT data. This data can now be loaded in through the Satellite->HYDRA chooser.

Added support for Level 2 Calipso/CloudSat types of data. This data can now be loaded in though the Satellite->HYDRA chooser.

Added a first release of a suite of fully supported Jython scripting tools. The functions and methods in this suite can be used to load and display data, manipulate the display, and save the images. This allows the user to automatically process data and generate displays for web pages and other environments. This scripting can be done from the Jython shell within McIDAS-V, or from a Jython script that can be invoked as a command line argument. Please see Scripting for the list of supported functions, an example script, and links to various Java docs.

Added a new feature to HYDRA Scatter Analysis displays to output statistical information pertinent to the data. After creating a Scatter Analysis display, a new button has been added to the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer, called 'compute statistics'. When this button is clicked, a Scatter Statistics window will open, listing statistical information corresponding to the data on the X and Y axes of the scatter plot. There is statistical information for the display as a whole, and also for different areas you subset with the box/curve options. This information includes, but is not limited to: maximum, minimum, number of points, mean, median, variance, standard deviation, and correlation. This statistical data can be written out to a *.csv file by using the Save As CSV button.

Added the ability to rotate displays clockwise and counterclockwise. You can do this by right clicking on the Auto-rotate icon in the Viewpoint Toolbar of the Main Display window. Here, you will see different rotation options.

Changed the way McIDAS-V handles images. In the past, all images used Red, Green, Blue, and alpha as RealTypes in the data and they would then map to RGB or RGBA. This meant that a change to the color map of one image would affect all others. Now, we are using unique RealTypes (xxx_N) for each image, where N is a unique number for each image.

Added new a new group of formulas has been added as a plugin to McIDAS-V. This group of formulas is titled SEVIRI RGB. These are RGB satellite formulas that are designed to work with satellite data from MSG's SEVIRI instrument, but they will work with any satellite data as long as the necessary bands are included with the data. After adding your satellite data, select one of these formulas and click Create Display. This will open a Field Selector window with recommended bands to select. The data from these bands will be utilized by McIDAS-V to produce the final image.

Updated the Java version in McIDAS-V from 1.6.0_17 to 1.6.0_31.

Changed the name of the Imagery - NPP chooser to Imagery - Suomi NPP, for use with local data from Suomi NPP (National Polar-orbiting Partnership). This is currently located in the Under Development list of choosers in the Data Sources tab of the Data Explorer and is available for user feedback through the McIDAS-V Support Forums. As the IDPS (Interface Data Processing Segment) begins to distribute new types of NPP data, we test it in McIDAS-V and make any necessary changes to be able to get the data to display. Since the last release, granules that include terrain-corrected geolocation now work. Also, time and date information will now be listed at the bottom of the Main Display window for displayed granules. When multiple granules are aggregated together, the time/date information for the first granule will be listed. Simulated GRAVITE data produced before the release of McIDAS-V 1.01 will no longer work, now that real data is being received.

Added a new option to allow the user to change the font, font size, and alignment of contour labels. This is in the Contour Properties Editor, which can be accessed through the Layer Controls tab of the Data Explorer and selecting Change next to 'Contour'.

Added the ability to revert back to the default smoothing (none) after smoothing has been applied without having to reload the data. Also, users can no longer smooth grids over topographic fields, and in this situation smoothing must be done via the McIDAS-V Jython formulas.

Added the ability to display loops of polar satellite data with different navigations.

Added the ability to read BUFR data (*.bfr files) as a netCDF point data type.

Updated the Jython version in McIDAS-V from 2.2.1 to 2.5.2.

Added a new chooser, named Imagery - NPP, for use with local data from NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project). This is currently located in the Under Development list of choosers in the Data Sources tab of the Data Explorer and is available for user feedback through the McIDAS-V Support Forums.

Added a new chooser, named Imagery - Polar Orbit Track, for use with local or remote orbital track data in TLE format. This is currently located in the Under Development list of choosers in the Data Sources tab of the Data Explorer and is available for user feedback through the McIDAS-V Support Forums.

Added new "Enable access to image data by reference" option in Advanced tab of User Preferences to reduce likelihood of jagged edges at limb and gaps at dateline.

New grid diagnostics are available in this release. The following have been added:

• PVOR(S,V) - Potential Vorticity
• QVCL(THTA,V) - Q-Vectors in a layer
• SAVG, SAVS - Average over a grid
• SM5S, SM9S, SM5V, SM9V, GWFS, GWFV - grid smoothers (5-point, 9-point, Gaussian)

You can use the Grid->Define a grid diagnostic formula to use these functions.

Selected grid displays (contours, flow vectors, wind barbs) now have an option to perform smoothing functions on the grid. The GEMPAK 5-point (SM5S), 9-point (SM9S) and Gaussian Weighted Function (GWFS) smoothing functions have been implemented in McIDAS-V.

Renamed the .mcidasv directory to McIDAS-V to make user files more easily accessible.

Redesigned the Satellite Imagery Chooser to include new options, such as an optional preview image in the Region tab of the Field Selector.

Users are encouraged to use this new chooser. Please notify us (via the McIDAS-V Support Forums or McIDAS Help Desk) if you feel there is something in the previous chooser that should be implemented in the new chooser. The previous chooser is available through the Legacy Choosers tree.

Redesigned the ADDE Data Manager to be more intuitive and include separate local and remote managers.