McIDAS-V User's Guide
Version 1.8

• Overview
  
  • Release Notes
    
  • System Requirements
    
  • Downloading and Running McIDAS-V
    
  • Data Formats and Sources
    
  • Documentation and Support
    
  • License and Copyright
• Getting Started
  
  • Displaying Satellite Imagery
    
  • Displaying Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery Using HYDRA
  • Displaying Level II Radar Imagery
    
  • Displaying Level III Radar Imagery
  • Displaying Surface and Upper Air Point Data
  • Displaying RAOB Sounding Data
    
  • Displaying Gridded Data
    
  • Displaying Fronts
    
  • Displaying Local Files
    
  • Displaying Files from a URL
    
  • Using the Globe Display
    
• Data Explorer
  
  • Data Sources
    
    • Choosing Satellite Imagery
    • Choosing Hyperspectral Data
    • Choosing NEXRAD Level II Radar Data
    • Choosing NEXRAD Level III Radar Data
    • Choosing Point Data
    • Choosing Upper Air Sounding Data
    • Choosing Gridded Data
    • Choosing Front Positions
    • Choosing Data on Disk
    • Choosing Cataloged Data
      
    • Choosing a URL
      
    • Choosing Flat File Data
      
  • Field Selector
    
    • Data Sources
    • Fields
    • Displays
    • Data Subset
  • Layer Controls
    
    • Gridded Data Displays
      
      • Plan View Controls
        
      • Flow Display Controls
      • 3D Flow Display Controls
      • Value Plot Controls
        
      • Vertical Cross Section Controls
        
      • 3D Surface Controls
        
      • Volume Rendering Controls
        
      • Point Volume Controls
        
      • Sounding Controls
      • Hovmoller Controls
      • Grid Trajectory Controls
      • Theta Surface Controls
    • Satellite and Radar Displays
      
      • Image Controls
        
      • HYDRA Layer Controls
        
      • MultiSpectral Display Controls
        
      • Linear Combination Controls
        
      • 4 Channel Combination Controls
        
      • ProfileAlongTrack Controls
        
      • WSR-88D Level III Controls
        
      • Level 2 Radar Layer Controls
        
        • Radar Sweep View Controls
          
        • Radar RHI Display Controls
        • Radar Cross Section Controls
        • Radar CAPPI Display Controls
        • Radar Volume Scan Controls
          
        • Radar Isosurface Controls
          
    • Probes
      
      • Data Probe/Time Series
        
      • Time/Height Controls
        
      • Vertical Profile Controls
        
      • Data Transect Controls
        
    • Mapping Controls
      
      • Map Controls
        
      • Topography Controls
        
      • Shapefile Controls
        
    • Observation and Location Controls
      
      • Point Data Plot Controls
        
      • Point Data List Controls
        
      • Gridded Point Data
        
      • Sounding Display Controls
        
      • Front Controls
        
      • Location Controls
        
      • Track Controls
        
    • Miscellaneous Controls
      
    • Scatter Analysis Controls
      
    • Grid Table Controls
    • Omni Controls
      
    • Jython Controls
      
    • Contour Properties Editor
    • Properties Dialog
    • Color Scale
    • Charts
    • Ensemble Grid Controls
      
• Main Display Window
  
  • Menu Bar
    
  • Main Toolbar
    
  • Drag and Drop Tabs
    
  • Display Menus
  • Properties Dialog
  • Visibility Animation
    
  • Time Animation
    
  • Legend
    
  • Modify the Color Bar Interactively
    
  • Status Bar
    
  • Zooming, Panning and Rotating
  • Transect Views
• Display Controls
  • Range Ring Controls
  • Range and Bearing Controls
  • Transect Drawing Controls
  • Drawing Controls
  • Location Indicator Controls
  • Web Map Server(WMS)/Background Image Controls
  • Image and Movie Capture Controls
  • Timeline Controls
• Tools
  
  • User Preferences
    
    • General Preferences
      
    • Display Window Preferences
      
    • Toolbar Options Preferences
      
    • Data Sources Preferences
      
    • ADDE Servers Preferences
      
    • Available Displays Preferences
      
    • Navigation Controls Preferences
      
    • Formats and Data Preferences
      
    • Advanced Preferences
      
  • Remote ADDE Data Manager
    
  • Local ADDE Data Manager
    
  • Weather Text Product Controls
    
  • Storm Track Controls
    
  • Color Table Editor
  • Layout Model Editor
    
  • Parameter Alias Editor
    
  • Parameter Defaults Editor
    
  • Parameter Groups Editor
    
  • Projection Manager
  • Data Analysis
    
    • Formulas
    • Derived Data
      
    • Native Formulas
      • Description of Formulas - Maps
      • Description of Formulas - Grids
      • Description of Formulas - Miscellaneous
      • Description of Formulas - Image Filters
      • Description of Formulas - Export
      • Description of Formulas - Imagery
    • Jython Methods
      
    • Jython Shell
      
    • Jython Library
      
  • Display Settings
  • Plugin Creator
  • Plugin Manager
    
• Miscellaneous
  
  • Bundles
    
  • Time Matching
    
  • Adaptive Resolution
    
  • Scripting
    
  • Create an Object
  • Create an Object - Imagery
  • Create an Object - Grids
  • Modify the Display Object
    
  • Modify the Layer Object
    
  • Modify the Layer Object - Point
    
  • Data Analysis
    
  • Save the Display
    
  • Environment
    
  • Sharing
    
  • Site Configuration
    
  • Plugin Jar Files
    
  • Configuring Image Defaults
    
  • Adding in New GRIB Tables
    
  • McIDAS-V Special Data Formats
    
    • Text (ASCII) Point Data Format
      
    • Location XML Files
      
    • Image XML Files
      
    • Image Movie Files
      
    • XGRF Symbols
      
  • Actions
    
  • Command Line Arguments
    
  • Data Source Types
    
  • Performance Tuning
    
  • Building McIDAS-V from Source
  • Message Console
  • Support Request Form
• Appendices
  
  • Examples of Display Types
    
    • Plan Views
      
    • 3D Surface
      
    • Cross Sections
    • Probes
    • Hovmoller Display
    • Imagery
      
    • Radar - Level II WSR-88D Data Displays
      
    • Soundings
      
    • Flow Displays
      
    • Observations
      
    • Miscellaneous Display Types
      
  • FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
    
    • General FAQ
    • Using McIDAS-V FAQ
    • Data FAQ
      
    • Video Cards FAQ
      
    • Common Installation Errors FAQ
      
    • Common Run-Time Errors FAQ
      
    • Reporting Problems FAQ
      
  • McIDAS-X Commands in McIDAS-V