McIDAS-X
2010.2 and -XCD Version 2010.1
Fastrack Versions Now Available
28 December 2010 McIDAS Help Desk email notification to McIDAS
Site Coordinators and the mcidas-users list:
McIDAS-X Fastrack version 2010.2 was recently added to the McIDAS
Website.
The significant changes for McIDAS-X version
2010.2 include the following:
- Updated support of McIDAS-X on Apple, Red Hat and SGI systems as
follows:
- On Mac OS X 10.5.8 Intel systems, changed supported version of gfortran
from 4.3 to 4.4.1 and changed supported version of XQuartz from 2.5.0
to 2.5.3.
Note: The original plan for McIDAS-X 2010.2
on Apple systems was to move support from OS X 10.5 to 10.6.
This change was postponed because HDF was failing on 10.6
and thus causing the MODIS servers to fail as well. The problems
are a high-priority item that we hope to resolve soon (and
thus allow the planned switch to 10.6). In the meantime,
sites can install and run McIDAS-X 2010.2
on OS X 10.6, though it is not officially supported and at
least two known problems exist (the MODIS servers will not
work and the McIDAS-X
GUI will not work [or even be built]).
- On Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems, changed support from 4.0 Intel,
5.3 Intel and 5.2 PPC to 4.0 Intel, 5.5 Intel and 5.2 PPC.
- No longer support McIDAS-X on SGI IRIX; this platform was sunset
in fall 2010, as originally announced in the 2010
Operating System Support Plans page.
- Updated the station database (file STNDB.CORE) to include
20 new Metar stations; 18 are located on oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico;
the other two are KPSO (Pagosa Springs, CO) and KC29 (Middleton, WI).
- Updated the IMGPROBE command's STAT option to include
the locations of the minimum and maximum values in its output. Also
added new keyword FORM=ALL to include a listing in the text window
of the data values and counts when specifying the HIST or PLOT option.
- Added approximate scan time to the D and IMGPROBE LIST POINT MODE=N command
output when using Meteosat or MTSAT data.
- Updated the McIDAS-XRD package (which is included in the
McIDAS-X installation files) to include two new commands (CANRAD and COMP_ALLBAND).
- Added support for new WSR-88D and TDWR radar products available
on NOAAPORT. Please see the McIDAS-X
User Information About New NWS Radar Products page for more information.
McIDAS User Services issues its McIDAS-X software updates via fully-supported
Fastrack releases (including online documentation updates). This means that
the software is fully supported by SSEC, and that each change to the software
has been tested on all of the supported workstation configurations. Full system
testing occurs at least once on each platform during each calendar year.
If you have questions about this release, call the McIDAS Help Desk at (608)
262-2455, or send
email to the Help Desk.
28 December 2010 McIDAS Help Desk email notification to McIDAS-XCD
Site Coordinators:
McIDAS-XCD Fastrack version 2010.1 was recently added to the McIDAS
Website.
The significant changes for McIDAS-XCD version
2010.1 include the following:
- Added support for new WSR-88D and TDWR radar products available
on NOAAPORT. Please see the McIDAS-XCD
Administrator Information About New NWS Radar Products page for more
information and the instructions that are completed in step 7 of the McIDAS-XCD
2010.1 installation instructions.
- Updated the station database (file STNDB.CORE) in McIDAS-X
2010.2 to include 20 new Metar stations; 18 are located on oil platforms
in the Gulf of Mexico; the other two are KPSO (Pagosa Springs, CO) and KC29
(Middleton, WI).
- Updated the Ship/Buoy/CMAN decoder to properly decode
MISSING wind direction values (as MISSING rather than 0 degrees).
McIDAS User Services issues its McIDAS-XCD software updates via fully-supported
Fastrack releases (including online documentation updates). This means that
the -XCD software is fully supported by SSEC, and that each change to the software
has been tested on the supported workstation configurations.
If you have questions about this release, call the McIDAS Help Desk at (608)
262-2455, or send
email to the Help Desk.
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