The McIDAS-XRD 2018.2 package includes commands, servers, data files and a Python
package for optional use with McIDAS-X. See the sections below for the corresponding
contents.
| Command Name |
Contributing Site |
Description |
| ABBA |
SSEC |
Decodes and Plots Wild Fire ABBA products |
| ADVDISP |
SSEC |
Plots flight advisories (airmets and sigmets) |
| ANGLES |
SSEC |
Lists satellite zenith, solar zenith, and relative angles at the cursor location |
| ASTAT |
SSEC |
Measures image statistics |
| AWSLAPSE_TS |
AMRC |
Plots temperature difference time series |
| AWSLOC |
AMRC |
Lists AWS stations |
| AWSMG |
AMRC |
Plots an automated weather station meteorogram |
| AWSP_TS |
AMRC |
Plots a pressure difference time series |
| BARCP |
NASA-Langley |
Displays a grayscale bar on NASA-Langley cloud products |
| BEEP |
SSEC |
Sounds a number of beeps for a specified length and frequency |
| BINNAV |
SSEC |
Displays binary navigation files created from AXFORM |
| CANRAD |
SSEC |
Decodes Canadian radar text files |
| CATOMTP |
SSEC |
Compresses OMTP segments into a single file |
| CHANGECAL |
AMRC |
Updates calibration constants for NOAA-15 images |
| CIRCLE |
SSEC |
Draws circles or arcs around a point |
| CLDTOPO |
SSEC |
Combines IR, VIS and topography data |
| CLOUDH |
SSEC |
Calculates cloud heights using a VAS first-guess MD file |
| COLIMGPLOT |
NSSL |
Displays a multi-color scatter plot of data from two images |
| COMP_ALLBAND |
SSEC |
Composites all bands for multiple satellite images |
| COMPGG |
SSEC |
Compares values of two colocated grids |
| COMPMG |
SSEC |
Compares an MD file's values to a colocated grid's values |
| COMPMM |
SSEC |
Compares values of two MD files |
| CONVERT_LEV1B |
SSEC |
Converts AVHRR data in Level 1B format into McIDAS area format |
| CRASIMG |
SSEC |
Creates McIDAS image files from CRAS model grids |
| DIRLIST |
SSEC |
Lists image directory information |
| FCSTCON |
SSEC |
Contours FOUS14 forecast data |
| FCSTPLOT |
SSEC |
Plots FOUS14 forecast data |
| FILTER |
SSEC |
Applies 2-Dimensional filter or smoothing to a grid |
| FIXDEF |
SSEC |
Fix DEFLOOPs created before McIDAS-X 2017.2 |
| FIXFY2D_NAV2012 |
SSEC |
Fixes bad navigation of FY2D area files with wrong satellite subpoint |
| FIXGRIBID |
SSEC |
Updates GRIB ID for stitched global grids to match new convention |
| FIXRAW |
SSEC |
Applies IMGFILT Clean Filter and preserves 2 byte data |
| FRMDIR |
SSEC |
Lists complete contents of a frame directory |
| FRONT |
Unidata |
Draws fronts using ASUS1 or FSUS2 frontal analysis bulletins |
| FRONTPTH |
SSEC |
Draws a front or curve through points generated by the PATH command |
| GET_POINT_SFC |
NASA-Langley |
Extracts parameter from MD file and writes value to a grid |
| GETCOMPOSITES |
AMRC |
Transfers composite satellite images from SSEC to AMRC |
| GETDMSP |
AMRC |
Gets latest DMSP image centered on pole |
| GETGAC |
AMRC |
Gets latest GAC (band 4) image centered on pole |
| GETHRPT |
AMRC |
Gets latest HRPT (band 4) image centered on pole |
| GLMIMG |
SSEC |
Creates a GLM density image by counting points in lat/lon bins |
| GVARINFO |
SSEC |
Displays information from a GVAR area line |
| GVVA |
SSEC |
Examines a grid value at the cursor location |
| IFR |
SSEC |
Plots color coded IFR conditions from METAR reports |
| IGTV |
SSEC |
Generates contours and streamlines from grids |
| IMGCHECK |
SSEC |
Lists basic statistical values for an image |
| IMGCOMBO |
SSEC |
Combines multiple single-band areas into a multi-band area |
| IMGDISPCP |
NASA-Langley |
Displays NASA-Langley cloud products, map and color bar |
| IMGFLOAT |
SSEC |
Puts image data on top of a graphic in the frame |
| IMGGRA |
SSEC |
Fills graphics frame with colors based on image brightness levels |
| IMGGRD |
SSEC |
Generates a grid from an area |
| IMGMAKE |
Weathernews, Inc. |
Creates a McIDAS area from a binary file |
| IMGNORM |
AWC |
Corrects for brightness normalization and limb darkening |
| IMGPROC |
SSEC |
Applies a point spread function to an image |
| IRT |
SSEC |
Calculates rain rates based on Goodman et
al., 1990 scheme |
| LIMBFIT |
SSEC |
Utility for Earth limb curve fitting |
| LLBOX |
SSEC |
Draws a Latitude/Longitude box over a navigated frame |
| MAKE_MULTIB |
NASA-Langley |
Makes a multi-banded area file from single banded area files |
| MAKEIMG |
SSEC |
Creates a McIDAS area from a general format |
| MAKEMAP |
SSEC |
Creates a McIDAS map file from a text file |
| MAKETOPO |
SSEC |
Creates a McIDAS area file from a USGS DEM file |
| MAP2TEXT |
SSEC |
Converts a McIDAS map file to a text file |
| MCAWIPS |
SSEC |
Transforms McIDAS images into standard AWIPS format and projection |
| MDDPI |
SSEC |
Creates a derived product image from an MD and an area file |
| MDSCAT |
SSEC |
Displays a scatter plot of MD file data |
| MERGE_GEO |
NASA-Langley |
Merges geostationary satellite imagery |
| MERGE_GOES |
NASA-Langley |
Merges GOES-East and GOES-West satellite imagery |
| MERGE_GOESNS |
NASA-Langley |
Merges GOES-East or GOES-West NH and SH images |
| MERGE_POLAR |
NASA-Langley |
Merges polar orbiting images |
| MGXS |
SSEC |
Displays a meteorogram cross-section of surface data |
| MOSLIST |
SSEC |
Lists MOS from an ADDE point dataset |
| NAVPASS |
AMRC |
Attaches navigation to TeraScan AVHRR passes |
| ND |
AMRC |
Deletes data from current system navigation file |
| NEXRAD |
SSEC |
NEXRAD dataset utility |
| NK |
AMRC |
Generates a navigation codicil from the master file |
| NL |
AMRC |
Lists data from a navigation file |
| NM |
AMRC |
Moves navigation data to another file |
| NORTEL |
SSEC |
Combines two images by alternating pixel values |
| NOWCAST |
SSEC |
Lists NowCAST Forecast for specified city |
| NVU |
AMRC |
Navigation file utility |
| OLDSVF |
SSEC |
SVF command from McIDAS-X versions prior to 7.7 |
| PATH |
SSEC |
Displays a 2-dimensional path for object tracking |
| PIRPPLOT |
SSEC |
Plots pilot and air reports from PIRP schema point files |
| PLT_SPC_RPTS |
SSEC |
Plots Storm Prediction Center (SPC) storm reports or locations of storm reports |
| POESCAL |
SSEC |
Calibrates POES images |
| PRED |
AMRC |
Predicts navigation parameters from a master navigation entry |
| PROPLT |
SSEC |
Displays a vertical time series of profiler wind fields |
| RADAR |
SSEC |
Finds and displays a radar image over a point or region |
| RAIN |
SSEC |
Calculates rainfall rates from Meteosat infrared temperatures |
| REMAP2 |
SSEC |
Remaps a 2-byte area into a different projection |
| RMRTMDG |
SSEC |
Deletes real-time MD or grid files |
| ROADMAP |
SSEC |
Draws a road map from a specified file |
| ROTIRO |
SSEC |
Rotates a POES image 180 degrees |
| SATCOMP |
SSEC |
Creates a composite image from multiple satellites |
| SC |
SSEC |
Grids and contours surface data from an MD file |
| SFCTIME |
SSEC |
Creates several strings for current observation hour and date |
| SMOOFT |
SSEC |
Applies a 2-D low pass Fast Fourier Transform filter to a grid |
| SP |
SSEC |
Plots surface data from an MD file |
| STG |
SSEC |
Displays an 8-hour space-time graph of surface data |
| SVGA |
SSEC |
Writes a virtual graphic to an area |
| SVPS |
ABoM |
Saves a McIDAS frame to a PostScript(tm) file |
| TAFLIST |
SSEC |
Lists or displays decoded terminal aerodrome forecasts |
| THPASS |
SSEC |
Applies a 2-D sixth order high-pass implicit tangent filter to a grid |
| TIMEINC |
AMRC |
Returns the new day and time when given a day, time and time increment |
| TIRCHK |
AMRC |
Calculates time differences between actual and calculated scan
lines |
| TLPASS |
SSEC |
Applies a 2-D sixth order low-pass implicit tangent filter to a grid |
| TNAVDEC |
AMRC |
Files polar orbiter navigation |
| TORDEC |
SSEC |
Decodes tornado reports |
| TORDISP |
SSEC |
Displays decoded tornado warnings |
| TORLIST |
SSEC |
Lists decoded tornado warnings |
| TXT2MSG |
SSEC |
Reads text formatted MSG data and creates a McIDAS area file |
| TXTNAV |
SSEC |
Displays text navigation files created from AXFORM |
| UC |
SSEC |
Grids and contours upper air data from an MD file |
| UP |
SSEC |
Plots upper air data from an MD file |
| WHEN |
SSEC |
Extrapolates features and computes arrival times |
| WINDBOX |
SSEC |
Plots WINDCO MD file target and search box locations |
| WINDFLAG |
SSEC |
Plots a wind flag at a specified location |
| WRTEXT |
SSEC |
Displays the contents of a text file on a graphic frame |
| WUUS |
SSEC |
Plots and lists SPC Probabilistic Outlook Regions (WUUS01) |
| WXSDITH |
SSEC |
Writes weather symbols into a temperature image |
| WXSYMB |
SSEC |
Plots and lists weather symbols |
| XFGRID |
SSEC |
Subsects grids by reducing the geographic coverage and/or grid point interval |
| XSECTG |
Unidata |
Displays a vertical cross section of gridded fields |
| ZFP |
SSEC |
Lists the zone forecast product for a specified city |
| Server |
Contributing Site |
Description |
| airxadir, airxaget |
SSEC |
AIRS Sounder area directory and data servers |
| amrradir, amrraget |
SSEC |
HDF-EOS AMSR-E rain rate product area directory and data servers |
| amseadir, amseaget |
SSEC |
HDF-EOS AMSR-E L2A area directory and data servers |
| amsradir, amsraget |
SSEC |
HDF-EOS AMSR-E area directory and data servers |
| ashxadir, ashxaget |
SSEC |
CLAVR-X ash products directory and data servers |
| awipadir, awipaget |
SSEC |
AWIPS netCDF directory and data servers |
| awipaput |
SSEC |
AWIPS netCDF write server |
| catgadir,catgaget |
SSEC |
GEOCAT GOES products directory and data servers |
| kalpadir, kalpaget |
SSEC |
Kalpana area directory and data servers |
| maaaadir, maaaaget |
SSEC |
Mode AAA area directory and data servers |
| maaadir, maaaget |
SSEC |
Mode AA area directory and data servers |
| maadir, maaget |
SSEC |
Mode A area directory and data servers |
| mod3adir, mod3aget |
SSEC |
MOD3 area directory and data servers |
| modcadir, modcaget |
SSEC |
MODIS Cloud Mask V2 directory and data servers |
| modiadir, modiaget |
SSEC |
MODIS NDVI area directory and data servers |
| modladir, modlaget |
SSEC |
MODIS land/sea temperature product area directory and data servers |
| modvadir, modvaget |
SSEC |
GEOCAT POES products directory and data servers |
| nssxadir, nssxaget |
SSEC |
CLAVR-X composite (OBServed, CLouD, SST) products directory and data servers
Note: When using DSSERVE to create a CLAVR-X dataset, specify "NSSX"
in the format parameter, TYPE=IMAGE, and the directory and file masks to the data files
in the DIRFILE= keyword. The file names must match the supported formats. See example file
names below.
npp_2018_052_1247.level2.hdf
NSS.HRPT.NN.D18080.S1900.level2.hdf
NSS.HRPT.M2.D11093.S1735.E1743.B2311414.MO.level2.hdf
For files that match the NSS.HRPT.* format, the two-character code can be TN for TIROS-N;
NA, NC, NE, NF for NOAA-6 thru -9; NG, NH, ND, NI, NJ, NK, NL, NM, NN, NP for NOAA-10 thru NOAA-19;
M2, M1 for Metop-A and -B.
|
| omtpadir, omtpaget |
SSEC |
Meteosat Open MTP directory and data servers |
| scmiadir, scmiaget |
Unidata |
GOES-R Series SCMI directory and data servers
Note: When using DSSERVE to create an SCMI (Sectorized Cloud and
Moisture Images) dataset, specify "SCMI" in the format parameter, TYPE=IMAGE, and
the directory and file masks in the DIRFILE= keyword. The SCMI data is distributed
as tiles in NOAAPORT. The files supported by these servers should be full scenes
created by stitching together the individual tiles by routines such as Unidata's
freely available ldm-alchemy package that is available in the Unidata section of
Github. |
| sminadir, sminaget |
SSEC |
SSMI area directory and data servers |
| tminadir, tminaget |
SSEC |
TRMM-TMI area directory and data servers |
| viiradir, viiraget |
SSEC |
VIIRS directory and data servers (SVI, SVM files)
Note: When using DSSERVE to create a VIIRS dataset,
specify "VIIR" in the format parameter, TYPE=IMAGE, the directory
and file masks to the data files in the DIRFILE= keyword, the directory and
file masks to the geolocation files in the INFO= keyword, and "SVI" or "SVM"
for the dataset descriptor (e.g., VIIRS/SVM). Also, the data (SVM*, SVI*)
and terrain-corrected geolocation (GMTCO*, GITCO*) must be in separate files
in the NOAA CLASS naming format. Examples:
SVM05_npp_d20170821_t1823015_e1828419_b30140_c20170822002843330215_nobc_ops.h5
GMTCO_npp_d20170821_t1823015_e1828419_b30140_c20170822002842363247_nobc_ops.h5
SVI01_j01_d20180310_t1930133_e1931378_b01595_c20180310201520720740_nobc_ops.h5
GITCO_j01_d20180310_t1930133_e1931378_b01595_c20180310201845788134_nobc_ops.h5 |
| Data File |
Contributing Site |
Description |
| ADVDISP.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for ADVDISP |
| ADVSRY.DAT |
SSEC |
Station location file for ADVDISP |
| AWSLOC.TXT |
AMRC |
Station location file for AWSLOC |
| CIRCLE.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for CIRCLE |
| DATOR |
SSEC |
Schema file for TORDEC |
| GMS5NAV |
Weathernews, Inc. |
GMS5 navigation block for IMGMAKE |
| HURMAP-PLOTS.GIF |
SSEC |
Graphic showing map outlines for HURMAP(1-8) |
| HURMAP(1-8) |
SSEC |
High resolution map file provided by CIMSS Tropical Cyclone
Group |
| HURR-Atlantic |
SSEC |
Atlantic basemap (area format) for use with HURR.MCB |
| HURR-Atlantic-graphic |
SSEC |
Virtual graphic overlay for HURR-Atlantic |
| HURR-Caribbean |
SSEC |
Caribbean basemap (area format) for use with HURR.MCB |
| HURR-Caribbean-graphic |
SSEC |
Virtual graphic overlay for HURR-Caribbean |
| HURR-Pacific |
SSEC |
Pacific basemap (area format) for use with HURR.MCB |
| HURR-Pacific-graphic |
SSEC |
Virtual graphic overlay for HURR-Pacific |
| HURR.MCB |
SSEC |
Plots TPC forecasted tropical cyclone positions |
| IAHWY* |
SSEC |
Text files containing points for Iowa Highways plotted with ROADMAP |
| IAINT* |
SSEC |
Text files containing points for Iowa Interstate Highways plotted with ROADMAP |
| IMGMAKE.CORE |
Weathernews, Inc. |
Configuration file for IMGMAKE |
| KALPANA1NAV |
Weathernews, Inc. |
Kalpana navigation block for IMGMAKE |
| L2-*.ET |
SSEC |
Enhancement files for ABI L2 products, where the "*" represents the product name (e.g., L2-ACHA.ET, L2-TPW.ET, L2-DSI-CAPE.ET, etc.) |
| MASTBL50 |
SSEC |
Calibration file for MAS aircraft data |
| MCAWIPS.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for MCAWIPS |
| MET5NAV |
Weathernews, Inc. |
MET5 navigation block for IMGMAKE |
| MET7NAV |
Weathernews, Inc. |
MET7 navigation block for IMGMAKE |
| MNHWY* |
SSEC |
Text files containing points for Minnesota Highways plotted with ROADMAP |
| MNINT* |
SSEC |
Text files containing points for Minnesota Interstate Highways plotted with ROADMAP |
| MOSLIST.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for MOSLIST |
| MSG48KM.MSK |
SSEC |
MSG navigation file for TXT2MSG |
| OUTBRAZILST |
Unidata |
Map file containing Brazilian states |
| OUTCANAL |
Unidata |
Map file containing canals |
| OUTINGEO |
Unidata |
Map file containing geographical features in India |
| OUTINPOL |
Unidata |
Map file containing political boundaries in India |
| OUTINSTA |
Unidata |
Map file containing state boundaries in India |
| OUTLSAFRST |
Unidata |
Map file containing South African states |
| OUTMEXICOST |
Unidata |
Map file containing Mexican states |
| OUTRAIL1 |
Unidata |
Map file containing railroads |
| OUTRAIL2 |
Unidata |
Map file containing railroads |
| OUTRAIL3 |
Unidata |
Map file containing railroads |
| OUTSTHIW |
Unidata |
Map file containing state highways |
| OUTSTRD |
Unidata |
Map file containing US state roads |
| OUTTECTN |
Unidata |
Map file containing tectonic plates |
| OUTUSHIW |
Unidata |
Map file containing US highways |
| OUTUSINT |
Unidata |
Map file containing US interstate highways |
| OUTUSRIV |
Unidata |
Map file containing US rivers |
| OUTWOLAK |
Unidata |
Map file containing world lakes |
| OUTWORIV |
Unidata |
Map file containing world rivers |
| RADARDATA.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for predefined products created by RADAR |
| RAWSATLOC.CFG |
AMRC |
Configuration file used with NAVPASS |
| ROADMAP.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for ROADMAP |
| TOPOIMG.ET |
SSEC |
Color enhancement for topography.image |
| TORDEC.CFG |
SSEC |
Configuration file for TORDEC |
| TORWARN.CORE |
SSEC |
Configuration file for TORWARN |
| WIHWY* |
SSEC |
Text files containing points for Wisconsin Highways plotted with ROADMAP |
| WIINT* |
SSEC |
Text files containing points for Wisconsin Interstate Highways plotted with ROADMAP |
| gms5_BRITtoTEMP.wni |
Weathernews, Inc. |
GMS5 brightness to temperature conversion tables |
| met5_BRITtoTEMP.wni |
Weathernews, Inc. |
MET5 brightness to temperature conversion tables |
| met7_BRITtoTEMP.wni |
Weathernews, Inc. |
MET7 brightness to temperature conversion tables |
| topography.image |
SSEC |
Area file containing world-wide values for heights above sea level. Gray shades 0-149 are below sea level, 150-255 are values above sea level. The following DSSERVE command enables you to access the data with the IMG* commands:
DSSERVE ADD XRD/TOPO AREA TYPE=IMAGE
DIRFILE='//D/home/mcidas/data/topography.image' |
The Python package in the Unix version of McIDAS-XRD 2018.2 can be used to run
McIDAS-X commands in a Python environment on Linux and OS X workstations. See the
"Python Package" section in the McIDAS-XRD Software
Page for additional information, including a link to a tutorial with installation
instructions, how-to's and an example script.
