1. Satellite Data Applications and Information Extraction
20 August 2003 AN
omputer
NTERACTIVE
McIDAS
ATA
CCESS
YSTEM
Dave Santek
McIDAS Development

2. Outline McIDAS Software ADDE Summary Client/Server Locating Data
Data Format Exchange
Summary

3. McIDAS Software First released in 1973 Developed to track clouds
Ported through 4 generations of computers
Integrates many types of meteorological data
Interactive and background product generation
Used world-wide

4. ADDE Abstract Data Distribution Environment
Local & remote data access
LAN or WAN
TCP/IP based
Data subsecting & sampling
Real-time tracking
Compression
Read/write foreign data formats
Modular servers

5. ADDE: Client/Server
NOAAPORT
Signal
Servers
Clients

6. ADDE: Locating Data polar.ssec.wisc.edu geo.ssec.wisc.edu
Group Names
WALLOPS
GILMORE
PRODS
Group Names
EAST
WEST
Group Names
RTPTSRC
RTGRIDS
RTWXTEXT
WALLOPS
N14HRPT
N15HRPT
N16HRPT
N14GAC
N15GAC
N16GAC
EAST
CONUS NH FD SH
SOUNDER
RTPTSRC
SFCHOURLY
SYNOPTIC
SHIPBUOY
UPPERMAND
UPPERSIG
GILMORE
N14HRPT
N15HRPT
N16HRPT
N14GAC
N15GAC
N16GAC
WEST
CONUS NH FD SH
SOUNDER
RTGRIDS
ETA
AVN
ALL
MISC
PRODS
SHMONTAGE
NHMONTAGE
NVDI
FOG
FIRES
polar.ssec.wisc.edu
geo.ssec.wisc.edu
noaaport.ssec.wisc.edu
Group Names
MYDATA
AZFIRE
COFIRE
ANDREW
AZFIRE
11UM
VIS WV
SFCOBS
UPPERAIR
ANDREW
RADAR
SFCOBS
AIRCRAFT
11UM
VIS WV

7. ADDE: Accessing Data IMGDISP EAST/CONUS BAND=1 STATION=DCA EAST CONUS
RESOLV.SRV
Dataset Names File Type Location
EAST/CONUS SDI ingestor filemask
EAST/SOUNDER McIDAS Area
WEST/NH SDI ingestor filemask
WEST/SOUNDER McIDAS Area
MCTABLE.TXT
Group IP Address
WALLOPS polar.ssec.wisc.edu
GILMORE polar.ssec.wisc.edu
PRODS polar.ssec.wisc.edu
EAST geo.ssec.wisc.edu
WEST geo.ssec.wisc.edu
RTGRIDS noaaport.ssec.wisc.edu
RTPTSRC noaaport.ssec.wisc.edu
RTWXTEXT noaaport.ssec.wisc.edu
AZFIRE local-data
ANDREW local-data
geo.ssec.wisc.edu
EAST
CONUS
BAND 1
LOCATION DCA
IMGDISP EAST/CONUS BAND=1 STATION=DCA

8. ADDE: Data Format Exchange
Read Servers
Write Servers
McIDAS Files
HDF [MODIS, AIRS1]
netCDF
GeoTIFF1
SAA Level 1b
SAA Level 1b1
Raster Files2
1 In progress 2 non-server

9. Summary Visualize and generate products with local and remote data
New ADDE servers can be developed without impact on client applications [including geolocation and calibration]
Access to these servers with non-McIDAS clients: VisAD, Matlab, IDL, etc.