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>From: Bill Fingerhut <address@hidden> >Organization: Lyndon State >Keywords: 200004251420.e3PEKCG27204 McIDAS-X ADDE MDX UCC SPC Bill, >The 'old' McIDAS-X command UCC has several very useful abilities >that I do not see in the newer ADDE commands. I was wondering >if I have not found them, or if they are to be added in the >future, or something else? You have not missed anything. The lack of the ability to do simple things like plot/contour TADV, ABV, THA, THAE, etc in the 7.6 set of ADDE commands is the primary reason that I keep including MDX macro commands in Unidata McIDAS-X. I have been pushing SSEC to "finish" ADDE by upgrading new commands to at least match the capabilities of the old. We will see if the next version, 7.7 which I am due to get in May, will have MATH capabilities built into SFCPLOT, SFCCON, RAOBPLOT, RAOBCON, etc. >In particular, UCC recognized the parameters VOR and TADV. Can >one easily contour these quantities with say PTCON? Not in Version 7.6x. This is supposed to be there in 7.7, but I will wait to see if it actually makes it. Tom