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20011016: McIdas IDL input routine help request

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  • Subject: 20011016: McIdas IDL input routine help request
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 20:50:39 -0600
>From:  Ben Domenico <address@hidden>
>Organization:  UCAR/Unidata
>Keywords:  200110162332.f9GNWM111409

Ben and Bruce,

Ben wrote:

>As far as I know, we don't have tools for using McIDAS data directly in 
>IDL, but I'll send a copy of this to our technical staff who may have ideas 
>for how to get this done.

SUNY Stony Brook wrote some IDL code to read McIDAS satellite imagery a
few years back.  I can check the McIDAS Support Email archives on
Monday to see if they give me a clue as to where to find the code that
they provided me.  Again, this was several years ago, so it may be hard
to find the code.  The other possibility is the ABoM: they were doing a
lot with IDL a couple of years back, and I am pretty sure that they were
displaying images in McIDAS AREA format.

Like Don said, Liam Gumley (address@hidden) may know this answer
right off: he wrote a book on how to use IDL and a number of scientists
in SSEC use IDL with McIDAS imagery data files.

Tom

>-- Ben
>
>--On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:42 AM -0700 Bruce R Caron 
><address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> For our data tool hurricane model we've managed to gather a great deal
>> of GOES data in McIdas format.  But we are in need of an IDL routine
>> that can read the McIdas format into IDL.
>>
>> Do your tech folks use McIdas data in IDL?  Do they have some code that
>> we can borrow or buy?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> bruce
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Caron, Ph.D.,
>> executive director, The New Media Studio http://www.newmediastudio.org
>> president, ESIP Federation http://www.esipfed.org
>> 2656 Montrose Place
>> Santa Barbara, California 93105
>> Tel: (work) 805 569 1343 (home) 687 4577
>>
>>
>
>
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