20020103: Mcidas and Polar Orbiter Imagery

>From: Darren Gallant <address@hidden>
>Organization: UCAR/JOSS
>Keywords: 200201032121.g03LLKN01376 McIDAS POES

Darren,

>Can Mcidas display Polar Orbiter imagery?

Yes.

>If it can, can the imagery be
>displayed using different projections?

The images can be remapped (IMGREMAP) into a variety of different projections:
HELP IMGREMAP
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  PRO=DEST | use the navigation of ddataset (def)
     =LAMB slat1 slat2 slon | Lambert Conformal, standard latitude
                              and standard longitude (slat1 def=30,
                              slat2 def=50, slon def=center longitude)
     =MERC slat | Mercator projection and standard latitude (slat def=0)
     =MOLL slon | Mollweide projection and standard longitude (slon def=0)
     =PS slat slon | Polar Stereographic projection, standard latitude
                     and standard longitude
                     (slat def=60, slon def=center longitude)
     =RADAR rot | Radar projection and rotation angle (rot def=0)
     =RECT | Rectilinear projection
     =SIN | Sinusoidal Equal Area projection
     =TANC slat slon | Tangent Cone projection, standard latitude and
                       standard longitude (slat def=30 if center latitude
                       is in northern hemisphere, -30 if center latitude
                       in southern hemisphere; slon def=center longitude)

 ...

The PRO=DEST means to use the navigation of the image into which you
are remapping the input image.  The output image must, therefore, already
exist.

Tom