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>From: "Thomas Renkevens" <address@hidden> >Organization: GOES-R Operations Project >Keywords: 200603141608.k2EG8BW9015436 Tom et. al., re: >I'm looking to see if McIDAS has the capability to plot various range >rings of coverage over a mercator map given a longitude of a satellite >(i.e. 75W for GOES-East, or other 'fictitious' longitudes where geos are >not currently located) and the elevation angle (such as 0 degrees for >communication contour, or 5 or 6 degrees for useful coverage of imager >data). I am aware of the NAVDISP command for similar polar plots, but >does anyone know if I can do something like this for geo coverage? > >Basically, I want to replicate (with ability to change parameters) what >is found on page 26 of the GOES-N data book as found at >http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/112855main_GOESNOPWeb1.pdf Like Scott, I was going to recommend that you take a look at Russ Dengel's CIRCLE command (in SSEC's mcrd and included in the Unidata McIDAS distribution as a supported command). After looking through the GOES-N data book PDF you referenced, I think that your needs go somewhat beyond what CIRCLE provides, however. Some of plots can be created using the PATH command (which is also included in the Unidata McIDAS distribution). >Thanks >Tom Renkevens (formerly from SATEPS) >NOAA/NESDIS/OSD >GOES-R Operations Project >Office: (301)-286-3549 >Email: address@hidden >https://osd.goes.noaa.gov/ > >NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center >Building 6 room S236 >Mailstop 417.0, Greenbelt, Md 20771 Cheers, Tom -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ * Tom Yoksas UCAR Unidata Program * * (303) 497-8642 (last resort) P.O. Box 3000 * * address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 * * Unidata WWW Service http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/* +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+