[McIDAS #DFM-438704]: Status of GOES-19 support in McIDAS

Greetings,

> Hello Mike,
> 
> What is the status of McIDAS supporting GOES-U (soon to be GOES-19)? The 
> current timeline is for GOES-19 to go "live" in mid-2025, replacing GOES-16.
> 
> https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaas-goes-u-heads-to-orbit-for-historic-mission

Great question.  As of version 2021, support for GOES-19 should be included: 
https://docs.unidata.ucar.edu/mcidas/2021/release_notes.html

The GOES-19 data would be almost identical to the others from the GOES-R series 
so I'm optimistic that all of the preparations are already there.  The only 
thing that should be unique is the satellite ID, which the above changelog 
gives me confidence has been addressed.


Ultimately I think this will be one of those things where we'll have to wait 
and see.  The currently available Unidata McIDAS-X is version 2022, version 
2023 is being worked on and will be the final Unidata release.  I do not have a 
timeline on that, I'll see if I can get an update there, but again it sure 
seems like the needs for GOES-19 have already been accounted for by v2022.

In short: I think we'll be okay.


Best,
-Mike

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: DFM-438704
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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