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AN: IN31B-0335    [Abstracts]
TI: Developing Data Analysis and Visualization Capabilities for Interactive Processing of Multi- and Hyper-spectral Evironmental Satellite Data: An Overview of McIDAS-V
AU: * Achtor, T H
EM: tom.achtor@ssec.wisc.edu
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
AU: Rink, T D
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
AU: Whittaker, T M
AF: University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
AB: The Man computer Interactive Data Access System (McIDAS) project began over 30 years ago at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) to analyze and visualize data from the first generation polar and geostationary satellites. A new generation of imaging and sounding sensors developed for current and future operational satellites will be supported through innovative techniques for developing algorithms, visualizing data and products, and validating results. The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV), a reference application based on the VisAD library, is being developed by the Unidata Program and demonstrates the flexibility that is needed in this evolving environment, using a modern, object-oriented software design approach. The HYDRA software developed at SSEC within the VisAD library allows users to interrogate multi and hyper- spectral data in powerful ways. A project is underway at SSEC to transition the current McIDAS into a VisAD/IDV/HYDRA-based open-source system, known as McIDAS-V (fifth generation), and to provide researchers, algorithm developers, and operational users of multi-spectral and hyper-spectral data with the data manipulation and visualization tools to work in this data rich environment. NASA EOS MODIS and AIRS data and well as MSG SEVERI and METOP IASI data have been used in conjunction with other in situ and gridded data to develop new tools, techniques and products in the prototype McIDAS-V environment. This new data analysis and visualization software tool will support the advanced measurement systems on GOES R and NPOESS. A review of the current state of McIDAS-V will be presented as well as plans for future development to support both the polar and geostationary environmental satellite programs.
DE: 0520 Data analysis: algorithms and implementation
DE: 0530 Data presentation and visualization
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting