Hillger, Campbell, Ruston

Developed new multi-band McIDAS digital value program, a version of the McIDAS D command that works for all areas including multi-band areas such as those from the GOES 19-band Sounder and NOAA 5-band AVHRR.  The new program saves having to load each band and then run D on each frame to see the digital values under the cursor!  It also works on single-band AREAs and on McIDAS-X.  This command could substitute   for D in all applications.

Temporal Variation in Vapor Radiances:  Two GOES Sounder channels are being used to examine the temporal variation of water vapor in the middle to lower troposphere.  Synoptic scale instabilities due to a relative warming or cooling aloft are observed.  Synoptic scale dynamic features such as jet streaks or large scale gravity waves are apparent in the vapor radiance field. A brief description can be found online (http://cassiopeia.cira.colostate.edu).