For historic overview CWG has the archived McIdasVCast software available. The version offered below is for McVCast1.4 from 2014.
Please note that standard McIDAS-V software has several updates since 2014, and the latest version you can download at the official McIDAS-V site.
To install the McIDASVCast system, we recommend that you:
1. First downlaod the Setup Guide.
2. From the guide, determine which of the following packages you need, and then download that package:
The CWG received an announcement for …
Montréal, Canada, 16 to 21 August 2014
Theme: Seamless Prediction of the Earth System: from minutes to months
The Conference is structured around two programs:
• The science program will cover both the basic weather research that extends knowledge of processes and systems and the applied research needed to put prediction systems together and assess the impacts of weather and climate events.
• The user, application & social science program will consider the goods and services economy and the role of government in disaster risk reduction/management and the communication of weather information.
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Marianne has updated the Best Practices Document. The main update is the addition of Chapter 3.6, which describes the Convective initiation product developed by the Japanese Meteorological Agency that is run operationally on MTSAT data.
A new version (30 July 2012) of the “living” Best Practice document has been prepared. Please download and comment on this document, authored by John Mecikalski, Kris Bedka and Marianne König.
Please take note of the methods they describe. The intention is that this document is a “living” document and you are strongly encouraged to add sections to it, describing alternative nowcasting methods. The “Best Practice document” and your contributions will be a topic in upcoming CWG meetings.