Commands in this category operate on point data, including McIDAS MD files containing conventional data such as synoptic, surface hourly, ship, buoy, and upper-air observations.
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
| ALTIM | Calculates sounding data at standard aviation heights or pressures. |
| DOQTL | Selectively deletes MD files. |
| FOUSDISP | Plots FOUS data from FOUS14 point files. |
| GLMDISP | Displays GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) point data. |
| GLMLIST | Lists GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) point data. |
| HODO | Plots a hodograph of upper-air data. |
| ISENT | Calculates theta surface levels for upper air data. |
| LSCHE | Lists an MD file schema. |
| MDDPI | Creates Derived Product Image from MD and AREA files. |
| MDE | Edits MD files. |
| MDFIX | Replaces station information (LAT, LON, ZS, ST, CO) in ISFC files. |
| MDU | MD file utility. |
| MDX | Plots or grids data from MD files or grids. |
| MFPLOT | Plots a frequency distribution of MD file data. |
| NLDNDISP | Plot/Contour NLDN lightning data. |
| PIRPPLOT | Plots pilot and air report from PIRP schema point files. |
| PROFDISP | Plots FSL wind profiler data. |
| PROFSECT | Plots vertical time series of FSL-profiler wind fields. |
| PTCON | Converts point data to grids; displays contours and plots. |
| PTCOPY | Copies point data from one dataset to another. |
| PTDISP | Displays point data. |
| PTLIST | Lists point data in a dataset. |
| RAOBCON | Contours upper-air data from IRAB-schema point files. |
| RAOBPLOT | Plots upper-air data from IRAB-schema point files. |
| SCHE | Adds a schema to the schema file. |
| SFCCON | Contours surface hourly data from ISFC-schema point files. |
| SFCLIST | Lists surface hourly data from point files. |
| SFCMG | Displays a surface meteorogram. |
| SFCPLOT | Plots surface hourly data from ISFC-schema point files. |
| TXT2MD | Creates an MD file from an ASCII text data file. |
| UACROSS | Plots a vertical cross section of upper-air data. |
| UALIST | Lists upper air data. |
| UAPLOT | Plots a sounding on a thermodynamic diagram. |