SDM users indicate that the capabilities they use most are traditional plots of surface, upper-air, and sounding data. Some users need additional software to display and analyze Numerical Product Service gridded data as well as to overlay fields and plot cross-sections. Survey results indicate active usage of the PC-McIDAS system. It is clear that many users are still on the learning curve and are just beginning to discover the capabilities of this software. Virtually all PC-McIDAS users have agreed to share their custom menus and files, so this activity should soon increase rapidly.
Electronic mail provides the ideal communications link for such interactions among users.
The UPC is studying this issue. As a result, the Users Committee has recommended to the Policy Committee that it consider using this technique to assess user desires in the future. A draft of the Users Committee Report was presented to the Unidata Policy Committee at its June meeting. The Committee accepted the report and commended the Users Committee for its efforts. This page was Webified by Jennifer Philion.