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Hi João, re: > My name is João Caetano > > I work at the OFFICE OF ENVIROMENT AND WATER RESOURCES, Bureau of > Meterology in Maceió, Alagoas. Brazil. > > I would like very much to join the McIDAS Users Group (MUG), because > we are developing a project with the purpose to do researches and > cooperate with the increase on the weather forecast for the Estates > of East Coast of Northeastern Brazil, mainly the Estate of Alagoas > that requires the LDM, GEMPAK and McIDAS data The McIDAS Users Group (MUG) is run by the folks at the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (UW-Madison). The email address for MUG support is: address@hidden It is unclear to me if you wish to obtain McIDAS-X for use in your educational institution: Graduando do Instituto de Ciências Atmosféricas Bolsista de Iniciação Científica, PIBIC/CNPq Universidade Federal de Alagoas) or for your government affiliation: Diretoria de Meteorologia do Estado de Alagoas Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos Your intended use of McIDAS-X, however, indicates to me that it will not be used for educational uses in the pursuit of a degree by students. Please let me know if this is, in fact, the case. If your use of McIDAS does not fit the guidelines set forth by SSEC for sites that Unidata is allowed to give access to McIDAS-X: "SSEC considers permissible users of the international university community to be those who are using McIDAS-X for academic classroom instruction or academic research by students related to obtaining a degree. Research institutes and government agencies that use McIDAS-X for meteorological research or operations must purchase a license from SSEC for the non-academic use. Given this clarification, and if Unidata users remain within the licensing terms that include no re-distribution of any portion of the software, SSEC is agreeable to providing this software to the international university Unidata user community." you will need to join the MUG in order to get access to McIDAS-X. However, once you are a member in good standing of the MUG, you will be allowed access to the Unidata release of McIDAS-X if you so desire. To get access to the LDM and GEMPAK, you need to register with our website: Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu Click on the 'Login' button at the top of the main page and then click on the 'Not Yet Registered?' link to begin the registration process. > Thank you in advance No worries. > João Caetano Mancini Vaz, > Diretoria de Meteorologia do Estado de Alagoas > Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente e Recursos Hídricos > > Graduando do Instituto de Ciências Atmosféricas > Bolsista de Iniciação Científica, PIBIC/CNPq > Universidade Federal de Alagoas Cheers, Tom -- **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: VZO-261259 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed