Introduction
The McIdasArea files format is available at Space Science and Engineering Center. Basically each McIdas Area file is a binary file containing several header blocks followed by a data block.
Sample import configuration
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <idMap version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/idMap.xsd"> <map internalParameter="P.radar.actual" internalLocation="Radar2000" externalParameter="none" externalLocation="none"/> </idMap>
Sample import run configuration
<timeSeriesImportRun xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/timeSeriesImportRun.xsd"> <import> <general> <importType>McIDASArea</importType> <folder>$IMPORT_FOLDER$/Radar</folder> <idMapId>ImportRadar</idMapId> <unitConversionsId>ImportUnitConversions</unitConversionsId> </general> <timeSeriesSet> <moduleInstanceId>ImportRadar</moduleInstanceId> <valueType>grid</valueType> <parameterId>P.radar.actual</parameterId> <locationId>Radar2000</locationId> <timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType> <timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="60"/> <readWriteMode>add originals</readWriteMode> <synchLevel>6</synchLevel> </timeSeriesSet> <externUnit unit="0.001 mm" parameterId="P.radar.actual"/> </import> </timeSeriesImportRun>
Sample grids configuration
<grids xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/grids.xsd"> <regular locationId="Radar2000"> <rows>760</rows> <columns>760</columns> <lambertConformalConic> <originLatitude>0</originLatitude> <originLongitude>0</originLongitude> <firstStandardParallelLatitude>33.5</firstStandardParallelLatitude> <secondStandardParallelLatitude>46.5</secondStandardParallelLatitude> </lambertConformalConic> <firstCellCenter> <x>-1012857.84</x> <y>5541058.269</y> </firstCellCenter> <xCellSize>2000</xCellSize> <yCellSize>2000</yCellSize> </regular> ...