Unidata’s Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) is a freely available 3D geoscience
visualization and analysis tool that gives users the ability to view and analyze
a
rich set of geoscience data in an integrated fashion. The IDV brings together the
ability to display and analyze satellite imagery, gridded data (such as numerical
weather prediction model output), surface observations (METARs), upper air
soundings, NWS NEXRAD Level II and Level III RADAR data, and GIS data, all within
a unified interface. The IDV integrates tightly with common scientific data
servers (including Unidata’s TDS) to provide easy access to many real-time and
archive datasets. It also provides collaborative features that enable users to
easily share their own data holdings and analysis products with others.
IDV is available on Windows, Macintosh, and Linux platforms, and features:
In the IDV Globe
Display, displays and maps are projected onto a spherical globe
Display Plan
View horizontal 2D map data or cross-sections of 3D data using
the IDV
3D
Surface supports isosurface, topography, and 2D data draped over
topography displays
The IDV 3D
tracer points is a new 3D flow display type of the IDV for volume
gridded dataset.
Create displays from
Satellite
and NWS WSR-88D Level III Radar
data using the IDV
The IDV Profiler
Winds provides a Time/Height plot, Station plot, and a 3D view
The IDV 3D
streamline is a new 3D flow display type of the IDV for volume gridded
dataset.
If you use the IDV and want to provide a DOI/citation, see How to Acknowledge Unidata.
The IDV user guide is the primary documentation for the IDV.
Read the System
Requirements needed to run the IDV
Download the IDV installer
for your system
Read the IDV Installation
Guide
Attend the annual IDV training workshop at the UPC in Boulder
View the tutorial from the latest IDV training workshop 
View the tutorial from the WRF Users Workshop
Online screencasts demonstrate common tasks in the IDVDidn't find a solution in the IDV documentation? Try the following:
Attend the annual IDV training workshop at the UPC in Boulder View the tutorial from the latest IDV training workshop View the tutorial from the WRF Users Workshop Online screencasts demonstrate common tasks in the IDV
Unidata IDV
IDV
Architecture
IDV developers
Contribute to IDV
IDV code
Git
Recipes