![IDV Sandy vectors](/blog_content/images/2016/20160601_idv_01.png)
Vector display of air parcels in hurricane Sandy
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The Integrated Data Viewer (IDV) version 5.3 is now available. This version of IDV has notable system, display, and data improvements.
IDV 5.3 takes advantage of the latest versions of the netCDF-Java and VisAD libraries, both of which allow more efficient data access than previous versions. This leads to less memory use on the local system while still providing the same functionality as the prior IDV releases.
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