V4.0

Highlights

• Implementation of ESM-intake catalogs for reading and processing model data. The repo includes a tools
  directory with a simple catalog_builder that for users to generate their own data catalogs
• Refactored framework to use "multirun" paradigm where every POD object is associated with one or more data "cases"
• Simplified CMIP, GFDL, and CESM data sources that can be customized from extensions of a common base class
• Conda environments updated to use Python 3.12 and with updated packages
• Preliminary support for custom preprocessing modules
• Support for yaml and json configuration files

What's Changed

• Add attribute approximate match method to xr_parser by @wrongkindofdoctor in #496
• Stc qbo enso by @delsbury in #495
• Update fieldlist tables by @wrongkindofdoctor in #506
• add sphinx build action on pull request by @jtmims in #515
• Fixes for cesm catalog builder and MJO_suite settings file by @bitterbark in #524
• initial submodule (TempestExtremes) support by @jtmims in #526
• Refactored preprocessor updates by @wrongkindofdoctor in #532
• add start_time and end_time attrs to catalog_builder.py by @jtmims in #546
• update cmip6 cmor tables by @wrongkindofdoctor in #548
• 529 contrib by @aradhakrishnanGFDL in #550
• addng gfdl cmip variable mapping plus the additional info needed. note that… by @aradhakrishnanGFDL in #557
• Refactor translator by @wrongkindofdoctor in #561
• Update preprocessor.py by @wrongkindofdoctor in #573
• add packages required by faw diag to python3 base yaml by @wrongkindofdoctor in #578
• Add support for string time_ranges and date ranges with multiple delimiters by @wrongkindofdoctor in #593
• add monthly date_format in check_group_daterange by @jtmims in #597
• add support for yyyy, yyyymm to start and end dates by @wrongkindofdoctor in #600
• add logic to check standard and long names to convertdataarray function by @wrongkindofdoctor in #602
• Add separate environment files for micromamba installation by @wrongkindofdoctor in #607
• Update README.md by @wrongkindofdoctor in #608
• Remove sites dir by @wrongkindofdoctor in #619
• add 'precipitation_flux' to CESM fieldlist by @jtmims in #628
• add logic to infer start and end times for time range and update form… by @jtmims in #636
• update conda envs to python 3.12 by @wrongkindofdoctor in #641
• Add catalog documentation by @wrongkindofdoctor in #647
• Update docs by @wrongkindofdoctor in #649

New Contributors

• @delsbury made their first contribution in #495
• @jtmims made their first contribution in #515

Full Changelog: v3.4...v4.0