Version 3.1 alpha 1

This release contains the alpha version of the multirun implementation for testing.
Instructions for running the framework on the are provided in the README.md file.

What's Changed

• update cartopy version in python3 conda environment file by @wrongkindofdoctor in #406
• add cython to env_python3_base.yml by @wrongkindofdoctor in #408
• Feature/stc eddy heat fluxes by @zdlawrence in #373
• Add stc eddy heat fluxes POD to CI by @wrongkindofdoctor in #409
• bump package versions in doc requirements and env_dev yaml file by @wrongkindofdoctor in #410
• Add static docs by @wrongkindofdoctor in #411
• bump xarray version to 0.20 or later in python3 base yaml by @wrongkindofdoctor in #412
• Add multirun support: framework mods and example_multicase POD by @wrongkindofdoctor in #407

New Contributors

• @zdlawrence made their first contribution in #373

Full Changelog: v3.0.beta.5...v3.1.alpha.1

Version 3.0 beta 5

New PODS:

• albedofb
• seaice_suite
• blocking_neale
• top heaviness metric
• TC_Rain
• Precipitation Buoyancy Diagnostic

Bug fixes:

• Fix issues with valid_range and byte type attributes
• Fix issue with empty var.associate_files in data_manager module

Version 3.0 beta 4

• Added mixed_layer_depth, ocn_surf_flux_diag, precip_buoy_diag, temp_extremes_distshape, eulerian_storm_track, ENSO_MSE, ENSO_RWS, and tropical_pacific_sea_level PODS to repository
• Fixed issues in the sites/NOAA_GFDL files that prevented the --site NOAA_GFDL option from functioning
• Added PODs to the CI

Version 3.0-beta 3 GFDL

This is the first stable release of v3.0-b.3 that works on GFDL post-processed (PP) data stored in /archive. The release has been tagged for reference purposes, and is not recommended for ongoing use, as the package version is not under active development.

• Check out the release on a new branch in your local repository copy by entering:

git fetch --all --tags
git checkout tags/v3.0-b.3.gfdl -b <new branch name>

Version 3.0 beta, release 3

The majority of changes made in this release are to the organization of the framework code and should be transparent to users and POD developers; in particular, all current command-line settings will function in the same way, and all documentation on mdtf-diagnostics.readthedocs.io is up to date. The most relevant new features are:

• Support for the new, more detailed POD settings file format described in the documentation website.
• Automatic conversion of names and units for model data variables and coordinates (as specified in the new settings file format).
• Automatic extraction of pressure levels from 4D data when needed.
• Better logging and error handling. Debugging information is enabled with the ‘-v’ flag, and console output is automatically saved to a log file.
• Support for fetching model data from files in the CMIP6 DRS directory hierarchy on a locally mounted drive.
• Bug fixes for the GFDL-specific installation procedure.

For more detailed information, see the pull request.

Version 3.0 beta, release 2

Second beta release of version 3.0 framework, as described in the August 3rd collaboration-wide telecon. This is a developer preview aimed at allowing POD contributors to update their code to be compatible with changes made to the underlying framework in transitioning from version 2.0 to 3.0.

Version 3.0 beta, release 1

Initial beta release of version 3.0 framework, as described in the April 7th collaboration-wide telecon. This is a developer preview aimed at allowing POD contributors to update their code to be compatible with changes made to the underlying framework in transitioning from version 2.0 to 3.0.

Version 2.0 (NCAR)

Version 2.0 of the code as described in Process-Oriented Evaluation of Climate and Weather Forecasting Models, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 100(9), 1665-1686 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0042.1, and developed by

Yi-Hung Kuo^a, C.-C. (Jack) Chen^b, Danielle R. B. Coleman^b, Eric D. Maloney^c, Andrew Gettelman^b, Yi Ming^d, J. David Neelin^a, Daniel Barrie^e, Annarita Mariotti^e, Bohar Singh^c, H. Annamalai^f, Alexis Berg^g, James F. Booth^h, Suzana J. Camargoⁱ, Aiguo Dai^j, Alex Gonzalez^k, Jan Hafner^f, Xianan Jiang^k, Xianwen Jing^l, Daehyun Kim^m, Arun Kumarⁿ, Yumin Moon^m, Catherine M. Naud^o, Adam H. Sobel^i,p, Kentaroh Suzuki^l, Fuchang Wang^q,r, Junhong Wang^j, Allison A. Wing^s, Xiaobiao Xu^q and Ming Zhao^d.

a: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
b: National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
c: Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
d: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey
e: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, Maryland
f: International Pacific Research Center/Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
g: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
h: City College of the City University of New York, New York, New York
i: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
j: Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, New York
k: Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
l: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
m: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
n: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Climate Prediction Center, College Park, Maryland
o: Columbia University, New York, New York
p: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York
q: Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
r: Institute of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
s: Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida