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@georgemccabe georgemccabe released this 04 May 02:09

METplus v2.1 Release Notes:

Configuration:

  • Added gather_by_date.conf for grid-to-grid and grid-to-obs use cases

  • Created specific directory for plotting use case config files

  • Added error checking so it is more clear what config items need to be added or changed to run

  • Renamed many config variables for clarity

    • Variables specific to a wrapper will contain the app name in the variable name

    • Error message at startup listing all deprecated config items and the suggested new item to use

  • MET configuration files updated to contain new default values that were recently added

  • Current time environment variables set to be used in MET or METplus config files if needed (See section describing Timing Control).

  • Added INIT_SEQ for looping by valid time to calculate forecast lead list (instead of specifying with LEAD_SEQ)

  • Adding window begin and end variables for individual wrappers instead of having the same window for every wrapper (See OBS_WINDOW_BEGIN and OBS_WINDOW_END in section describing A-Z Config Glossary)

  • Added option to skip processing of a file in some wrappers (i.e. pb2nc or regrid_data_plane) if the output file already exists (See PB2NC_SKIP_IF_OUTPUT_EXISTS in section describing A-Z Config Glossary)

Wrapper specific:

  • MakePlots

    • Reworked following the changes to the work done on stat_analysis_wrapper.py
  • StatAnalysis

    • Reworked to give users greater use of the MET stat_analysis tool
  • PcpCombine

    • Added support for -derive mode

    • Fixed bugs in -subtract mode and -sum mode

  • PB2NC

    • Refactored to allow looping by valid time and utilize filename templates instead of regex
  • PointStat

    • Refactored to allow looping by valid time and utilize filename templates instead of regex

    • Added verification mask and neighborhood width/shape configurations

  • EnsembleStat

    • Refactored to allow looping by valid time
  • GridStat

    • Added verification mask and neighborhood width/shape configurations
  • SeriesByLead

    • Changed configuration names for forecast hour to more closely match other wrappers (See LEAD_SEQ_[N], LEAD_SEQ_[N]_LABEL, SERIES_BY_LEAD_GROUP_FCSTS, and LEAD_SEQ in section describing A-Z Config Glossary)

General:

  • Improved string template substitution and extraction functionality to be more flexible and to allow time shifting/truncating (See section describing Directory and Filename Template Info)

• Improve timed handling so filename templates can be more flexible

• Added 'now' time item to allow start and end time of run to be defined relative to the current time at execution (See section describing Timing Control)

• Logfiles now contains METplus version number and start/end logs to easily discern multiple runs within a single log file

• Various bug fixes