METplus-2.1
METplus v2.1 Release Notes:
Configuration:
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Added gather_by_date.conf for grid-to-grid and grid-to-obs use cases
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Created specific directory for plotting use case config files
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Added error checking so it is more clear what config items need to be added or changed to run
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Renamed many config variables for clarity
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Variables specific to a wrapper will contain the app name in the variable name
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Error message at startup listing all deprecated config items and the suggested new item to use
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MET configuration files updated to contain new default values that were recently added
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Current time environment variables set to be used in MET or METplus config files if needed (See section describing Timing Control).
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Added INIT_SEQ for looping by valid time to calculate forecast lead list (instead of specifying with LEAD_SEQ)
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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)
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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:
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MakePlots
- Reworked following the changes to the work done on stat_analysis_wrapper.py
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StatAnalysis
- Reworked to give users greater use of the MET stat_analysis tool
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PcpCombine
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Added support for -derive mode
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Fixed bugs in -subtract mode and -sum mode
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PB2NC
- Refactored to allow looping by valid time and utilize filename templates instead of regex
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PointStat
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Refactored to allow looping by valid time and utilize filename templates instead of regex
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Added verification mask and neighborhood width/shape configurations
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EnsembleStat
- Refactored to allow looping by valid time
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GridStat
- Added verification mask and neighborhood width/shape configurations
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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