Update changelog and readme

Changelog.md

@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@ site itself.
 # Version 0.5.0 - Sept 15, 2024
 - Updating dependencies  and test targets
 - Fix deprecation warnings raised by numpy
-- JOSS publication
+- JOSS publication
+# Version 0.5.1 - Nov 7, 2024
+- Create `synthirrad` package
+- Implement the `synthirrad.cloudfield` module
+- Tests and demos for the new package

README.md

@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ might be useful for these analyses. Right now this only contains a function
 for decorating the frequency axis of plots with common timescales. This is an 
 area that could use some expansion in the future.
 
+```synthirrad```  
+Tools for generating synthetic irradiance timeseries and performing downscaling
+operations on time series data. 
+
 ```demos```  
 Data and demonstration codes (including as jupyter notebooks) that demonstrate 
 the functionality of the package. An explanation for the included data is 

docs/sphinx/source/conf.py

@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
 copyright = '2024, Joe Ranalli'
 author = 'Joe Ranalli'
 
-release = '0.4'
-version = '0.4.5'
-
 import os
 import sys
+import configparser
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '..', '..', 'src')))
 
+config_fn = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '..', '..', 'setup.cfg'))
+parser = configparser.RawConfigParser()
+parser.read(config_fn)
+version = parser.get('metadata', 'version')
+release = version
+
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 # https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
 

setup.cfg

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = solarspatialtools
-version = 0.5.0
+version = 0.5.1
 author = 'Joe Ranalli'
 author_email = [email protected]
 description = A package for spatial analysis of solar energy and solar irradiance