Version 5.12 Updates

Upcoming Version 5.12.1

  • Externally released on 2021-06-17

  • Became metview/new at ECMWF on 2021-06-17 (Linux desktops, ecgate, lxc, lxop)

  • At ECMWF:

    • Installed 2021-06-17

    • Built with Magics 4.8.2

    • Built with ecCodes 2.22.1

    • Built with ODC version 1.3.0

    • Includes version 1.7.2 of the Python interface

    • Includes MetZoom beta 0.9.2

Fixes:

  • fixed issue where a Geopoints variable created via the create_geo() function with an elevation column did not list ‘elevation’ as one of its columns, nor did it write the elevation column to disk

  • fixed issue where the Geopoints Examiner only showed one station id in the stnid column

  • fixed issue where the setting ‘Order’ to ‘Sorted’ in the read() command did not work properly with fields of daily climatologies

  • fixed issue where the Symbol Plotting icon/function did not honour symbol_text_blanking in ‘advanced’ mode (fix is in Magics 4.8.2)

  • allow environment variable METVIEW_MARS_CONFIG_POSTFIX to specify different config files for testing different MARS configurations

Version 5.12.0

  • Externally released on 2021-05-19

  • Became metview/new at ECMWF on 2021-05-19 (Linux desktops, ecgate, lxc, lxop)

  • At ECMWF:

    • Installed 2021-05-19

    • Built with Magics 4.8.0

    • Built with ecCodes 2.22.0

    • Built with ODC version 1.3.0

    • Includes version 1.7.2 of the Python interface

    • Includes MetZoom beta 0.9.2

Documentation:

  • try out the all-new documentation for the Python interface on readthedocs!

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Cross Section:

  • allow the plotting of horizontal wind as arrows/flags along transect plane via the setting:

    wind_unprojected = "on"

    See new gallery example here

Plotting:

  • new option in the PNG and PDF output drivers: output_font_scale - takes a floating point number, default=1. To double the size of all text generated in the plots, for example, set it to 2.0 in the call to setoutput, or from the GUI.

Regrid:

  • new interpolation methods and slight renaming of parameters - see Regrid

  • now accepts NetCDF files as input; will accept ‘simple’ grids in NetCDF files at least, we have not tried all types!

Thermo Data:

  • fixed issue where the result returned in Python was not complete