v0.6.0

v0.6.0 (10 October 2023)

This minor version update consists of new features including vertical regridding (extension of xgcm), functions for producing accurate time bounds, and improving the usability of the create_grid API. It also includes bug fixes to preserve attributes when using regrid2 horizontal regridder and fixing multi-file datasets spatial average orientation and weights when lon bounds span prime meridian.

Features

• Functions to produce accurate time bounds by @pochedls in #418
• Add API extending xgcm vertical regridding by @jasonb5 in #388, #535, #525
• Update create_grid args to improve usability by @jasonb5 in #507, #539

Deprecation

• Add deprecation warnings for add_bounds boolean args by @tomvothecoder in #548,
• Add deprecation warning for CDML/XML support in open_mfdataset() by @tomvothecoder in #503, #504

Bug Fixes

Horizontal Regridding

• Improves error when axis is missing/incorrect attributes with regrid2 by @jasonb5 in #481
• Fixes preserving ds/da attributes in the regrid2 module by @jasonb5 in #468
• Fixes duplicate parameter in regrid2 docs by @jasonb5 in #532

Spatial Averaging

• Fix multi-file dataset spatial average orientation and weights when lon bounds span prime meridian by @pochedls in #495

Documentation

• Typo fix for climatology code example in docs by @lee1043 in #491
• Update documentation in regrid2.py by @lee1043 in #509
• Add more fields to GH Discussions question form by @tomvothecoder in #480
• Add Q&A GH discussions template by @tomvothecoder in #479
• Update FAQs question covering datasets with conflicting bounds by @tomvothecoder in #474
• Add Google Groups mailing list to docs by @tomvothecoder in #452
• Fix README link to CODE-OF-CONDUCT.rst by @tomvothecoder in #444
• Replace LLNL E3SM License with xCDAT License by @tomvothecoder in #443
• Update getting started and HPC documentation by @tomvothecoder in #553

DevOps

• Fix Python deprecation comment in conda env yml files by @tomvothecoder in #514
• Simplify conda environments and move configs to pyproject.toml by @tomvothecoder in #512
• Update DevOps to cache conda and fix attributes not being preserved with xarray > 2023.3.0 by @tomvothecoder in #465
• Update GH Actions to use mamba by @tomvothecoder in #450
• Update constraint cf_xarray >=0.7.3 to workaround xarray import issue by @tomvothecoder in #547

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0