Py-ART Release 1.11.5 Modernism

This minor release contains bug fixes for cftime rel 1.15 and tuple checking in gridding.

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Enhancements made

• ENH: Addition of TDWR support. #969 (@zssherman)
• ENH: Adding copy_field_dtype to grid mapper. #956 (@zssherman)

Bugs fixed

• FIX: Fix for cftime 1.5 release. #994 (@zssherman)
• FIX: Removal of warning to fix unit tests. #979 (@zssherman)
• FIX: Fix for h5py > 3.0 decoding of str. #978 (@zssherman)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• MNT: Update dep warning for June1st default switch to barnes2. #989 (@zssherman)
• MNT: Add all TDWR radar locations #973 (@zssherman)
• MAINT: Updated all cython files for python 3.9 #966 (@zssherman)

Other merged PRs

• Add check if radars tuple is not empty #991 (@Quba1)
• CI: More python 3.9 fixes and attempt to build 3.9. #983 (@zssherman)

Contributors to this release

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@amarouane-ABDELHAK | @bmgxyz | @dopplershift | @kmuehlbauer | @Quba1 | @rcjackson | @scollis | @zssherman

Py-ART Release 1.11.3 Modernism

Release 1.11.3 is a minor release with bug fixes for the nexrad 0.19 reader, np.rec.buffer module path change.

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Bugs fixed

• FIX: Fix addressed for #962 by mwilson14. #963 (@zssherman)
• FIX: A fix for the NoneType error with regards to nexrad 3 elevation. #959 (@zssherman)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• MNT: Update to default config to fix units, and add field info for attenuation fields. #964 (@zssherman)

Contributors to this release

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@bmgxyz | @lauratomkins | @rcjackson | @zssherman

Py-ART Release 1.11.2 Modernism

Py-ART Release 1.11.2 Modernism is a micro release with a few bug fixes and enhancements. Fixes mainly are the fix for the nearest neighbor code, boolean index error in kdp code, missing gatefilter in map_to_grid, and more.

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Enhancements made

• ENH: Support for Product 176 (DPR) - Instantaneous Precipitation Rate #919 (@dcedgren)
• ENH: Updated nexrad for RDA build 19.0. #903 (@zssherman)

Bugs fixed

• FIX: add_gate_area now returns only positive values #950 (@rtanamachi)
• FIX: Gate to grid map blotchy #947 (@rcjackson)
• FIX: Fix for missing gatefilter in map_to_grid. #946 (@zssherman)
• FIX: Fixes boolean indexing error. #944 (@zssherman)
• FIX: Issue #694 when working with ODIM with empty moment. #938 (@vlouf)
• FIX: Nearest neighbor code #934 (@rcjackson)
• FIX: Elevation Angle for some products #925 (@dcedgren)
• FIX: This converts the nexrad altitude from feet to meters. #924 (@zssherman)
• FIX: A fix for reversed ngates and nrays. #917 (@zssherman)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• MNT: Attempt to fix appveyor path issue. #937 (@zssherman)
• MNT: Removing temp fix and using suggested cftime developer fix. #927 (@zssherman)
• MNT: New warnings on literals, and a fix for said warnings. #914 (@zssherman)

Other merged PRs

• TST: Unit test of get_gate_area and some cleanup. #949 (@zssherman)
• add get_gate_area #948 (@rtanamachi)
• Fix in filter_psidp in case of scalar mask #929 (@wolfidan)
• ADD: Nexrad Level 3 Product Version Checking #926 (@dcedgren)
• ADD: Corner Reflector Raster Scan Plotting #920 (@AdamTheisen)
• ADD: Adding more example notebooks. #915 (@zssherman)
• ADD: Adding a basic ingest using Py-ART's testing object example notebook. #911 (@zssherman)

Contributors to this release

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@AdamTheisen | @dcedgren | @dopplershift | @gamaanderson | @grwise1 | @hhuangwx | @jjhelmus | @jsignell | @lauratomkins | @nguy | @rcjackson | @rtanamachi | @Rumpkie | @scollis | @tjlang | @vlouf | @wolfidan | @zssherman

Py-ART Release 1.11.1 Modernism

This release fixes the cftime break with isoformat. Also includes the matplotlib framework classifier. Spectra is also included, but a full release with notes will be in the future as this is a fix micro release.

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Bugs fixed

• FIX: A fix for the update in one of the datetime modules that broke CI #913 (@zssherman)
• FIX: Fix for msg29 function extra parameter. #909 (@zssherman)
• FIX: Fix to optional doc and warning message for attenuation code. #907 (@zssherman)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• MNT: Adding MPL framework classifier, addresses #910. #912 (@zssherman)

Documentation improvements

• DOC: Some documentation changes for new sphinx napoleon that was missed in previous pull request. #902 (@zssherman)
• DOC: Update to docs to use rtd theme and remove python 2 from docs. #893 (@zssherman)

Other merged PRs

• ADD: Initial commit for radar spectra for KAZR. #892 (@zssherman)

Contributors to this release

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@rcjackson | @scollis | @zssherman

Py-ART Version 1.11.0 Modernism

Py-ART version 1.11.0 Modernism contains a variety of enhancements and bug fixes, but most importantly the removal of support of Python 2, see more here:
https://python3statement.org/

Thank you to all contributors and users!

Highlights of this release:

* Removal of support for Python 2
* Overhaul of Py-ART's website
* Speed up of hilderbrand code
* Fixes for ODIM H5 reader
* Make xarray option in grid.py
* Removal of fortran code
* Option to plot relative to slant range aircraft plot.
* And much more!

Contributor's to Py-ART 1.11.0 Modernism

* Abdelhak Marourane
* Adam Theisen
* Brandon Taylor
* Dan Stechman
* Jason Hemendinger
* Meteoswiss
* Robert Jackson
* Scott Collis
* Valentin Louf
* Zac Flamig
* Zach Sherman

Py-ART Release v1.10.4 Impressionism

Contains a fix for to_xarray, and the fix for geos update no xy attribute and removal of python 2 code. WIll do a major release with new documentation.

Py-ART Release v1.10.3 Impressionism

Minor release of Py-ART, updates include:

Fix in grid to_xarray code
Fix in cfradial code that was breaking with newer version of netCDF4

Py-ART Version 1.10.2 Impressionism

Fixes warnings for colormaps and other minor bug fixes.

Py-ART Version 1.10.1 Impressionism

Version 1.10.1 is the result of a year of work by 16 contributors.
Thanks to all contributors, especially those who have made their first contribution to Py-ART.

Highlights of this release:

* Updated graphing modules to use cartopy instead of basemap (basemap can still be used in radarmapdisplaybasemap and gridmapdisplaybasemap modules).
* Fix for nexrad NL2
* Added cartopy examples.
* New Velocity Azimuth Display and Quasi Vertical Profile modules
* Default colormap is now the HomeyerRainbow color vision deficiency friendly.
* Unit tests are now geared towards pytest
* Steiner classification in full Python
* Add VRADH and VRADV quantities to ODIM H5 decoder
* New Py-ART cheatsheet.
* New differential attenuation code
* And much much more.

Contributors to Py-ART 1.10.1 Impressionism:

Gama Anderson
Jason Hemedinger
Jordi Figueras
Jussi Tiira
Kai Muehlbauer
Nathan Goldbaum
Nick Guy
Robin Tanamachi
Rish Shadra
Robert Jackson
Scott Collis
striges
Tarmo Tanilsoo
Timothy Lang
Valentin Louf
Zachary Sherman
zxdawn

Py-ART Version 1.9.2 Picasso

Version 1.9.2 Picasso is a micro release with fixes such as #757 , #749 , but also new LP code with gatefilter #764 and unit test switch from nose to pytest #754 .