We are happy to announce the March 2016 release of the standard ECMWF software packages. This set of releases consolidates all changes which were necessary for the IFS cycle 41r2 implementation this month. This includes full support for the octahedral reduced Gaussian Grid.
Users of Magics (and Metview) will benefit from the use of a new set of coastline files. This change addresses many deficiencies previously reported and shows better performance. The new set also updates the set of regional administrative boundaries.
Snapshot of Metview 4.6.5 showing the new coastlines and regional boundaries for France, Germany and the UK.
All these packages use the same build system based on CMake - simplifying and harmonising the installation experience. The versions are available on all ECMWF computer systems as "new" versions. If you encounter any issues please feel free to send us feedback to Software.Support@ecmwf.int.