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Version 2.36.0 (June 2024)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1820] - Accessor hierarchy: Use C++ inheritance mechanism instead of hand-crafted virtual tables
• [ECC-1802] - GRIB2: Relax sub-hourly unit specification
• [ECC-1817] - Tools documentation: grib_compare/bufr_compare '-f' option
• [ECC-1819] - GRIB: Keys iScansPositively and jScansNegatively should be read-only
• [ECC-1706] - Definitions: Align WMO Common Code Table 11 with ecCodes c-11 table
• [ECC-1806] - GRIB: Change of paramId in conversion from GRIB1 to GRIB2
• [ECC-1829] - GRIB: Add MARS support for stream & type combinations required for AIFS ensemble
• [ECC-1846] - GRIB2: Add optional modelName and modelVersion in section 4
  
  
• [ECC-1705] - GRIB2 Templates for WMO Fast Track 2024-1 for probabilities with focal statistics
• [ECC-1799] - GRIB2: Populate the ERA pseudo-centre with relevant encodings
• [ECC-1804] - GRIB2: Removal of 192 encodings to avoid confusion with new time-mean parameters
• [ECC-1810] - GRIB: Surface sea water velocity encodings
• [ECC-1811] - GRIB: Practical salinity encodings
• [ECC-1812] - GRIB2: Add time-mean version of 159; blh
• [ECC-1821] - GRIB: Add mars directives in grib.mmsf.an.def for CERISE dataset
• [ECC-1822] - GRIB2: Modification of sea ice thickness parameters
• [ECC-1823] - GRIB2: Add climatological albedo local ECMWF parameter to pseudocentre ERA6
• [ECC-1824] - GRIB2: Correct shortNames for recently added time-mean parameters
• [ECC-1825] - GRIB2: Add remaining time-mean parameter encodings related to ERA pseudo-centre
• [ECC-1826] - GRIB2: Add time-mean versions of hydro dis / swi parameters
• [ECC-1827] - GRIB2: Add new FT2024-1 parameters from issue #227
• [ECC-1828] - GRIB2: Add new FT2024-1 parameters from issue #221
• [ECC-1831] - GRIB2: Remove the 'modelName' concept
• [ECC-1834] - GRIB2: Add time-mean version of hydro parameters from WMO FT2024-1
• [ECC-1835] - GRIB2: Time-mean parameters for ERA6 on pressure levels
• [ECC-1836] - GRIB2: Add correct unit to paramId 43
• [ECC-1837] - GRIB: Make code table units consistent
• [ECC-1838] - GRIB2: Aerosol diagnostics parameters
• [ECC-1839] - GRIB2: Add encoding for aerosol extinction coefficient
• [ECC-1841] - GRIB2: Overload wind components / speed for ERA6 with heights for 100 and 200m above ground
• [ECC-1842] - GRIB2: Modification of ocean parameter encodings to support multiple typeOfLevel entries
• [ECC-1844] - MARS: Add new class 'ng' for nextGEMS
• [ECC-1845] - GRIB2: Time processed parameters for volumetric soil moisture

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-782] - Multi-field GRIB: crash in grib_handle_new_from_file_multi
• [ECC-1800] - GRIB2: Failure setting stepUnits=s,paramId=210203
• [ECC-1801] - GRIB2: Issue with post metadata hook for DestinE
• [ECC-1805] - GRIB2: Sub-hourly: Fix race condition
• [ECC-1813] - GRIB2: Sub-hourly: Set step units without step
• [ECC-1818] - GRIB Geoiterator issues for Lambert azimuthal equal area
• [ECC-1840] - BUFR: Problem with edition 3 typicalYear and typicalDate

Version 2.35.0 (April 2024)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1781] - GRIB Geoiterator: Support reduced Gaussian grid with rotation
• [ECC-1784] - GRIB Geoiterator: Support HEALPix nested ordering
• [ECC-1785] - BUFR: Allow encoding satelliteID when rdbType=30
• [ECC-1780] - GRIB HEALPix: In the 'geography' namespace replace 'pointsOrdering' with 'orderingConvention'
• [ECC-1777] - GRIB: Validate dataDate and dataTime on input
• [ECC-1769] - GRIB: Rename keys FirstLatitude and SecondLatitude
• [ECC-1767] - GRIB2: Add keys to properly compute wavelengths in section 4 optical templates
• [ECC-1779] - GRIB2: Add keys to identify experimental and deprecated templates
• [ECC-1762] - GRIB2: Add GRIB1 key name aliases to wave spectra template with explicit list
• [ECC-1765] - GRIB2: Move upward sea water velocity encoding to correct typeOfLevel
• [ECC-1766] - GRIB2: EERIE (European Eddy RIch Earth System Models) metadata support
• [ECC-1775] - GRIB2: WMO conforming snowfall water equivalent parameters for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1776] - GRIB2: Additional activity and experiment table entries for DestinE ClimateDT
• [ECC-1786] - GRIB2: Add local ECMWF parameters to pseudo-centre CERISE
• [ECC-1787] - GRIB2: Add time-mean versions of existing parameters
• [ECC-1788] - GRIB2: Add mean parameters for ECMWF and CERISE
• [ECC-1789] - GRIB2: Add parameters 51/52 to pseudo-centre CERISE
• [ECC-1791] - GRIB2: Modify and remove maximum individual wave parameters
• [ECC-1794] - GRIB2: DestinE data does not have the MARS domain key
• [ECC-1796] - GRIB2: Implement stepRange indexing for DestinE ExtremesDT and On-Demand ExtremesDT data
• [ECC-1798] - GRIB2: New parameter encodings for DestinationEarth

• [ECC-1772] - GRIB2: activate stepRange for levtype o2d/o3d under stream mmsf type fc
• [ECC-1774] - GRIB2: Add MARS system keyword for class Cerise mmsf/fc and msmm.fcmean
• [ECC-1782] - Repacking sample GRIB2.tmpl fails when ECCODES_GRIB_DATA_QUALITY_CHECKS=1

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-1797] - GRIB2: Correct order of keys in templates 4.51 and 4.91 regarding the WMO Manual on Codes
• [ECC-1364] - GRIB: Geoiterator for Lambert Conformal in the southern hemisphere
• [ECC-1768] - GRIB2: Issue with setting PDTN 8, stepUnits and step at the same time
• [ECC-1770] - GRIB2: Template 4.1101 has incorrect size and octet layout
• [ECC-1771] - Build with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF on the Atos HPC doesn't work
• [ECC-1778] - Crash: Decoding invalid BUFR file
• [ECC-1783] - grib_to_netcdf: No error message when input file has invalid fields
• [ECC-1792] - GRIB: headers_only cloning does not work as expected after changing geography
• [ECC-1795] - Geoiterator for polar stereographic: Keys orientationOfTheGridInDegrees and LaDInDegrees decoded as integers

Version 2.34.1 (February 2024)

• [ECC-1364] - GRIB: Geoiterator for Lambert Conformal in the southern hemisphere
• [ECC-1768] - GRIB2: Issue with setting PDTN 8, stepUnits and step at the same time
• [ECC-1771] - Build with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF on the Atos HPC doesn't work
• [ECC-1772] - GRIB2: activate stepRange for levtype o2d/o3d under stream mmsf type fc
• [ECC-1751] - GRIB2: Consolidate parameters with fixed statistical processing ranges
• [ECC-1765] - GRIB2: Move upward sea water velocity encoding to correct typeOfLevel
• [ECC-1685] - GRIB2: Correct local ECMWF table entries
• [ECC-1774] - GRIB2: Add MARS system keyword for class Cerise mmsf/fc and msmm.fcmean

Version 2.34.0 (February 2024)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1238] - GRIB: Support for sub-hourly steps
• [ECC-1742] - Add function to clone only the meta-data of a message
• [ECC-1750] - MARS: Add new class 'ai'
• [ECC-1757] - MARS: Add stream 'rfsd'
• [ECC-1713] - GRIB2: Add correct definition to discipline 192 parameter 228004; mean2t for DestinE ClimateDT
• [ECC-1731] - GRIB2: Add additional paramIds to be used with CAMS chemIds
• [ECC-1737] - GRIB2: Add wave and ocean parameters
• [ECC-1740] - GRIB2: Addition to concept combinationOfAttributesOfTile
• [ECC-1743] - GRIB2: New hydro and wave parameters
• [ECC-1745] - GRIB2: Local ECMWF parameters for covariances
• [ECC-1751] - GRIB2: Consolidate parameters with fixed statistical processing ranges
• [ECC-1756] - GRIB2: Add mean parameters for CERISE project
• [ECC-1758] - GRIB2: add local ECMWF parameters to pseudo-centre ERA6
• [ECC-1748] - Tools: grib_dump on index file should print the key types
• [ECC-1752] - Definitions: Harmonise cfVarName.def files
• [ECC-1753] - Scripts: Update create_def.pl to work with the new Parameter Database design
• [ECC-1754] - CMake: Remove deprecated 'FindPythonInterp' module
• [ECC-1738] - BUFR: Better error message for invalid sequence

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-786] - grib_get -i -p has a space missing in the output
• [ECC-791] - grib tools with print of dummy:s puts a " 1" in the output
• [ECC-1676] - Negative step conversion from hour to seconds fails
• [ECC-1733] - GRIB2: codes_set_missing doesn't work for indicatorOfUnitOfTimeIncrement key
• [ECC-1741] - Assertion failure: Encoding a large field in GRIB1
• [ECC-1744] - Rounding errors in 2 tests with intel LLVM-based compilers 2023.2
• [ECC-1746] - GRIB2 template 4.34: Incorrect values for 'time' namespace
• [ECC-1749] - grib_dump: No gap between offsets and key name
• [ECC-1739] - BUFR: Assertion failure decoding with invalid masterTablesVersionNumber

Version 2.33.0 (December 2023)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1333] - GRIB2 only: make levtype read-only, typeOfLevel should be used to set fixed surfaces
• [ECC-1704] - GRIB: Implement unpack_string for validityTime
• [ECC-1722] - API: Allow setting integer key as missing via codes_set_string
• [ECC-1714] - GRIB2: Update tables/templates with the latest WMO V32.0.0
• [ECC-1715] - BUFR: Update tables with the latest WMO V41.0.0
• [ECC-1537] - GRIB2: Generalised tile template for encoding variables on tiles
• [ECC-1702] - GRIB2: Add turbulent surface parameters
• [ECC-1707] - GRIB2: Add support for two FESOM grids
• [ECC-1724] - Implement changes for CARRA monthly/daily products

• [ECC-1698] - Add format specifier keys for converting a number (float or int) into a string
• [ECC-1701] - Compile-time initialisation of IBM/IEEE float tables
• [ECC-1691] - GRIB2: Destination Earth ClimateDT metadata support

• [ECC-1697] - GRIB2: Update long name of hydrology parameter 231002
• [ECC-1700] - GRIB2: Add support for ecPoint
• [ECC-1709] - GRIB2: Rename indicatorOfUnitOfTimeRange to indicatorOfUnitForForecastTime
• [ECC-1710] - GRIB2: Replace 'highres' with 'high' in DestinE resolution table
• [ECC-1711] - GRIB2: Correct incorrect fixed surface encodings in samples
• [ECC-1712] - GRIB2: New table entries for DestinE ClimateDT
• [ECC-1713] - GRIB2: Add correct definition to discipline 192 parameter 228004; mean2t for DestinE ClimateDT
• [ECC-1716] - GRIB2: Use dataDate and dataTime for indexing within MARS stream clte
• [ECC-1719] - GRIB2: New parameter encodings from WMO FT2023-2
• [ECC-1720] - GRIB2: Add correct GRIB2 definitions to discipline 192 definitions from WMO FT2023-2
• [ECC-1721] - GRIB2: Update existing encoding to correct deprecated parameter encoding
• [ECC-1725] - GRIB2: Add descriptions for soil wetness index parameters
• [ECC-1729] - GRIB2: Add missing time-mean sea water salinity
• [ECC-1730] - GRIB2: replace encodings of instantaneous turbulent surface stress component parameters
• [ECC-1736] - Add MARS classes for C3S hydrology and CERISE projects

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-1703] - GRIB: AddressSanitizer: heap-buffer-overflow
• [ECC-1708] - grib_get_data returns offset longitudes in some cases
• [ECC-1717] - CRASH: grib_get -p numberOfMissing on invalid GRIB

Version 2.32.1 (October 2023)

• [ECC-1699] - BUFR: Bitmap problem for ERA5 data
• [ECC-1702] - GRIB2: Add turbulent surface parameters
• [ECC-1707] - GRIB2: Add support for two FESOM grids
• [ECC-1691] - GRIB2: Destination Earth ClimateDT metadata support
• [ECC-1700] - GRIB2: Add support for ecPoint

Version 2.32.0 (October 2023)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1361] - Prototype HEALPix grid
• [ECC-1674] - GRIB2: Add support for encoding template 5.200 (Run length packing with level values)
• [ECC-1633] - Tools: Deprecate the tigge_* tools (tigge_check, tigge_split, etc)
• [ECC-1640] - Tools: Remove the grib1to2 script
• [ECC-1447] - Proposal for a template for parameters dependent on a reference period
• [ECC-1648] - GRIB2: Update encodings of accumulated tendency parameters
• [ECC-1649] - GRIB2: Add WMO encodings for wave parameters
• [ECC-1650] - GRIB2: Update encoding for wave parameters with discipline=192
• [ECC-1651] - GRIB2: Remove the encoding for wave parameters 3105 and 3106
• [ECC-1653] - GRIB2: Add encoding for mean parameters
• [ECC-1655] - GRIB2: Change of definition and new mars levtype concepts for ocean parameters
• [ECC-1656] - GRIB: Add keys isGridded and isSpectral
• [ECC-1658] - GRIB2: Add WMO encoding to parameters
• [ECC-1659] - GRIB2: Update encodings with 192 discipline
• [ECC-1660] - GRIB: Delete the GRIB2 representation of parameter 3037
• [ECC-1661] - GRIB2: Add encoding for parameters with only uerra grib2
• [ECC-1665] - GRIB2: Move parameters to pseudo-centre uerra
• [ECC-1667] - GRIB: Add new key 'validityDateTime'
• [ECC-1670] - GRIB: Add new key 'setPackingType'
• [ECC-1672] - Tools: Add '-d' option for grib_compare
• [ECC-1677] - GRIB2: Replace discipline 192 local encoding
• [ECC-1678] - GRIB2: Add encoding for CAPES
• [ECC-1679] - GRIB2: Replace discipline=192 encodings
• [ECC-1688] - GRIB2: Update encoding for altimeter wave height parameters
  
  
• [ECC-1693] - Python3 bindings: Update minimum recommended version
• [ECC-1632] - Definitions: Deprecate GRIB2 template 3.130 and remove code table entries
• [ECC-1634] - GRIB2: Correction of neutral wind parameters
• [ECC-1636] - GRIB2: Add more values to the typeOfLevel key
• [ECC-1637] - GRIB2: Remove template.5.6.def and template.7.6.def
• [ECC-1645] - GRIB: Update parameter long names and move discipline 192 encoding to legacy
• [ECC-1647] - GRIB2: Addition of missing fixed surfaces to recently updated parameters
• [ECC-1662] - GRIB2: new ocean parameters for OCEAN6
• [ECC-1663] - GRIB2: Revert paramId 26 to old encoding
• [ECC-1664] - GRIB2: Add new CloudLayer concepts for 'typeOfLevel'
• [ECC-1666] - GRIB2: Add new MARS class O6 for ORAS6
• [ECC-1668] - GRIB2: Modification of name/shortName for sea ice temperature parameters
• [ECC-1669] - GRIB2: New plain sea ice temperature parameters
• [ECC-1673] - MARS: Add mars.number to the combination ocda/tpa
• [ECC-1682] - GRIB2: New reflectance parameters
• [ECC-1683] - GRIB2: Add new pseudo-centre for DestinE (Destination Earth)
• [ECC-1692] - GRIB2: Add Carbon Dioxide parameter encoding to 210061 for pseudo-centre DestinationEarth
  
  
• [ECC-633] - Fortran examples: looping over messages
• [ECC-1642] - Geoiterator: No error for badly encoded regular grids
• [ECC-1643] - GRIB2: Remove experimental templates 5.40010 and 7.40010
• [ECC-1652] - Improve error message re stepUnits
• [ECC-1675] - C internals: Add error argument to grib_nearest_factory function
• [ECC-1684] - GRIB2: Rename wind gust parameters
• [ECC-1685] - GRIB2: Correct local ECMWF table entries
• [ECC-1694] - CMake: Add libaec_ROOT as search hint for FindAEC

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-530] - GRIB2: Order of setting keys creates a failure
• [ECC-1541] - Modifying the PDTN for GRIB2 changes keys for certain values of typeOfFirstFixedSurface
• [ECC-1621] - Valgrind error: grib_compare -H
• [ECC-1631] - Segmentation fault: Decode bufrdcExpandedDescriptors as string
• [ECC-1638] - GRIB2: Error creating variable resolution latitude/longitude grid
• [ECC-1639] - CRASH: Nearest neighbour on Gaussian grid with N=0
• [ECC-1641] - Assertion failure in grib_to_netcdf for acetone product
• [ECC-1644] - GRIB2: Changing the PDTN changes the scale factor and scaled value keys
• [ECC-1646] - Error setting GRIB edition to 2 for parameters: sro, uvb, lsp, e, and pev
• [ECC-1654] - Error setting key of type 'codetable' as a string
• [ECC-1671] - GRIB: Issue in reading glofas data with eccodes since 2.27.0

Version 2.31.0 (July 2023)

New Features/Improvements

• Performance enhancements
  • [ECC-1602] - GRIB: CCSDS performance improvement (both decoding and encoding)
  • [ECC-1614] - Performance: Faster grib_count and bufr_count
    
    
• [ECC-743] - Fully implement GRIB encoding with complex spatial differencing packing
• [ECC-788] - Problem with the scale factor of Potential vorticity surface
• [ECC-793] - Provide mechanism to reject EXPERIMENTAL parameters
• [ECC-1312] - ecCodes does not support writing of grid_complex_spatial_differencing
• [ECC-1552] - GRIB: return non empty proj string for unprojected gridded fields
• [ECC-1568] - Update C++ standard from C++11 to C++17
• [ECC-1607] - Move the version info from CMakeLists.txt to the VERSION file
• [ECC-1600] - sourceSinkChemicalPhysicalProcess key for paramId 403000 Emission mass flux
• [ECC-1580] - Make codes_get_native_type available in Fortran
• [ECC-1585] - GRIB2: Update tables/templates with the latest WMO V31.0.0
• [ECC-1599] - BUFR: Update tables with the latest WMO V40.0.0

• [ECC-1584] - grib_dump: indicate which keys are 'read-only'
• [ECC-1611] - C API: Add function to determine if a BUFR key is a coordinate descriptor
• [ECC-1615] - Fortran API: Ability to read an array of double-precision integers
• [ECC-1630] - Python3 bindings: Get API version as an integer
• [ECC-1622] - Python3 bindings: Drop Python version 3.7
• [ECC-1601] - Python3 bindings: Support GRIB data values array decoded in single-precision
• [ECC-1610] - MARS: configure keywords mapping for ocda/tpa and oper/fc for ocean levtype o2d/o3d
• [ECC-1569] - GRIB2: Add missing ocean parameter typeOfLevelConcept
• [ECC-1577] - GRIB2: Add support for stepType when typeOfTimeIncrement=255
• [ECC-1504] - GRIB2: Make deprecated WMO parameters legacy

• [ECC-1564] - GRIB2: Support local product definition templates for different centres
• [ECC-1625] - GRIB2: ERA6 parameters with constituentType regarding DGOV-357
• [ECC-1626] - GRIB2: Mass and water budget parameters for ERA6
• [ECC-1628] - GRIB2: Energy budget parameters for ERA6
• [ECC-1629] - GRIB2: CAMS emission parameters for additional sink and sources
• [ECC-1563] - GRIB2: Introduce new local section 4 templates for extra-large ensembles
• [ECC-1570] - GRIB2: Accumulated mass emission of methane from Wetlands
• [ECC-1571] - GRIB2: Allow new expver=0002 for class=ur and origin=lfpw
• [ECC-1574] - GRIB2: Modifications to parameter long names (WMO conforming) for Destination Earth
• [ECC-1575] - GRIB2: Modification of convective precipitation GRIB2 deprecated encoding
• [ECC-1581] - GRIB2: Modification of total snowfall GRIB2 deprecated encoding
• [ECC-1582] - GRIB2: Modification of snow melt GRIB2 deprecated encoding
• [ECC-1583] - GRIB2: Modification of top net short-wave (solar) radiation GRIB2 deprecated encoding
• [ECC-1587] - GRIB2: Updating climatological discipline 192 parameter encodings
• [ECC-1588] - GRIB2: Modification of albedo parameters
• [ECC-1589] - GRIB2: Change unit of 152; logarithm of surface pressure parameter
• [ECC-1590] - GRIB2: Add correct GRIB2 definition to discipline 192 parameter 244; fsr
• [ECC-1591] - GRIB2: New parameter encodings from WMO FT2023-1
• [ECC-1592] - GRIB2: Add correct GRIB2 definitions to discipline 192 definitions from WMO FT2023-1
• [ECC-1593] - GRIB2: Add GRIB2 encodings to current GRIB1-only parameters from WMO FT2023-1
• [ECC-1594] - GRIB: Deletion of unused parameter definitions
• [ECC-1596] - GRIB2: Deletion of unused parameter definitions
• [ECC-1597] - GRIB2: Make several GRIB2 encodings legacy
• [ECC-1598] - GRIB2: Modifications to sea-ice parameter long names
• [ECC-1603] - GRIB2: New parameter encodings for ocean parameters
• [ECC-1604] - GRIB2: Modification of sea water practical salinity units
• [ECC-1616] - GRIB2: Modification of parameter encodings for ocean parameters
• [ECC-1617] - GRIB2: Merging of GRIB2 encodings into pre-existing GRIB1 parameters
• [ECC-1618] - GRIB: Fix minor typos in parameter names for consistency
• [ECC-1619] - GRIB2: Remove trailing spaces from parameter names
• [ECC-1627] - GRIB2: Add new pseudo-centre for ERA6
• [ECC-1565] - Add centre abbreviation 'birk' for Reykjavik

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-803] - Problem with encoding grid_complex_spatial_differencing packing
• [ECC-1081] - "level" is not edition-independent for potential vorticity levels
• [ECC-1433] - GRIB2 CCSDS: Very small values are not encoded correctly
• [ECC-1472] - Complex packing: Incorrect missing values handling
• [ECC-1560] - GRIB2: Changing from PDTN=8 to 11 changes the level from 1.5 to 2
• [ECC-1572] - Fortran codes_get/grib_get fails to get array of 32-bit real numbers
• [ECC-1573] - GRIB spectral_simple: Assertion failed: `ref == *val'
• [ECC-1578] - codes_handle_new_from_index does not initialise its 'err' argument
• [ECC-1586] - grib_get_data: Invalid latitude values printed
• [ECC-1605] - GRIB: Overflow for key forecastTime
• [ECC-1606] - GRIB2 CCSDS: Corrupted data after changing bitsPerValue
• [ECC-1608] - GRIB: Increasing bitsPerValue produces different results (in some cases)
• [ECC-1623] - BUFR: Assigning a single-element array to a string key fails with FunctionNotImplementedError

Version 2.30.2 (June 2023)

• [ECC-1579] - Fortran: grib_get_real4_array (single-precision mode) not bit-identical
• [ECC-1586] - grib_get_data: Invalid latitude values printed

Version 2.30.0 (April 2023)

New Features/Improvements

• Performance enhancements
  • [ECC-1525] - Performance: Keys 'latitudes' and 'longitudes' should not decode the field values
  • [ECC-1526] - Performance: Unnecessary decoding during nearest neighbour computation
• [ECC-1467] - GRIB: Support data values array decoded as "floats" (single-precision) to reduce memory consumption
• [ECC-1510] - GRIB2: Add support for template 5.200 (Run length packing with level values)
• [ECC-1521] - Drop support for 32-bit architectures
• [ECC-1543] - GRIB2: New parameter encodings for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1544] - GRIB2: Deprecation of parameter definitions
• [ECC-1545] - GRIB2: Deletion of parameter definitions
• [ECC-1549] - GRIB2: New parameter encodings for upcoming tile templates
• [ECC-1556] - Add new MARS class ML for machine learning
• [ECC-1557] - Add new MARS class D1 for Destination Earth
• [ECC-1558] - GRIB2: Add new ocean parameters
• [ECC-1561] - GRIB2: Update some legacy ocean parameters
• [ECC-1523] - Try downloading of test-data more persistently
• [ECC-1528] - Tools: Setting -w constraint with count=0 should issue an error
• [ECC-1531] - Detect old versions of libaec
• [ECC-1532] - GRIB: Allow setting 'expver' on CARRA/CERRA data
• [ECC-1534] - Remove the GRIB1 key 'mybits'
• [ECC-1536] - Testing: Speed up the BUFR downloads by allowing them to be run in parallel
• [ECC-1538] - Python3 bindings: Add support for CODES_TYPE_BYTES
• [ECC-1539] - Python3 bindings: Use the 'warnings' library for selfcheck
• [ECC-1548] - GRIB2: Add missing templates for PDTNs 62 and 63
• [ECC-1559] - GRIB encoding: data quality checks should test if shortName=unknown

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-1502] - BUFR encoding: Setting strings longer than the maximum allowed length should fail
• [ECC-1515] - Assertion failure: set packingType to grid_png
• [ECC-1516] - grib_dump error on index file
• [ECC-1518] - grib_to_netcdf: Error 'Cannot get stepUnits as string'
• [ECC-1519] - grib_ls: Using the 'statistics' namespace does not respect the specified format
• [ECC-1522] - prgenv/amd: Test eccodes_t_grib_bpv_limit fails
• [ECC-1529] - grib_util_set_spec: Input packing type of grid_ccsds changed to grid_simple
• [ECC-1530] - grib_util_set_spec: Input packing type of grid_second_order changed to grid_simple
• [ECC-1540] - Ensemble member issue with localDefinitionNumber=36 for param=210170 (VSO2)
• [ECC-1542] - Assertion failure: Reduced Gaussian grid with zeros in its pl array
• [ECC-1547] - GRIB2: Changing PDTN from rectangular to circular cluster fails
• [ECC-1550] - GRIB2: Incorrect product definition conversion from 48 to 46
• [ECC-1551] - grib_get: Error message does not include the offending key
• [ECC-1554] - grib_util_set_spec: Add support for Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area grid
• [ECC-1555] - Python3 bindings: 2D numpy array incorrectly handled
• [ECC-1562] - Segmentation fault: Invalid orderby directive

Version 2.29.0 (March 2023)

• [ECC-1508] - Set project language to be C++
• [ECC-1511] - Remove the Python2 interface

Version 2.28.0 (January 2023)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1449] - GRIB2: New urban and wetland/vegetation parameters
• [ECC-1450] - GRIB2: Add entries for wetland/vegetation in WMO tables version 30
• [ECC-1452] - GRIB2: Update tables/templates with the latest WMO V30.0.0
• [ECC-1461] - GRIB2: Update Fire Variable names in paramDB
• [ECC-1464] - GRIB2: WMO conforming water equivalent parameters for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1465] - GRIB2: Add GRIB2 encodings to current GRIB1-only parameters for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1466] - GRIB2: Add correct GRIB2 definitions to discipline 192 definitions for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1469] - GRIB2: Modifications to parameter encodings to reflect standard practice for Destination Earth
• [ECC-1470] - GRIB2: Modifications to parameter long names (WMO conforming) for Destination Earth
• [ECC-1479] - GRIB2: Add correct GRIB2 definitions to discipline 192 definitions for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1481] - GRIB2: Add GRIB2 encodings to current GRIB1-only parameters for DestinationEarth
• [ECC-1493] - GRIB2: Setting paramId 131074-131077 changes keys not part of the definition
• [ECC-1495] - GRIB2: Discipline 192 to legacy for parameters with valid WMO definitions
• [ECC-1506] - GRIB2: Add soil moisture parameter
• [ECC-1478] - GRIB2: Deletion of unused parameter definitions (part 1)
• [ECC-1480] - GRIB2: Deletion of unused parameter definitions (part 2)
• [ECC-1486] - GRIB2: Deletion of unused parameter definitions (part 3)
• [ECC-1499] - GRIB2: Deletion of unused parameter definitions (part 4)
• [ECC-1501] - GRIB2: Add missing local code for source / sink table 4.238
• [ECC-1503] - Set scaleFactor/scaleValue keys to MISSING for params 228007, 228011, 228014
• [ECC-1474] - GRIB: local encoding for SPP random field parameters - extension
• [ECC-1492] - GRIB: Add key jScansNegatively
• [ECC-1456] - MARS: Create 2 new classes EF (for EFAS) and GF (for GLOFAS)
• [ECC-1484] - MARS: New class for Greenhouse Gases dataset
• [ECC-1462] - MARS: Ocean layer correct mapping for mars 'levelist'
• [ECC-1512] - MARS: New type for time processed analysis
• [ECC-1513] - MARS: New type for interim forecast
• [ECC-1514] - MARS: New stream for GFAS reanalysis
• [ECC-1483] - BUFR: Update tables with the latest WMO V39.0.0
• [ECC-1497] - bufr_dump -D/-E python: Drop support for Python2
• [ECC-1457] - Fortran: Interface functions should use 'void*' instead of 'char*'
• [ECC-1458] - Thread safety: Use 'strtok_r' instead of 'strtok'
• [ECC-1468] - Replace all instances of the deprecated function 'sprintf' with 'snprintf'
• [ECC-1482] - grib_dump: Hide keys containing "ECMF" in their names
• [ECC-1485] - Definitions: Split the statistics from missing-values templates
• [ECC-1500] - Tools: Print the online help page URL
• [ECC-1473] - C API: Add the codes_context functions to set logging/printing/etc procedure hooks
• [ECC-1269] - grib_util_set_spec: Remove obsolete option GRIB_UTIL_SET_SPEC_FLAGS_ONLY_PACKING

• [ECC-1505] - Python3 bindings: High-level Message.set function should allow dictionary and check result

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-1172] - BUFR encoding: Memory leaks
• [ECC-1498] - BUFR subset extraction by area: Memory leaks
• [ECC-1476] - BUFR: Memory leaked during encoding of test data files
• [ECC-1477] - Compilation fails with libjasper v4.x.x
• [ECC-523] - GRIB2: numberOfMissingValues incorrect with grid_complex_spatial_differencing
• [ECC-726] - grib_get -l reports wrong values with reduced_ll grid (subarea)
• [ECC-802] - GRIB: Problem with various packing types
• [ECC-804] - Extraction of point values in regular Gaussian grid when scanning with '+i' and '+j'
• [ECC-1446] - Python3 bindings: Data file era5-levels-members.grib not included in released tar file
• [ECC-1460] - Python3 bindings: Cannot import eccodes on M1 MacBook Pro
• [ECC-1448] - MARS ORIGIN keyword is wrongly overwritten for class = gw, stream = mmsf
• [ECC-1451] - GRIB: key 'level' not equal to 'mars.levelist' for soil levels
• [ECC-1459] - UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer: applying zero offset to null pointer
• [ECC-1475] - Check return size of md5 keys
• [ECC-1488] - Fortran: Bug in grib_f_get_error_string
• [ECC-1489] - Crash on MacOS (release build): printing the tool man page
• [ECC-1491] - Pseudo GRIB: The offset and count keys are incorrect
• [ECC-1494] - Segmentation fault: 'grib_ls -p values' on several test GRIBs
• [ECC-1496] - GRIB1: Nearest neighbour value incorrect for grid_second_order_constant_width
• [ECC-1507] - Errors from cppcheck: Using argument that points at uninitialized variable [ctuuninitvar]

Version 2.27.1 (December 2022)

• [ECC-1477] - Compilation fails with libjasper v4.x.x
• [ECC-1475] - Check return size of md5 keys
• [ECC-1448] - MARS ORIGIN keyword is wrongly overwritten for class = gw, stream = mmsf
• [ECC-1451] - GRIB: key 'level' not equal to 'mars.levelist' for soil levels
• [ECC-1484] - GRIB: New MARS class for Greenhouse Gases dataset
• [ECC-1449] - GRIB2: New urban and wetland/vegetation parameters
• [ECC-1456] - MARS: Create 2 new classes EF (for EFAS) and GF (for GLOFAS)
• [ECC-1462] - MARS: Ocean layer correct mapping for mars 'levelist'

Version 2.27.0 (August 2022)

New Features/Improvements

• Performance enhancements
  • [ECC-1403] - GRIB: codes_grib_nearest_find too slow
  • [ECC-1427] - GRIB Performance: Improve decoding speed of CCSDS packing
  • [ECC-1422] - BUFR performance: Reduce number of dynamic memory allocations
    
    
• [ECC-1405] - Add new function: codes_handle_new_from_samples
• [ECC-1413] - GRIB2: add iteration key in the MARS namespace for stream=elda, type=4i

• [ECC-1212] - MARS key mapping for local time templates
• [ECC-1393] - CMake: Add option to build ecCodes with C++ (Experimental)
• [ECC-1399] - GRIB2: Add parameters for additional precipitation type severity and frequency
• [ECC-1400] - GRIB2: Change shortnames of 260318 - 260321
• [ECC-1411] - GRIB: Add CAMS physical quantities
• [ECC-1412] - BUFR: Code table 020063 is missing the option with value 12
• [ECC-1417] - GRIB2: Replace key aerosolType with constituentType
• [ECC-1423] - GRIB2: Add wet-bulb potential temperature
• [ECC-1425] - GRIB2: Add mars keyword FCMonth for C3S seasonal
• [ECC-1435] - GRIB2: Add correct MARS level mapping for sea ice and snow layer
• [ECC-1440] - GRIB2: ECMWF local definition 300 should be for decoding only (no encoding)

• [ECC-1419] - C API: codes_fieldset_new_from_files: The 'filenames' argument should be const
• [ECC-1424] - Allow accessor from_scale_factor_scaled_value to operate on an array of scaled values
• [ECC-1430] - GRIB2: Add extra values for stepType: 'severity' and 'mode'
• [ECC-1436] - GRIB2: Duplicated WMO/192 definitions in localConcepts/ecmf
• [ECC-1439] - GRIB2: concept "units" should be read-only as it does not make sense to set it explicitly
• [ECC-1441] - GRIB: Add support for OpenJPEG v2.5
• [ECC-1442] - BUFR: bufr_dump should insert a question mark instead of dot for non-printable characters

• [ECC-1404] - Python3 bindings: Add the grib_get_gaussian_latitudes() function
• [ECC-1405] - Python3 bindings: Add new function: codes_handle_new_from_samples
• [ECC-1415] - Python3 bindings: Implement a higher-level Python interface (Experimental)
• [ECC-1429] - Python3 bindings: Remove the file "eccodes/messages.py"

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-762] - GRIB2: find nearest functionality not working for MIR reduced grid sub-areas
• [ECC-1054] - bufr_dump error with unsupported operator 54
• [ECC-1388] - GRIB2 CCSDS: Unpacked values different from simple packing
• [ECC-1392] - Fortran interface: codes_open_file fails if the filename has spaces
• [ECC-1395] - BUFR: Encoding should fail if attempting to encode message with an undefined element descriptor
• [ECC-1396] - Clang -fsanitize=undefined: runtime errors during tests
• [ECC-1397] - Tools: grib_ls nearest neighbour with JSON output
• [ECC-1401] - BUFR: bufr_dump generates invalid JSON
• [ECC-1402] - GRIB1: Nearest point incorrect for second order boustrophedonic
• [ECC-1406] - GRIB: grib_ls -l reports last grid point is out of area
• [ECC-1407] - grib_set -r -s packingType=grid_simple does not preserve accuracy on input packingType=grid_ieee
• [ECC-1410] - GRIB: C API: keys iterator name is NULL
• [ECC-1414] - GRIB: Nearest neighbour does not work for PNG packing
• [ECC-1416] - GRIB: Setting computed key firstSize to 3e-8 sets wrong coded keys
• [ECC-1428] - GRIB2: No error when setting invalid marsType on S2S/TIGGE/UERRA
• [ECC-1431] - GRIB2: CCSDS encoding failure AEC_STREAM_ERROR
• [ECC-1432] - GRIB: Segmentation fault: nearest point on reduced Gaussian grid subarea
• [ECC-1434] - Testing: tests/grib_md5 does not execute on osx on conda-forge

Version 2.26.0 (May 2022)

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1375] - GRIB2: Add key to allow alternativeRowScanning to be turned off/on
• [ECC-1019] - ecCodes and use of BUFR operator 3
• [ECC-680] - BUFR operator 203YYY: implement encoding
• [ECC-1387] - GRIB2 CCSDS: bitsPerValue should be set to 0 for a constant field
• [ECC-1343] - Problems compiling with Jasper v3.0
• [ECC-1362] - Testing: Add AEC packed data to test suite, that cannot be unpacked by SZIP
• [ECC-1377] - GRIB: Change units of several wave parameters from dimensionless to radians
• [ECC-1378] - GRIB2: Update tables/templates with the latest WMO V29.0.0
• [ECC-1385] - BUFR: Update tables with the latest WMO V38.0.0
• [ECC-1379] - GRIB: Provide GRIB2 IFS samples with CCSDS packing (for grid-point data)
• [ECC-1380] - GRIB2: Create mechanism to resolve Fire dataset origin for MARS archiving
• [ECC-1389] - Python3 bindings: Drop Python versions 3.5 and 3.6
• [ECC-1367] - C API: codes_get_double_elements: The 'index_array' argument should be 'const'
• [ECC-1369] - handle_new_from_samples: Allow sample file to include its extension
• [ECC-1372] - GRIB: Update names and descriptions of 3 GFAS parameters
• [ECC-1374] - GRIB: Add key 'accuracy' that represents the number of bits, whatever the packing
• [ECC-1381] - GRIB2: Change the title of parameter code tables to include discipline and category
• [ECC-1382] - C API: codes_fieldset_new_from_files: The 'keys' argument should be const
• [ECC-1383] - Spelling: Accessor 'octect_number' should be 'octet_number'

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-507] - BUFR operator 203YYY: decoded values wrong
• [ECC-989] - BUFR: Valgrind error: Setting 'unpack=1' before setting unexpandedDescriptors
• [ECC-1359] - codes_set_string: Fails for integer key even if string can be converted to an integer
• [ECC-1363] - codes_set_string: Does not fail for invalid value for key of type 'double'
• [ECC-1370] - GRIB2: Add the 1.5m versions of 2t, 2d, mn2t6 and mx2t6 for S2S
• [ECC-1371] - GRIB2: Fix definitions for CERRA dataset
• [ECC-1373] - GRIB2: Two CAMS parameters have duplicate encodings
• [ECC-1390] - Python3 bindings: NameError: name 'GribInternalError' is not defined

Version 2.25.0 (March 2022)

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New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-1348] - CMake: Option Adaptive Entropy Coding (AEC) should be turned on by default
  
  
• [ECC-1342] - GRIB2: Finalise the development of Ocean modelling
  The GRIB2 encodings of some parameters have changed. Please check the issue details.
  
  
• [ECC-1318] - GRIB: Change units of parameter 260125
• [ECC-1321] - GRIB2: replace is_s2s key with a generic S2S pseudo-centre
• [ECC-1324] - GRIB2: replace is_tigge key with a generic TIGGE pseudo-centre
• [ECC-1334] - GRIB2: add missing typeOfLevel from levtype mapping
• [ECC-1344] - Always call fflush() and fsync() before fclose() of a written file
• [ECC-1345] - GRIB: ECCODES_GRIB_IEEE_PACKING environment variable value should be checked
• [ECC-1354] - GRIB2: Refactor and generalise the postProcessing concept
• [ECC-1356] - OpenSuse Leap distribution fails to detect libaec even if installed, if sz2 is not installed too
• [ECC-1357] - GRIB2: Add key 'aerosolTypeName' for aerosol templates
• [ECC-1298] - GRIB2: Open Data parameters
• [ECC-1335] - C API: Deprecate functions codes_box_new and codes_box_get_points
• [ECC-1346] - GRIB: Fix the capitalisation in several parameter names
• [ECC-1349] - GRIB2: Add the newly proposed heat index parameters
• [ECC-1352] - GRIB CCSDS packing: Add extra tests
• [ECC-1358] - GRIB2 UERRA: Add scaledValue/scaleFactor keys for param 174098
• [ECC-1325] - Examples: Extend 'bufr_keys_iterator' example to determine the subset number
• [ECC-1326] - grib_to_netcdf: Improve usage message
• [ECC-1336] - CMake: Introduce ECCODES_ON_LINUX_32BIT variable for testing
• [ECC-1327] - Examples: Provide the C version of bufr_read_tempf

• [ECC-1351] - Python3 bindings: Support numpy.int64 as input to codes_set and codes_set_long

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-670] - PowerPC: Some tests fail on ppc platform
• [ECC-1315] - Keys like parameterName and nameOfFirstFixedSurface have a trailing space
• [ECC-1316] - GRIB: Fortran API: codes_index_select doesn't work with 'parameterName' as key
• [ECC-1319] - GRIB2: Add missing snow layer definition in marsLevtype concept
• [ECC-1322] - grib_compare: Option '-e' generates dubious error message
• [ECC-1323] - GRIB: Cannot convert gridType=space_view to edition 2
• [ECC-1328] - GRIB2: Add missing marsLevtype concept: Lake or river bottom
• [ECC-1329] - GRIB: Cannot convert Runoff (paramId=205) to edition 2
• [ECC-1330] - BUFR: bufrTemplate='unknown' but should be 'aircraftReportWithSecondsAndPressure'
• [ECC-1331] - GRIB: Polar stereographic projection with alternativeRowScanning is incorrect
• [ECC-1332] - GRIB2: conditional levtype mapping for lake (sfc) vs ocean (o2d) for ice over water parameters
• [ECC-1338] - Fortran: call to fclose() should check the return value
• [ECC-1339] - GRIB2: ECCODES_GRIB_IEEE_PACKING environment variable does not work for edition 2
• [ECC-1340] - GRIB1: setting packingType=grid_ieee does not work if there is a bitmap
• [ECC-1347] - BUFR crash: malloc failure during encoding
• [ECC-1350] - grib_compare: Incorrect behaviour when first file argument is a directory
  
  
• [ECC-1254] - python-eccodes on conda uses the synchronised release tag for its version
• [ECC-1317] - Python3 bindings: Data file tiggelam_cnmc_sfc.grib2 not included in released tar file

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Performance enhancements

• • [ECC-638] - grib_ls/grib_get -l using mask: nearest neighbour performance
  • [ECC-668] - BUFR decode performance: high replication counts
  • [ECC-689] - GRIB decode performance: remove redundant keys from GRIB2 messages
  • [ECC-667] - BUFR decode performance: Operator 203YYY: override table keeps growing
• [ECC-687] - Update GRIB2 definitions with the latest WMO V21.0.0 code tables/templates
• [ECC-691] - Update BUFR tables with the latest WMO version 30
• [ECC-616] - BUFR: Cannot extract subsets when operator 203YYY is present
• [ECC-651] - grib_compare/bufr_compare: Enable a 'two-way' switch for symmetric comparison
• [ECC-658] - bufr_compare: apply relative comparison (-R) to all ranks of a given key
• [ECC-625] - Encoding of La1/La2/Lo1/Lo2 should 'snap out' domain edges for sub-areas.
• [ECC-636] - filter rules: allow printing of array data all on one line
• [ECC-637] - bufr_dump -p should show descriptors in the WMO F-X-Y format
• [ECC-646] - Harmonise names of MARS CLASSes between the paramDB, Apps Catalogues and MARS
• [ECC-654] - Change the name and shortName for parameter 217004 (Methane)
• [ECC-655] - Lightning parameters: provide GRIB2 representation
• [ECC-662] - Add extra keys in the EFAS local definition to store info on analysis and fillup
• [ECC-664] - GRIB: Change the units of the emission parameters (table 219)
• [ECC-672] - Use WMO codes for new lightning parameters
• [ECC-679] - Add numberOfForecastsInEnsemble to the GRIB1 Local Definition number 16
• [ECC-682] - Change the name of averaged lightning parameters
• [ECC-684] - GRIB: Remove shortNames 'ocu' and 'ocv' from parameters 150133 and 150134
• [ECC-690] - New Satellite Winds BUFR Sequence for GOES16 - AMVs
• [ECC-692] - GRIB parameters: change name and shortName of aerosols (table 215)
• [ECC-652] - New parameters for CAMS chemistry schemes: new species (table 217)
• [ECC-659] - New parameters for CAMS chemistry schemes: species total column (table 218)
• [ECC-660] - New parameters for CAMS chemistry schemes: Emissions and Wildfire flux (table 219)
• [ECC-661] - New parameters for CAMS chemistry schemes: Dry deposition velocity (table 221)
• [ECC-674] - Examples: typo in bufr_read_scatterometer.f90
• [ECC-675] - Examples: confusing comment in bufr_expanded.f90

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-693] - grib_to_netcdf: fails with UKMO GRIB (fields are not considered distinct)
• [ECC-685] - grib_to_netcdf: fails with GRIB message with almost constant values
• [ECC-694] - grib_to_netcdf: fails compilation with NetCDF version 3
• [ECC-431] - bufr_compare: succeeds for BUFR files which are different
• [ECC-568] - Different behaviour between bufr keys iterator and bufr dump
• [ECC-640] - grib_ls -B crashes with non-existent input file
• [ECC-645] - CRASH: BUFR encoding: setting a string key with integer value
• [ECC-695] - BUFR encoding: Incorrect error message when value out of range
• [ECC-648] - grib_filter: Cannot set codetable key to an array
• [ECC-649] - Valgrind error: statistics for a field with all missing values
• [ECC-650] - bufr_filter: outputs non-printable characters if string key is MISSING
• [ECC-653] - Three files still have the GPL licence notice
• [ECC-656] - bufr_compare: using relative comparison (-R) with 'all' does not work
• [ECC-657] - grib_copy behaviour of -p -P -v options / manual
• [ECC-677] - Delayed description replication factors not available (from bufr_dump -Dfortran)
• [ECC-686] - BUFR: Changing the subtype in the local section has effect on other keys

Version 2.7.3 (April 2018)

• [ECC-672] - Use WMO codes for new lightning parameters
  These are lightning flash density parameters output by the model in IFS cycle 45r1
  
  
• [ECC-625] - Encoding of La1/La2/Lo1/Lo2 should 'snap out' domain edges for sub-areas

Version 2.7.0 (February 2018)

Contributions

• [ECC-463] - Encoding of spherical harmonics sub-truncation using IEEE-64

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-407] - Add option to bufr_count/grib_count to count valid messages
• [ECC-341] - implement area extraction in bufr_filter for uncompressed data
• [ECC-629] - grib_ls and grib_count to read standard input instead of a filename
• [ECC-394] - bufr_dump -E option: include keys whose values are MISSING
• [ECC-607] - BUFR decode performance: remove redundant calls to reset_deeper_qualifiers
• [ECC-608] - bufr_descriptor struct: reference type should be 'long' (not 'double')
• [ECC-611] - BUFR Encoding: channelNumber reset to 0
• [ECC-602] - Add parameters for Standardised Precipitation index (seasonal fc)
• [ECC-612] - New parameters for Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS)
• [ECC-570] - Wave forecast verification: add support for LC-WFV
• [ECC-562] - EFAS: Create GRIB2 local definition for EFAS data
• [ECC-563] - EFAS: Add two parameters for total precipitation in the last 6 and 24 hrs
• [ECC-641] - new BUFR key for Continuous Data Assimilation

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-359] - CRASH: set 'pack' to 1 on new bufr handle
• [ECC-597] - "grib_dump -D" returns "wrong size" errors on grid_second_order
• [ECC-603] - Decoding of ERS (BUFR edition 2) data
• [ECC-610] - isOctahedral does not work for non-global gaussian grids with specific areas
• [ECC-614] - BUFR: problem with datetime extraction
• [ECC-627] - grib_to_netcdf: fails with less user-friendly error message on non-regular grid
• [ECC-634] - bufr_dump -p: does not list string keys with MISSING value
• [ECC-635] - bufr_dump (JSON): should show missing value of string key as 'null'
• [ECC-609] - ecCodes requires python 2.7 to run all the tests but the minimum required version is 2.6
• [ECC-615] - ECMWF Installation: build with OpenJPEG v2.3 on all platforms
• [ECC-617] - BUFR: add WMO version 2 tables from BUFRDC to ecCodes
• [ECC-618] - BUFR: add WMO version=2 local version=1 tables from BUFRDC to ecCodes
• [ECC-624] - centre CMCC for mars
• [ECC-626] - BUFR local tables for processing MWHS and IRAS of FY-3 VASS products
• [ECC-628] - BUFR local sequence for EUMETSAT AMSR-2 data
• [ECC-631] - Assign centre abbreviation for 204 (NIWA)

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New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-567] - codes_split_file tool
  A new tool has been added. It splits an input file (GRIB, BUFR etc) into chunks of roughly the same size. The output files are named input_01, input_02 etc. This is much faster than grib_copy/bufr_copy.
  
  

• [ECC-592] - Update BUFR tables with the latest WMO version 29
  Note: Some keys have been renamed as a result of this change:

  New name (from version 29)	Old name
  verticalSoundingProductQualifier	tovsOrAtovsProductQualifier
  bandwidthCorrectionCoefficient1	bandwidthCorrectionCoefficient1ForAtovs
  bandwidthCorrectionCoefficient2	bandwidthCorrectionCoefficient2ForAtovs

  
  

• [ECC-584] - Update GRIB2 definitions with the latest WMO V20.0.0 code tables/templates
• [ECC-549] - Create MARS stream for GRIB EFAS data
• [ECC-555] - Add verificationYear, monthlyVerificationYear, verificationMonth, monthlyVerificationMonth for monthly streams
• [ECC-477] - Redundant error message changing packing from CCSDS to grid_simple
• [ECC-547] - Add WMO definition to 2 wave parameters and rename them
• [ECC-571] - DWD: corrections to edzw local definitions (newer)
• [ECC-574] - Update MARS stream descriptions for esmm and ehmm
• [ECC-575] - Add new GRIB fields for lightning
• [ECC-577] - Add localYear, localMonth, localDay, localHour, localMinute and localSecond to bufr_dump
• [ECC-578] - Long names of GRIB parameters 210007-210010 (aermr07-10) are incorrect
• [ECC-580] - Change of parameter name and units: 210064 and 210065
• [ECC-581] - Tables 172 and 173: rename parameters and assign shortnames
• [ECC-583] - Two new parameters: Water Vapour Flux and Water Vapour Flux Index
• [ECC-585] - Add parameter for 'Fraction of snow cover' with units 'Proportion'

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-594] - Assertion failed: `ktype == GRIB_TYPE_LONG' in src/grib_expression_class_functor.c
• [ECC-596] - Memory leak: grib_accessor_class_md5.c
• [ECC-538] - ecCodes does not honour ECCODES_NO_ABORT
• [ECC-550] - Segmentation violation when setting descriptor 236000
• [ECC-551] - Standard deviation is shown as NAN
• [ECC-556] - BUFR: 'typicalDate' calculation should cater for invalid year in BUFR4
• [ECC-557] - class="l5": set mars.step=endStep for streams mnth/edmm/wamo/ewmm
• [ECC-558] - Windows - linker error: unresolved external symbol _grib_dumper_class_bufr_simple
• [ECC-579] - BUFR nested replication problem
• [ECC-582] - bufr_dump -Efortran creates BUFR which differs from input (string value)
• [ECC-586] - CRASH: extracting nonexistent BUFR subset with doExtractSubsets
• [ECC-589] - Clang ThreadSanitizer error: data race on 'bits_all_one'
• [ECC-590] - Clang ThreadSanitizer error: data race on expanded_descriptor_list_push

Version 2.5.0 (October 2017)

Contributions

• [ECC-518] - grib_to_netcdf: support deflate option for netCDF-4 output formats
  Thanks to Antonio S. Cofino Gonzalez.
  New options provided for grib_to_netcdf to support deflate and shuffle options for netCDF-4 output formats.

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-419] - Simple bufr_dump
  A "-p" option is provided for bufr_dump to allow a "plain" mode dump, just listing key=value
  
  
• [ECC-533] - Implement grib_find_nearest() for Polar Stereographic grid_type
• [ECC-476] - Add new function codes_count_in_filename which takes a path
• [ECC-504] - New runoff parameters for system 5 seasonal forecast
• [ECC-534] - Add two parameters for river discharge in the last 6 and 24 hrs
• [ECC-537] - Update the local concepts for DWD (2017.09)
• [ECC-548] - Add GRIB2 Product Definition Templates 4.67 and 4.68
• [ECC-443] - netcdf4 compression with grib_to_netcdf

• [ECC-485] - Add support for non-integer size for the 'codetable' statement
• [ECC-505] - Add BUFR local descriptors from EUMETSAT
• [ECC-509] - Add option to skip install of fortran modules

• [ECC-468] - tables seem to be installed as files instead of symbolic links
• [ECC-500] - Performance: grib2: grib_ls using local parameter takes longer than WMO parameter
• [ECC-508] - Add option to not install grib definitions and samples
• [ECC-510] - Add new MARS class for ERA5 land surface parameters
• [ECC-526] - typeOfLevel key should include typeOfFirstFixedSurface == 10 (Entire atmosphere)
• [ECC-528] - Add wmo_read_any_from_stream_malloc()
• [ECC-540] - When using MEMFS the default should be not to install samples and definitions

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-532] - Problems with bufr_dump: taking all available memory
• [ECC-435] - CRASH: Python keys iterator on GRIB message
• [ECC-473] - isOctahedral does not work for non-global gaussian grids
• [ECC-478] - Scaling values using grib_set ignores values=9999. when bitmapPresent=0
• [ECC-480] - grib_filter slower on large GRIB file compared with grib_api
• [ECC-490] - GRIB-API -> ecCodes F90 migration issue
• [ECC-492] - bufr_dump problems for extracted Aeolus BUFR file
• [ECC-501] - GRIB2 encoding: longitude values should be 0 to 360
• [ECC-503] - Fortran interface: status argument of keys_iterator_next should not be optional
• [ECC-511] - Invalid data read from FRET grib2 files with grid_complex_spatial_differencing packing
• [ECC-515] - CRASH: reading very large GRIB1 message
• [ECC-517] - crash/error setting inputExtendedDelayedDescriptorReplicationFactor greater than 486
• [ECC-521] - grib_get_data for Lambert Conformal: incorrect if adjacent rows scan in the opposite directions
• [ECC-522] - Lat/Lon iterator gives wrong result for some scanning and organisation modes
• [ECC-524] - grib_iterator behaves strangely for lambert representation
• [ECC-529] - grib_get_data for polar stereographic gets wrong lat and long
• [ECC-535] - Workaround for internal compiler error in memfs.c on Cray
• [ECC-542] - Enabling memfs searches for Python include dir
• [ECC-545] - Assertion failure retrieving grib key

Version 2.4.1 (August 2017)

• [ECC-511] - Invalid data read from FRET grib2 files with grid_complex_spatial_differencing packing
• [ECC-478] - Scaling values using grib_set ignores values=9999. when bitmapPresent=0
• [ECC-514] - CMath library is added as a source file
• [ECC-509] - Add option to skip install of fortran modules
• [ECC-345] - "make install" should allow not to install definitions files and samples when MEMFS is on
• [ECC-508] - Add option to not install grib definitions and samples
• [ECC-510] - Add new MARS class for ERA5 land surface parameters

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New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-287] - Support for GRIB3 (experimental)

  Warning
  This is an initial prototype GRIB edition 3 decoder/encoder to accelerate development of the standard to be proposed to WMO. At this point this implementation is entirely experimental and can change in future releases. It is provided here to solicit feedback.

  
  

• [ECC-470] - BUFR: iasi encoding performance
• [ECC-482] - datetime comparison in bufr_filter
• [ECC-484] - Implement logical AND specialised expression
• [ECC-486] - Implement logical OR specialised expression
• [ECC-487] - Add parameter for '2 metre relative humidity with respect to water'
• [ECC-488] - Add GRIB1 representation for parameter 260048 (total precipitation rate)
• [ECC-496] - Request for a modification of the naming of the new lightning GRIB fields
• [ECC-497] - New GRIB parameters needed for system 5 seasonal forecast
• [ECC-420] - CPU time of BUFR unpacking increased significantly in 2.1.0
• [ECC-483] - Add mars key 'system' for class 'c3'
• [ECC-481] - extended BUFR rdbSubtype
• [ECC-493] - Saral altika data using a wrong masterTablesVersionNumber
• [ECC-489] - Remove unused 'name' data member from struct 'bufr_descriptor'
• [ECC-411] - Add an environment variable so that GRIB_MAX_OPEN_FILES can be user configurable

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-313] - Add support for BUFR operator 203YYY
• [ECC-433] - BUFR operator 206YYY not working
• [ECC-494] - DESTDIR ignored for Python bindings

Version 2.3.0 (May 2017)

Contributions

• [ECC-441] - MeteoFrance contribution: GRIB second order packing
• [ECC-458] - MeteoFrance contribution: GRIB spectral complex packing
• [ECC-461] - Python: GribMessage class to allow multiple keys to be set

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-475] - BUFR WMO version 28 and local tables to be added to ecCodes
• [ECC-472] - Update GRIB2 definitions with the latest WMO V19.0.0 code tables/templates
• [ECC-452] - codes_bufr_copy_data missing in Pythonic interface
• [ECC-460] - Add centre codes for New Delhi (dems/vabb)
• [ECC-454] - Add new parameters for land reanalysis (ERA5-Land)
• [ECC-466] - Add two parameters for evaporation in the last 6 and 24 hrs

• [ECC-437] - tigge_check: bitmap fields with only undefined values
• [ECC-449] - Remove unused "unpack" data member from grib_context
• [ECC-456] - type=oi for UERRA class
• [ECC-457] - GRIB1 to GRIB2 conversion: total precipitation
• [ECC-459] - GRIB1 to GRIB2 conversion: Local Definition 5 (Forecast probability data)
• [ECC-465] - Key 'deleteLocalDefinition' works for GRIB edition 1 only

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-438] - stepUnits throws errors when processing GRIBs with stepUnit != 1 (hour)
• [ECC-444] - eccodes fails to build when both fmemopen and funopen are available
• [ECC-447] - ecCodes Python packages not added to the installation manifest
• [ECC-448] - codes_new_from_message does not set product_kind on handle
• [ECC-451] - new pythonic interface segv
• [ECC-453] - grib_set fails randomly: Unable to set stepRange: end must be equal to start when timeRangeIndicator=10
• [ECC-467] - JRA55: map indicatorOfTypeOfLevel=101 to mars.levtype='sfc'

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New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-442] - Implement codes_get_double_element for BUFR array keys (compressed data)
• [ECC-415] - Performance of eccodes used in BUFR2ODB not good for operations
• [ECC-418] - Fortran and Python codes_bufr_keys_iterator
• [ECC-424] - codes_bufr_keys_iterator_delete should free memory allocated for name
• [ECC-432] - GRIB2 local coding for SPP random field parameters
• [ECC-436] - Add parameters: maximum CAPE in the last 6 hours and maximum CAPES (CAPE/Shear) in the last 6 hours
• [ECC-106] - CMake: overriding default install directories

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-89] - bufrHeaderCentre cannot be printed as string for edition 3 messages
• [ECC-406] - Cannot convert grid_simple to grid_second_order for some files
• [ECC-417] - MEMFS option does not work with Python3
• [ECC-425] - grib_to_netcdf crash when running out of memory
• [ECC-426] - Use common code tables C-1 and C-11 for GRIB/BUFR
• [ECC-429] - BUFR: The "count" key works differently from GRIB

Version 2.1.0 (January 2017)

Contributions

• [ECC-157] - Add high-level Pythonic interface (experimental)
• [ECC-369] - Differentiate exception types in Python interface
  Thanks to Daniel Lee (DWD)
  The high-level interface is currently experimental and may change in a future release. It is provided here to solicit feedback.
  
  
• [ECC-261] - Reduce packing error by optimizing scaling factor
  Thanks to Philippe Marguinaud (MeteoFrance)
  
  
• [ECC-409] - GNU Hurd support
  Thanks to Alastair McKinstry

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-414] - Create a sample BUFR file with the new Sentinel 1 descriptors
  

  We have included a sample BUFR file with the new Sentinel 1 descriptors approved in WMO tables 27 (released Nov 2016)
  You can find this file in the data tarball. It is also downloaded when running the tests (data/bufr/sentinel1.bufr)
  
  

• [ECC-383] - Implement GRIB lat/lon iterator for 'space view'
• [ECC-358] - Update GRIB2 definitions with the latest WMO V18.0.0 code tables/templates
• [ECC-372] - Performance improvement of search by rank
• [ECC-222] - Decode BUFR data section providing only values array
• [ECC-363] - Update unbalanced component parameters with WMO GRIB2 codes
• [ECC-370] - Python: setting keys should handle both scalars and arrays
• [ECC-395] - Add a new MARS class for YOPP
• [ECC-396] - Support for Jasper 2.0
• [ECC-410] - Add GRIB2 Product Definition Template 4.58
• [ECC-412] - Support for CAMS and CERA-SAT: streams mnth/edmm/wamo/ewmm
• [ECC-357] - Implement codes_bufr_copy_data in C, Fortran and Python
• [ECC-365] - add placeholder facility in the output filename of grib_filter (like it is done in grib_set/grib_copy)
• [ECC-379] - BUFR encoding failing when value out of range
• [ECC-382] - Provide API function to access the name of the package
• [ECC-391] - Text fix for grib_index.c
• [ECC-392] - bufr_compare: should print double value as MISSING rather than -1e+100
• [ECC-397] - Rename parameter 260242 to '2 metre relative humidity'
• [ECC-399] - Detecting NaN values when encoding grib
• [ECC-413] - DWD local definitions: Remove superfluous tables

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-325] - Memory leaks during BUFR unpack
• [ECC-339] - Improve keys iterator for BUFR
• [ECC-376] - BUFR tables version 27 to be added to ecCodes
• [ECC-386] - GRIB: Slow-down of read routine
• [ECC-272] - Flat JSON dump of some BUFR files doesn't contain the last element
• [ECC-275] - errors.pl not creating ecCodes header files
• [ECC-336] - ctest gts failures on minimac
• [ECC-351] - grib_util_set_spec() returns a corrupted field
• [ECC-353] - grib_util_spec() does not always generate jpeg
• [ECC-355] - grib_compare: using relative comparison (-R) with "all" does not work
• [ECC-361] - Test failure: bufr_copy_data F90 example with PGI compiler
• [ECC-364] - BUFR extractSubsets wrong result when key is constant in the extracted range
• [ECC-367] - BUFR extractSubsets for stationOrSiteName key
• [ECC-368] - Last element of a BUFR message not found when using search expression
• [ECC-373] - grib_api.h incorrectly wraps system headers in extern "C"
• [ECC-378] - Reading a file of 0 bytes does not generate any error and eventually crashes
• [ECC-380] - ecCodes attempts to link to openjpeg 1.X library if found
• [ECC-387] - Thread safety for BUFR decoding
• [ECC-388] - Missing bounds check in grib_trie.c leads to segfault
• [ECC-389] - BUFR encoding 2 values as different should be one value
• [ECC-393] - bufr_compare: cannot blacklist a key with given rank
• [ECC-398] - untrapped error : No descriptors in section 3. Malformed message
• [ECC-402] - codes_set does not set localLongitude in BUFR to correct values
• [ECC-404] - JPEG-specific tests run and fail when ENABLE_JPG is off / JPEG headers are not available
• [ECC-405] - Corrupt BUFR file: bufr_new_from_file crash
• [ECC-408] - grib_handle_new_from_partial_message should take const data pointer

Version 2.0.2 (November 2016)

• [ECC-364] - BUFR extractSubsets wrong result when key is constant in the extracted range
• [ECC-367] - BUFR extractSubsets for stationOrSiteName key
• [ECC-368] - Last element of a BUFR message not found when using search expression
• [ECC-358] - Update GRIB2 definitions with the latest WMO V18.0.0 code tables/templates
• [ECC-385] - UERRA: Type of first fixed surface 118 should be mapped to the levtype=ml

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Contributions

• [ECC-260] - Add support for template 5.42 (CCSDS)
  Thanks to Daniel Lee (DWD) and Mathis Rosenhauer (DKRZ)
  
  
• [ECC-303] - Cannot build with OpenJPEG version 2
  Thanks to Alastair McKinstry

New Features/Improvements

• [ECC-284] - Dump instructions to create the input BUFR message
• [ECC-320] - Dump instructions to decode a BUFR message
• [ECC-151] - Implement change of compression method in BUFR
• [ECC-178] - Implement codes_set for delayedReplication in BUFR
• [ECC-307] - implement area extraction in bufr_filter for compressed data
• [ECC-314] - implement extraction of a time interval in BUFR for compressed data
• [ECC-354] - simple thinning of BUFR data
• [ECC-312] - Interface change: Remove functions codes_new_from_samples and codes_handle_new_from_samples
• [ECC-297] - Add support for Data representation template 5.42 - Grid point and spectral data - CCSDS

• [ECC-285] - bufr_dump -Efilter
• [ECC-292] - bufr_dump -Efortran
• [ECC-293] - bufr_dump -Epython
• [ECC-327] - bufr_dump -EC
• [ECC-295] - codes_set_string_array Fortran
• [ECC-304] - New wave parameters as requested by member state users
• [ECC-310] - Python codes_set_array with strings
• [ECC-348] - BUFR decoding not to fail when wrong data section length
• [ECC-283] - F90/Python: Add functions for setting definitions and samples paths
• [ECC-294] - C function grib_get_data has unused argument 'size'
• [ECC-296] - Use Python distutils to install Python modules
• [ECC-300] - add some BUFR header keys to dump
• [ECC-301] - Add tests for bufr_dump -Efortran feature
• [ECC-323] - bufr_dump should fail if decoding fails
• [ECC-330] - Array size control in grib_fortran.c
• [ECC-334] - BUFR edition 3: bufr_dump does not show the key 'edition'
• [ECC-224] - Make Python and Fortran test for set by rank
• [ECC-251] - typicalDate should be localDate and read only
• [ECC-332] - GRIB-netCDF parameter mappings updates

Bug Fixes

• [ECC-200] - doxygen not working and documentation missing
• [ECC-236] - bufr_ls does not print the right value for unpacked data
• [ECC-286] - bufr_filter not able to set keys names starting with a number
• [ECC-288] - bufr_compare -R key=tolerance does not work
• [ECC-289] - problem encoding string in BUFR non compressed
• [ECC-290] - not possible to set value for operator 205YYY in BUFR
• [ECC-291] - numberOfObservations key in BUFR header conflict with element key name
• [ECC-298] - fortran codes_new_from_samples does not work for BUFR
• [ECC-299] - Fortran error messages in codes_ functions print message with grib_
• [ECC-302] - bufr_compare does not compare attributes
• [ECC-324] - bufr_dump: Segmentation fault
• [ECC-328] - Compiler warning: passing incompatible pointer types on macosx
• [ECC-333] - bufr_compare -H aborting
• [ECC-335] - grib_util_set_spec: Setting edition=2 and deleteLocalDefinition=1 on GRIB1 does not delete the local definition in target GRIB2
• [ECC-338] - Many transient keys are shown in the dump and keys_iterator
• [ECC-317] - Number of values not set correct in JPEG encoded constant field.
• [ECC-319] - GRIBEditionNumber returns "?" if queried as a string
• [ECC-316] - GRIB1: Representation of 'seconds' unit (15) disagrees with WMO table 4 (254)
• [ECC-308] - grib_to_netcdf duplicate grib message error output
• [ECC-331] - grib_get_size returns incorrect size for GRIB 1 'reservedNeedNotBePresent' key

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