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For those still using Python 2, note that this major version of Python reached its end of life on 1st January 2020, If you haven't done moved to Python 3.6 yet, please see Migration to Python 3 for some guidance on where to start. We are providing a latest Python 2.7 for compatibility purposes only.
Eccodes improvements
ecCodes, the heart of GRIB and BUFR handling, brings performance improvements, latest WMO GRIB/BUFR tables, contributions from users and several smaller features/bug fixes.
Magics Improvements
Magics, ECMWF's plotting library, brings more improvements:
- New palettes have been imported from matplotlib and Colorbrewer (https://colorbrewer2.org/) The full list can be found at Predefined palettes in Magics.
- Improvements have been done on the tilted perspective (tpers) projection allowing now to create nice animations.
- Memory leaks have been found and fixed.
Metview improvements
Metview, ECMWF's interactive and batch software for manipulation and plotting of data, brings a number of new features and improvements, such as:
- TBA
Codes UI efficiency improvements
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fixes for performance and stability, including:
- fixed issue where the Hovmoeller module's 'expand' option did not work
- fixed issue that caused a crash when plotting a tephigram using the Stations module for location input
- performance optimisation in the lookup function - see Fieldset Functions
- added two new Gallery examples that answer commonly asked questions about setting up curve plotting
- built with the latest ecCodes and Magics, Metview will of course inherit their improvements, and the new Magics palettes will be available to browse in the Contouring icon's editor
- more - see the release notes!
Metview's Python interface version 1.6.0 brings new features, including:
- added png driver keyword arguments to setoutput('jupyter') to control output size in notebooks
- added write(filename) method for classes Fieldset, Geopoints, GeopointSet, Bufr and NetCDF
- added ability to construct a Fieldset from a list of Fieldsets, e.g. Fieldset([f1, f2, f3])
A lot of other bugfixes and improvements
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| Package | Default version | Release notes | Download page | |
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| Before | After | |||
| CodesUI | 1.4.1 | 1.5.0 | CodesUI - Change History | CodesUI - Releases |
| ecCodes | 2.19.1 | 2.21.0 | ecCodes Releases | |
| ecFlow | 4.17.2 | 4.17.2 no change | ecFlow Releases | |
| ecFlow/5 | 5.5.3 | 5.6.0 | ecFlow Releases | |
| Magics | 4.5.2 | 4.6.0 | Latest News | Magics Releases |
| Metview | 5.7.5 | 5.11.0 | Metview Releases Metview Bundle | |
| ODC | 01.191.51 | 01.193.50 no change | - | - |
| ODB API | 0.19.5 | 0.19.5 no change | Change history | ODB API Release |
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