EFAS is versioned with a three-number system X.Y.Z responding to major, minor or patch update of the system correspondingly. A major change is always followed by a new release of the historical simulations.
This page keep track of the official releases of the EFAS system, including its components.
EFAS guidelines for versioning
| Change | Reason | Typical scenarios | Release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Change in the output from EFAS that affects EFAS dissemination centre, ERCC or Aristotle. Characterized by a change in the LISFLOOD model output | Calibration, major changes to the physics. Can also be a major technical change. | Communicated 4 weeks before implementation. Associated with a period of testing for the users |
| Minor | Major technical change or minor change in the output. | New layer, new product, change of format, update of thresholds | Communicated 1 week before implementation |
| Patch | Bugfix or update of information in the system. Might affect post-processed layers, but have no impact on the model output. | Bug fix, update of layer names, minor technical updates | Are immediately released into production |
EFAS versions
Major releases
The version handling start from the release of the new domain on 16 May 2018. This marks the version "1.0.0". There was also a major new release on October 10 2019, resulting in the release of v2.0.0. This is also the start date of archiving in MARS and on CDS. The version 3.0.0 was released on 2019-05-13. EFAS version 3.5.0 was not a major release, since it mainly affected Albania. However, it was released with a new historical reanalysis.
| Version | Internal ID | Released in test | Released in production | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0.0 | 20 | 2023-07-20 00UTC | 2023-09-20 00UTC | EFAS v5.0 |
| 4.0.0 | 19 | 2020-07-08 12UTC | 2020-10-14 12UTC | EFAS v4.0 |
| 3.5.0* | 18 | 2020-02-20 12UTC | 2020-03-05 12UTC | EFAS v3.5 |
| 3.0.0 | 17 | 2019-04-17 12UTC | 2019-05-13 12UTC | EFAS v3.0 |
| 2.0.0 | 16 | 2018-10-10 12UTC | 2018-10-10 12UTC | EFAS v2.0 |
| 1.0.0 | 15 | 2018-05-16 12UTC | 2018-05-16 12UTC | EFAS v1.0 |
*) This was not a major release, but a new climatology was produced since the model was recalibrated over Albania.
Minor and patch releases
The official version handling starts from the release of version 3.0 and is documented in the table below. The minor and patch releases are documented below. Items in italic are planned releases.
| Version | Released in production | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 4.8.0 |
| EFAS v4.8 integrates changes in its meteorological forcing with the use of the new version of the ECMWF-ENS ensemble forecasting system, introduced by IFS cycle 48r1. |
| 4.7.0 |
| EFAS v4.7 enables the visualisation of the new Global Flood Monitoring (GFM) products in the CEMS EFAS map viewer. |
| 4.6.0 |
| EFAS v4.6 introduces minor changes to the system (additional information and model change) and some general bug fixes. This release is necessary due to the completed migration of the EFAS hydrological forecasting system to ECMWF’s new supercomputer in Bologna |
| 4.5.0 |
| EFAS v4.5 introduces minor changes to the system, as well as some general bug fixes. Here is a summary of the main changes:
|
| 4.4.0 |
| EFAS v4.4 introduces three minor changes to the system, as well as some general bug fixes. Here is a summary of the main changes:
|
| 4.3.3 |
| Bugfix for post-processing module. |
| 4.3.2 |
| Realignment of the data record time series used in the post-processing, so that a full 40 days of the water balance are used. |
| 4.3.1 |
| Upgrade of Drupal, the content management system underpinning the EFAS website (from version 8 to version 9). No new features, no visible changes for end-users. |
| 4.3.0 |
| EFAS v4.3 introduces three minor changes to the system, as well as some general bug fixes. Here is a summary of the main changes:
|
| 4.2.0 |
| EFAS 4.2 mainly concerns the addition of new hydrological river discharge stations in relevant layers, wtih additional improvements and general bug fixes. Here is a a summary of the main changes:
|
| 4.1.0 |
| EFAS v4.1 is a change in the EFAS Flash Flood (ERIC) layer and general bug fixes. Here is a summary:
|
| 3.6.6 |
| Update of ecflow |
| 3.6.5 |
| Default Magics version update |
| 3.6.4 |
| Station name update |
| 3.6.3 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.6.2 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.6.1 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.6.0 |
| EFAS version 3.6 contains some changes to the web interface. Here is a summary:
|
| 3.5.1 |
| Add River name and Catchment name to post-processing point |
| 3.5.0 |
| New climatology due to model updates over Albania. Several changes to EFAS-IS. See EFAS v3.5 for more details |
| 3.4.1 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.4.0 |
| EFAS version 3.4.0 incorporated a number of new features and updates of existing layers. Here is a summary:
|
| 3.3.3 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.3.2 |
| Moved EFAS production suite to HPC |
| 3.3.1 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.3.0 |
|
|
3.2.3 |
| New static layer added: Administrative regions. Merged using NUTS-2 or NUTS-3 classification from EUROSTAT 2016 and the region classification from GADM. |
| 3.2.2 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.2.1 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.2.0 |
| Fix for alert persistence issue |
| 3.1.3 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.1.2 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.1.1 |
| Hotfix |
3.1.0 |
| Intermediate technical upgrade: EFAS forecast summary tasks moved to "prodgen" package; reshuffling of code |
| 3.0.12 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.11 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.10 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.9 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.8 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.7 |
| Update of plots |
| 3.0.6 |
| Update of obs retrieval |
| 3.0.5 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.4 |
| Hotfix |
| 3.0.3 |
| SFO MARS Archiving - Added 30 day delay |
| 3.0.2 |
| Added detailed logging to the ERICHA suite |
| 3.0.1 |
| Storing EFAS version number in a text file together with the archived data |
EFAS input data versions
| EFAS version | Data version | Identifier |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 ~ 3.4.x | 1.0 | XDOM |
| 3.5.x | 1.1 | Update of static maps over Albania only |
| 4.x.x | 2.0 | HPROT |