Release Notes

v2024.04.0 (unreleased)

Internal Changes

• Remove M1 workaround for CI and tokens that are no longer needed by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR232)

Testing

• Add basic testing infrastructure by Katelyn FitzGerald and Julia Kent in (PR233)

v2024.03.0 (March 26, 2024)

This release deprecates TaylorDiagram method names add_xgrid() and add_ygrid() in favor of the more descriptive add_corr_grid() and add_std_grid().

Documentation

• Document known issue with suptitle argument of set_titles_and_labels and Cartopy plots by Julia Kent in (PR219)

Deprecations

• Pending deprecation warnings added for TaylorDiagram methods add_xgrid and add_ygrid which are changing to the new add_corr_grid and add_std_grid by Julia Kent in (PR219)

v2024.02.1 (February 28, 2024)

This release changes to implicit namespace packaging and addresses a bug in the Taylor diagram functionality when disabling annotate_on.

Bug Fixes

• Fix Taylor diagram issue when disabling annotate_on by Simon Rosanka in (PR207)

Internal Changes

• Switch to PyPI Trusted Publishing by Orhan Eroglu in (PR208)

• Add linkcheck_ignore to docs/conf.py to address erroneous failures and add CI badge to README by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR218)

• Convert to implicit namespace packaging set up by Anissa Zacharias in (PR220)

v2024.02.0 (February 6, 2024)

This release adds a new subtitle functionality to set_titles_and_labels and includes a number of new usage examples and documentation updates. It also adds support for Python 3.12 and removes a matplotlib version pin.

New Features

• Added subtitle functionality to set_titles_and_labels() by Julia Kent in (PR185)

• Added Python 3.12 support and testing for Windows and M1 by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR194)

Documentation

• Invert y-axis in add_height_from_pressure_axis example by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR173)

• Additions to the examples gallery for set_titles_and_labels and set_axes_limits_and_ticks and updated thumbnail for plot_contour_labels by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR181)

• Remove reference to old ncar conda channel from installation docs by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR190)

• Additional examples published for the TaylorDiagram class and get_skewt_vars() function by Julia Kent in (PR186) and (PR188)

• TaylorDiagram class docstring is clarified by Julia Kent in (PR182)

• NSF NCAR branding updates by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR191) and (PR192)

Bug Fixes

• Remove matplotlib version pin by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR177)

• Fix extlinks for compatibility with Sphinx 6 by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR180)

v2023.10.0 (October 3, 2023)

This release adds a Contributor’s Guide and Code of Conduct, updates several dependency pins, and adds Python 3.11 support while removing Python 3.8.

Bug Fixes

• Matplotlib pinned to <3.8 by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR161)

• Xarray unpinned by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR159)

New Features

• Added Python 3.11 and removed Python 3.8 by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR162)

Documentation

• Add a contributor’s guide by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR166)

• Add code of conduct by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR163)

v2023.09.0 (September 7, 2023)

Bug fix in add_height_from_pressure_axis() and added example documentation.

Bug Fixes

• Unit and inferred height fixes in add_height_from_pressure_axis() by Katelyn FitzGerald in (PR152)

Documentation

• Additions to the examples gallery for find_local_extrema(), plot_contour_labels(), and plot_extrema_labels() by Julia Kent in (PR145)

v2023.07.0 (July 6, 2023)

Matplotlib unpinned and an examples gallery added.

Bug Fixes

• Matplotlib unpinned by Katelyn Fitzgerald in (PR134)

Documentation

• Examples gallery with usage examples of add_height_from_pressure_axis(), add_lat_lon_gridlines(), and add_lat_lon_ticklabels() added by Julia Kent in (PR133)

• More examples including set_tick_direction_spine_visibility(), add_right_hand_axis(), add_major_minor_ticks() added by y Julia Kent in (PR135)

v2023.06.0 (Jun 1, 2023)

Function and keyword argument names have been adjusted to follow consistent formatting and style, and one bug fix.

Deprecations

• Some functions reanmed (findLocalExtrema -> find_local_extrema, plotCLabels -> plot_contour_labels, and plotELabels -> plot_extrema_labels) and keyword arguments renamed in get_skewt_vars by Julia Kent in (PR127)

Bug Fixes

• Bug in truncate_colormap fixed by Katelyn Fitzgerald (PR125)

v2023.05.0 (May 4, 2023)

Management of this package switched to GeoCAT team members Julia Kent and Katelyn Fitzgerald.

New Features

• Pressure-height twin axis function add_height_from_pressure_axis by Julia Kent in (PR114)

Documentation

• Contributor’s Guide updated by Julia Kent in (PR115)

• Documentation and Packaging Overhaul to match GeoCat-Comp style by Julia Kent in (PR116), (PR121)

• Adding examples links to all functions by Julia Kent in (PR122)