Py-ART Release Version 1.19.0

What's Changed

• Updated Documentation for retrieve/hydroclass_semisupervised function by @RBhupi in #1616
• Add more references by @mgrover1 in #1620
• Addition of qvp functions from MeteoSwiss Py-ART + support of demixing in hydroclass_semisupervised by @wolfidan in #1618
• ADD: Add ehhanced performance for xradar interface by @mgrover1 in #1621
• ADD: Add to_radar() method to xradar objects by @mgrover1 in #1622
• DOC: Enable readthedocs by @mgrover1 in #1629
• ADD: Adding cloud mask code. by @zssherman in #1628
• FIX: Add local install of pyart to doc env file by @mgrover1 in #1631
• CI: Update to have pint to fix build wheels failure. by @zssherman in #1634
• ENH: Max CAPPI by @syedhamidali in #1633
• ADD: Adding cloud mask example. by @zssherman in #1632
• DOC: Add pyart 2.0 migration guide by @mgrover1 in #1625
• ADD: Add cartopy as a dependency by @mgrover1 in #1636
• ADD: ZDR bias code from RadTraQ by @rcjackson in #1630
• ADD: Add corner reflector example by @mgrover1 in #1637

Full Changelog: v1.18.7...v1.19.0

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.7

What's Changed

• ADD: Animated GIF PPI Blog notebook by @BrandonWeart in #1598
• Build(deps): Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.19.1 to 2.19.2 in the actions group by @dependabot in #1607
• FIX: Renaming and opening PR in attemps to fix generation issue. by @zssherman in #1610
• Build(deps): Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.19.2 to 2.20.0 in the actions group by @dependabot in #1611
• Update _sigmetfile.pyx by @gransen312 in #1612
• FIX: Add fix for matplotlib updated version by @mgrover1 in #1614

New Contributors

• @BrandonWeart made their first contribution in #1598
• @gransen312 made their first contribution in #1612

Full Changelog: v1.18.6...v1.18.7

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.6

What's Changed

• FIX: Fix builds for latest scipy by @mgrover1 in #1604
• FIX: Ensure apple builds on its own systems by @mgrover1 in #1606

Full Changelog: v1.18.5...v1.18.6

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.5

What's Changed

• CI: Update wheels to use macos14. by @zssherman in #1601

Full Changelog: v1.18.4...v1.18.5

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.4

What's Changed

• FIX: Update for multiple warnings. by @zssherman in #1569
• FIX: Fix linting percent by @mgrover1 in #1572
• CI: Update ruff syntax and fix string formatting by @zssherman in #1571
• Gridding RHI and PPI sweeps of single radar objects separately into xarray.Dataset objects by @isilber in #1567
• FIX: Fix dimensions for grid origin by @mgrover1 in #1574
• Build(deps): Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4.3.0 to 4.3.1 in the actions group by @dependabot in #1575
• MNT: Update to_xarray to show nradar info. by @zssherman in #1576
• Build(deps): Bump pypa/cibuildwheel from 2.17.0 to 2.18.0 in the actions group by @dependabot in #1577
• MNT: Update arm_scan_name to be optional. Also dep warning fix. by @zssherman in #1578
• DOC: Update the attenuation docs to reflect where the formula comes from. by @zssherman in #1579
• ADD: Adding new gatefilter method to remove last gates. by @zssherman in #1580
• BUG: Update to Column Vertical Profile Handling of Defining Radar Basetime by @jrobrien91 in #1581
• Build(deps): Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4.3.1 to 4.4.0 in the actions group by @dependabot in #1583
• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #1587
• FIX: Update pyproj functions to take string. by @zssherman in #1589
• ENH: Update nexrad level 3 reader to read super resolution data. by @zssherman in #1591
• FIX: Fix for numpy nan calls for 2.0. by @zssherman in #1597
• ADD: Addition of above_toa_filter. by @zssherman in #1586
• ADD: radar_freq param in hydroclass_semisupervised by @RBhupi in #1573
• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #1596

Full Changelog: v1.18.3...v1.18.4

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.3

What's Changed

• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #1560
• ENH:Docs:hydroclass by @RBhupi in #1563
• ADD: Add updated cython and flags for numpy by @mgrover1 in #1564

Full Changelog: v1.18.2...v1.18.3

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.2

What's Changed

• DOC: Update recent changelog for up to version 1.18.1 by @mgrover1 in #1549
• Build(deps): Bump codecov/codecov-action from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 in the actions group by @dependabot in #1551
• ADD: Add code of conduct by @mgrover1 in #1554
• FIX: physically consistent RoI calculation for gridding; updated gridding input parameters to mitigate smearing by @isilber in #1552
• ADD: Add new wheels for numpy 2.0 by @mgrover1 in #1555
• FIX: Updates datetime.utcnow to .now using timezone object. by @zssherman in #1556
• ADD: Add frequency in sigmet/iris IO by @mgrover1 in #1557

Full Changelog: v1.18.1...v1.18.2

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.1

What's Changed

• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #1528
• FIX: Use existing time extraction in Py-ART in columnsect by @mgrover1 in #1529
• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 1 update by @dependabot in #1530
• ENH: Add instrument parameter check for sinarame. by @zssherman in #1532
• ADD: Add blog post on EPCAPE by @mgrover1 in #1534
• FIX: Add more robust xradar/Py-ART bridge by @mgrover1 in #1537
• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 1 update by @dependabot in #1539
• FIX: consistent sweep determination for RHI at 0 degrees azimuth by @isilber in #1541
• FIX: Update xradar requirements by @mgrover1 in #1542
• FIX: Fix scipy gaussian deprecation in testing by @mgrover1 in #1544
• FIX: Add get_azimuth xradar by @mgrover1 in #1547
• ENH: Dimension-dependent weighting factor flexibility in gridding by @isilber in #1545

Full Changelog: v1.18.0...v1.18.1

Py-ART Release Version 1.18.0

What's Changed

• ENH: add 'zdist_factor' input parameter to 'map_gates_to_grid'. by @isilber in #1509
• ADD: function to create CFADs by @lauratomkins in #1492
• FIX: Update codeql.yml by @mgrover1 in #1515
• ADD: Add dependabot to track new github actions by @mgrover1 in #1518
• FIX: Fix warning errors for scipy and numpy by @mgrover1 in #1519
• Build(deps): Bump the actions group with 10 updates by @dependabot in #1520
• FIX: Fix the name of download-upload-artifact action by @mgrover1 in #1524
• ADD: Add new xdrlib drop in replacement by @mgrover1 in #1525
• FIX: Possible fix for upload failure for wheels. by @zssherman in #1526

New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #1520

Full Changelog: v1.17.0...v1.18.0

🚀 Py-ART v1.17.0 🚀

What's Changed

• DOC: Add updated changelog for new release by @mgrover1 in #1475
• ENH: Column Vertical Profile (CVP) Addition by @jrobrien91 in #1478
• FIX: Fix python version used in CI system by @mgrover1 in #1482
• ADD: Ability to create a Py-ART Grid FROM an xarray object by @rcjackson in #1479
• FIX: Fix setting scan_mode when scan_name is empty by @mgrover1 in #1484
• ADD: function to rescale reflectivity to a precipitation rate by @lauratomkins in #1486
• ENH: updated feature detection function and example by @lauratomkins in #1487
• Minor metadata correction to core.radar.get_elevation by @isilber in #1489
• FIX: outdated text in masking_data_with_gatefilters.ipynb by @isilber in #1490
• Add method to automatically determine radar sweep indices by @isilber in #1493
• FIX: Fix failing CI by pinning older metpy versions by @mgrover1 in #1501
• FIX: Fix the failing build of the gallery by @mgrover1 in #1503
• ENH: Speed up IO for nexrad level2 file by @mgrover1 in #1504
• Update rainbow_wrl.py by @HappyXiaoAnAn in #1497
• DOC: Add pre-commit section to docs by @mgrover1 in #1506
• Reclass: Addition of New Radar Echo Classification Function by @RBhupi in #1495
• FIX: Remove the metpy pin for doc build and CI by @mgrover1 in #1507

New Contributors

• @HappyXiaoAnAn made their first contribution in #1497
• @RBhupi made their first contribution in #1495

Full Changelog: v1.16.1...v1.17.0