[MITgcm-support] release of xmitgcm v0.2.0

[Ryan Abernathey]

Hi Angela!

Are you using python? Have you tried xmitgcm? Would love to get your
feedback.

Cheers,
Ryan

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:10 PM, Angela Zalucha <azalucha at seti.org> wrote:

> Thanks for this Ryan!
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> On Feb 14, 2017 12:28 PM, Ryan Abernathey <ryan.abernathey at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello MITgcm Folks,
>
> I am happy to announce the release of xmitgcm v0.2.0.
> http://xmitgcm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
> https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm
>
> xmitgcm is a python package for reading MITgcm
> <http://mitgcm.org/public/r2_manual/latest/online_documents/node277.html> binary
> MDS files into xarray <http://xarray.pydata.org/> data structures. By
> storing data in dask <http://dask.pydata.org/> arrays, xmitgcm enables
> parallel, out-of-core
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out-of-core_algorithm> analysis of MITgcm
> output data.
>
> This release contains the following feature enhancements:
>
>    - Files are not read until the data are accessed. This helps overcome
>    a common “too many open files issue” (#11
>    <https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm/issues/11>).
>    - A workaround for missing .meta files (#12
>    <https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm/issues/12>).
>    - Option for a separate grid_dir in case it is different from data_dir
>    (#13 <https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm/issues/13>).
>    - Refactor of the way LLC data is read which allows for more efficient
>    chunking and lower memory usage (#20
>    <https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm/issues/20>)
>    - Bug fix related to the handling of default_dtype parameter (#34
>    <https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm/pull/34>). By Guillaume Sérazin
>    <https://github.com/serazing>.
>    - Support for older MITgcm versions that write a different lenght drC
>    variable (#8 <https://github.com/xgcm/xmitgcm/issues/8>). By Liam
>    Brannigan <https://github.com/braaannigan>.
>    - Support for cartesian curvilinear grids. By Andrea Cimatoribus
>    <https://github.com/sambarluc>.
>    - Expanded and improved documentation.
>
>
> I am very happy to see other MITgcm users using and contributing actively
> to xmitgcm.
>
> One major goal for this release was to improve the reading of LLC4320
> files on pleiades. xmitgcm is now very efficient at extracting
> sub-regions from the LLC simulation. If you are interested in this topic,
> I encourage you to check out the documentation and performance analysis
> here:
> http://xmitgcm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/performance.html
>
> Installation instructions:
> http://xmitgcm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan Abernathey
>
>
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