Whats’ new

Changes, newest first :

  • V1.2.6:
    • a versatile datafiles exploration method is associated to datasets: see explore()
  • V1.2.2:
  • V1.2:
    • New operators:
    • lonlatvert_interpolation (lonlatvert_interpolation()) replaces lonlatpres_interpolation to make it more generic and suitable for CliMAF
    • Added crealms() to have a mechanism of alias on the realms names (as for the frequencies)
    • when creating a portable atlas (directory containing the html index with the figures, using the ‘dirname’ option of cell()), we now have an index file in the directory listing all the figures of the atlas with their CRS. This allows any tool to parse this index and filter the figures with keywords (in the CRS).
    • Added cscalar() : this function returns a float in python when applied on a CliMAF object that is supposed to have one single value. It uses cMA to import a masked array and returns only the float.
    • Allow to choose log directory (for files climaf.log and last.out), using environment variable CLIMAF_LOG_DIR
    • Bug fix on ds() for the access to daily datasets with the CMIP5 project

======= end

  • A new example in the distribution : see atlasoce.py
  • File ‘angle_EM.nc’ in ‘tools’ directory was renamed angle_data_CNRM.nc to be compatible with the new project ‘data_CNRM’
  • Adapt to Ciclad new location for CMIP5 data, and improve install doc for Ciclad
  • 2016/02/25 :
  • Changes for standard operator plot (see plot : map, cross-section and profile plot of one or two fields, and vectors plot over a map) :
    • new arguments :
      • shade_below and shade_above to shade contour regions for auxiliary field;
      • options, aux_options and shading_options for setting NCL graphic resources directly
    • color filling is smoothed to contours
  • Standard operator ‘curves’ now handle multiple profile cases : time series, profile along lat or lon, and profile in pressure/z_index. It also allows to set NCL graphic ressources directly : see curves : plot multiple profiles (along p, lat, lon, time, ...).
  • Standard operators ‘lines’ and ‘timeplot’ were removed, and replaced by ‘curves’: see curves : plot multiple profiles (along p, lat, lon, time, ...)
  • New function cpage_pdf() allows to create a PDF page of figures array using ‘pdfjam’. See example figarray.
  • A new output format allowed for graphic operators : eps; see cscript(). This needs an install of ‘exiv2’ - see Requirements and ackowledgements
  • A new standard operator, to crop eps figures to their minimal size : cepscrop; see cepscrop : crop eps figures to their minimal size
  • Changes for several functions of package climaf.html (which easily creates an html index which includes tables of links -or thumbnails- to image files). See link(), cell(), line(), fline(), flines():
    • new arguments:
      • dirname to create a directory wich contains hard links to the figure files; allows to create an autonomous, portable atlas
      • hover for displaying a larger image when you mouse over the thumbnail image
    • change for thumbnail argument: it can also provide the geometry of thumbnails as ‘witdh*height’
  • Technical changes:
    • For function cpage_pdf() (which creates a PDF page of figures array using ‘pdfjam’): you can set or not a backslash before optional argument ‘pt’ (for title font size) as LaTeX commands. See example figarray.
    • Data access was modified for several examples:
      • For cdftools, cdftools_multivar and cdftransport: a new project ‘data_CNRM’ was declared instead of ‘NEMO’ old project; this new project uses data available at CNRM in a dedicated directory “/cnrm/est/COMMON/climaf/test_data”, which contains both Nemo raw outputs, monitoring outputs (with VT-files) and fixed fields.
      • Example gplot: now works with project ‘example’ (instead of ‘EM’ project) and also with the new project ‘data_CNRM’ at CNRM for rotating vectors from model grid on geographic grid.
    • Two examples gplot and cdftools_multivar were added to the script which tests all examples test_examples
    • cpdfcrop, which is used by operators ‘cpdfcrop’ and ‘cepscrop’ tools, is embarked in CliMAF distribution: <your_climaf_installation_dir>/bin/pdfcrop
    • Python 2.7 is required and tested in test_install
    • Bug fixes in anynetcdf to import a module from ‘scipy.io.netcdf’ library (for reading and writing NetCDF files).
    • Change format for log messages. For restoring former, verbose format see Experts’ corner.
    • cshow(), when it displays pdf or eps figures, does use a multi-page capable viewer (xdg-open) if it is available. Otherwise, it uses ‘display’
  • 2015/12/08 :

    • Allow operator plot to use a local coordinates file, for dealing with Nemo data files having un-complete ‘nav_lat’ and ‘nav_lon’. See navlat issues with plot. Such files are available e.g. at CNRM in /cnrm/ioga/Users/chevallier/chevalli/Partage/NEMO/
    • Change for cpage() :
    • argument orientation is now deprecated and preferably replaced by new arguments page_width and page_height for better control on image resolution
    • better adjustment of figures in height (if fig_trim is True).
    • Fix function cfile() for case hard=True
  • 2015/11/27 - Version 0.12 :
  • Changes for standard operator plot (see plot : map, cross-section and profile plot of one or two fields, and vectors plot over a map) :

    • new arguments :
    • level and time for selecting time or level;
    • resolution for controling image resolution
    • format : graphical format : either png (default) or pdf
    • 17 new optional arguments to adjust title, sub-title, color bar, label font, label font height , ... (see More plot optional arguments )
    • trim to turn on triming for PNG figures
    • optional argument levels was renamed colors
    • code re-design
    • if running on Ciclad, you must load NCL Version 6.3.0; see Configuring CliMAF
  • New arguments for cpage() :

    • title. See example figarray
    • format : graphical output format : either png (default) or pdf
  • Two new output formats allowed for operators : ‘graph’ and ‘text’; see cscript()

  • ‘graph’ allows the user to choose between two graphic output formats: ‘png’ and ‘pdf’ (new graphic ouput format), if the corresponding operator supports it (this is the case for plot());
  • ‘txt’ allows to use any operator that just ouputs text (e.g. ‘ncdump -h’). The text output is not managed by CliMAF (but only displayed).
  • 2015/10/19 - Version 0.11 :
  • For cpage() (which creates an array of figures), default keywords changed : fig_trim=False -> fig_trim=True, page_trim=False -> page_trim=True. See example figarray.
  • New function efile() allows to apply cfile() to an ensemble object. It writes a single file with variable names suffixed by member label.
  • The general purpose plot operator (for plotting 1D and 2D datasets: maps, cross-sections and profiles), named plot, was significantly enriched. It now allows for plotting an additional scalar field displayed as contours and for plotting an optional vector field, for setting the reference longitude, the contours levels for main or auxiliary field, the reference length used for the vector field plot, the rotation of vectors from model grid to geographic grid, ... See plot : map, cross-section and profile plot of one or two fields, and vectors plot over a map
  • 2015/09/23 - Version 0.10 :
  • Interface to Drakkar CDFTools: a number of operators now come in two versions : one accepting multi-variable inputs, and one accepting only mono-variable inputs (with an ‘m’ suffix)
  • Multi-variable datasets are managed. This is handy for cases where variables are grouped in a file. See an example in : cdftransport.py , where variable ‘products’ is assigned
  • Package climaf.html has been re-designed : simpler function names (fline(), flines(), addition of basic function line() for creating a simple links line ; improve doc
  • New function fds() allows to define simply a dataset from a single data file. See example in data_file.py
  • 2015/09/08 - Version 0.9 :
  • Operator ‘lines’ is smarter re.time axis: (see curves : plot multiple profiles (along p, lat, lon, time, ...)):
    • Tick marks are smartly adapted to the time period duration.
    • When datasets does not cover the same time period, the user can choose wether time axis will be aligned to the same origin or just be the union of all time periods
  • Interface to Drakkar CDFTools: cdfmean, cdftransport, cdfheatc, cdfmxlheatc, cdfsections, cdfstd, cdfvT; you need to have a patched version of Cdftools3.0; see CDFTools operators and examples : cdftransport.py and cdftools.py
  • CliMAF can provide fixed fields to operators, which path may depend on project and simulation of operator’s first operand (see fixed_fields())
  • Fixes :
  • datasets of type ‘short’ are correctly read
  • operator’s secondary output variables are duly renamed, according to the name given to operator’s the secondary output when declaring it using script()
  • 2015/08/27 - Version 0.8 :
  • Basics
  • A CHANGE BREAKING BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY : default facet/attribute ‘experiment’ was renamed ‘simulation’. It is used for hosting either CMIP5’s facet/attribute ‘rip’, or for ‘EXPID’ at CNRM, or for JobName at IPSL. All ‘projects’ and examples, and this documentation too, have been changed accordingly. Please upgrade to this version if you want a consistent documentation. A facet named ‘experiment’ was added to project CMIP5 (for hosting the ‘CMIP5-controlled-vocabulary’ experiment name, as e.g. ‘historical’).
  • default values for facets are now handled on a per-project basis. See cdef() and cdataset().
  • Binary climaf can be used as a back end in your scripts, feeding it with a string argument. See Using CliMAF as a back end in your scripts
  • Outputs and rendering
  • Package climaf.html allows to easily create an html index, which includes tables of links (or thumbnails) to image files; iterating on e.g. seasons and variables is handled by CliMAF. See :
    • a screen dump for such an index : indx
    • the corresponding rendering code in index_html.py
    • the package documentation : climaf.html
  • Function cfile() can create hard links : the same datafile (actually : the samer inode) will exists with two filenames (one in CliMAF cache, one which is yours), while disk usage is counted only for one datafile; you may remove any of the two file(name)s as you want, without disturbing accessing the data with the other filename.
  • When creating a symlink between a CliMAF cache file and another filename with function cfile() : the symlink source file is now ‘your’ filename; hence, no risk that some CliMAF command does erase it ‘in your back’; and CliMAf will nicely handle broken symlinks, when you erase ‘your’ files
  • Inputs
  • climatology files, which have a somewhat intricated time axis (e.g. monthly averages over a 10 year period) can now be handled with CliMAF regular time axis management, on the fly, by modifying the basic data selection script: it can enforce a reference time axis by intepreting the data filename. This works e.g. for IPSL’s averaged annual-cycle datafiles. If needed, you may change function timefix() near line 30 in mcdo.sh
  • automatic fix of CNRM’s Nemo old data time_axis issues, provided you set environment variable CLIMAF_FIX_NEMO_TIME to anything but ‘no’. This will add processing cost. This adresses the wrong time coordinate variable t_ave_01month and t_ave_00086400
  • speed-up datafiles scanning, incl. for transitory data organization during simulation run with libIGCM
  • fixes and minor changes:
    • check that no dataset attribute include the separator defined for corresponding project
    • fix issues at startup when reading cache index
    • rename an argument for operator ‘plot’ : domain -> focus
    • scripts argument ‘labels’ now uses ‘$’ as a separator
  • 2015/05/20 - Version 0.7 :
  • Handle explicitly defined objects ensembles (see cens) and explicit dataset ensembles (see eds(). Operators which are not ensemble-capable will be automagically looped over members. See examples in ensemble.py.
  • New standard operator lines for plotting profiles or other xy curves for ensembles; see curves : plot multiple profiles (along p, lat, lon, time, ...)
  • Standard operator plot has new arguments : contours for adding contour lines, domain for greying out land or ocean; see plot : map, cross-section and profile plot of one or two fields, and vectors plot over a map
  • Extended access to observation data as managed by VDR at CNRM : GPCC, GPCP, ERAI, ERAI-LAND, CRUTS3, CERES (in addition to OBS4MIPS, and CAMI); see Pre-defined projects and datasets and examples in data_obs.py.
  • Special keyword crs is replaced by keyword title : the value of CRS expression for an object is provided to script-based operators under keyword title, if no title value is provided when invoking the operator. Scripts can also independanlty use keyword crs for getting the CRS value
  • cpage keywords changed : widths_list -> widths, heights_list -> heights
  • 2015/05/11 - Version 0.6.1 :
  • Add a macro feature : easy definition of a macro from a compound object; you can save, edit, load... and macros are used for interpreting cache content. See cmacro() and an example in macro.
  • A general purpose plot operator, named plot, is fine for plotting 1D and 2D datasets (maps, cross-sections, profiles, but not Hoevmoeller...) and replaces plotxesc and plotmap. It allows for setting explicit levels in palette, stereopolar projection, vertical coordinate ... See plot : map, cross-section and profile plot of one or two fields, and vectors plot over a map
  • Can list or erase cache content using various filters (on age, size, modif date ...); disk usage can be displayed. See clist(), cls(), crm(), cdu(), cwc()
  • Can create an array of figures using cpage(). See example figarray.
  • Can cope with un-declared missing values in data files, as e.g. Gelato outputs with value=1.e+20 over land, which is not the declared missing value ; See calias() and em
  • When declaring data re-scaling, can declare units of the result (see calias())
  • Can declare correspondance between project-specific frequency names and normalized names (see cfreqs()).
  • Add : howto ..record a CliMAF session
  • Cache content index is saved on exit
  • Add an example of seaice data handling and plotting. See seaice.py
  • 2015/04/22 - Version 0.6.0 :
  • 2015/04/14 - Version 0.5.0 :
  • A versionning scheme is now used, which is based on recommendations found at http://semver.org.
  • Starting CliMAF :
  • Binary climaf allows to launch Python and import Climaf at once. See Running CliMAF interactively
  • File ~/.climaf is read as configuration file , at the end of climaf.api import
  • Input data :
  • New projects can be defined, with project-specific facets/attributes. See cproject
  • A number of projects are ‘standard’ : CMIP5, OCMPIP5, OBS4MIPS, EM, CAMIOBS, and example
  • Data location is automatically declared for CMIP5 data at CNRM and on Ciclad (in module site_settings)
  • Discard pre-defined organizations ‘OCMPI5_Ciclad’, ‘example’, etc, and replace it by smart use of organization ‘generic’. Note : this leads to some upward incompatibility regarding how data locations are declared for these datasets; please refer to the examples in data_generic.py).
  • Access to fixed fields is now possible, and fixed fields may be specific to a given simulation. . See examples in data_generic.py and data_cmip5drs.py
  • Operators :
  • Explanation is available on how to know how a given operator is declared to CliMAF, i.e. what is the calling sequence for the external script or binary; see ..know which CliMAF operators are available and what they do
  • Simplify declaration of scripts with no output (just omit ${out})
  • plotmap : this operator now zoom on the data domain, and plot data across Greenwich meridian correctly
  • Running CliMAF - messages, cache, errors :
  • Verbosity, and cache directory, can be set using environment variables. See Configuring CliMAF
  • Simplify use of function clog()
  • Log messages are indented to show recursive calls of ceval()
  • Quite extended use of Python exceptions for error handling
  • 2015/04/06 :
    • time period in CRS and as an argument to ‘ds’ is shortened unambiguously and may show only one date
    • function cfile has new arguments : target and link
    • CMIP5 facets ‘realm’ and ‘table’ are handled by ‘ds’, ‘dataloc’ and ‘cdef’
    • organization called ‘generic’ allow to describe any data file hierarchy and naming
    • organization called ‘EM’ introduced, and allows to handle CNRM-CM outputs as managed by EM
    • default option for operator regrid is now ‘remapbil’ rather than ‘remapcon2’
    • log messages are tabulated
    • a log file is added, with own severity level, set by clog_file
    • operators with format=None are also evaluated as soon as applied - i.e. cshow no more needednon ncview(...)

Note : Issues with CliMAF and future work are documented at https://github.com/senesis/climaf/issues

Previous topic

Contributing changes for integration in CliMAF

Next topic

Future steps and wish list

This Page