24.8.0 (2024-08-29)

This release contains a large number of bug fixes and small improvements, and sets the stage for the major cycling improvement (#750) coming in the next release in a few days.

What's Changed

• Parse recipe variables as python literals by @jfrost-mo in #683
• Fixed metplus config issue by @dasha-shchep in #693
• Clarify error message on missing files by @jfrost-mo in #663
• Update testing.rst by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #696
• Correct rst syntax added in #696 by @jfrost-mo in #700
• Suggest descriptive PR titles instead of changelog entry by @jfrost-mo in #701
• Improve PR title documentation in developer's guide by @jfrost-mo in #707
• Remove Fixes placeholder in PR template by @jfrost-mo in #705
• Update section header to match PR checklist item by @jfrost-mo in #704
• Minor wording tweak in marking PR as ready to review docs by @jfrost-mo in #702
• Add canonical URL links to documentation by @jfrost-mo in #650
• Clarify running specific tests by @jfrost-mo in #703
• Fix SET_SUBAREA being required to run some LFRIC recipes by @dasha-shchep in #717
• Remove deprecated postage stamp contour plot operator by @jfrost-mo in #710
• Remove unneeded fallback code for old recipe step keys by @jfrost-mo in #711
• Test vertical plotting with a filename specified by @jfrost-mo in #712
• Test running recipes with no collate steps and running with a specified style file by @jfrost-mo in #713
• Test handling of masked arrays in convection operators, and load convection test files with fixtures by @jfrost-mo in #714
• Ignore cartopy DownloadWarning in pytest by @jfrost-mo in #716
• LFRic extension to vertical profile by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #638
• Remove unneeded rose edit setting by @jfrost-mo in #722
• Test higher dimentional orography handling in convection operators by @jfrost-mo in #715
• Support STASH codes in generate_var_constraint by @jfrost-mo in #723
• Add cross-section transect functionality by @jwarner8 in #531
• Extend UM vertical plotting to model level by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #697
• UM spatial plot on model levels by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #699
• Enable spatial fields on full and half levels by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #695
• Fix bug in transect operator by @jwarner8 in #731
• Unquote double quoted shell values by @jfrost-mo in #729
• Remove invalid rose meta trigger for removed variable by @jfrost-mo in #733
• Add _utils operators to internal function documentation by @jfrost-mo in #735
• Don't check documentation hyperlinks in commit CI by @jfrost-mo in #749
• Generate Histograms for 2D field by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #594
• Tidy up documentation around recipes and cset bake command, introducing examples by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #641
• Create operator to combine Cubes/CubeList into single CubeList by @jwarner8 in #738
• Update copyright attribution per legal advice by @jfrost-mo in #753
• Regrid to take CubeList and Cubes by @jwarner8 in #734
• Enhance level filter operator to return all vertical levels by @jwarner8 in #728
• Mass retrieval fix by @jwarner8 in #759
• Copy source files from any named folder when installing locally by @jfrost-mo in #472
• Add missing brackets to TemporaryDirectory call when installing local CSET by @jfrost-mo in #760
• Move all website files under the workflow shared directory by @jfrost-mo in #764
• Fix overwriting when using transect on multiple variables by @jwarner8 in #766
• Add Q-Q plot functionality by @daflack in #642
• Add nc-time-axis to dependencies by @jwarner8 in #767
• Fix plot frames jumping around by @jwarner8 in #772
• Surface field histogram by @Sylviabohnenstengel in #640
• Preload plot images on web page by @jfrost-mo in #781
• Extract single point data by @JKPShonk in #577
• Filter irrelevant warning raised by regrid test by @jfrost-mo in #796
• Merge and concatinate cubes on load by @jfrost-mo in #790
• Allow Point cell methods for empty constraint, making it possible to unify UM and LFRic recipes by @jfrost-mo in #778
• Merge install_local_cset into build_conda so environment is setup in a single cylc task by @jfrost-mo in #791
• Convert time AuxCoord to DimCoord for LFRic data by @jfrost-mo in #789
• Cancel running PR checks if new commit is pushed by @jfrost-mo in #793
• Stop ruff warning about ignore-init-module-imports by @jfrost-mo in #800
• Parsing of float in workflow by @jwarner8 in #802
• Configurable plotting resolution by @jfrost-mo in #803
• General small plot improvements and website organisation by @jwarner8 in #801
• Set figsize to consistent 8 by 8 inches, and reduce resolution to 100 dpi by @jfrost-mo in #786
• Remove LFRic specific recipes now recipes can handle both UM and LFRic data by @jfrost-mo in #805
• Move workflow utility code into unstable module within CSET package by @jfrost-mo in #792
• Add pcolormesh plotting operator by @jfrost-mo in #787
• Use pcolormesh for Quicklook surface spatial plots by @jfrost-mo in #788
• Create the plot index in finish_website to avoid a data race between concurrent index writers by @jfrost-mo in #794
• Add release notes for CSET v24.8.0 by @jfrost-mo in #816

Full Changelog: v24.6.0...v24.8.0