This week saw the July 2016 release of the standard ECMWF software packages. This month sees only updates for Magics and Metview. GRIB-API/ecCodes and Emoslib stay unchanged from the June release.
The latest Magics release contains bug fixes for geographical information (Mercator projection & boundaries) and plotting of polylines. Version 4.7.0 of Metview introduces a new module, Download from URL, which allows Metview to download files from arbitrary URLs. Metview has also added a new set of interpolation methods in its Geopoints To Grib module, developed for ECMWF's Diagnostics Toolbox. Using the Nearest Gridpoint Count mode with a regular output grid allows the generation of so-called 'heat maps'. The accompanying plot shows the locations of a set of observations, along with a corresponding heat map which counts the number of observations in each 4x4 degree grid box.
All these packages use the same build system based on CMake - simplifying and harmonising the installation experience. They are also part of the latest Metview bundle. The versions are available on all ECMWF computer systems as "new" versions. If you encounter any issues please feel free to send feedback to Software.Support@ecmwf.int.
| GRIB-API | 1.16.0 | GRIB API version 1.16.0 |
| ecCodes beta | 0.16.0 | ecCodes version 0.16.0 released |
| Emoslib | 4.4.2 | History of EMOSLIB changes |
| BUFRDC | 000409 | BUFRDC 000409 released |
| Magics | 2.29.3 | Latest News |
| Metview | 4.7.0 | Version 4.7 Updates |