v0.9.6

A long-overdue release-freshening. Highlight features:

• Ionosphere mesh handling and plotting
• VlsvWriter features and updates for producing sidecar files
• 3D interpolation and streamline tracing
• fixes for FsGrid decomposition issues
• recursive datareducer listing
• Sphinx autodoc manual at fmihpc.github
• CITATION.cff file

What's Changed

• Remove Julia scripts from Python-based package by @henry2004y in #142
• Bidirectional streamlines, imshow backend for plot_colormap, unique cid helper function by @alhom in #144
• Threeslice by @maximegrandin in #143
• SCM7 by @alhom in #145
• various fixes: colormaps, neighbour indexing, version checks etc by @markusbattarbee in #148
• Fixed bug when op(erator)=0 which resulted in 'pass' instead of … by @maximegrandin in #149
• Adaptation of read_interpolated_variable() to the AMR by @maximegrandin in #140
• Added precipitation integral flux and mean energy DROs by @maximegrandin in #146
• Add gridspec example by @markusbattarbee in #152
• Replaced Python 3.6 string interpolation syntax with Python 2-support… by @alhom in #153
• corrected task indexing in vlsvreader for fsgrids by @markusbattarbee in #159
• Support for printing vlasiator version and config info from VLSV files by @kstppd in #163
• Fixed flux function normalization for fg data, changed config and ver… by @markusbattarbee in #165
• Allow reading vlsv files without a spatialCell or populations. by @ursg in #167
• Fix to construction of some colormaps. by @ykempf in #168
• Up for discussion: Cut_throughs with curves, spectrum calculations, static streamlines vol centering by @alhom in #147
• Added support for blocks with WID=8 by @markusbattarbee in #169
• Extendedmanual matplotlib colormaps inclusion to work the same way as… by @alhom in #170
• Support for ionosphere meshes and plot_ionosphere implementation. by @ursg in #151
• One-line change to plot_threeslice.py, data type issue (list vs. nump… by @kostahoraites in #173
• Fs Grid data interpolation by @kstppd in #164
• No mathrm pascals as non latex units, another fallthrough for variable scaler by @alhom in #175
• Pitch angle update II by @markusbattarbee in #176
• Scaleunits wrapper for old-style compatibility with ionosp. plotting by @alhom in #179
• Imshow plot3dslice by @alhom in #181
• Read vg_b_vol if fg_b is not available for fluxfunction plotting. by @ykempf in #183
• Vlsv postprocessor2 by @alhom in #182
• Readconfig by @kostahoraites in #185
• Fix handling when missing fsgrid metadata. by @ykempf in #186
• vlsvReader improvements by @alhom in #184
• FHA-style jacobian reducer, incl. vg_J. by @alhom in #188
• Refinement support by @lkotipal in #189
• Add the Brenner beta_star by @alhom in #190
• Use numpy dtypes of array instead of checking the first element. by @alhom in #191
• plot_isosurfaces for 3D AMR data by @plauri in #192
• Interpolation optimizations - vectorized versions of get_cellid, read_interpolated_variable by @alhom in #195
• Attribute reading interface and a helper function by @alhom in #197
• VlsvReader.check_variable does not check for datareducers -> plot_iso… by @alhom in #199
• Updated fieldtracer.py by @kostahoraites in #196
• Beta star reducer with old style variable names. by @jreimi in #203
• Fixing np.int deprecation by @alhom in #201
• Write none checks by @alhom in #200
• Neutral (current) sheet plotter by @plauri in #194
• Varname slashes by @alhom in #202
• Went too deep with the varname fixes, reverting a bit. by @alhom in #205
• Workaroundwhen no rhomap exists by @markusbattarbee in #206
• Vlsvreader fixes by @markusbattarbee in #178
• Add hall E reducer, update helper functions to calculate Hall term via charge density instead of mass density by @markusbattarbee in #177
• Fix for minor tick marks in newer matplotlibs by @markusbattarbee in #209
• Write none checks by @alhom in #214
• Prevent misleading return of data from vlsvreader when using ill-formed requests by @markusbattarbee in #213
• Fsgrid decomposition stabilization by @alhom in #211
• Interp irregulars fix by @alhom in #198
• vlsvWriter write function wrapped with a warning, towards forcing wri… by @alhom in #210
• Suppress confusing printouts by @alhom in #217
• RBFInterpolator guarding by @alhom in #216
• Update SCM colormaps to version 8. by @alhom in #218
• Converted deprecated scipy.meshgrid calls to np.meshgrid by @alhom in #230
• added nearest_vdf keyword to vlsvReader's get_cellid() by @kostahoraites in #226
• Close figures after save by @JonasSuni in #240
• Deprecated escape by @alhom in #239
• Enable deprecationwarnings by @alhom in #238
• Interpolation for fg_e field tracing by @kostahoraites in #234
• None/empty string confusion fixes, plus one extra function removed! by @alhom in #232
• Update plot_ionosphere.py by @ArnaudLalague in #233
• Isosurfaces by @plauri in #229
• Scale colorbar tick width and length with thick parameter in plot_col… by @ykempf in #228
• Fix plot vdf centering by @markusbattarbee in #221
• ULF waves filter by @FasilGibdaw in #215
• Projects folder + small patch to plot_VDF by Markus + Diffusion scripts by @MaximeII in #225
• Initial fixes to plot on LUMI / python 3.10.10 and matplotlib 3.9. by @ykempf in #236
• Hotfix for import funnies by @alhom in #242
• LooseVersion removals, latex strings to raw strings by @alhom in #243
• Neighbourhood updates by @alhom in #220
• Added check to catch masked constants in read_interpolated_variable by @JonasSuni in #247
• read_interpolated_fsgrid_variable() bug fix by @kostahoraites in #246
• Added automatic inference for shading in plot_ionosphere, as done in … by @alhom in #251
• several scripts by @kostahoraites in #223
• Fix cmap api change in plot_vdf too. by @ykempf in #253
• Don't have a fixed 100kb sizelimit for the xml footer anymore. by @ursg in #33
• Pickleable fptr by @alhom in #256
• Fix a 6yo typo by @alhom in #257
• A script for calculating non-Maxwellianity by @vetarvus in #255
• Couple of helper functions for handling VDF data: get_velocity_block_… by @alhom in #258
• Add plot_vdfdiff to plot_vdf.py by @ursg in #227
• Bad import fixed, raw strings added to remove deprecationwarnigns by @alhom in #261
• vlsvreader destructor guard for nonexisting fptr by @alhom in #263
• Added rudimentary CI workflow for analysator ...

v0.9.5

A long-overdue release-freshening. Highlight features:

• Ionosphere mesh handling and plotting
• VlsvWriter features and updates for producing sidecar files
• 3D interpolation and streamline tracing
• fixes for FsGrid decomposition issues
• recursive datareducer listing
• Sphinx autodoc manual at fmihpc.github

What's Changed

• Remove Julia scripts from Python-based package by @henry2004y in #142
• Bidirectional streamlines, imshow backend for plot_colormap, unique cid helper function by @alhom in #144
• Threeslice by @maximegrandin in #143
• SCM7 by @alhom in #145
• various fixes: colormaps, neighbour indexing, version checks etc by @markusbattarbee in #148
• Fixed bug when op(erator)=0 which resulted in 'pass' instead of … by @maximegrandin in #149
• Adaptation of read_interpolated_variable() to the AMR by @maximegrandin in #140
• Added precipitation integral flux and mean energy DROs by @maximegrandin in #146
• Add gridspec example by @markusbattarbee in #152
• Replaced Python 3.6 string interpolation syntax with Python 2-support… by @alhom in #153
• corrected task indexing in vlsvreader for fsgrids by @markusbattarbee in #159
• Support for printing vlasiator version and config info from VLSV files by @kstppd in #163
• Fixed flux function normalization for fg data, changed config and ver… by @markusbattarbee in #165
• Allow reading vlsv files without a spatialCell or populations. by @ursg in #167
• Fix to construction of some colormaps. by @ykempf in #168
• Up for discussion: Cut_throughs with curves, spectrum calculations, static streamlines vol centering by @alhom in #147
• Added support for blocks with WID=8 by @markusbattarbee in #169
• Extendedmanual matplotlib colormaps inclusion to work the same way as… by @alhom in #170
• Support for ionosphere meshes and plot_ionosphere implementation. by @ursg in #151
• One-line change to plot_threeslice.py, data type issue (list vs. nump… by @kostahoraites in #173
• Fs Grid data interpolation by @kstppd in #164
• No mathrm pascals as non latex units, another fallthrough for variable scaler by @alhom in #175
• Pitch angle update II by @markusbattarbee in #176
• Scaleunits wrapper for old-style compatibility with ionosp. plotting by @alhom in #179
• Imshow plot3dslice by @alhom in #181
• Read vg_b_vol if fg_b is not available for fluxfunction plotting. by @ykempf in #183
• Vlsv postprocessor2 by @alhom in #182
• Readconfig by @kostahoraites in #185
• Fix handling when missing fsgrid metadata. by @ykempf in #186
• vlsvReader improvements by @alhom in #184
• FHA-style jacobian reducer, incl. vg_J. by @alhom in #188
• Refinement support by @lkotipal in #189
• Add the Brenner beta_star by @alhom in #190
• Use numpy dtypes of array instead of checking the first element. by @alhom in #191
• plot_isosurfaces for 3D AMR data by @plauri in #192
• Interpolation optimizations - vectorized versions of get_cellid, read_interpolated_variable by @alhom in #195
• Attribute reading interface and a helper function by @alhom in #197
• VlsvReader.check_variable does not check for datareducers -> plot_iso… by @alhom in #199
• Updated fieldtracer.py by @kostahoraites in #196
• Beta star reducer with old style variable names. by @jreimi in #203
• Fixing np.int deprecation by @alhom in #201
• Write none checks by @alhom in #200
• Neutral (current) sheet plotter by @plauri in #194
• Varname slashes by @alhom in #202
• Went too deep with the varname fixes, reverting a bit. by @alhom in #205
• Workaroundwhen no rhomap exists by @markusbattarbee in #206
• Vlsvreader fixes by @markusbattarbee in #178
• Add hall E reducer, update helper functions to calculate Hall term via charge density instead of mass density by @markusbattarbee in #177
• Fix for minor tick marks in newer matplotlibs by @markusbattarbee in #209
• Write none checks by @alhom in #214
• Prevent misleading return of data from vlsvreader when using ill-formed requests by @markusbattarbee in #213
• Fsgrid decomposition stabilization by @alhom in #211
• Interp irregulars fix by @alhom in #198
• vlsvWriter write function wrapped with a warning, towards forcing wri… by @alhom in #210
• Suppress confusing printouts by @alhom in #217
• RBFInterpolator guarding by @alhom in #216
• Update SCM colormaps to version 8. by @alhom in #218
• Converted deprecated scipy.meshgrid calls to np.meshgrid by @alhom in #230
• added nearest_vdf keyword to vlsvReader's get_cellid() by @kostahoraites in #226
• Close figures after save by @JonasSuni in #240
• Deprecated escape by @alhom in #239
• Enable deprecationwarnings by @alhom in #238
• Interpolation for fg_e field tracing by @kostahoraites in #234
• None/empty string confusion fixes, plus one extra function removed! by @alhom in #232
• Update plot_ionosphere.py by @ArnaudLalague in #233
• Isosurfaces by @plauri in #229
• Scale colorbar tick width and length with thick parameter in plot_col… by @ykempf in #228
• Fix plot vdf centering by @markusbattarbee in #221
• ULF waves filter by @FasilGibdaw in #215
• Projects folder + small patch to plot_VDF by Markus + Diffusion scripts by @MaximeII in #225
• Initial fixes to plot on LUMI / python 3.10.10 and matplotlib 3.9. by @ykempf in #236
• Hotfix for import funnies by @alhom in #242
• LooseVersion removals, latex strings to raw strings by @alhom in #243
• Neighbourhood updates by @alhom in #220
• Added check to catch masked constants in read_interpolated_variable by @JonasSuni in #247
• read_interpolated_fsgrid_variable() bug fix by @kostahoraites in #246
• Added automatic inference for shading in plot_ionosphere, as done in … by @alhom in #251
• several scripts by @kostahoraites in #223
• Fix cmap api change in plot_vdf too. by @ykempf in #253
• Don't have a fixed 100kb sizelimit for the xml footer anymore. by @ursg in #33
• Pickleable fptr by @alhom in #256
• Fix a 6yo typo by @alhom in #257
• A script for calculating non-Maxwellianity by @vetarvus in #255
• Couple of helper functions for handling VDF data: get_velocity_block_… by @alhom in #258
• Add plot_vdfdiff to plot_vdf.py by @ursg in #227
• Bad import fixed, raw strings added to remove deprecationwarnigns by @alhom in #261
• vlsvreader destructor guard for nonexisting fptr by @alhom in #263
• Added rudimentary CI workflow for analysator by @alhom in https://...

v0.9

Partial support for reading and plotting 3D AMR files is included.