ECMWF is updating the default versions of its software packages and libraries used across all user platforms at the centre as part of the regular update cycle.
The changes will take place on Wednesday 13 November 2019 11:00 - 11:30 UTC |
All user platforms at the centre will see their default additional software stack updated:
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The next defaults are tagged as "nov19" in modules. After the session the previous defaults will be tagged as "old" |
A number of bug fixes and performance improvements have been introduced on the different versions to become default. Here are some of the most relevant new features:
ml_to_hl()
, which converts GRIB data from model levels to height above ground or sea level. Also in this release is an improved inline Help sidebar in the Code Editor.Users are strongly encouraged to test their software applications and data processing chain with the new versions of the various software packages before the date of the change to the default versions. |
The new versions of the software packages can be selected by using the nov19 tag in modules. For example:
module swap metview/nov19 module load Magics/nov19 module load bufrdc/nov19 module swap eccodes/nov19 |
Users that experience problems with the new default software packages after the update will be able to revert to the old default versions. These can be selected with the commands:
module swap metview/old module load Magics/old module load bufrdc/old module swap eccodes/old |
Please let ECMWF know if you need to revert to the old version of any of the packages after the update of the defaults has taken place. |
This table summarises the changes in the version of the different packages:
Package | Default version | Release notes | Download page | |
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Before | After | |||
CodesUI | 1.2.4 | 1.2.7 | CodesUI - Releases | |
ecCodes | 2.12.5 | 2.14.0 | Latest news | ecCodes Releases |
ecFlow | 4.12.0 | 4.17.0 | ecFlow Releases | |
Magics | 4.0.3 | 4.2.0 | Latest News | Magics Releases |
Metview | 5.5.4 | 5.7.2 | Metview Releases Metview Bundle | |
ODB API | 0.18.1 | 0.19.1 | Change history | ODB API Releases |
ODB | 1.0.8 | 1.0.11 | - | - |
Please see the Release notes for full details of the changes implemented in each package.
ecCodes is now the official ECMWF encoder and decoder for GRIB and BUFR formats. It superseded GRIB-API, for the GRIB format, and EMOSLIB, for the BUFR. If you still use any of those, we encourage you to migrate to ecCodes. EMOSLIB is, in fact, no longer updated. The standalone BUFRDC package is also installed to help in the migration. |
Package | Default version | |
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Before | After | |
BUFRDC | 4.6.1 | 4.6.3 |