Parcels v3.0.3: a Lagrangian Ocean Analysis tool for the petascale age

Parcels v3.0.3 is a minor update to v3.0.2. It includes a new way to create a FieldSet using FieldSet.from_modulefile(), improves the implementation of the AdvectionRK45 Kernel, and implements a test for the pypi-package upon release. It also includes a number of updates to the tutorials and fixes a number of bugs.

What's Changed

Most relevant for users

• Creating a new Fieldset.from_modulefile() method by @erikvansebille in #1566
• Improve AdvectionRK45 Kernel implementation by @erikvansebille in #1539
• PyPi release updates by @andrew-s28 in #1574

Documentation improvements

• Adding note to Parcels tutorial on add_variable compatibility by @erikvansebille in #1505
• Moving the note on add_variables in the Parcels tutorial to its first use by @erikvansebille in #1506
• Explaining statuscode kernel order by @erikvansebille in #1508
• Updating Argo kernel to parcels v3 API by @erikvansebille in #1524
• Adding infobox on UnitConverter to sampling tutorial by @erikvansebille in #1540
• Fixing weblink to Ariane software page by @erikvansebille in #1543
• Adding section in parcels structure tutorial on optimisation and parallelisation by @erikvansebille in #1555
• Clarifying particle_dlon variable use in kernel loop tutorial by @erikvansebille in #1535
• Simplifying parcels structure note by @erikvansebille in #1556
• Fixing link to partition function in the parcels structure tutorial by @erikvansebille in #1572

Bug-fixes and code-cleaning etc

• Update particleset.py by @dicaearchus in #1547
• Adding support for delete_cfiles as pset.execute() keyword by @erikvansebille in #1551
• Compilation error message fix for local variable name that is also FieldSet constant by @erikvansebille in #1552
• Pinning zarr in environment files to !=2.18.0 by @erikvansebille in #1565 and @jamespolly in #1567
• Throwing an error when dt has too high precision by @erikvansebille in #1558

New Contributors

• @jamespolly made their first contribution in #1567
• @andrew-s28 made their first contribution in #1574

Full Changelog: v3.0.2...v3.0.3