Re: NCL Version 6.0.0 now available

Hello Mary,

I would like to add the new Keywords to the syntax checker of my Netbeans Plugin (http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/38897).
Is there already a documentation of the usage of the new keywords? Especially for the group keyword?

Robert

Am 30.05.2011 um 16:22 schrieb Mary Haley:

>
> The NCL team is pleased to announce the official release of NCL version 6.0.0.
>
> This release contains bug fixes that we found in 6.0.0-beta testing, and some new and updated functions.
>
> Here's what's available in 6.0.0 (for a list of what's new since 6.0.0-beta, since the link below):
>
> - Users can now create variables larger than 2 gigabytes (up to 4
> gigabytes) in size on 64-bit systems.
>
> - The default missing values have been changed to be more in line
> with NetCDF's missing values.
>
> - The NCL "byte" type is now a signed byte (it was unsigned previous
> to this release), and there's now a "ubyte" (unsigned byte) type.
>
> - Eight new color tables were contributed by Emilie Vanvyve of NCAR.
>
> - Single PNG files no longer have "000001." as part of the file name.
>
> - You can now use NCL's "delete" procedure to delete multiple
> variables. This is part of an overhaul of the "list" type, which
> is currently in alpha testing.
>
> - There is some support for reading HDF5 files. This is in alpha
> testing.
>
> - There are some new and updated functions. Here are the more significant ones:
>
> cd_calendar / cd_inv_calendar
>
> These functions are meant to be replacements for ut_calendar
> and ut_inv_calendar. They support more calendar options, and
> are more robust.
>
> wrf_user_list_times
> wrf_user_getvar
> wrf_user_ij_to_ll
> wrf_user_ll_to_ij
>
> These functions have been updated to allow the first
> argument to be either a file opened with addfile, or a list
> of files opened with addfiles.
>
> For full details on this new version with links to the new features, see:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/current_release.shtml
>
> --Mary Haley, on behalf of the NCL team
>
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Received on Thu Jun 2 01:23:04 2011