Version 2.0.0

We are pleased to announce the version 2.0.0 release of NCEPLIBS-g2c library.

The NCEPLIBS-g2c library contains C decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. This is part of the NCEPLIBS project (see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) .

For more information, and to get the release, see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c. For detailed documentation see https://noaa-emc.github.io/NCEPLIBS-g2c/.

New This Release

• Introduce new file-based GRIB2 API.
• Test and CI improvements (see #517, #509, #490, #537, #531)
• Code cleanup (see #514, #240, #375, #391)
• Bug fixes (see #515, #518, #508)
• Documentation improvements (see #471)
• Build improvements (#516, #345)
• Fixed PDS templates (#383, #473)
• Changes to support 2GB (#495, #483)
• AEC compression (#461)

For a complete list of changes in this release see https://github.com/orgs/NOAA-EMC/projects/64/views/1

Version 1.9.0

We are pleased to announce the version 1.9.0 release of NCEPLIBS-g2c library.

The NCEPLIBS-g2c library contains C decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. This is part of the NCEPLIBS project (see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) .

For more information, and to get the release, see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c. For detailed documentation see https://noaa-emc.github.io/NCEPLIBS-g2c/.

New This Release

• New g2c API now handles files > 2 GB (see #43, #430), using a new index format.
• Improved testing (see #465, #467, #444).
• Improved documentation (see #464).

For a complete list of changes in this release see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c/projects/5.

Version 1.8.0

We are pleased to announce the version 1.8.0 release of NCEPLIBS-g2c library.

The NCEPLIBS-g2c library contains C decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. This is part of the NCEPLIBS project (see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) .

For more information, and to get the release, see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c. For detailed documentation see https://noaa-emc.github.io/NCEPLIBS-g2c/.

New This Release

• Fix for negative forecast bug (see #381).
• Added support for AEC compression (see #424).
• Added spack to CI (see #437).
• Added IntelLLVM support (see #434).
• Improved building of shared libraries (see #408).
• Handle Jasper 4.0.0. (see #399).
• Check for warnings from jasper (see #457).
• Now capable of doing JPEG/PNG compression for the g2 library (see #269, #299).
• More testing (see #267).
• Documentation improvements (see #279, #285).
• Experimental functionality available if BUILD_G2C option is used at build time (see #446).

For a complete list of changes in this release see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c/projects/4.

Version 1.7.0

We are pleased to announce the version 1.7.0 release of NCEPLIBS-g2c library.

The NCEPLIBS-g2c library contains C decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. This is part of the NCEPLIBS project (see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) .

For more information, and to get the release, see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c. For detailed documentation see https://noaa-emc.github.io/NCEPLIBS-g2c/.

New This Release

• Improved doxygen documentation (see #54, #155).
• Many unit tests (see #8).
• Fixed minor memory leaks (see #178, #191, #162, #160).
• Clean out some unneeded legacy code (see #185, #176, #170).
• Minor code refactoring (see #169, #168, #157, #133, #196, #166, #159, #202, #230).
• Fix some code warnings (see #52).
• Turn on c99 features in build (see #129).
• CI improvements (see #131, #219, #221, #223, #266).
• Adapted to versions 3.x of the jasper library (see #245,, #271).
• Added logging capability for library debugging (see #273).
• Added handling of doubles for png and jpeg packing and unpacking (see #269, #260).
• Renounced forever the idea of changing float or int types as compile time (see #261).
• Optionally download GRIB2 test files from NOAA EMC FTP site for extra testing (see #257).

For a complete list of changes in this release see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c/projects/3.

Version 1.6.4

We are pleased to announce the version 1.6.4 release of NCEPLIBS-g2 library.

The NCEPLIBS-g2c library contains C decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. This is part of the NCEPLIBS project (see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) .

For more information, and to get the release, see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c. For detailed documentation see https://noaa-emc.github.io/NCEPLIBS-g2c/.

New This Release

• Improved doxygen documentation (see #54).
• Started to add unit tests (see #8).
• Integrated changes from 1.6.3 release manually (see #115).

For a complete list of changes in this release see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c/projects/2.

Version 1.6.2

We are pleased to announce the version 1.6.2 release of NCEPLIBS-g2c library.

The NCEPLIBS-g2c library contains C decoder/encoder routines for GRIB edition 2. This is part of the NCEPLIBS project (see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) .

For more information, and to get the release, see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c. For detailed documentation see https://noaa-emc.github.io/NCEPLIBS-g2c/.

New This Release

• Fix the jasper lib build issue.
• Add doxygen documentation (see #5).
• Added continuous integration build (see #7).

For a complete list of changes in this release see https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS-g2c/projects/1.