Release v3.1.0

2023-04-27

Version description of the v3.1.0 release of ICESat-2 SlideRule.

Major Changes

  • GEDI functionality officially supported

    • Subsetting for L1B, L2A, L4A datasets (L1 and L2 products limited to Grand Mesa, Colorado area of interest until LP DAAC migrates them to the cloud)

    • Raster Sampling for L3, L4B datasets

    • User Guide: https://slideruleearth.io/web/rtd/user_guide/GEDI.html

    • API Reference: https://slideruleearth.io/web/rtd/api_reference/gedi.html

    • Example Notebooks: https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule-python/tree/main/examples

  • PhoREAL functionality officially supported

    • User Guilde: https://slideruleearth.io/web/rtd/user_guide/ICESat-2.html#photon-extent-parameters

    • API Reference: https://slideruleearth.io/web/rtd/api_reference/icesat2.html#atl08p

    • Example Notebooks: https://slideruleearth.io/web/rtd/getting_started/Examples.html (look for PhoREAL Example)

Development Updates

  • Now using OpenID Connect protocol to authenticate users trying to access cluster instances of grafana and static website.

  • Direct support/option in provisioning system for deploying public clusters

  • Overhaul of asset management - each asset now has an identity that is used for authentication; multiple assets can have the same identity so that a single set of credentials can be applied to all of them.

Issues Resolved

  • Progress messages in demo appear in order #190

  • GEDI timestamps fixed #218

  • Fixed netCDF and HDF5 output from Python I/O module for delta_time update a2e281a

Getting This Release

https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule/releases/tag/v3.1.0

https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule-icesat2/releases/tag/v3.1.0

https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule-python/releases/tag/v3.1.0