Release v3.2.0

2023-05-08

Version description of the v3.2.0 release of ICESat-2 SlideRule.

Major Changes

  • GEDI APIs support raster sampling (gedi04a, gedi02a, gedi01b)

Development Updates

  • The use_poi_time parameter was added to the raster sampling requests; when set to true, the only raster sampled is the one closest in time to the icesat2 or gedi data point. This is different than the closest_time parameter which is a single fixed time that is provided in the request. For the use_poi_time, the time for each row in the DataFrame is used to select the raster closest in time to that row.

  • There were significant optimizations in retrieving rasters that intersect a point of interest

  • GEDI beam selection can be provided as a list

  • GEDU beam sensitivity returned as part of the GeoDataFrame (for gedi04a and gedi02a)

  • Raster sampling documentation updated with more details

Issues Resolved

  • GEDI L01B waveforms fixed (they were being corrupted later in the GeoDataFrame)

Getting This Release

https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule/releases/tag/v3.2.0

https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule-icesat2/releases/tag/v3.2.0

https://github.com/ICESat2-SlideRule/sliderule-python/releases/tag/v3.2.0