Merge branch 'main' of https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool

Author: valeriupredoi

.github/workflows/check_links.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Link Checker
         id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@8646ba30535128ac92d33dfc9133794bfdd9b411  # v2.8.0
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@e7477775783ea5526144ba13e8db5eec57747ce8  # v2.9.0
 
         with:
           #  This token is included to avoid github.com requests rate limiting

.github/workflows/check_links_in_pr.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Link Checker for changed files
         id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@8646ba30535128ac92d33dfc9133794bfdd9b411  # v2.8.0
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@e7477775783ea5526144ba13e8db5eec57747ce8  # v2.9.0
         with:
           #  This token is included to avoid github.com requests rate limiting
           token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN_GITHUB }}

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "github.repository == 'ESMValGroup/ESMValTool'"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/stale@eb5cf3af3ac0a1aa4c9c45633dd1ae542a27a899 # v10.3.0
+      - uses: actions/stale@1e223db275d687790206a7acac4d1a11bd6fe629 # v10.4.0
         with:
           days-before-issue-stale: 1080
           days-before-pr-stale: 360

.github/workflows/zizmor.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ jobs:
           persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Run zizmor 🌈
-        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@192e21d79ab29983730a13d1382995c2307fbcaa # v0.5.7
+        uses: zizmorcore/zizmor-action@6599ee8b7a49aef6a770f63d261d214911a7ce02 # v0.6.0
         with:
           advanced-security: false

.zenodo.json

@@ -456,6 +456,11 @@
     {
       "affiliation": "Met Office, UK",
       "name": "Ellis, Hannah"
+    },
+    {
+      "affiliation": "DLR, Germany",
+      "name": "Debeire, Kevin",
+      "orcid": "0000-0001-6006-8750"
     }
   ],
   "description": "ESMValTool: A community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP.",

CITATION.cff

@@ -452,14 +452,18 @@ authors:
     affiliation: "Met Office, UK"
     family-names: Ellis
     given-names: Hannah
-
+  -
+    affiliation: "DLR, Germany"
+    family-names: Debeire
+    given-names: Kevin
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6006-8750"
 
 cff-version: 1.2.0
-date-released: 2026-03-13
+date-released: 2026-07-17
 doi: "10.5281/zenodo.3401363"
 license: "Apache-2.0"
 message: "If you use this software, please cite it using these metadata."
 repository-code: "https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/"
 title: ESMValTool
-version: "v2.14.0"
+version: "v2.15.0"
 ...

doc/sphinx/source/changelog.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,110 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+.. _changelog-v2-15-0:
+
+v2.15.0
+--------
+
+Highlights
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Preparation of recipes that are run by the `Rapid Evaluation Framework`_ (REF) for CMIP7.
+- An option to install ESMValTool with minimal dependencies (:pull:`4517`)
+- Use pixi to manage development environments (:pull:`4407`) see :ref:`install_from_source` more information.
+
+This release includes
+
+Backwards incompatible changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Remove deprecated options from diagnostic ``multi_datasets.py`` (:pull:`4520`) by :user:`schlunma`
+
+   .. admonition:: Upgrade instructions
+
+      - Plot option ``show_x_minor_ticks``. Instead, use ``x_minor_formatter: null/''`` for ``show_x_minor_ticks: false/true``, respectively.
+      - Plot option ``show_y_minor_ticks``. Instead, use ``y_minor_formatter: null/''`` for ``show_y_minor_ticks: false/true``, respectively.
+      - Plot option ``show_y_minor_ticklabels: true``. Instead, use ``y_minor_formatter: '%.1f'``.
+      - Plot option ``time_on``. Instead, use ``transpose_axes: true/false``
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Fix removal of ``month_number`` and ``year`` coordinates after ``monthly_statistics`` preprocessor in E-OBS cmorizer (:pull:`4396`) by :user:`jlenh`
+-  Fix ESACCI-CLOUD formatter: removing group coordinates is not necessary anymore (:pull:`4410`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Fix ESACCI-OC CMORizer (:pull:`4464`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Fix handling of the time coordinate in outputs of `recipe_ref_fire.yml` (:pull:`4538`) by :user:`jlenh`
+-  Fix dates for ESACCI-AEROSOL in recipe_check_obs.yml (:pull:`4547`) by :user:`axel-lauer`
+-  Fix ``ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.`` in ``diag_shapeselect.py`` (:pull:`4532`) by :user:`schlunma`
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Remove outdated link to YAML reference card (:pull:`4418`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Fix the PDF build of the documentation (:pull:`4432`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Improve documentation on installing the development version of ESMValCore (:pull:`4433`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Update release instructions related to Docker (:pull:`4454`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Minimise content on main documentation page (:pull:`4449`) by :user:`ehogan`
+-  Documentation for contributor license agreement & CLA-assistant (:pull:`4440`) by :user:`alistairsellar`
+-  Small improvements to documentation on obtaining input data (:pull:`4462`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Remove redundant information from ``zenodo.json`` (:pull:`4518`) by :user:`schlunma`
+
+Diagnostics
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Radiation budget: labelling plots with alias (:pull:`4292`) by :user:`NParsonsMO`
+
+Observational and re-analysis dataset support
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Extension of ESA CCI OZONE CMORizer (:pull:`4125`) by :user:`axel-lauer`
+-  Cmoriser update WOA to 2023 (:pull:`4337`) by :user:`flicj191`
+-  Updated calipso-icecloud downloader and formatter from v1.00 to v2.00 (:pull:`4441`) by :user:`axel-lauer`
+-  Update CMORizer CLARA-AVHRR (A3) (:pull:`4463`) by :user:`axel-lauer`
+
+Automatic testing
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Run test recipes in the nightly tests with intake-esgf (:pull:`4394`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Improve the security of GitHub Action workflows (:pull:`4421`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Add workflow dispatch gha test.yml (needed to test PR 4502) (:pull:`4503`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Run Github Action tests (test.yml) after pixi lockfile update (:pull:`4502`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Ask ESMValBot to create the lockfile update pull request (:pull:`4507`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Undo branches selection in test.yml (:pull:`4509`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Run tests on all platforms and Python versions when updating pixi lock file (:pull:`4512`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+
+Installation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Use pixi to manage development conda environments (:pull:`4407`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+-  Support for Python 3.14 (:pull:`4303`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Add an option to install with minimal dependencies (:pull:`4517`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+
+Rapid Evaluation Framework
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Fix issue with recipe ref fire dependency (:pull:`4420`) by :user:`jlenh`
+-  Add fallbacks for CMIP7 tasmax handling in ``ref/recipe_ref_fire.yml`` (:pull:`4423`) by :user:`jlenh`
+-  Updating the REF ozone recipe with the correct ozone data (:pull:`4444`) by :user:`hb326`
+-  Add ZEC CMIP7 recipe (:pull:`4458`) by :user:`bettina-gier`
+-  Added a CMIP7 version for ``recipe_ref_trend_regions.yml``, ``recipe_ref_tannual_cycle_region.yml`` and ``recipe_ref_timeseries_region.yml`` (:pull:`4460`) by :user:`katjaweigel`
+-  Add CMIP7-compatible REF version of ``recipe_ecs.yml`` (:pull:`4465`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Add CMIP7-compatible REF version of ``recipe_tcr.yml`` (:pull:`4469`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Add CMIP7-compatible REF version of ``recipe_tcre.yml`` (:pull:`4480`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  REF recipe CRE with CMIP7 data (:pull:`4461`) by :user:`hb326`
+-  Write temperature vs. emissions data in TCRE diagnostic (:pull:`4484`) by :user:`schlunma`
+-  Update REF recipe ``recipe_calculate_gwl_exceedance_stats.yml`` for CMIP7 datasets (:pull:`4486`) by :user:`rswamina`
+-  Sea ice sensitivity to GMST - Calculate from observational datasets (:pull:`4220`) by :user:`NParsonsMO`
+-  Adding CMIP7 version of ``recipe_seaice_sensitivity.yml`` (:pull:`4453`) by :user:`NParsonsMO`
+-  Update REF recipe `recipe_ref_fire.yml` for CMIP7 datasets (:pull:`4479`) by :user:`jlenh`
+-  Update REF ENSO recipes for CMIP7 (:pull:`4470`) by :user:`flicj191`
+
+Improvements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Update path to CEDA-JASMIN esmeval gws (group workspace) (:pull:`4411`) by :user:`valeriupredoi`
+-  Nicer command line (:pull:`4459`) by :user:`bouweandela`
+
 .. _changelog-v2-14-0:
 
 v2.14.0

doc/sphinx/source/recipes/broken_recipe_list.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+:html_theme.sidebar_secondary.remove:
+
 .. _broken-recipe-list:
 
 Broken recipe list
@@ -22,3 +24,38 @@ More details can be found in the :ref:`broken recipe policy
      - v2.14.0
      - Diagnostic error (related to datetimes)
      - :issue:`4353`
+   * - ``recipe_weathertyping_CMIP6.yml``
+     -
+     - v2.14.0
+     - Missing data (Observations, daily)
+     - :issue:`4533`
+   * - ``recipe_aod_aeronet_assess.yml``
+     -
+     - v2.15.0
+     - Missing data (version for AERONET)
+     - :issue:`4541`
+   * - ``recipe_miles_regimes.yml``, ``recipe_miles_eof.yml``, ``recipe_miles_block.yml``
+     - ``miles/miles_regimes.R``, ``miles/miles_eof.R``, ``miles/miles_block.R``
+     - v2.15.0
+     - Diagnostic error (hangs)
+     - :issue:`4542`
+   * - ``recipe_flato13ipcc_figures926_927.yml``
+     - ``carbon_cycle/main.ncl``
+     - v2.15.0
+     - Diagnostic error (``fig09-27bottom`` hangs)
+     - :issue:`4543`
+   * - ``recipe_ipccwg1ar6ch3_atmosphere.yml``
+     - ``ipcc_ar6/precip_anom.ncl``
+     - v2.15.0
+     - Diagnostic error (with MulitModelMean)
+     - :issue:`4544`
+   * - ``recipe_extreme_events.yml``
+     - ``extreme_events/ extreme_events.R``
+     - v2.15.0
+     - Diagnostic error (open filename)
+     - :issue:`4546`
+   * - ``recipe_climate_patterns.yml``
+     -
+     - v2.15.0
+     - Data/Fix error
+     - :issue:`4558`