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brightwind - 2.3.0

Below is an extract form the CHANGELOG file showing all the updates for this release.

This update brings a comprehensive set of bug fixes and enhancements across the Brightwind library. Key improvements include more reliable wind and solar data handling, expanded plotting capabilities (including colormap support and better legends), and the introduction of new functions for downloading and applying cleaning rules and device orientation offsets. Enhanced error messages and schema validation strengthen data integrity and user feedback.

Bug Fixes

Fixed legend display in plot_scatter_wspd and plot_scatter_wdir, ensuring correct labeling in plots. (#443)
Corrected is_file usage, resolving an error when checking file existence. (#447)
Fixed bug in _Measurements_get_table, which affected how measurement tables were retrieved. (#421)
Made _Measurements_get_names public and fixed an issue with how names were retrieved. (#450)
Improved sensor calibration logic in _Measurements__get_properties for multi-type sensors by correctly selecting the appropriate calibration. (#449)
Fixed error for solar sites in _Measurements__get_properties, improving compatibility. (#453)
Improved support for solar and sodar sites in _LoggerMainConfigs__get_properties. (#454)
Resolved calculation issues in dist() function when constant values are sent as well as improved error messages. (#459)
Fixed issues in monthly_means(), correcting plot output and handling of missing months. (#452, #413)
Corrected Shear.TimeOfDay() logic when months are missing along with improving error message and fixing plot labels. (#441)

New Features and Enhancements

Updated monthly_means() and plot_monthly_means() to improve output and visual clarity. (#452, #413)
Enhanced plot_timeseries() to support more than 12 lines and introduced colormap-based coloring. (#457, #492)
Added error feedback in Shear: More informative messages returned when no valid data is available. (#205)
Shear.TimeSeries and TimeOfDay now return np.nan for timestamps with no valid data. (#205)
Enhanced LoadBrightHub.get_measurement_stations() to support device type filtering and optional dictionary return format. (#287, #378)
Added LoadBrightHub.get_cleaning_rules(), allowing programmatic retrieval of cleaning rules for a station. (#461)
Added load.apply_cleaning_rules(), enabling automated column cleaning based on BrightHub rules. (#462)
New function: apply_device_orientation_offset() adjusts wind direction data based on remote sensing device orientation as stated in it's data model. (#451)
Schema validation added to MeasurementStation(), ensuring input data matches the expected data model version. (#489)

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Published by stephenholleran over 1 year ago

brightwind - 2.2.1

Below is an extract form the CHANGELOG file showing all the updates for this release.

[2.2.1]

Bug fix some users encounter with plot.plot_shear_time_of_day() (Issue #429).

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Published by stephenholleran about 2 years ago

brightwind - 2.2.0

Below is an extract form the CHANGELOG file showing all the updates for this release.

[2.2.0]

Modify Correl.OrdinaryLeastSquares() to force the intercept to pass through the origin (Issue #412).
Update LoadBrightHub.get_data() to use a new API (Issue #419).
Added new function LoadBrightHub.get_cleaning_log() to pull the cleaning log for a particular measurement station on BrightHub (Issue #405).
Added new function LoadBrightHub.get_reanalysis() to pull reanalysis datasets from BrightHub (Issue #431).
Modify load.apply_cleaning() and apply_cleaning_windographer() to clean columns specified in cleaning file by matching the sensor name from the beginning of the string. (Issue #249).

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Published by stephenholleran about 2 years ago

brightwind - 2.1.0

Below is an extract form the CHANGELOG file showing all the updates for this release.

[2.1.0]

Update behaviour of time_continuity_gaps to find any gap that is not equal to the derived temporal resolution.
Added data_resolution argument to average_data_by_period, monthly_means, coverage and merge_datasets_by_period functions (Issue #297)
Update to work with Pandas 1.3.2. This mostly includes depreciating pd.Timedelta and using pd.DateOffset instead. (Pull request #312).
Update to work with Pandas 2.0.1, due to date_format input update for pandas.to_datetime. (Pull request #387).
Update to work with matplotlib 3.5.2 and bug fix for plotfreqdistribution and dist functions (Issue #315).
Update to work with numpy>=1.20.0 when pandas=0.25.3. (Issue #344).
Addressed all Future and Deprecation warnings for matplotlib<=3.6.3, numpy<=1.24.1, pandas<=1.5.3. (Issue #356).
InCorrel fix issue when duplicate column names are sent to SpeedSort (Issue #304)
Added subplotting functionality to sector_ratio and improved user control of plotting (Issue #309)
Allow dist() function to take a pd.DataFrame so user can plot multiple distributions on the same plot. (Issue #264)
1. As part of this added subplotting functionality for bar plots
Allow freq_table() function to derive a seasonal adjusted frequency distribution if user sets 'seasonal_adjustment' to true. (Issue #334)
1. As part of this, added 'monthlycoveragethreshold' option for the user to ensure good coverage months.
In freq_table added option to give as input target wind speed we want the mean frequency distribution to have (Issue #269).
Allow freq_table function to apply a coverage_threshold for both seasonal adjusted and base methods. (Issue #386)
Updated plot_timeseries to use a subplot function (_timeseries_subplot) and added arguments xlabel, _ylabel, _xticklabelangle, _linecolors, _legend and figuresize_. (Issue #349).
In average_data_by_period() fixed issue when wind direction average is derived for a period equal to the data resolution period (Issue #319).
In average_data_by_period() fixed issue when wind direction average is derived for a period equal to the data resolution period (Issue #319).
Fixed bugs for TI.by_speed and TI.by_sector and added tests. Solved versions issue that were raised from Pandas 1.3.3. (Issue #317).
Address errors and warnings generated for Shear.TimeOfDay and Shear when pandas >=1.0.0 (Issue #347).
In _calc_mean_speed_of_freq_tab for export_tab_file fix issue around using wind speed bins less than 1 m/s (Issue #359).
Update to work with versions 1.0 to 1.2 of IEA WIND Task 43 WRA Data Model (Issue #306).
Updated LoadBrightHub URL and generalised functions used for connecting to BrightHub platform without using boto3 (Issue #355).
Removed hardcoded colours for Shear.TimeOfDay plots when plot_type is 'step' or 'line' and added a colour map. (Issue #376).
Fixed bug for SpeedSort where the sector_predict function was not interpolating data using two fit lines. (Issue #377).
Updated _ColorPalette to automatically update colorlist, colormap, colormapcyclical and adjusted lightness color variables when main colors (primary, secondary etc.) are changed. (Issue #381).
Allow momm function to derive a seasonal adjusted mean of monthly mean, if user sets seasonal_adjustment to true, and allow to apply a coverage_threshold (Issue #298)
Updated slice_data, offset_timestamps, _LoadBWPlatform.get_data functions to use 'less than' data_to if provided as input. (Issue #385)

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Published by stephenholleran about 3 years ago

brightwind - 2.0.0

[2.0.0]

Major changes, notably
- Incorporating the IEA WIND Task 43 WRA Data Model
- Adding APIs to pull data from the BrightHub platform www.brightwindhub.com
- Change license to MIT
- Correl - add linear regression by direction sector
- Correl - add different aggregation methods to both ref and target
- better function to average wind directions
- Bug fixes

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Published by stephenholleran over 5 years ago