Version 0.50.0 (2024/07/26)

Issues Closed

• Issue 2860 - Something is wrong with ami_l1b reader
• Issue 2856 - Typo or wrong syntax in examples setting chunk size - documentation (PR 2857 by @djhoese)
• Issue 2855 - MTG LI data
• Issue 2834 - geotiff writer fails with dask distributed
• Issue 2830 - Sentinel-1 sar-c safe reader consumes too much memory and a lot of time
• Issue 2826 - Speed up the test with satpy
• Issue 2823 - Documentation under "Developer's Guide" wrong for "Development installation"
• Issue 2820 - Problems in creating hrv_clouds RGB composite with FES Seviri data
• Issue 2805 - bucket_sum resampler fails due to unexpected fill_value kwarg
• Issue 2732 - Replace pytest-lazyfixture for pytest >= 8.0
• Issue 2724 - Composite snow_age fails (no 'area') after composite cloud_phase (PR 2818 by @mraspaud)
• Issue 2705 - olci_l1b-reader and xarray=2023.12.0 are seemingly incompatible
• Issue 2365 - satpy slstr l1b reading issue
• Issue 1746 - bucket sum resampler: TypeError: get_sum() got an unexpected keyword argument 'fill_value'
• Issue 1209 - OLCI reader can't process quality flags (PR 2687 by @yufeizhu600)
• Issue 1206 - Add gallery of areas to documentation (PR 2167 by @BENR0)
• Issue 368 - Add ability to set output image size for Scene.show (PR 2816 by @ludwigVonKoopa)

In this release 17 issues were closed.

Pull Requests Merged

Bugs fixed

• PR 2858 - Fix default AWIPS tiled _FillValue of -1 for newer versions of xarray
• PR 2851 - Fix start/end time properties of hrit_jma reader ()
• PR 2842 - Fix VIIRS EDR using the wrong geolocation arrays
• PR 2835 - Fix DayNightCompositor compatibility with numpy 2
• PR 2833 - Fix conversion of valid_range metadata to tuple in viirs_edr reader
• PR 2824 - add import rioxarray where readers actually need them
• PR 2819 - Ensure lazyness of the olci nc reader
• PR 2818 - Fix uniqueness of hdf5-based dask arrays (2724)

Features added

• PR 2853 - Add first version of LI composites and enhancements for point and accumulated products
• PR 2850 - Add parallel test execution to CI with pytest-xdist library
• PR 2840 - Add a testing utility for faking reading
• PR 2838 - Add MERSI3 / FY3F support.
• PR 2837 - Fix gcps type for newer rioxarray versions
• PR 2832 - Add a read-only FSFile.fs property
• PR 2817 - Implement support to set alpha range in create_colormap and yaml colorize enhancements
• PR 2806 - Add ability to clip AMI negative radiances
• PR 2783 - Add support for Sentinel-2 MSI L2A SAFE datasets
• PR 2687 - add support of masking olci l1b products by using quality flags (1209)
• PR 2603 - Changes to Eumetsat L2 BUFR reader
• PR 2167 - Automatic list with overviews of inlcuded area definitions for the documentation (1206)
• PR 1637 - Change default filename for cf writer to be compatible with satpy_cf_nc reader

Documentation changes

• PR 2857 - Fix typo in chunk setting example (2856)
• PR 2817 - Implement support to set alpha range in create_colormap and yaml colorize enhancements
• PR 2816 - Add resized area example to resampling documentation (368)
• PR 2812 - doc: move reader table to reading section

Clean ups

• PR 2844 - Add more test skips when numba is involved in the unstable CI
• PR 2841 - Revert CI env change so geotiepoints comes from conda-forge

In this release 27 pull requests were closed.