diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md index bf170b810..308672a37 100644 --- a/RELEASE.md +++ b/RELEASE.md @@ -1,31 +1,31 @@ -# RELEASE NOTES for FV3: Summary +# RELEASE NOTES for GFDL FV3: Summary -FV3-201912-public --- 10 January 2020 -Lucas Harris, GFDL +2020.02 --- 22 April 2020 -This version has been tested against the current GFDL AM4 phsyics -and with release candidate 2020.02 of the FMS code at https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/FMS +This version has been tested within current GFDL Models (AM, CM, ESM, SPEAR, etc.) and requires the 2020.02 release of the [FMS infrastructure](https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/FMS). -Includes all of the features of the GFDL Release to EMC, as well as: +Includes all of the features of the [201912 Public Release](https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/GFDL_atmos_cubed_sphere/releases/tag/201912_public_release) which include: -- Updated 2017 GFDL Microphysics (from S-J Lin and L Zhou included in GFSv15) -- Updates for GFSv15 ICs (from T Black/J Abeles, EMC) -- Updates to support new nesting capabilities in FMS (from Z Liang) +- Updates to support new nesting capabilities in FMS - Re-written grid nesting code for efficiency and parallelization - Re-organized fv_eta for improved vertical level selection -- 2018 Stand-alone regional capabilities (from T Black/J Abeles, EMC) +- 2018 Stand-alone regional capabilities (from EMC) - Refactored model front-end (fv_control, fv_restart) - Support for point soundings - And other updates -# Interface changes +# Directory structure changes -drivers: renamed 'fvGFS' directory to SHiELD +***drivers/*** + - renamed ***fvGFS*** to ***SHiELD*** + - renamed ***coupled*** to ***GFDL*** -atmosphere.F90: 'mytile' is renamed 'mygrid' +***model_nh_null/*** + - has been removed + - non-hydrostatic capability is now included as a runtime configurable option -The non-functional gfdl_cloud_microphys.F90 has been removed and replaced with the 2017 public release given to EMC. Also added a proper initialization routine, that includes the use of INTERNAL_FILE_NML and thereby requires the input_nml_file argument. If you do not define the compiler flag INTERNAL_FILE_NML then you can delete this argument. +Update your build system as appropriate -The namelist nggps_diag_nml has been eliminated. 'fdiag' is no longer handled by the dynamical core, and should be handled by the physics driver. +# Documentation For a complete technical description see the NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR GFDL: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23432