ChangeLog

2017-03-14  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.1 released

2017-03-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Preserve netcdf time units attribute

2017-03-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added function streamGrbChangeParameterIdentification() (patch from Michal Koutek, KMNI)

2017-02-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added function gridDefUvRelativeToGrid()
	* gridInqUvRelativeToGrid(): added cgribex support

2017-02-24  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added function gridInqUvRelativeToGrid() (patch from Michal Koutek, KMNI)

2017-02-22  Uwe Schulzweida

	* CDI_CHUNK_AUTO: set chunk_size_max to 65536

2017-02-14  Uwe Schulzweida

        * using CGRIBEX library version 1.7.6
	* Version 1.8.0 released

2017-01-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.0rc6 released

2016-12-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added support for GRIB level type 210

2016-11-24  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.0rc5 released

2016-11-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.0rc4 released

2016-11-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cgribexVarCompare: bug fix for different kind of instant step types

2016-10-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* NetCDF: added support for grid datatype integer
	* NetCDF: added support for proj coordinate without mapping attribute

2016-10-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.0rc3 released

2016-10-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Changed default name of pressure levels to plev

2016-09-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added read support for hybrid sigma pressure coordinate with formula term P0

2016-09-22  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB: sort only unsorted pressure levels

2016-09-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* time axis: added support for NC_FLOAT

2016-09-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* zaxis: added support for user defined attributes

2016-08-29  Uwe Schulzweida

	* CDI_cmor_mode: Convert Zaxis with one level to Scalar Z-Coordinate on all input streams

2016-08-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.0rc2 released

2016-08-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* zaxisDefPositive: bug fix
	* Skip netCDF attribute cell_measures if grid area variable not found
	* Changed interface for GME grid parameter

2016-08-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Removed obsolete grid type GRID_LCC2

2016-08-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Removed obsolete grid type GRID_LAEA
	* Removed obsolete grid type GRID_SINUSOIDAL
	* Removed obsolete CDI grid functions gridXXXXpole(), gridXXXYpole(), gridXXXAngle() and gridIsRotated()

2016-08-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.8.0rc1 released

2016-08-01  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grb, grb2 write: added support for projection CDI_PROJ_RLL
	* grb, grb2, ieg read: added support for projection CDI_PROJ_RLL

2016-07-30  Uwe Schulzweida

	* ieg write: added support for projection CDI_PROJ_RLL

2016-07-28  Uwe Schulzweida

	* iegWriteVarSliceDP: does not work (bug fix)

2016-07-02  Uwe Schulzweida

	* streamOpenAppend: call to gribContainersNew() missing (bug fix) [Bug #6944]

2016-06-17  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF4: added support for attribute type NC_BYTE, NC_UBYTE, NC_USHORT and NC_UINT

2016-06-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.7.2 released

2016-05-24 Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB_API: added support for Gaussian reduced grids

2016-05-23  Uwe Schulzweida

	* zaxisTypeToGrib2ltype: added ZAXIS_DEPTH_BELOW_LAND (bug fix)

2016-05-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Seg fault in VCT with GRIB1 (introduced in 1.7.1) [Bug #6780]

2016-04-29  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefLevel: replace grib_set_double(gh, "level", level) by grib2DefLevel() [Bug #6732]

2016-04-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfReadVarSlice: fix bug with DATATYPE_UINT8

2016-04-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB1/GRIB_API (accumulation) encoding error [Bug #6638]

2016-03-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB1 output with forecast times > 255 [Bug: #6600]

2016-03-06  Uwe Schulzweida

	* NetCDF: added support for dimension name of z axis

2016-03-01  Uwe Schulzweida

	* NetCDF: added support for dimension name of x and y axis

2016-02-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.7.1 released
        * using CGRIBEX library version 1.7.4

2016-02-05  Uwe Schulzweida

	* timeval2vtime: set vtime=rtime if timevalue=0 [Bug: #6496]

2015-12-23  Uwe Schulzweida

	* ZAXIS_HEIGHT: added support for units cm, dm and km

2015-12-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDecode internal problem when processing 1x1 GRIB2 data with JPEG compression [Bug #6402]

2015-12-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gridGenYvals: bug fix [Bug #6373]

2015-11-25  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfDefXaxis/cdfDefXaxis: generate bounds for CDI_cmor_mode

2015-11-23  Nathanael Huebbe

	* replaced the vlist locked flag by two other flags

2015-11-17  Uwe Schulzweida

       * cdfCopyRecord: use MEMTYPE_FLOAT for DATATYPE_FLT32 

2015-11-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* tableRead: name is not interpreted correctly (bug introduced in 1.7.0 #3933)

2015-10-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.7.0 released
        * using CGRIBEX library version 1.7.3
	* using EXSE library version 1.4.0

2015-10-06  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netcdf: added support for 2D generic grids which share one dimension (bug fix)

2015-09-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gridCompare: check only UUID of unstructured grids if coordinates are missing

2015-09-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB rotated grids: invert angle of rotation (north to south pole) (bug fix)

2015-08-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for netCDF Scalar Coordinate Variables

2015-08-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* bug fix for scanning the  WRF time axis

2015-08-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdiStreamSetupVlist: added call to vlist_unlock(vlistID) (bug fix)

2015-06-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* merge changes from branches/cdi-tiles [from Florian Prill]
	* added rubyVersionCheck.patch [from Nathanael Huebbe]

2015-06-02  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefParam: check range of parameter number

2015-05-28  Uwe Schulzweida

	* dmemory: added env. MEMORY_INFO

2015-04-28  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.9 released
        * using CGRIBEX library version 1.7.2

2015-04-22  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefParam: use cfName to find parameter ids
	* cgribex rotated grids: added support for parameter >angle< (bug fix)
	* netcdf rotated grids: bug fix for negative angles

2015-04-21  Uwe Schulzweida

	* dmemory.c: merge changes from branches/cdi-tilesAndFileDrivenInput

2015-03-30  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefLevel: use function grib2DefLevel() to write grib2 levels

2015-03-29  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistMerge: compare size of grids (bug fix)

2015-03-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiScanTimestep1: fixed bug from previous merge of branches/cdi_fileDrivenInput (GRIB2 read failed)

2015-03-26  Uwe Schulzweida

        * merged changes from branches/cdi_fileDrivenInput

2015-03-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.8 released
        * using CGRIBEX library version 1.7.1

2015-02-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdiDecodeTimevalue: fix rounding error for negativ timevalue

2015-02-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* scan netcdf time units attribute (bug fix)

2015-02-02  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefDateTimeRel: forecastTime [Bug #5435]
	* cdfCopyRecord: incorrect checksum for freed object [Bug #5461]

2015-01-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdiDecodeTimevalue: round seconds for TUNIT_SECOND (bug fix)

2015-01-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfCreateRecords: call cdfCreateRecords(streamptr, 1) if not done before (bug fix)

2015-01-09  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdi_create_records: the contents of unused records must not be interpreted (bug fix) [patch from Nathanael Huebbe]

2014-12-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: renamed coordinate bounds dimension from nv2 to bnds
	* netCDF: renamed time bounds dimension from nb2 to bnds

2014-12-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.7 released

2014-12-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistDefAttXXX: limit length of attribute name to CDI_MAX_NAME

2014-12-05  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF absolute time axis with units month: change day from 00 to 01
	* netCDF absolute time axis with units year: change month/day from 0000 to 0101

2014-12-03  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapi: time dependent metadata [Feature #4720]

2014-12-01  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB_API output does not work (bug fix)

2014-11-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.6 released

2014-11-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* table::decodeForm1: missing longname results in Abort trap (bug fix)

2014-11-14  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfCopyRecord: removed limit for datasize

2014-11-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.5.2 released

2014-11-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* transpose2dArrayXX: wrong result (bug fix)

2014-11-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cgribexScanTimestep1: set flag to 0 in call to cgribexVarCompare() (bug fix)

2014-11-05  Uwe Schulzweida

	* IEG: added support for coordinate scale factor [patch from Kevin Sieck]

2014-10-31  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.5.1 released

2014-10-31  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: call set_validrangeDP() in cdfReadVar() (bug fix)
	* netCDF: call cdfDoInputDataTransformation() if have missvals (bug fix)

2014-10-24  Uwe Schulzweida

        * gridCompare: change limit of difference from 0.001 to 0.0015

2014-10-23  Nathanael Huebbe

	* resource_handle: optimize error messages

2014-10-23  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.5 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.6.5

2014-10-21  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistDefVarXXXKey: check validity of vlist object [Feature #4720]
	* lock CDI internal vlist objects

2014-10-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for grib_api key typeOfSecondFixedSurface

2014-10-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: added support 1D level variables

2014-10-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* read netCDF: cache time variable

2014-08-21  Uwe Schulzweida

	* reshGetElem: call show_stackframe() to print a backtrace

2014-08-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added CDI function gribapiLibraryVersion(major_version, minor_version, revision_version) [Feature #5043]

2014-08-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gridCompare: check position parameter of unstructured grids only if gridnumber > 0

2014-08-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cgribex: use timerange indicator to identify different variables
	* gribapi: use timerange indicator to identify different variables

2014-08-12  Daniel Reinert

	* listDestroy(): set resHListSize=0 [Bug #5058]
	* NetCDF: Reading uuidOfVGrid [Bug #5046]

2014-08-04  Nathanael Huebbe

	* NetCDF single precision input

2014-07-31  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF4: added support for xtype NC_STRING

2014-07-25  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistInqAtt: return -1 if attnum is out of range
	* vlistInqAttXXX: return -1 if attname not found

2014-07-24  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiEncode: update additional keys defined with vlistDefVarXXXKey() [Feature #4720]

2014-07-22  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added vlistDefVarProductDefinitionTemplate() to define GRIB2 Product Definition Template Number [Feature #4694]

2014-07-21  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefSteptype: changed proDefTempNum to 1/11 for typeOfGeneratingProcess=4
	* file write: set default to NONBLOCK if available

2014-07-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added function streamReadVarF() and streamReadVarSliceF()
	* streamWriteVarF, streamWriteVarSliceF: added support for GRIB1 (cgribex)

2014-07-17  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib2: activate jpeg support in combination with masks (missing values)

2014-07-01  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: skip coordinate variables with more than 2 dimension

2014-06-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.4 released
	* using EXSE library version 1.3.2
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.6.4

2014-06-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for env var CDI_NETCDF_HDR_PAD (pad netCDF header with nbr bytes)

2014-06-06  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Loss of coordinates attribute when merging files [Bug #4880]

2014-06-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: do not defined attribute calendar and units for time bounds [report: Stephanie Legutke]

2014-05-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: added support for  opendap files by https

2014-05-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: added write support of lat/lon coordinates without dimension

2014-05-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cgribexGetGrid: correct last lon when last lon < first lon

2014-05-14  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: skip unsupported dimension (no xyzt)

2014-05-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: added read support for lon/lat coordinates without dimension

2014-05-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gridCreate: removed default stdname and units  for GENERIC grids

2014-05-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for GRIB_API key cfName

2014-04-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* varscan::cmpparam: apply patch from Thomas Jahns

2014-03-24  Uwe Schulzweida

	* configure --with-netCDF: set default=no
	* gribapiDefDateTimeRel: set vdate to rdate for time invariant fields [Bug #4641]

2014-03-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF4: changed default file name suffix from nc4 to nc
	* GRIB2: changed default file name suffix fromg g2 to grb

2014-03-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF4 classic: existing files are converted to netCDF4 - classic flag is lost (bug fix)
	* cgribexDefParam: check validity of parameter number

2014-03-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* zaxisCreate: check number of levels

2014-02-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added taxisDefFdate() and taxisDefFtime() - Define the forecast reference date
	* added taxisInqFdate() and taxisInqFtime() - Get  the forecast reference date

2014-02-21  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib_api: debug patch from Florian and Daniel

2014-02-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib2: set stepUnits after changing the template [Bug #4500]

2014-02-14  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.3 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.6.3

2014-02-03 Uwe Schulzweida

	* gridInqUUID: changed return value from char* to void
	* zaxisInqUUID: changed return value from char* to void

2014-01-31 Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf: added cdfDefZaxisUUID() [patch: Florian Prill]

2014-01-13 Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::define_all_grids: bug fix for unstructured grids and an additional undefined dimension [report: Florian Prill]

2014-01-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* streamInqGinfo: added support for GRIB files > 2GB

2014-01-03  Uwe Schulzweida

	* streamOpenA, streamOpen: parameter recordBufIsToBeCreated missing in call to cdiStreamOpenDefaultDelegate() (bug fix)

2013-12-09  Uwe Schulzweida

	* streamOpenA: removed line "streamptr->record = record"; record is allocated in cdiStreamOpenDefaultDelegate() (bug fix)

2013-11-28  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Merged branch cdi-pio to trunk cdi

2013-11-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.2 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.6.2

2013-11-05  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added CDI function zaxisDefNlevRef() and zaxisInqNlevRef() [Feature #4117]

2013-11-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Merged branch cdi-pio to trunk cdi

2013-10-22  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added support for netCDF CF time attribute: climatology [Feature #4092]

2013-10-17  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::isLatAxis() and isLonAxis(): added support for stdname latitude and longitude

2013-10-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for GRIB2 key typeOfGeneratingProcess
	* added interface function vlistDefVarTypeOfGeneratingProcess() and vlistInqVarTypeOfGeneratingProcess()

2013-10-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* listSizeExtend: initialize ops, val and status (Bug #3994) 

2013-10-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::isLonAxis/isLatAxis: case sensitive units check

2013-09-02  Uwe Schulzweida

	* streamCopyRecord: allow mixed netCDF file types

2013-08-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefLevel: Bug fix for ZAXIS_REFERENCE (Bug #3747)

2013-08-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: read reference of an unstructured grid
	* netCDF: write reference of an unstructured grid

2013-08-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* made gridtype GRID_REFERENCE part of GRID_UNSTRUCTED
	* removed gridtype GRID_REFERENCE

2013-08-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB2: added support for level type Lake Bottom (grib level type 162)
        * GRIB2: added support for level type Bottom Of Sediment Layer (grib level type 163)
        * GRIB2: added support for level type Bottom Of Thermally Active Sediment Layer (grib level type 164)
        * GRIB2: added support for level type Bottom Of Sediment Layer Penetrated By Thermal Wave (grib level type 165)
        * GRIB2: added support for level type Mixing Layer (grib level type 166)

2013-08-09  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiGetValidityDateTime: check timeRangeIndicator for editionNumber =1 (bug fix)

2013-07-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: added support for zaxis attribute: positive

2013-07-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.1.1 released (merged branch cdi-pio to trunk cdi)

2013-07-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: wrong result if type  of data and type of attribute valid_range differ [Bug #3727]

2013-07-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiDefLevel::ZAXIS_DEPTH_BELOW_LAND: apply scalefactor to dlevel2 (bug fix) [report: Harald Anlauf]
	* streamFilesuffix: changed default filename suffix for FILETYPE_NC2 to nc

2013-06-28  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.1 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.6.1

2013-06-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* file.c: added env. var. FILE_TYPE_WRITE (1:open; 2:fopen)

2013-06-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB2: added support for snow level (level type 114)
	* GRIB2: added support for layers with zaxis type ZAXIS_PRESSURE

2013-06-06  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfDefVarMissval: changed xtype from NC_BYTE to NC_INT for missvals > 127 (workaround for a netCDF bug)
	* use 'number_of_grid_used' only for undefined grid types

2013-06-03  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added patch from Florian Prill: Lesen von 'number_of_grid_used', GRID_REFERENCE (bug fix)

2013-05-29  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: skip 4D variables without time dimension (bug fix)

2013-05-28  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB2: added support for pressure levels with 3 fractional digits

2013-05-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gribapiGetEndStep: use stepUnits for timeunits2
	* grib2GetLevel: set level bounds if  0 < leveltype2 < 255

2013-05-23  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: missing_value attribute removed [Bug #3592]

2013-05-17  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added CDI function cdiHaveFiletype() to check whether a filetype is available

2013-05-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added patch from Florian Prill: Lesen von "Nicht-Standard" GRIB-Keys (bug fix)

2013-04-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added patch from Florian Prill: Lesen von "Nicht-Standard" GRIB-Keys

2013-04-25  Uwe Schulzweida

	* institutInq: check contents of name and longname (bug fix) [Bug #3419]

2013-04-23  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cfortran.h::kill_trailing: wrong result with gcc -O3, use prama for -O2 (bug fix) [report: Luis Kornblueh]
	* vlistXXXAttTxt: use cdi fortran datatype CBUF (char *) for the last argument (bug fix) [report: Luis Kornblueh]
	* gridXXXUUID: use cdi fortran datatype CBUF (char *) for the last argument (bug fix) [Bug #3424]
	* zaxisXXXUUID: use cdi fortran datatype CBUF (char *) for the last argument (bug fix)

2013-04-19  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_gribapi: replaced function getLevelFactor() [Bug #3446]

2013-04-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added function vlistDefVarExtra() and vlistInqVarExtra()

2013-04-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistDefVarDatatype: changed default missing values of signed integers to -TYPE_MAX

2013-04-02  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdi.h: changed >char*< to >char *< (bug fix for fortran interface)
	* make_cdilib: changed position of error.c and error.h (bug fix)

2013-03-14  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.6.0 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.6.0

2013-03-13  Florian Prill

	* Read arbitrary GRIB keys [Feature #3267]

2013-03-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* GRIB: added support for time step unit: seconds [Bug #3352]

2013-03-12  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Added support for level type CLOUD_BASE, CLOUD_TOP and ISOTHERM_ZERO [Feature #3247]
	* stream_gribapi: changed units for level type GRIB2_LTYPE_LANDDEPTH to m (internally mm) [Bug #3287]
	* gribapiGetGrid: get gridDescriptionFile with grib_get_string() instead of grib_get_bytes() (bug fix)

2013-03-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_gribapi: added support for local table shortName.def [Bug #3343]

2013-03-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vtime2timeval: check validity of month

2013-03-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfDefGrid: bug fix for generic grids with nx or ny > 0
	* netCDF: ignore the attribute valid_min/valid_max, if the data type is inconsistent

2013-02-18  Florian Prill

	* Added function vlistDefVarIntKey() and vlistDefVarDblKey() to set GRIB_API Key/Value pairs

2013-02-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cgribexGetTsteptype: changed default to TSTEP_INSTANT [Bug #3211]

2013-02-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: ignore the attribute valid_range, if the data type is inconsistent
	* netCDF: added env IGNORE_VALID_RANGE to ignore the attribute valid_range

2013-01-31  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cgribex::cgribexGetGrid: add 360 to lastLon, if lastlon <firstLon [Bug #3189]

2013-01-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: check position of time dimension

2013-01-15  Thomas Jahns

	* make_fint.c: added regexec support

2013-01-08  Uwe Schulzweida

	* global netCDF attribute "source" missing (bug fix)

2012-12-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* reshGetValue: added caller function name to error message

2012-12-17  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.5.9 released
        * using CGRIBEX library version 1.5.6

2012-12-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* removed unused function streamDefineTaxis()
	* fix warning in streamDefTimestep() for stream with constant fields only

2012-12-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added cdfGridCompress() to compress coordinates
	* added vlistDefVarChunkType() and vlistInqVarChunkType()

2012-12-03  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistCopyFlag: added support for level bounds

2012-11-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* netCDF: added support for time axis name and long_name

2012-11-17  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::define_all_vars: added txt attributes to vlistDefAttTxt() without trailing 0 [Bug #3004]

2012-11-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* file.c: added support for unbuffered write

2012-11-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfReadVarSliceDP: store DATATYPE_FLT32 in a float array and	convert it to double (speedup 2x)
	* cdfInqTimestep: added check for timevalue = NC_FILL_DOUBLE

2012-11-14  Uwe Schulzweida

	* app/cdi: added optional compression level -z zip[_1-9]

2012-11-09  Uwe Schulzweida

	* file.c::file_initialize: added support for env GRIB_API_IO_BUFFER_SIZE [request: Florian Prill]

2012-11-07  Uwe Schulzweida

	* gridGenXvals/gridGenYvals: removed changes from 1.5.8 (bug fix)
	* cgribexGetGrid: bug fix for xinc/yinc recomputation

2012-11-05  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib2: correct endStep if timeunits is not equal stepUnits (bug fix)
	* cgribexGetGrid: bug fix for yinc for odd ysize

2012-10-30  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.5.8 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.5.5

2012-10-29  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cgribex.c: do not check fraction of xinc/yinc" stream_cgribex.c
	* gridGenXvals/gridGenYvals: recheck xinc/yinc if (first+(size-1)*inc) > last

2012-10-26  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_gribapi.c::gribapiScanTimestep: changed GRIBAPI_MISSVAL to cdiDefaultMissval

2012-10-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistCopyFlag: copy ensdata (bug fix) [report: Jaison Ambadan]

2012-10-16  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib2: changed packingType from grid_jpeg to grid_simple if nmiss > 0 (bug fix)

2012-10-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib2: added stepType support for absolute time axis

2012-10-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* pio.h remove line 'typedef int MPI_Comm;' [Bug #2882]

2012-09-21  Uwe Schulzweida

	* vlistInqZaxis: use zaxisGetIndexList() to get global zaxisIDs (bug fix)

2012-09-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* listSizeExtend: init ops, val and status

2012-09-20  Thomas Jahns

	* listInitialize: set mutex type to PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE

2012-09-11  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdfInqContents: make ncid local to varid
	* cdfInqContents: group reading of global attribute to read_global_attributtes()
	* cdfInqContents: set ntsteps to 0 if no data variable found
	* netCDF: set 1D arrays to coordinate variables if axis attribute is available

2012-09-10  Uwe Schulzweida

	* unreduced: compute nlon and nvalues from rowlon[] (bug fix)

2012-09-05  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cgribexEncode: initialize the first 256 entries of isec1 to zero

2012-08-30  Uwe Schulzweida

	* app/cdi: changed output format of option -s (sinfo)

2012-08-27  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.5.7 released
	* model.c::modelInq*: check instID != UNDEFID (buf fix)
	* institution.c::insitutInq*: check instID != UNDEFID (buf fix)
	* Merge of branch cdo-pio into trunk cdi
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.5.4
	* using EXSE library version 1.3.1

2012-07-23  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.5.6 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.5.3

2012-07-17  Modali Kameswarrao

	* added vlistDefVarEnsemble() for GRIB1 and netCDF

2012-07-13  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added call to cdiInitialize() in all streamOpen functions (bug fix)
	* added support for environment variable NC_CHUNKSIZEHINT [Feature #2142]

2012-07-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib scan timestep: changed Error() to Warning() for inconsistent timesteps

2012-07-04  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::define_all_grids: modify check for same x and y varids
	* cdfInqContents: set all undefined 1D variables to data variables [request: Florian Prill]

2012-06-20  Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdf_write_var_data: bug fix for unscaled uint8, int8, int16, int32 (bug introduced in 1.5.5)

2012-06-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* grib_api: use key significanceOfReferenceTime only for GRIB2

2012-06-06  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for grib_api key stepType  [request: Drte Liermann]
	* changed TIME_CONSTANT and TIME_VARIABLE to TSTEP_CONSTANT and TSTEP_XXX
	* renamed vlistInqVarTime() vlistInqVarTsteptype()

2012-06-01  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_gribapi: added support for level type HYBRID_HALF	[request: Drte Liermann]

2012-05-18  Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::cdfDefUnstructured: fixed memory bug [ICON - Bug #2398]

2012-05-15  Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.5.5 released
	* using CGRIBEX library version 1.5.2

2012-05-02 Uwe Schulzweida

	* cdi.h: added vlistDefVarTime() [request: Florian Prill]

2012-05-02 Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_gribapi: bug fix for validation date and time

2012-04-27 Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::define_all_grids: changed scale_add() parameter from x to y (bug fix)

2012-04-26 Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for ZAXIS_DEPTH_BELOW_LAND units "mm",  "cm", "dm" and "m"

2012-03-24 Uwe Schulzweida

	* added single precision support: streamWriteVarF, streamWriteVarSliceF

2012-02-15 Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::cdfDefDatatype: bug fix for DATATYPE_UINT8

2012-02-02 Uwe Schulzweida

	* stream_cdf::cdfDefCurvilinear: bug fix for CLM s,u,v grids [report: Hans-Jrgen Panitz]

2012-01-30 Uwe Schulzweida

	* Version 1.5.4 released

2011-12-27 Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for GRIB2 packing type grid_ieee

2011-12-19 Luis Kornblueh

	* added suppport for GRIB2 level type 150

2011-12-13 Uwe Schulzweida

	* verify_coordinate_vars: bug fix in check for units = "1" [report: Katharina Six]

2011-11-11 Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for netCDF attributes scale_factor and add_offset for lon/lat coordinates

2012-01-06  Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for GRIB gaussian grid parameter NumPar on non global grids [Bug #1711]
	* added interface functions gridDefNP/gridInqNP (number of parallels between a pole and the equator)

2011-11-04 Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for GRIB1_LTYPE_SIGMA_LAYER

2011-11-01 Uwe Schulzweida

	* added support for netcdf attribute valid_min/valid_max [request: Etienne Tourigny]