pyDARN v3.0 released

Apr 20, 2022

A new major release of pyDARN has just been published!

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You can install/upgrade pydarn via pip (python library installer):

  • pip3 install pydarn
  • pip3 install --upgrade pydarn

Or you can download the package from Zenodo.

The documentation for pyDARN has also been updated including tutorials for the new features: https://pydarn.readthedocs.io/en/main/index.html

pyDARN release v3.0 includes the following features:

  • New Optional cartopy dependency to plot geographic coordinates and coastline map underlay
  • NEW Convection maps in magnetic coordinates
  • NEW Range estimation enumerator for selecting range estimation units
  • General updates to fan plots including bug fixes for range selection
  • Updates to incorporate the new hardware file format
  • Updated documentation

Thank you to all the pyDARN developers!