pyDARN v4.0 released

Jan 1, 2024

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.

This major release includes:

  • NEW: IQ level data plotting
  • NEW: Latitude and longitude y-axis in RTP
  • NEW: Ball and stick plots
  • NEW: Map file variable time series plotting
  • NEW: Terminator plotting
  • Coastlines available in magnetic coordinate spatial plots without Cartopy
  • More flexibility in fan plots - single beams/ range gate range options
  • TDiff correction for elevation data available
  • Boxcar filtering available for data before plotting
  • Corrections to geolocation algorithms
  • Standardized plot return values across all plots
  • Bug fix: Radar position labels no longer overlap
  • Bug fix: Warning use refactored
  • Bug fix: Multiple bug fixes for data handling and plotting in grid plots
  • Bug fix: Multiple bug fixes for the aesthetics of convection maps

Thank you to all the pyDARN developers and testers!