v2.0.0

QA4SM v2.0.0 - Release notes 2022-02-17

Major changes

1. New User Interface

New features

1. Automatic update of validation progress
2. Possibility of copying a validation belonging to another user

v1.8.2

QA4SM v1.8.2 - Release notes 2022-01-07

Improvements

1. Pytesmo and Numpy versions updated

v1.8.1

QA4SM v1.8.1 - Release notes 2021-12-01

Improvements

1. Memory issues handled

v1.8.0

QA4SM v1.8.0 - Release notes 2021-11-30

New features

1. Sentinel-1 radar high resolution data now available for validation.

v1.7.0

QA4SM v1.7.0 - Release notes 2021-11-08

New features

1. bootstrapping CIs for TCA added

Updates

1. Environment - python 3.8, django 3.2, pytest 6.2, etc.;
2. Terms updated - user data managed in agreement with General Data Protection Regulation;
3. User Manual added;
4. Automatic cleanup fixed;
5. Updated information about funding sources;

v1.6.1

QA4SM v1.6.1 - Release notes 2021-07-26

Updates

1. Handling mutually exclusive filters added

v1.6.0

QA4SM v1.6.0 - Release notes 2021-07-13

New features

1. new pytesmo version including:

• new temporal matcher,
• new metric calculator,
• confidence intervals added to result plots;

Updates

1. New ismn reader incorporated along with data averager
2. Links redirecting to datasets sources updated;
3. Help page updated.

v1.5.1

Version 1.5.1, created 2021-05-04

v1.5.0

QA4SM v1.5.0 - Release notes 2021-03-29

New features

1. The possibility of reloading settings of an existing validation;
2. The possibility of attaching a published validation to 'my results' page;
3. SMOS, SMAP and ASCAT datasets can be used as the reference ones;
4. A quick inspection table with a summary of basic metrics of a validation;
5. Sorting on result pages;
6. Searching for an existing validation with exactly the same settings as the one which is about to be run;
7. CDF matching included.

Improvements

1. Default time range depends on the chosen datasets;
2. New buttons layout;
3. New datasets: CCI v6, C3S v202012, ISMN 20210131;
4. Results where there are too few input data tuples are masked out;
5. Temporal matching improved.

Other changes

1. In the resulting netCDF file:

• information on the actual time range covered by each dataset used in the validation included;

2. Bugs fixed:

• problem with loading ISMN networks on dialog window;
• problem with the lack of plots in validations where the same dataset with the same version was used more than once.

v1.4.0

New features

1. ESA CCI (A, P, C) and C3S datasets from now on can also be used as the reference.

Improvements

1. ISMN networks selection now depends on the chosen version;
2. Possibility of switching off scaling added;
3. Added calendar widget for picking time range of validation.

Other changes

1. Corrected time range and soil moisture geophysical range for CCI Active dataset;
2. Displaying filter list for SMOS dataset improved;
3. Admin panel developed - statistics on the service retrieved.