Changelog
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**0.8.4 (release 2017-02-06)**

- added stevens dual well parser for eddn service
- bugfixes for twc-kbdi service
- optimize dict to dataframe conversion. This speeds up ncdc-ghcn by 10x

**0.8.3.2 (released 2016-08-12)**

- Fixed USGS NED services. Server changed spatial query format.

**0.8.3.1 (release 2016-07-18)**

- corrected install documentation

**0.8.3 (released 2016-07-18)**

- added Nasa Daymet weather data module, thanks to ColinTalbert
- multiple bug fixes
- improvements to installation and continuous integration testing

**0.8.2 (released 2016-02-02)**

- added modules for getting LCRA hydromet and water quality data
- fixed waterml parser bug that was affecting USGS NWIS data when
  parameter data collected using multiple methods exist (e.g. water level
  measured with RADAR and pressure transducer) through use of optional 'method'
  kwarg
- fixed ncdc.ghcn.get_stations() failing tests with pandas==0.17.0

**0.8.1 (released 2015-09-16)**

- packaging fixes. 0.8.0 does not install correctly from pypi.

**0.8.0 (released 2015-09-15)**

- python 3 compatibility. ulmo is now compatible py python 2.7 and python 3.4.
- ulmo is now being tested on Windows/Linux/MacOSX using AppVeyor and Travis CI.
- the ioos conda channel is now the supported way to get ulmo.
- added conda environment yaml files to make it easier to set up a development environment.

**0.7.8 (released 2015-07-02)**

- no changes, had to bump version number because of a corrupt file uploaded to pypi.

**0.7.7 (released 2015-07-02)**

- dropped python 2.6 support
- fixed bug in extracting raster file from zip file on windows
- fixes for cdec service
- fix url_params kwarg typo for nwis service

**0.7.6 (released 2015-04-27)**

- fixed ncdc.gsod services to use new station list over depreciated list (thanks Victor)
- added USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) raster service
- added USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) raster services
- allow passthrough of extra kwargs for USGS NWIS services


**0.7.5 (released 2015-01-26)**

- add support for pandas 0.14 and 0.15
- add a function to selectively remove data from nwis hdf5 cache


**0.7.4 (released 2014-09-09)**

- in cuahsi.wof module: allow optional configuration of caching behavior for
  underlying suds SOAP library
- in cuahsi.wof.get_values(), variable_code is no longer a keyword argument. It
  didn't make sense for it to be a kwarg since it is not optional.


**0.7.3 (released 2014-07-16)**

- bugfix: using parameters argument in ulmo.ncdc.gsod.get_data() was not working


**0.7.2 (released 2014-06-17)**

- add parser for TWDB DOT dataloggers to usgs.eddn


**0.7.1 (released 2014-06-05)**

- bugfix: in cpc.drought dataset calculate year number externally rather than
  using year number from data files, as they are sometimes incorrect (see github
  issue #66)


**0.7.0 (released 2014-04-01)**

- this release includes some backwards incompatible changes
- update ncdc.cirs to use new nClimDiv dataset (see
  ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cirs/climdiv/div-dataset-transition-readme.txt)
  for details about the new dataset
- some ncdc.cirs element names have changed:
    - cdd -> cddc
    - hdd -> hddc
    - pcp -> pcpn
    - tmp -> tmpc
- fix flakey cpc.drought url determination causing data for the 2011
  agricultural year to be unavailable


**0.6.7 (released 2014-03-28)**

- fix usgs.cpc year/week number reckoning bug


**0.6.6 (released 2014-03-24)**

- fix usgs.eddn parsers: values should be interpretted as reversed for sutron
  and texuni dataloggers


**0.6.5 (released 2014-03-14)**

- usgs.eddn hdf5 files will no longer grow larger than they have to with each
  update
- fix incorrect ghcn_daily wm_oid when using pandas 0.13.1
- fix incorrect pytables required version


**0.6.4 (released 2014-01-22)**

- a bunch of minor fixes for working with pandas 0.13
- this release drops support for pandas 0.10.1; the minimum required version of
  pandas is now 0.11
- usgs.eddn.get_data will now make multiple requests if it encounters a 'Maximum
  data limit reached' message


**0.6.3 (released 2013-12-12)**

- add cdec.historical for accessing California Department of Water Resources
  California Data Exchange Center
- fix last_modified dates being incorrectly updated when using nwis hdf5 backend
  on some platforms


**0.6.2 (released 2013-11-19)**

- add usgs.eddn module for accessing USGS Emergency Data Distribution Network


**0.6.1 (released 2013-07-31)**

- raise a friendlier error message for usace.swtwc when no data is found
- bugfix: waterml files with empty metadata elements (e.g. method) were breaking
  the parsing logic


**0.6.0 (released 2013-07-30)**

- this release includes some backwards incompatible changes
- simplified labels used for KBDI values: kbdi_avg -> avg, kbdi_min -> min...
- added parameter_code kwarg to usgs.nwis.hdf5.get_site_data
- added start and end dates to cuahsi.wof.get_values()
- added support for NCDC's CIRS drought index dataset
- fixed filesystem timestamp related bug that could cause file-based datesets to
  be unnecessarily re-downloaded
- version number is now available at ulmo.__version__
- misc documentation fixes


**0.5.0 (released 2013-05-14)**

- nwis.pytables has been replaced with nwis.hdf5 which uses the
  pandas.io.pytables backend; things should generally run a bit faster now and
  the code is much cleaner. There is one backwards-incompatible change:
  nwis.hdf5.get_site() is now thread-safe. There was an undocumented behavior
  where if a site could not be found in the hdf5 file during a
  nwis.pytables.get_site() call, then a request to the NWIS service would be
  made and the site table would be updated but no longer happens. You must
  explicitly run nwis.hdf5.update_site_list() to update the site list first.
- the nwis.pytables namespace is deprecated in favor of nwis.hdf5 because it is
  shorter and more recognizable but pytables is still powering things under the
  hood (via the pandas HDFStore)
- parsed timeseries data dicts from waterml-based datasets (cuahsi.wof and
  usgs.nwis) now contain parsed site info mapped to the 'site' key
- add support for pre-1997 data from CPC's weekly drought monitor dataset
- bugfix: some related to change of the "current" agricultural year for CPC
  weekly drought data
- add support for Texas Weather Connection's Daily Keetch-Byram Drought Index
  (KBDI) dataset


**0.4.1 (released 2013-03-04)**

- bugfix: interpret missing data ('----') correctly in usace.swtwc.get_stations


**0.4.0 (released 2013-03-04)**

- this release includes some backwards incompatible changes
- usgs.nwis date_range parameter has been replaced with more explicit
  start, end and period parameters
- ncdc.gsod.get_data() parameters renamed: start_date -> start
  and end_date -> end to be consistent with other dataset APIs
- ncdc.gsod.get_stations() now allows limiting stations to matching parameters
  (e.g. country='US')
- all date and datetime parameters are now consistently parsed
- added support for CUAHSI's HIS Central service: ulmo.cuahsi.his_central
- added preliminary support for CPC's weekly drought monitor dataset (>=1997)
- added preliminary support for data from USACE Tulsa Water District Control


**0.3.0 (released 2013-01-14)**

- this release includes some backwards incompatible changes
- moved module for USGS NWIS from ulmo.usgs -> ulmo.nwis.usgs
- moved module for WaterOneFlow from ulmo.wof -> ulmo.cuahsi.wof


**0.2.4 (released 2013-01-14)**

- core API functions can be called from main dataset modules
- support python 2.6


**0.2.3 (released 2013-01-13)**

- add ghcn daily dataset
- add preliminary support for CUAHSI WOF
- add sphinx documentation
- clean up tests
- make pytables an optional dependency; pytables-related functionality is just
  disabled if pytables can't be found


**0.2.2 (released 2012-11-05)**

- bugfix: broken usgs.pytables last_refresh handling


**0.2.1 (released 2012-11-04)**

- turn on compression for pytables cache files
- minor bugfix and test cleanup


**0.2.0 (released 2012-10-12)**

- initial public release as ulmo (formerly pyhis)