Release notes as of 7 November 2024

| Tue Nov 12 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Condense Statistical Percentile sliders to improve navigation

- Expand RTO Time Series graph view and improve filtering capability

- Provide Unit conversions in RTO cities table

- Add Maxar branding to GCI maps

Release notes as of24 October 2024

| Thu Nov 07 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Add ICAO Station IDs to the searchbar

- Display RTO/ISO Regions with key cities in a new table view for RTO subscribers

- Persist the current AOI/zoom level when locations are not changed in a query

- Rename GDD Departure parameter to "% Normal GDD"

- Display Country and State/Province boundaries at zoom level 4 and out

Release notes as of 31 October 2024

| Thu Nov 07 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Tile Server bug fixes

Release notes as of 17 October 2024

| Tue Oct 22 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Provide a Maritime toggle to mask/unmask sub-seasonal, seasonal and decadal forecasts over maritime areas

- Persist unit selection throughout app once chosen

High resolution AOI data updates:

- Cap High Res data to 50 years extents for reliable user experience

- Disable High Res data layers for all Departure parameters

- Simplify High Res toggle into one On/Off button

Release notes as of 26 September 2024

| Thu Oct 03 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- AOI Time Series moved into slide-up window below to allow for better map visibility

- Added Custom Years filtering capability to Time Series graphs

- Refine Wind Departure Color Scale transparency window to -1mph to 1mph

Release notes as of 3 October 2024

| Thu Oct 03 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Provide summary info for Main Conditions in the Insight Builder

- Refine Average Temperature and Degree Day Departures Color Scales for better definition in GCI and Info Report maps

- Focus the Insight popup window summary rows to correspond to the selected base parameter and selected insight

Release notes as of 8 August 2024

| Thu Aug 08 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Bug fixes

Release notes as of 1 August 2024

| Wed Aug 07 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Total Precipitation Color Scale enhancements

- Bug fixes

Release notes as of 25 July 2024

| Wed Aug 07 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

-Database bug fix

Release notes as of 18 July 2024

| Wed Aug 07 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

- Provide Data Services SFTP Access page in ClimateDesk platform Products menu

- Bug fix for Leap Year in graphs

Release notes as of 11 July 2024

| Wed Aug 07 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

Extended Queries Beyond 1 Year

-Provide data for queries up to 2100 for all parameters and datasets in Global Climate Interactive application

-Display each year's data as it's own query in AOI Time Series graphs

-Insight Builder: Disable Map Consecutive Day & Insight Dashboard Insights for queries beyond 1 year

-Update CSV downloads to handle extended queries

GCI Continuous Improvements

- Allow trace Total Precipitation values

- Persist list of selected Locations when adding a additional locations from the Search Bar

- Rename Insights conditions for better clarification to Insight Maps, Daily Count Maps, Daily Timeline, and Consecutive Day Maps

- Update parameter descriptions to include "Daily" References

- Color Scale: Create interval color scales for Total Precipitation parameter & Daily Count insights using same time frames as DDs

- Improve tile server performance

- Temps & Winds should be rounded to the nearest tenth of a degree

- Bug fixes

Product Info:

- Add description of SSP Projections

- Update parameter descriptions to include "Daily" References

- Add a summary on the BCSD Approach to Bias Correct Maxar Blended Forecasts

ClimateDesk Platform Improvements

- Login Page: Start cursor in Username entry box on page load

Release notes as of 17 July 2024

| Wed Jul 17 2024

Global Climate Interactive Improvements

-Seasonal ECMWF wind data improvements 

Release notes as of 06 June 2024

| Tue Jun 11 2024

GCI Improvements

- Product Info updates indicating Median rather than 50th percentile or Mean

Release notes as of 23 May 2024

| Tue May 28 2024

GCI Improvements

-Provided ability to create and save custom views (including Insights)

-Persist location selection in map view when rerunning with revised settings

Release notes as of 11 April 2024

| Fri Apr 12 2024

GCI improvements

-Product Info: Add information on Probabilistic Forecasting and Usage/Interpretation of Percentiles

-Bug fix for GCI map tools

-Bug fix for Daily Count insights

Release notes as of 29 March 2024

| Fri Mar 29 2024

GCI improvements

-Bug fixes for GCI Visualization and Insights

Weekly Release notes as of 04 December 2023

| Tue Dec 05 2023

GCI Improvements

1km Wind

-Provide Seasonal High Res data for Wind parameters: Average Wind Speed and Wind Departure

-Provide basemaps and insights for the new high res Wind parameters

-Display timeframe limitation messaging below Date Range if a query is entered for longer than 6 months for a Wind parameter

Degree Days

-Integrate six new Degree Day parameters for queries up to 6 months into GCI: Total HDD, HDD Departure, Total CDD, CDD Departure, Total GDD, and GDD Departure

-Provide basemaps and insights for the new Degree Day parameters

-Create predefined timeframe-specific colorscales for GCI basemaps

-Refactor GCI to allow any Parameter to support a sub-parameter and pass the GCC Base and Cap Values for GDD parameters

-Insight Builder popup: Replace select boxes for parameters with input boxes

-Modify GCI Degree Day Units to "XDD (°C) / XDD (°F)"

-Display timeframe limitation messaging below Date Range if a query is entered for longer than 6 months for a Degree Day parameter

Consecutive Day Insights

-Provide a new "# Consecutive Days" Map Insight analysis option in the Insight Builder

Product Info Updates

-Add summary information about the new Degree Day parameters: Total HDD, HDD Departure, Total CDD, CDD Departure, Total GDD, and GDD Departure

-Provide a new table with source and refresh info for all parameters by Time Period

-Provide climatology source information in the variables list and table

-Display the last updated date for the MBF column in the table

Continuous Improvements

-Adjust instance and containers for larger CPU

Maps

-Overlay lakes & rivers on GCI basemap

-Round Temp Anomalies to tenth or quarter of a degree rather than the nearest degree 1°C

AOI Popups

-Update CSV Export column headers and order numerically; Round Temps to tenth degree

Tooltips

-Always show fixed decimal value for each parameter

Insights

-Provide unique insight colors for each parameter in the Insights Dashboard gantt chart

-Add definition to parameters with percentile selection in parameter name

-Add a visual border to the Insights Dashboard gantt chart area

Weekly Release notes as of 26 October 2023

| Fri Oct 27 2023

GCI Improvements

Display Resolution Source for all parameters in AOI popups:

-CMIP6 dataset: Climatology (Based on GMFD)

-All other datasets: Climatology (Based on ERA-5)

Product Info Updates:

-Added additional SSP Scenario information

-Updated full list of variables available

Weekly Release notes as of 05 October 2023

| Thu Oct 05 2023

GCI Improvements

- Provided 'Years' as a separate dropdown menu for improved Quick Look selections

- Reduced Wind Departure range from +/- 5 to +/- 3 m/s to improve visibility on maps

Weekly Release notes as of 3 August 2023

| Tue Sep 05 2023

GCI Improvements

-Persist currently selected Location when rebuilding Parameters

-Click AOI to view Insight Trends graph

-Display a thin dashed line around the high res AOIs

-Insight Builder: Allow user to type Min/Max value to search within existing range

Weekly Release notes as of 23 August 2023

| Tue Sep 05 2023

ClimateDesk Platform

-Added secondary/alternate telephone number to request support for ClimateDesk

Weekly Release notes as of 24 July 2023

| Tue Sep 05 2023

GCI (Global Climate Interactive) Improvements

-High Resolution (1 km) Maxar Blended Forecast data is now available by subscription

-Available for Temperature and Precipitation parameters

-High Res map toggle

-Subscribed Clients AOIs will display in 'Client Locations' section of the Locations menu

-Locations queried within the high res areas will display Location name with an asterisk (for Subscribed Clients)

-Addition of Wind Anomaly parameter

Weekly Release notes as of 29 June 2023

| Thu Jul 06 2023

Global Climate Interactive Improvements:

Product Info:

-Updated Sub-seasonal date ranges

-Added Processed/Completed (UTC) information to the Models refresh rate table

Weekly Release notes as of 26 June 2023:

| Tue Jun 27 2023

Global Climate Interactive Improvements:

Product Info:

-Update with new model refresh/update times for ECMWF sub-seasonal daily runs

-Update Precip Anomalies change to Precipitation accumulation: % of normal based on ERA-5 climatology

GCI:

-Update "Dataset" dropdown descriptions to include climate modeling agency where relevant

-Support multi-polygon location creation through UI

-Add Location dropdown menu for Insights Dashboard view

-Abbreviate Percentile Column Headers in the CSV Export