Release v2.9.0 · E3SM-Project/e3sm_diags

New Features

Add new aci and aerosol activation metrics from ARM Diags v3 by @chengzhuzhang (collaborating with ARM infrastructure group with contribution from Xiaojian Zheng @lannyzxj, @EmmyChengTao and Shaocheng Xie. )in #679
Mixed phase partition LCF diagram by @chengzhuzhang with @zyuying, @yunpengshan2014 and @Jiwengithub in #675
Add aerosol global metrics benchmarks file developed by E3SM Aerosol Working Group @susburrows and @kaizhangpnl , and implemented by @chengzhuzhang and @mahf708 in #683
Use total (interstitial and cloud-borne) aerosols directly from 2D burdens by @mahf708 in #682
Add GPCP3.2 precipiation data and replace v2.2 by @chengzhuzhang in #690
Add QREFHT and U10 comparison with ERA5 variables by @chengzhuzhang in #688
Support relative difference plot in zonal mean 2d set by @chengzhuzhang in #651
Additional variables to QBO json output files by @golaz in #646

CDAT Migration Phase 1: Replace cdp.cdp_run by @tomvothecoder in #641
CDAT Migration Phase 1 - ReplaceCDPParameter by @tomvothecoder in #638
CDAT Migration Phase 1 - Replace cdp_parser.CDPParser by @tomvothecoder in #650

Update Acknowledgement and Features Contribution in README by @chengzhuzhang in #692
Bump dependencies in conda env yml files by @tomvothecoder in #644
Increment CACHE_NUMBER to fix conda envs by @tomvothecoder in #645
fix typo in aerosol budget printout by @mahf708 in #676
Update quick guide for perlmutter; update diagnostics paths from mache by @chengzhuzhang in #691
Fix numpy.int --> int by @xylar in #694
Change workflow to mamba by @forsyth2 in #693
Simplify the conda env yml files by @tomvothecoder in #696
Fix release workflow not copying docs for latest tags by @tomvothecoder in #698
Fix dir ref in release workflow by @tomvothecoder in #699
Fix segfault issue with newest shapely and esmpy by @xylar in #715
Import shapely but not esmpy in main package by @xylar in #722
update enviroment variable by @chengzhuzhang in #725
Add e3sm_diags import by @chengzhuzhang in #727

Full Changelog: v2.8.0...v2.9.0