v0.18.0

0.18.x (2020-06-26)

• Optimization options for xclim.sdba : different grouping for the normalization steps of DQM and save training or fitting datasets to temporary files.
• xclim.sdba.detrending objects can now act on groups.
• Replaced dask[complete] with dask[array] in basic installation and added distributed to docs build dependencies.
• xclim.core.locales now supported in Windows build environments.
• ensembles.ensemble_percentiles modified to compute along a percentiles dimension by default, instead of creating different variables.
• Added indicator first_day_below and run length helper first_run_after_date.
• Added ANUCLIM model climate indices mappings.
• Renamed areacella to areacello in sea ice tests.
• Sea ice extent and area outputs now have units of m2 to comply with CF-Convention.
• Split checks.py into cfchecks.py, datachecks.py and missing.py. This change will only affect users creating custom indices using utilities previously located in checks.py.
• Changed signature of daily_freeze_thaw_cycles, daily_temperature_range, daily_temperature_range_variability and extreme_temperature_range to take (tasmin, tasmax) instead of (tasmax, tasmin) and match signature of other similar multivariate indices.
• Added FromContext subclass of MissingBase to have a uniform API for missing value operations.
• Remove logging commands that captured all xclim warnings. Remove deprecated xr.set_options calls.