[MSNoise] MSNoise 1.3 Released !!

[Thomas Lecocq]

Hi all,

8 months after the last bugfix release (/MSNoise 1.2.5/ 
<http://www.msnoise.org/doc/releasenotes/msnoise-1.2.5.html>), and 17 
months after the last major release (/MSNoise 1.2/ 
<http://www.msnoise.org/doc/releasenotes/msnoise-1.2.html>) we are proud 
to announce the new /MSNoise 1.3/ 
<http://www.msnoise.org/doc/releasenotes/msnoise-1.3.html>. It is a 
*major* release, with a massive amount of work since the last release: 
in GitHub numbers 
<https://github.com/ROBelgium/MSNoise/graphs/contributors?from=2014-06-28&to=2015-03-19&type=c> 
, it’s over 100 commits and about 3500 new lines of code and 
documentation added ! MSNoise 1.3 introduces a *brand new* way of 
executing the workflow. The workflow in itself doesn’t change, so 
experienced users as well as new users reading the SRL publication will 
find their way easily!

*MSNoise is now a Python Package*, allowing a single (and easy) install 
for all your projects and/or all users using |pip install msnoise|. The 
new top-level |msnoise| command contains all the steps of the workflow, 
plus new additions, as the very useful |reset| command to easily mark 
all jobs “T”odo. The |msnoise plot| command group which includes seven 
plots, all directly callable from the command line, without needing to 
hack/edit the source codes. About hacking: MSNoise has now a proper 
documented API which allows pythonistas to write their own plots, 
computation steps, ..., while interacting with the database and the data 
archive! The “dynamic time lag” allows to use parts of the coda that is 
dependent from the interstation distance (provided station coordinates 
are defined). Finally, MSNoise is now /tested/ and automatically checked 
by Travis-CI!

This version has benefited from outputs/ideas/pull requests/questions 
from several users:

  * Rebecca Kramer
  * Carmelo Sammarco
  * Oscar Alberto Castro Artola
  * Kasper van Wijk
  * Kohtaro R. Araragi
  * Esteban Chaves
  * Adrian Shelley
  * Weston Thelen
  * Robert Abbott
  * Jean Battaglia
  * Sébastien Carniato
  * Xiao Wang
  * Lion Krisher
  * Tobias Megies
  * all participants to the 2014 Pre-AGU MSNoise workshop
  * all others (don’t be mad :-) )

Thanks to all for using MSNoise, and please, let us know why/how you use 
it (and please cite it!)!

Thomas

-- 
Dr. Thomas Lecocq
Geologist

Seismology - Gravimetry
Royal Observatory of Belgium

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