New coupler version OASIS3-MCT_5.0 has been released!

The new coupler OASIS3-MCT_5.0 comes with the following novelties:

• Python, C and C++ bindings
• A new load balancing analysis tool
• An environment to use either SCRIP, ESMF or XIOS to generate regridding weights and to analyse the quality of the regridding
• A new locally conservative remapping, to be used in particular for runoffs
• Extension of BLASNEW operation to support combination of coupling fields
• Improved and additional diagnostics in CHECKIN and CHECKOUT
• SCRIPR/CONSERV option for normalisation by the true area of the grid cells
• New options for global CONSERV
• Extension of oasis_get_intracomm to support multiple components
• Communication/exchange of simple scalars
• Update examples in oasis3-mct/examples directory
• Update to MCT 2.11
• Update of compiling environment
• Migration from SVN to GIT for source management
• Migration of the OASIS3-MCT web site to Cerfacs, see the new site at https://oasis.cerfacs.fr/en/
• Inclusion of the number of neighbours used in the remapping file name
• For SCRIPR/CONSERV, specification through the namcouple of North thresh and South thresh values, above which a Lambert projection is activated
• New NetCDF file format setting through the namcouple
• Overload oasis_def_var interface to support excluding the argument id_var_shape from the argument list
• Systematic tests of NetCDF returned error code
• Update oasis_abort to also write to unit 0 (stderr)
• Different bug fixes

To get the new version of the coupler, please follow the instructions on the OASIS coupler download page: https://oasis.cerfacs.fr/en/downloads/.

See also our dedicated ESiWACE page on OASIS3-MCT and the currently open call for Dedicated User Support on OASIS3-MCT, which is accepting applications until 15 January, 2022!