* Per #2395, add new columns to VL1L2, VAL1L2, and VCNT line types for wind direction statistics. Work still in progress.

* Per #2395, write the new VCNT columns to the output and document the additions to the VL1L2, VAL1L2, and VCNT columns.

* Per #2395, add the definition of new statistics to Appendix G.

* Per #2395, update file version history.

* Per #2395, tweak warning message about zero wind vectors and update grid-stat and point-stat to log calls to the do_vl1l2() function.

* Per #2395, refine the weights for wind direction stats, ignoring the undefined directions.

* Update src/tools/core/stat_analysis/aggr_stat_line.cc

* Update src/tools/core/stat_analysis/parse_stat_line.cc

* Update src/tools/core/stat_analysis/aggr_stat_line.cc

… broken the logic of the update_truth.yml GHA workflow. Instead of submitting a PR to merge develop into develop-ref directly, use an intermediate update_truth_for_develop branch.

* Per #2280, update to support probability threshold strings like ==8, where 8 is the number of ensemble members, to create probability bins centered on the n/8 for n = 0 ... 8.

* Per #2280, update docs about probability threshold settings.

* Per #2280, use a loose tolerance when checking for consistent bin widths.

* Per #2280, add a new unit test for grid_stat to demonstrate processing the output from gen_ens_prod.

* Per #2280, when verifying NMEP probability forecasts, smooth the obs data first.

* Per #2280, only request STAT output for the PCT line type to match unit_grid_stat.xml and minimize the new output files.

* Per #2280, update config option docs.

* Per #2280, update config option docs.

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* Update data_io.rst

Updated netCDF reading documentation

* Update data_io.rst

* Update data_io.rst

* Update data_io.rst

updated link

* Update data_io.rst

Fixed typo

* Per #3015, update the release version number and add release notes.

* Per #3015, add one upgrade instruction

…vX.Y and develop branches

…nnecessary step

* Per #3020, add missing GridStatNcOutInfo::do_seeps flag and use it to determine if SEEPS information should be written to the Grid-Stat NetCDF matched pairs output file.

* Unrelated to #3020, fix broken NetCDF cf-conventions links in the User's Guide.

* Per #3020, no real changes. Just whitespace

…idStatConfig_SEEPS config file needs to be updated with nc_pairs_flag.seeps = TRUE in order for the same output to be produced by the unit tests.

* Per #2966, add new solar_time() function to the vx_solar library.

* Per #2966, add support for new solar_time masking type. Also make log messages for consistent and eliminate the warning about -thresh not being specified becuase its fine to not specify a threshold.

* Per #2966, add a units attribute to the output NetCDF mask variable.

* Per #2966, modify solar azimuth and altitude strings to make the log messages align well.

* Per #2966, add gen_vx_mask unit test to demonstrate the solar_time masking type.

* Per #2966, add documentation about the -solar_time option

* Per #2966, reduce SonarQube code smells in gen_vx_mask

* Per #2966, reduce SonarQube findings

* Per #2966, support multiple mask types with the same mask field being supported in a single run. Still need to update the user's guide.

* Per #2966, add UTC

* Per #2966, update gen_vx_mask docs about supporting multiple -type options in a single run

* Per #2966, update logic to fix using data masking twice, add a unit test to demonstrate, and update the mask_type attribute to include the magic string for the gridded data used for data masking.

* Per #2966, adjust the logic slightly to revert to existing behavior where we only write the timing information of the input data to the gen_vx_mask output when no threshold was applied. This should reduce the number of diffs flagged by PR #3008

* Per #2966, update details about the -union, -intersection, and -symdiff options in the usage statement and documentation as recommended by @CPKalb.

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* #3012 Initial release

* #3012 Added search_3d_kdtree.cc

* #3012 Initial release

* #3012 Added check_llh_to_ecef and test_llh_to_ecef

* #3012Added search_3d_kdtree_api

* #3012 Reanmed point_lonlat to points_lonlat. Added points_XYZ & points_XYZ_km

* #3012 Compare points_XYZ or points_latlon

* #3012 Commented out latlonalt_to_xy & xy_to_latlonalt

* #3012 Reanmed point_lonlat to points_lonlat. Added points_XYZ & points_XYZ_km. Added llh_to_ecef APIs

* Per #3012, update the .gitignore settings to ignore the newly created test executables in the test_util/libcode/vx_grid directory.

* Per #3012, changes to the vx_grid library to address SonarQube code smells in New Code and hopefully reduce the Overall number of code smells.

* Per #3012, couple more minor SonarQube tweaks

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* Per #3038, add debug and warning log messages to tell the user which NetCDF dimension indices are being used.

* Per #3038, fix a few SonarQube code smells to reduce the overall number of them for the #3039 PR.

* Source code changes for multiple radii/thresholds in multivariate mode

* Slight cleanup

* added multiple thresh/radii functionality for the mvmode superobjects only situation

* mvmode log message improvements

* Mods to the mode users guide for multiple convolution thresholds and radii in multivariate mode

* Added v12.1

* Minor bugfix and tweak

* Per #2709, updates to fix SonarQube code smells.

* Per #2709, fix compilation problem I introduced with SonarQube fixes.

* Per #2709, eliminate SonarQube bug that was flagged

* Per #2709, fix typo in docs

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* Per #3032, add data type column to all of the output tables

* Per #3032, remove the first row from each output table since its info is repeated from the table name. Additional changes for consistency and accuracy in column names.

* Update docs/Users_Guide/gsi-tools.rst

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…Integers (not Doubles).

* Per #3024, roll the version number from 12.0 to 12.1 prior to adding new columns to the existing GRAD line type.

* Per #3024, return bad data for the square root of a negative number

* Per #3024, update Grid-Stat to write 4 new columns to the GRAD line type.

* Per #3024, tweak laplace MSE computation

* Per #3024, add appendixC.rst equations for the new statistics

* Per #3024, escape embedded underscores in equations only for latex formatting, not html

* Per #3024, add reference to paper and summary of the new gradient stats

* Per #3030, update docs by moving the gradient config entry from Grid-Stat to the common area and then referencing it in both Grid-Stat and Series-Analysis.

* Per #3030, update Series-Analysis config file by adding the gradient dictionary and an entry for output_stats.gradient. Update the conf_info source code to parse them. Still need to update OTHER Series-Analysis config files and also update the logic in series_analysis.cc to compute GRAD statistics.

* Per #3030, add descriptions of GRAD statistics for inclusion in the long_name attribute of the Series-Analysis output files.

* Per #3030, add the GRADInfo::get_stat() member function to be called by Series-Analysis

* Per #3030, fix parsing logic for the gradient dictionary.

* Per #3030, add gradient entries to existing Series-Analysis config files

* Per #3030, add GRADInfo::set_stat() member function

* Per #3030, enhance Series-Analysis to aggregate the GRAD line type incrementally across multiple runs. However, this can only be done when requesting that 'ALL' GRAD columns be written.

* Per #3030, reduce the volume of SonarQube code smells.

* Updated syntax

* Updated syntax

* Updated syntax

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