netCDF-Java library version 5.4.1 Released

The Unidata THREDDS Development Team released version 5.4.1 of the netCDF-Java/Common Data Model (CDM) library on December 17th, 2020. The 5.4.1 release includes the first look at the public API work as outlined in the previous blog post NetCDF-Java - Looking Ahead. Several new features are available with this release, including:

• Build support for Java 11 through 14 (upgraded from Gradle 3.5.1 to 6.7)
• Object Storage support (tested against AWS S3, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, ActiveScale)
• Now producing platform and BOM project-level maven POMs (netcdf-java-platform-5.4.1.pom, netcdf-java-bom-5.4.1.pom)
• "Super-res" Level 3 NEXRAD product support

In addition to new features, this releases contain a variety of updates to third-party libraries, including security related upgrades.

For more information, please visit the GitHub release page at https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-java/releases/tag/v5.4.1.

Getting this Release

Artifacts from the 5.4.1 release can be obtained from our artifacts server following these instructions. ToolsUI and netCDFAll can be obtained from the downloads section of the Unidata website.