netCDF-Java library version 5.4.2 Released

The Unidata THREDDS Development Team released version 5.4.2 of the netCDF-Java/Common Data Model (CDM) library on August 27th, 2021. Outside of the various bug fixes, dependency upgrades (some related to security), build/doc infrastructure changes, notable updates include:

• Updated the following GRIB tables:
  • MRMS GRIB2 Tables to v12.0.
  • NCEP GRIB 1 Tables.
  • Experimental HRRR GRIB2 tables to v4.
  • NDFD GRIB2 tables to reflect degrib v2.25.
• Support for GRIB2 PNG encoding (24- and 32-bit depth)

For more information, please visit the GitHub release page at https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-java/releases/tag/v5.4.2.

Getting this Release

Artifacts from the 5.4.2 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.