[ferret_users] PyFerret/Ferret release v7.4.4

["Ansley C. Manke" <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi all

A new PyFerret and Ferret v7.4.4 are available:

https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/PyFerret/releases
https://github.com/NOAA-PMEL/Ferret/releases

The main purpose of this release is to link with netCDF 4.4.1.1; some datasets and url's cannot be used correctly with the newer netCDF 4.6 library. 

There are also a few bug fixes, including several items reported in the Ferret List.  We'll answer those threads to let you know what was done.

Finally, there's a new default color palette for Ferret.  A number of you have been urging this for a while and we have become convinced.  The new default colormap is "viridis", which is a Perceptually uniform colormap .  I've attached an example plot.

You can always change your color palette in any of these ways:

• For a single command, with the /PALETTE qualifier:
  
    SHADE/PALETTE=centered_diff wind_speed
  
  
• For the current session with the PALETTE command: 
  
     PALETTE rnb2  ! use rnb2 for subsequent commands unless /palette qualifier is used
  
  
• For all your PyFerret or Ferret sessions, by putting a PALETTE command into a .ferret startup file.
  

And see the FAQ's for more discussion of color palettes.  We'll be adding more there, including examples of some of the nice ones available.

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