nextgen-news.json

{
	"December 2024 Update":  [
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "NGIAB-data-preprocess",
            "description": "Pro Tip: The data-preprocess tool offers VPU subsetting capabilities and can generate configuration files for empirical models like the 'Demonstration LSTM'. Check out these and other new features in the latest release! Discover more updates here.",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB_data_preprocess/commits/main/?since=2024-12-01&until=2024-12-20"
        },
        {
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra: NGIAB Docker Image",
			"description": "Version 1.4.0 is now available! This release introduces the “demonstration LSTM” within NGIAB, along with sample AWI-008 input data. The LSTM model serves as an educational example to help users get started, though it’s not optimized for maximum prediction accuracy.” Explore more updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra/releases/tag/v1.4.0"
		},
        {
			"type": "update",
			"title": "ngen-datastream",
			"description": "Important Update: Datastream has been upgraded to v2.2 hydrofabric and now generates both NextGen outputs and forcings for VPUs 02, 03W, and 16. For more details, visit the Datastream portal at https://datastream.ciroh.org/index.html",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream/blob/main/docs/AGU_2024_Poster_FINAL.jpg"
		},
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "NGIAB-HPCInfra: NGIAB Singularity Image",
            "description": "December updates include 4 PRs adding 'Demostration LSTM' in NGIAB-HPCInfra. Learn more about the updates here.",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-HPCInfra/commits/main/?since=2024-12-01&until=2024-12-20"
        },
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "NWM BigQuery API Update",
            "description": "Access NWM streamflow prediction data directly through BigQuery instead of downloading netCDF files. Learn more about this efficient data access method in our documentation here:",
            "link": "https://docs.ciroh.org/docs/products/Data%20Management%20and%20Access%20Tools/bigquery-api/"
        }
		
	],
	"November 2024 Update":  [ 
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra: NGIAB Docker Image",
            "description": "Release v1.3.0 has been released with several significant improvements: * Integration of forked ngen and t-route repositories from CIROH-UA's GitHub. * Updated sample input data based on hydrofabric v2.2 * 15 PRs merged * TEEHR integration * CI pipeline improvements with unified Dockerfile * Enhanced NGIAB Visualizer. Explore more updates here.",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra/releases/tag/v1.3.0"
        }, 
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "NGIAB-HPCInfra: NGIAB Singularity Image",
            "description": "November updates include: * 4 PRs updating singularity image to use CIROH-UA repositories * Updated README with new sample input data for hydrofabric v2.2 * Alignment with Docker image modifications",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-HPCInfra/commits/main/?since=2024-11-01&until=2024-11-25"
        },
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "ngen-datastream",
            "description": "22 new commits pushed to the main repository",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream/commits/main/?since=2024-11-01&until=2024-11-25"
        },
        {
            "type": "update",
            "title": "NGIAB-data-preprocess",
            "description": "Version 3.1.2 released featuring: * 7 PRs merged * Major update for compatibility with hydrofabric v2.2. Discover more updates here.",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB_data_preprocess/commits/main/?since=2024-11-01&until=2024-11-25"
        },
        {
            "type": "feature",
            "title": "Hydrofabric v2.2",
            "description": "The latest Hydrofabric v2.2 data model is now available.",
            "link": "https://lynker-spatial.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hydrofabric/v2.2/hfv2.2-data_model.html"
        }, 
        {
            "type": "feature",
            "title": "NextGen Model Framework (CIROH-UA/ngen) - fork of NOAA-OWP/ngen",
            "description": "NGIAB-CloudInfra and NGIAB-HPCInfra now utilize the main branch of CIROH-UA/ngen.",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen"
        },     
        {
            "type": "feature",
            "title": "T-route (CIROH-UA/t-route) - fork of NOAA-OWP/t-route",
            "description": "NGIAB-CloudInfra and NGIAB-HPCInfra now utilize the datastream branch of CIROH-UA/t-route. Main branch is in sync with NOAA-OWP/t-route",
            "link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/t-route"
        }
	],
	"September 2024 Update":  [ 
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "Best Practice Guide for NextGen Framework",
			"description": "Technical guidance for the inclusion of models/modules in the NextGen Water Resources Modeling Framework is now available in DocuHub.",
			"link": "https://docs.ciroh.org/docs/policies/NextGen/"
		},  
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (NOAA-OWP/ngen)",
			"description": "2 PRs merged in September. Explore more updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen/commits/master/?since=2024-09-01&until=2024-09-26"
		},     
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "T-route (NOAA-OWP/t-route)",
			"description": "4 PRs were merged in September.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/t-route/commits/master/?since=2024-09-01&until=2024-09-26"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NextGen Community Office Hours",
			"description": "We are excited to invite you to join our NextGen Community Office Hours. It is an excellent opportunity for everyone to stay up to date with the latest developments in hydrologic modeling at CIROH. Join us to engage with the team and learn more about ongoing projects and advancements.",
			"link": "https://docs.ciroh.org/docs/products/Community%20Hydrologic%20Modeling%20Framework/ngiabOfficeHours"
		} , 
		
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra : NGIAB Docker Image",
			"description": "We are happy to announce that NGIAB version 1.2.1 has been released, available for both ARM and x86 architectures. This release is up to date with the latest ngen commit ID: f321889 and t-route commit ID: d0982a5. Learn more about the updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra/releases/tag/v1.2.1"
		} , 
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "ngen-datastream",
			"description": "In September, 10 pull requests were merged. ",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream/commits/main/?since=2024-09-01&until=2024-09-26"
		},
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-data-preprocess",
			"description": "5 PRs were merged in September. ",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB_data_preprocess/commits/main/?since=2024-09-01&until=2024-09-26"
		}
	],
	"August 2024 Update":  [  
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (NOAA-OWP/ngen)",
			"description": "Five PRs merged in August. Explore more updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen/commits/master/?since=2024-08-01&until=2024-08-29"
		},     
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "T-route (NOAA-OWP/t-route)",
			"description": "Eight PRs were merged in August.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/t-route/commits/master/?since=2024-08-01&until=2024-08-29"
		},
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra : NGIAB Docker Image",
			"description": "NGIAB version 1.2.0 has been released, available for both ARM and X86 architectures. This release is up to date with the latest ngen commit ID: 2ffedf8 and t-route commit ID: 9d9d711",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra/commits/main/?since=2024-08-01&until=2024-08-29"
		} , 
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-HPCInfra: NGIAB Singularity Image",
			"description": "In August, a new Singularity image was released for NGIAB-HPCInfra. Learn more about the updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-HPCInfra/commits/main/?since=2024-08-01&until=2024-08-29"
		},    
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "ngen-datastream",
			"description": "In August, nine pull requests were merged. These include the addition of the forcingprocessor feature, increased test coverage, updates to the research datastream Terraform, and new documentation.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream/commits/main/?since=2024-08-01&until=2024-08-29"
		},
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-data-preprocess",
			"description": "Five PRs were merged in August. We are excited to announce the new release v2.0.0! This release uses catchment ids in place of waterbody ids.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB_data_preprocess/commits/main/?since=2024-08-01&until=2024-08-29"
		}
	],
	"July 2024 Update":  [  
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "Four PRs merged in July. Explore more updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		},     
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra",
			"description": "In July, one PR was merged. We are preparing to present \"Advancing Hydrological Modeling: CIROH’s NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) and Enhanced Tools for Community-Driven Research\" at AGU24. You can find more updates here.", 
			"link": "https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/prelim.cgi/Paper/1697622"
		} ,     
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "In July, 6 PRs were merged. We are also presenting \"NextGen National Water Model Framework Datastream\" paper at AGU24. More updates can be found here.",
			"link": "https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu24/prelim.cgi/Paper/1589746"
		},
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-data-preprocessor",
			"description": "Nine PRs were merged in July.",
			"link": "https://github.com/AlabamaWaterInstitute/NGIAB_data_preprocess"
		},
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "T-route",
			"description": "Five PRs were merged in July.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/t-route"
		}
	],
	"June 2024 Update":  [             
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "In June, 9 PRs were merged. Ngen-datastream was updated to be compatible with the new hydrofabric data format provided by hfsubset version 2.1.1.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB-data-preprocessor",
			"description": "Four PRs were merged in June. We are happy to announce the new release v1.0.1. This release includes various improvements and bug fixes.",
			"link": "https://github.com/AlabamaWaterInstitute/NGIAB_data_preprocess"
		},  
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "Eleven PRs merged in June. Explore more updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "CIROH DevCon24 Conference Slides",
			"description": "Access the slides from the 8 NextGen Track workshops held at CIROH DevCon24. Slides can be found here.",
			"link": "https://docs.ciroh.org/docs/education/Conferences/#ciroh-developers-conference---may-2024"
		}
	],
	"May 2024 Update":  [     
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra",
			"description": "The NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) workshop last week at CIROH DevCon24 was a huge success. New sample dataset is created “AWI-006”. We had 50+ attendees and most of them were successfully able to run NGIAB on their local machine. For those without the admin access, we provided them the AWS instances for the workshop. This workshop introduced a new geospatial visualization tool for visualizing outputs from NGIAB runs. During May, 16 PRs were merged. Slides can be found at:", 
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/Conferences/tree/main/CIROHDevCon2024/NextGenTrack"
		},        
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-HPCInfra",
			"description": "Run NGIAB on HPC using NGIAB-HPCInfra. This repo is upgraded to use AWI-006 dataset. For more details, please refer README at",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-HPCInfra"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "NextGen Simulation Development Tools workshop was a huge success. It provided attendees with a hands-on experience using the ngen-datastream tool. In May, 21 PRs were merged. Explore the updates. Slides for the DevCon can be found at:",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB-data-preprocessor",
			"description": "The NextGen Simulation Development Tools workshop at CIROH DevCon24 showcased the tool's capabilites of simplifying data preparation for next-gen simulations.",
			"link": "https://github.com/AlabamaWaterInstitute/NGIAB_data_preprocess"
		},  
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "3 PRs merged in May. Explore more updates here.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		}
	],
	"April 2024 Update": [
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB-data-preprocessor",
			"description": "Introducing a tool for NGIAB data preparation.  A workshop is planned for CIROH DevCon24 under NextGen Simulation Development Tools.",
			"link": "https://github.com/AlabamaWaterInstitute/NGIAB_data_preprocess"
		},        
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB-CloudInfra",
			"description": "In April, we are gearing up to present the NextGen In A Box (NGIAB) workshop at CIROH DevCon24",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra"
		},        
		{
			"type": "update",
			"title": "NGIAB-HPCInfra",
			"description": "Here is the updated link to NGIAB-HPCInfra",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-HPCInfra"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "In April, we are getting ready to present NextGen DataStream at CIROH DevCon24. A workshop is planned under NextGen Simulation Development Tools",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "Thirteen PRs merged in April. Explore the updates.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		}
	],
    "March 2024 Update": [
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "Improvement of NGIAB HPCInfra Repositories",
			"description": "Automating build of NGIAB HPCInfra using GitHub Actions",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-HPCInfra"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "In March, the python internal to the datastream was containerized. This included implementing catchment-specific configuration for PET, CFE, and Noah OWP (https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream/pull/46). The scripts and plotting tools were developed to perform benchmarking and preliminary results have been collected.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "Seven PRs merged in March.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		}
	],
    "Feb 2024 Update": [
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "Improvement of NGIAB CI Pipeline for Pull Requests from Forked Repositories",
			"description": "Three pull requests have been successfully merged. Pull requests submitted using forked repositories are now automatically tested in the CI Pipeline. Upon merging changes to the main repository, another CI pipeline is triggered to retest the build and push the image to DockerHub. Additionally, new AWI_004 sample data is now available for 09 VPU for unit testing.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "In February, two pull requests were merged. For small runs, you can access ngen-DataStream at: https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream/tree/main/examples",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "Nine PRs merged in February.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "T-route",
			"description": "Twelve PRs merged in February.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/t-route"
		}
	],
	"Jan 2024 Update": [
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "Run NextGen In A Box(NGIAB) with Singularity on HPC without docker support!!! ",
			"description": "If you want to use NGIAB on HPC that does not support docker, we have a solution for you. Please follow the steps at this link. ",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/Ngen-Singularity"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NextGen In A Box (NGIAB)",
			"description": "We have made some improvements to NGIAB: 10 PRs merged. Sample input data updated to use AWI_003(with new data provider names). Boost upgraded to v1.79. Self-hosted Runner can start and stop automatically with GitHub Actions. NGIAB image can run in auto mode. Geopackage support added. Documentation available at CIROH DocuHub",
			"link": " https://docs.ciroh.org/docs/products/Community%20Hydrologic%20Modeling%20Framework/nextgeninaboxDocker"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "ngen-DataStream",
			"description": "3 PRs merged in January. Documentation available at: /products/Hydrologic%20Modeling%20Framework/nextgenDatastream/",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/ngen-datastream"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework (ngen)",
			"description": "6 PRs merged in January.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/ngen"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "T-route",
			"description": "3 PRs merged in January.",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/t-route"
		}
	],
	"Dec 2023 Update": [
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB presentation at AGU!!! ",
			"description": "NextGen In A Box: Advancing Collaborative Modeling for Enhanced Water Resource Management presented by Arpita. We had a full house! ",
			"link": "Conference%20Material#agu-2023"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NextGen In A Box",
			"description": "NGIAB Updates: Merged CI pipeline changes PR#74 by Benjamin Lee, Added case study map and a plot with output results PR#72 by Shahab Alam, PR#70 by Josh Cu",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework",
			"description": "5 PRs merged in December.",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "T-route",
			"description": "12 PRs merged in December.",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "Hydrofabric",
			"description": "Lynker is proud to support CIROH with a freely accessable resource for geospatial data: https://www.lynker-spatial.com/. Updated transects/cross section runners",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Framework Forcings",
			"description": "December updates include an (almost) complete stream script that will produce daily ngen outputs. Documentation (readme) included. ngen-datastream/subsetting has been deprecated and hfsubset integrated into the stream. Benchmarking has begun.",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "note",
			"title": "Community Support",
			"description": "December is always an AGU Month! San Francisco (the traditional home of AGU) brings us to the season where we reflect on our own work for the year and finally learn what our coworkers have been doing all this time! Checkout the presentation slides from CIROH at below link.",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/Conferences"
		},
		{
			"type": "note",
			"title": "NOAA-OWP AGU Presentations",
			"description": "NOAA-OWP AGU Presentations",
			"link": "https://github.com/NOAA-OWP/OWP-Presentations/tree/main/AGU/AGU_2023"
		}
	],
	"Nov 2023 Update": [
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NGIAB Updates",
			"description": "NGIAB v1.1.0 Release!",
			"link": "https://github.com/CIROH-UA/NGIAB-CloudInfra/releases/tag/v1.1.0"
		},
		{
			"type": "news",
			"title": "NextGen Research Lightning Talk",
			"description": "Presented at CIROH NextGen Research Lightning Talk Webinar",
			"link": "Conference%20Material#community-nextgen-advancement-lightning-talk---nov-2023"
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework",
			"description": "14 PRs merged in November. Adding new tests for sqlite and new geopackage-based hydrofabric support.",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "T-route",
			"description": "13 PRs merged in November. Added additional json/geojson support ",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "Hydrofabric",
			"description": "Lynker is proud to support CIROH with a freely accessable resource for geospatial data: https://www.lynker-spatial.com/. Updated hfsubset to support using the v2.0 hydrofabric by default. Added Cross-section support to the hydrofabric. 13 PRs merged in November. Added additional json/geojson support ",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Framework Forcings",
			"description": "14 PRs merged towards the Research Data Stream. Fixed lingering pyarrow issues. Added new support for all segments to be dockerized. Added S3 support with regards to the control flow design, to support one reusable, configurable  sequence ",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "note",
			"title": "Community Support",
			"description": "Singularity support is coming to AWI for HPC users that are able to run Singularity builds. Work on serialization (passing from one run to the next with model states still in memory or imported from a file) is ongoing, relative temporal configurations of NextGen with consideration to model configuration changes between timesteps, and better general support for framework polymorphism.",
			"link": ""
		}
	],
	"Oct 2023 Update": [
		{
			"type": "note",
			"title": "NGIAB Updates",
			"description": "15 runs of the whole build process, 7 successful, and 2 pending. Over 550 pulls of the container image, number of 'canonical' runs (uploading their metadata and results) is coming in a future version.",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "feature",
			"title": "NextGen Model Framework",
			"description": "Updates to SUMMA candidate model, performance improvements for memory usage and spatial domain tooling to decouple the currently used geojson Feature and geometry classes into their own simple features interface. This is an abstract interface, with a coupled Boost.Geometry backend that will be used as the default backend.",
			"link": ""
		},
		{
			"type": "note",
			"title": "T-route",
			"description": "22 Pull Requests were worked on in October with 11 merged, and a focus on testing and getting the compiling process to be tested and reliable particularly for downstream NGIAB and HPC usage of t-route",
			"link": ""
		}
	]
}