pysteps v1.11.0

This release includes developments made during the July 2024 pySTEPS-hackathon with focus on the blending module.
Many thanks to all contributors!

What's Changed

• fix: make sure netcdf exporters can handle list of timesteps by @RubenImhoff in #369
• Add lambert_conformal_conic projection by @FelixE91 in #380
• Changed default number of cascade levels to 6 everywhere in the project by @sidekock in #387
• Add option to smooth radar mask by @sidekock in #379
• Consider splits and merges in tdating by @ritvje in #349
• Add resample distributions function for probability matching by @RubenImhoff in #390
• Replace numpy.matrix with numpy.ndarray by @dnerini in #407
• Fix: make sure that precip_models variable has the correct length by @RubenImhoff in #368
• Fix support for timesteps list in case model has rain but radar does not by @mats-knmi in #411
• Performance fix by @gjm174 in #410
• Optimisation in excprob function by @viktor40 in #424
• Fix excessive memory usage of _fill_nans_infs_nwp_cascade by @mats-knmi in #425
• Drop python 3.9, support python 3.12 by @dnerini in #422
• Print missing filename by @dnerini in #427
• Modify probability matching code to allow ignoring a part of the domain by @ladc in #428

New Contributors

• @FelixE91 made their first contribution in #380
• @sidekock made their first contribution in #387
• @gjm174 made their first contribution in #410
• @viktor40 made their first contribution in #424

Full Changelog: v1.10.0...v1.11.0