JULES vn8.2 release notes

Linked Changes

This release is part of the 2026.07.1 Simulation Systems Release.. All
codebases required by JULES have been tagged 2026.07.1.

Update readme by Pierre Siddall (@Pierre-siddall) in #45
add stable trigger by James Bruten (@james-bruten-mo) in #71
correct doc links by James Bruten (@james-bruten-mo) in #80
Add code owners to CODEOWNERS file by Pierre Siddall (@Pierre-siddall) in #87
Fix setuptools error while creating venv via pip by Yaswant Pradhan (@yaswant) in #94
Fix metstats bug by Phil Harris (@ppharris) in #85
Update metadata notifications by Pierre Siddall (@Pierre-siddall) in #109
Replace NIWA Rose Stem configuration with ESNZ config for Cascade HPC by Wolfgang Hayek (@tinyendian) in #108
Fix CODEOWNERS by Pierre Siddall (@Pierre-siddall) in #112
fix weather generator in imogen/isimip by Eleanor Burke (@eleanorgb) in #83
Add jules-lfric metadata by James Bruten (@james-bruten-mo) in #110
Lessdecomp sat by Eleanor Burke (@eleanorgb) in #72
Migrate jules_pftparm metadata to jules-shared by Maggie (@maggiehendry) in #42
Biogenic heating of soil decomposition by Caro.Duran.Rojas (@caroduro) in #111
Implement new irrigation scheme into standalone JULES by Heather Rumbold (@hsrumbold) in #107
Inland basin flow coupling and use land fractions on rivers grid by Dan Copsey (@DanCopsey) in #89
JULES Contributor Licence Agreement by Yaswant Pradhan (@yaswant) in #50
Release notes for vn8.2/ Summer 2026 by Douglas Clark (@doucla) in #125
Jules 2026.7.1 release changes by James Bruten (@james-bruten-mo) in #128
Main to Stable 2026.07.1 by James Bruten (@james-bruten-mo) in #129

Full Changelog: vn8.1...vn8.2