v4.5

FLORIS v4.5 brings in various new features, user interface improvements, and bug fixes. In particular, check out new options for interpolation of heterogeneous wind maps; turbulence intensity sampling; and various user interface and modeling improvements. Special thanks to our three new contributors on this release, as well as our ongoing contributors!

New features

• Add Nearest-Neighbor interpolation to heterogeneous wind map by @Bartdoekemeijer in #1025
• TI sampling at arbitrary points by @hannahgielen in #1129

Modeling improvements

• [BUGFIX] Tilt cosine law correction by @mkrause-strath in #1126

User interface improvements

• [BUGFIX] Improve handling of multidimensional turbine conditions by @misi9170 in #996
• Enable sample_flow_at_points with heterogeneity by @misi9170 in #1110
• Add turbine_average_velocities property to UncertainFlorisModel by @paulf81 in #1135

Performance improvements

• Set keepdims to True so that we don't have to add again those dimensions by @RRiva in #1120

Packaging updates

• Add WETO Stack note by @rafmudaf in #1112

General bug fixes

• [BUGFIX] Specify resolution in scipy yaw optimization regression test by @misi9170 in #1136
• [BUGFIX] Fix incorrect implementation in geometric yaw optimization by @misi9170 in #1143

New Contributors

• @RRiva made their first contribution in #1120
• @hannahgielen made their first contribution in #1129
• @mkrause-strath made their first contribution in #1126

Full Changelog: v4.4.2...v4.5