Doc updates for 0.10.4 release

doc/api.rst

@@ -496,6 +496,19 @@ DataArray methods
    DataArray.load
    DataArray.chunk
 
+GroupBy objects
+===============
+
+.. autosummary::
+   :toctree: generated/
+
+   core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy
+   core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy.apply
+   core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy.reduce
+   core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy
+   core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy.apply
+   core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy.reduce
+
 Rolling objects
 ===============
 
@@ -509,18 +522,27 @@ Rolling objects
    core.rolling.DatasetRolling.construct
    core.rolling.DatasetRolling.reduce
 
-GroupByObjects
-==============
+Resample objects
+================
+
+Resample objects also implement the GroupBy interface
+(methods like ``apply()``, ``reduce()``, ``mean()``, ``sum()``, etc.).
 
 .. autosummary::
    :toctree: generated/
 
-   core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy
-   core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy.apply
-   core.groupby.DataArrayGroupBy.reduce
-   core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy
-   core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy.apply
-   core.groupby.DatasetGroupBy.reduce
+   core.resample.DataArrayResample
+   core.resample.DataArrayResample.asfreq
+   core.resample.DataArrayResample.backfill
+   core.resample.DataArrayResample.interpolate
+   core.resample.DataArrayResample.nearest
+   core.resample.DataArrayResample.pad
+   core.resample.DatasetResample
+   core.resample.DatasetResample.asfreq
+   core.resample.DatasetResample.backfill
+   core.resample.DatasetResample.interpolate
+   core.resample.DatasetResample.nearest
+   core.resample.DatasetResample.pad
 
 Plotting
 ========

doc/faq.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.. _faq:
+
 Frequently Asked Questions
 ==========================
 
@@ -129,8 +131,8 @@ What other netCDF related Python libraries should I know about?
 `netCDF4-python`__ provides a lower level interface for working with
 netCDF and OpenDAP datasets in Python. We use netCDF4-python internally in
 xarray, and have contributed a number of improvements and fixes upstream. xarray
-does not yet support all of netCDF4-python's features, such as writing to
-netCDF groups or modifying files on-disk.
+does not yet support all of netCDF4-python's features, such as modifying files
+on-disk.
 
 __ https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python
 
@@ -153,10 +155,12 @@ __ http://drclimate.wordpress.com/2014/01/02/a-beginners-guide-to-scripting-with
 
 We think the design decisions we have made for xarray (namely, basing it on
 pandas) make it a faster and more flexible data analysis tool. That said, Iris
-and CDAT have some great domain specific functionality, and we would love to
-have support for converting their native objects to and from xarray (see
-:issue:`37` and :issue:`133`)
+and CDAT have some great domain specific functionality, and xarray includes
+methods for converting back and forth between xarray and these libraries. See
+:py:meth:`~xarray.DataArray.to_iris` and :py:meth:`~xarray.DataArray.to_cdms2`
+for more details.
 
+.. _faq.other_projects:
 
 What other projects leverage xarray?
 ------------------------------------

doc/whats-new.rst

@@ -31,33 +31,37 @@ What's New
 v0.10.4 (unreleased)
 --------------------
 
+The minor release includes a number of bug-fixes and backwards compatible
+enhancements. A highlight is ``CFTimeIndex``, which offers support for
+non-standard calendars used in climate modeling.
+
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-- `FAQ <http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/faq.html#what-other-projects-leverage-xarray>`_ now lists projects that leverage xarray.
+
+- New FAQ entry, :ref:`faq.other_projects`.
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
-- `Assigning values with indexing <http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/indexing.html#assigning-values-with-indexing>`_ now includes examples on how to select and assign values to a :py:class:`~xarray.DataArray`.
+- :ref:`assigning_values` now includes examples on how to select and assign
+  values to a :py:class:`~xarray.DataArray` with ``.loc``.
   By `Chiara Lepore <https://github.com/chiaral>`_.
 
-
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- Slight modification in `rolling` with dask.array and bottleneck. Also, fixed a bug in rolling an
-  integer dask array.
-  By `Keisuke Fujii <https://github.com/fujiisoup>`_.
 - Add an option for using a ``CFTimeIndex`` for indexing times with
   non-standard calendars and/or outside the Timestamp-valid range; this index
   enables a subset of the functionality of a standard
-  ``pandas.DatetimeIndex`` (:issue:`789`, :issue:`1084`, :issue:`1252`).
+  ``pandas.DatetimeIndex``.
+  See :ref:`CFTimeIndex` for full details.
+  (:issue:`789`, :issue:`1084`, :issue:`1252`)
   By `Spencer Clark <https://github.com/spencerkclark>`_ with help from
   `Stephan Hoyer <https://github.com/shoyer>`_.
 - Allow for serialization of ``cftime.datetime`` objects (:issue:`789`,
   :issue:`1084`, :issue:`2008`, :issue:`1252`) using the standalone ``cftime``
-         library. By `Spencer Clark
-         <https://github.com/spencerkclark>`_.
+  library.
+  By `Spencer Clark <https://github.com/spencerkclark>`_.
 - Support writing lists of strings as netCDF attributes (:issue:`2044`).
   By `Dan Nowacki <https://github.com/dnowacki-usgs>`_.
-- :py:meth:`~xarray.Dataset.to_netcdf(engine='h5netcdf')` now accepts h5py
+- :py:meth:`~xarray.Dataset.to_netcdf` with ``engine='h5netcdf'`` now accepts h5py
   encoding settings ``compression`` and ``compression_opts``, along with the
   NetCDF4-Python style settings ``gzip=True`` and ``complevel``.
   This allows using any compression plugin installed in hdf5, e.g. LZF
@@ -66,7 +70,8 @@ Enhancements
   This greatly boosts speed and allows chunking on the core dims.
   The function now requires dask >= 0.17.3 to work on dask-backed data
   (:issue:`2074`). By `Guido Imperiale <https://github.com/crusaderky>`_.
-- ``plot.line()`` learned new kwargs: ``xincrease``, ``yincrease`` that change the direction of the respective axes.
+- ``plot.line()`` learned new kwargs: ``xincrease``, ``yincrease`` that change
+  the direction of the respective axes.
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
 
 - Added the ``parallel`` option to :py:func:`open_mfdataset`. This option uses
@@ -85,22 +90,24 @@ Enhancements
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
-- Now raises an Error if a coordinate with wrong size is assigned to a
-  :py:class:`~xarray.DataArray`. (:issue:`2112`)
+- ``ValueError`` is raised when coordinates with the wrong size are assigned to
+  a :py:class:`DataArray`. (:issue:`2112`)
   By `Keisuke Fujii <https://github.com/fujiisoup>`_.
-- Fixed a bug in `rolling` with bottleneck. Also, fixed a bug in rolling an
-  integer dask array. (:issue:`2113`)
+- Fixed a bug in :py:meth:`~xarary.DatasArray.rolling` with bottleneck. Also,
+  fixed a bug in rolling an integer dask array. (:issue:`2113`)
   By `Keisuke Fujii <https://github.com/fujiisoup>`_.
 - Fixed a bug where `keep_attrs=True` flag was neglected if
-  :py:func:`apply_func` was used with :py:class:`Variable`. (:issue:`2114`)
+  :py:func:`apply_ufunc` was used with :py:class:`Variable`. (:issue:`2114`)
   By `Keisuke Fujii <https://github.com/fujiisoup>`_.
 - When assigning a :py:class:`DataArray` to :py:class:`Dataset`, any conflicted
   non-dimensional coordinates of the DataArray are now dropped.
   (:issue:`2068`)
   By `Keisuke Fujii <https://github.com/fujiisoup>`_.
 - Better error handling in ``open_mfdataset`` (:issue:`2077`).
   By `Stephan Hoyer <https://github.com/shoyer>`_.
-- ``plot.line()`` does not call ``autofmt_xdate()`` anymore. Instead it changes the rotation and horizontal alignment of labels without removing the x-axes of any other subplots in the figure (if any).
+- ``plot.line()`` does not call ``autofmt_xdate()`` anymore. Instead it changes
+  the rotation and horizontal alignment of labels without removing the x-axes of
+  any other subplots in the figure (if any).
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
 - Colorbar limits are now determined by excluding ±Infs too.
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.