What's Changed

• Bugfix/issue27 by @DanIredell-NOAA in #28
• Add HYCOM-tools as a submodule by @sanAkel in #52
• Update HYCOM_tools to master (as of Apr04, 2025) by @sanAkel in #55
• Add scripts to convert 2d increments in sea ice coverage, thickness and temperature by @sanAkel in #54
• Python reader for archive files by @sanAkel in #59
• Create a restart (for RTOFS Hycom) from the ESPC-D system of the US Navy by @sanAkel in #60
• Introduce a dashboard that can aid in diagnostics and monitoring by @sanAkel in #61
• Get v2.3 data from HPSS by @sanAkel in #62
• Add NCO's parallel to the dashboard stats by @sanAkel in #63
• Sync develop with v2.5.0 by @sanAkel in #69
• Enable cloning and building of the UFS weather model within RTOFS by @sanAkel in #82
• Tools to read (binary format) NCODA quality-controlled observations and write to netcdf formatted file by @sanAkel in #95

New Contributors

• @sanAkel made their first contribution in #52

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/RTOFS_GLO/commits/develop_20251218