v2.0.0

In this release, we propose a parallel (distributed) version of the spectral proper orthogonal decomposition (SPOD) technique. The parallel SPOD algorithm distributes the spatial dimension of the dataset preserving time. This approach is adopted to preserve the non-distributed fast Fourier transform of the data in time, thereby avoiding the associated bottlenecks. The parallel SPOD algorithm is implemented in the PySPOD library and makes use of the standard message passing interface (MPI) library, implemented in Python via mpi4py. An extensive performance evaluation of the parallel package is provided, including strong and weak scalability analyses. The open-source library allows the analysis of large datasets of interest across the scientific community. Here, we present applications in fluid dynamics and geophysics, that are extremely difficult (if not impossible) to achieve without a parallel algorithm. This work opens the path toward modal analyses of big quasi-stationary data, helping to uncover new unexplored spatio-temporal patterns.

JOSS

release that contains the software as published in journal of open source software (JOSS).

streamlined installation process, improved tutorials

v0.4

remove useless subpackaging.

Improved coastline maps

v0.3

removed some more issue

coast maps

Added coast maps for geographical plots.

Initial Release

v0.1

added