Changes in version 1.8.2                        

  - model2netcdf.ed2 no longer writes separate <year>.nc.var files for
    every year of output. Use PEcAn.utils::nc_write_varfiles() to create
    these as needed.
  - Minor test fixes

                        Changes in version 1.8.1                        

  - Fixed vignette compilation
  - Docker build fixes

                        Changes in version 1.8.0                        

  - Warning messages for model2netcdf.ed2() coming from
    ncdf4::ncvar_put() now are prepended with the variable name for
    easier debugging (#3078)
  - Fixed a bug in model2netcdf.ed2() where .nc file connections were
    being closed multiple times, printing warnings (#3078)
  - Fixed a bug affecting the generation of job.sh for runs with many
    PFTs (#3075)
  - Added optional process_partial argument to model2netcdf.ED2() to
    allow it to process existing output from failed runs.
  - write.config.xml.ED2() wasn't using the  tag in settings correctly
    (#3080)
  - Fixed a bug where plant_min_temp trait value wasn't being converted
    from ºC to K when writing config file for ED2 (#3110)
  - Fixed a bug in read_E_files() affecting model2netcdf.ED2() that
    resulted in incorrect calculations (#3126)
  - DDBH (change in DBH over time) is no longer extracted and summarized
    from monthly -E- files by model2netcdf.ED2(). We are not sure it
    makes sense to summarize this variable across cohorts of different
    sizes.
  - The yr and yfiles arguments of read_E_files() are no longer used and
    the simulation date is extracted from the names of the .h5 files
    output by ED2.
  - Fixed a bug where dimensions of output .nc file would be incorrect
    if a PFT was missing from ED2 output for less than a full year
    (#3140, #3143).
  - Added optional process_partial argument to model2netcdf.ED2() to
    allow it to process existing output from failed
  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package. Prior to this
    point changes are tracked in the main CHANGELOG for the PEcAn
    repository.