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+title: "This month in AvaFrame - March 2021 edition"
+date: 2021-04-04T19:08:58+01:00
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+Welcome to the March 2021 edition of our monthly update. 
+
+ One big focus this months was a refactor of our AIMEC routines. We realised
+  that our functions were still too complex, so we decided to
+ 
+  * split it into more atomic function to make it easier to access only certain
+    parts of the AIMEC functionalities. 
+  * make sure no special folder structure is needed anymore.
+  * add an option to compare results from two different com modules.
+  * improve and develop the AIMEC plots some more.
+  * showcase how to use it by including it in the standard tests.
+  
+  All this is especially important in light of our submission to the vEGU 2021.
+  See [here](https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-6560.html) for more information.
+
+ Our Windows side is progressing: the windows executable for the com1DFA module
+  has landed. If you want to try it, you can follow our
+  [installation](https://docs.avaframe.org/en/latest/installation.html) and
+  adapt it for windows paths. The documentation will be updated as soon as a
+  simpler installation method is available. This will (hopefully) be possible
+  via *pypi*, first tests look promising, but some kinks need to be ironed out
+  first. 
+
+ We started an in depth comparison between com1DFA and the python version
+  com1DFAPy. Since the python version is getting closer to reproduce the com1DFA
+  results we want to make sure we are covering all the bases. To finally being
+  able to switch over to the python version, we are now working on adding
+  entrainment and resistance areas.
+  
+ And as always plenty of smaller issues and tasks were tackled:
+
+  * writing theory and numerics documentation.
+  * update idealised topos and naming.
+  * add description dict/json file for the tests, with an option to filter them using tags.
+  * update benchmark tests (ini files, particles, benchmark results also regarding com1DFAPy, damBreak).
+  * add option to change entrainment thickness for com1DFA
+  * update quickplot with histogram plot insert and 0 values not shown anymore
+
+Since the beginning of the month our team got a bit bigger: we welcome Marie and
+Michael, 2 master thesis students, on board. We are looking forward to AvaFrame being
+put to the test!
+
+Hope to see you at the EGU21, 
+
+Felix