Highlights for ESMValCore v2.5.0 release

[schlunma]

This discussion collects possible highlights for release v2.5.0 ⭐

Please add pull requests that you want to nominate as answers below, afterwards people can vote for their favorite new feature.

The top n (TBA) pull requests will be highlighted in the upcoming release!

Rules:

• Exactly one PR per answer
• Only already merged PRs are allowed

[zklaus]

I nominate ESMValGroup/ESMValCore#1251.

This adds a new preprocessor that allows the extraction of points by name, such as cities, mountains, lakes, etc.

[valeriupredoi]

But does it extract cats? On a serious note, very good idea!

[valeriupredoi]

Nobody laugh at my mountain cat? 🤣

[remi-kazeroni]

I nominate ESMValGroup/ESMValCore#1133 which gives to possibility to extract a given range of dates, datetimes or duration periods.

[valeriupredoi]

I second that, well done @sloosvel 👏

[valeriupredoi]

This, big time #1657

[valeriupredoi]

218 changed files - even if it's a crappe PR, which is not, it's great, still deserves to be highlighted as the biggest PR in recent history of ESMValTool 😆

[zklaus]

Definitely a highlight, but belongs in ESMValTool highlights? @schlunma, you reckon it's time for an ESMValTool highlight discussion?

[schlunma]

I nominate ESMValGroup/ESMValCore#673 which allows the calculation of more complex multi-model statics and ensemble statistics.