Changes in version 0.3.0                        

  - Newhall model gains support for additional spatially explicit
    inputs:
    
      - O horizon (presence/absence)
      - Saturation (presence/absence)
      - soilAirOffset (degrees C or degrees F)

  - Cryic Soil Temperature Regime criteria now properly incorporate O
    horizon and saturation into thresholds

                        Changes in version 0.2.0                        

  - Added helper functions for raster input data preparation. Initial
    sources include:
    
      - PRISM monthly climate "normals," DAYMET monthly aggregated
        climate, SoilWeb ISSR800 (Available Water Storage Capacity)

  - Added sample data (PRISM+ISSR800, DAYMET+ISSR800 in GeoTIFF format)
    to inst/extdata

  - Added core_thresh argument to newhall_batch() and better heuristics
    for nrows with and without multiple cores

  - Recompiled JAR v1.6.4

  - Abstracted out longitude/latitude grid calculation, use "OGC:CRS84"
    for consistent determinations globally

  - Add newhall_prism_subset() and "extdata/prism_issr800_sample.tif"
    newhall_daymet_subset() and "extdata/daymet_issr800_sample.tif"
    
      - GeoTIFF files use "INT2S" (signed, two byte integer) datatype
        with "LZW" compression and "PREDICTOR=2" for small file size

  - Set minimum R version to 4.0.0 (for tools::R_user_dir())

                        Changes in version 0.1.1                        

  - Several fixes related to "Undefined" factor levels for moisture
    regime and moisture regime subdivisions in the
    newhall_batch(<SpatRaster>) method (#8)

  - Fixed layer names for the categorical results in the
    newhall_batch(<SpatRaster>) method

  - Set minimum R version to 3.6.0 (based on {rJava})

                        Changes in version 0.1.0                        

  - Added vignettes for using "legacy" model v1.6.1 JAR and for PRISM
    data; general improvements to documentation

  - Use terra::set.cats() for setting factor levels (prior approach
    using vector input and levels<- was deprecated)

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9010                      

  - New JAR file v1.6.4: adds a new result
    annualPotentialEvapotranspiration (sum of mean monthly PET) to
    NewhallBatchResults class

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9009                      

  - Fixed multicore support in newhall_batch(<SpatRaster>)

  - Optimization of newhall_batch(<SpatRaster>) method to skip NA rows
    and use less memory/fewer inputs

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9008                      

  - New JAR file v1.6.3: optimizes interface for batching in Java using
    simpler data structures better suited to high throughput

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9007                      

  - Add SpatRaster and RasterBrick newhall_batch() methods for raster
    input

  - Updated PRISM demo (using SpatRaster interface)

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9006                      

  - Added PRISM demo (using data.frame interface) for newhall_batch()

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9005                      

  - Deprecated the JDOM API (JAR v1.6.1 provides legacy support for XML
    file formats etc.)

  - New JAR file v1.6.2: supports command-line inputs for running models

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9004                      

  - Major improvements to handling of metadata and minimum datasets

  - Better error messages and checking of types

  - Proper fix for hemisphere based on lat/lng (note that E/W does not
    enter into calculation but does affect string/XML output)

  - Access to JAR NSM_VERSION and support for custom Newhall JAR file
    .onLoad

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9003                      

  - Optimization of newhall_batch() (converting everything to
    rJava::.jcall())

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9002                      

  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.

                     Changes in version 0.0.0.9001                      

  - jNSM source code and initial R package structure (d992732)