Merge pull request #736 from MPAS-Dev/split-horiz-mesh-vert-coord-init-state

Add support for Omega split mesh and vertical coordinate datasets

Author: xylar

CITATION.cff

@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ authors:
     family-names: Smith
 repository-code: 'https://github.com/MPAS-Dev/MPAS-Tools'
 url: 'https://mpas-dev.github.io/MPAS-Tools/master/'
-version: 1.6.0
-date-released: '2026-05-09'
+version: 2.0.0
+date-released: '2026-07-01'

conda_package/docs/ocean/depth.rst

@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ directly if one has a suitable ``refBottomDepth`` data array indicating the
 reference depth of the bottom of each layer in a 1D coordinate that is
 independent of both time and horizontal coordinate.
 
+.. warning::
+
+    This 1D ``depth`` coordinate relies on ``refBottomDepth`` and therefore
+    assumes a z-level/z-star vertical coordinate.  It is **not supported for
+    Omega or other general vertical coordinates**, which do not provide
+    ``refBottomDepth``.  In those cases, use the 3D ``zMid`` coordinate
+    (:py:func:`mpas_tools.ocean.depth.add_zmid()`) described below.
+
 
 Adding a 3D zMid coordinate
 ---------------------------

conda_package/mpas_tools/__init__.py

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version_info__ = (1, 6, 0)
+__version_info__ = (2, 0, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(str(vi) for vi in __version_info__)