Merge pull request #27 from bensonr/dev/gfdl_#25

updated RELEASE.md for the 2020.02 release (issue #25)

RELEASE.md

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-# RELEASE NOTES for FV3: Summary
+# RELEASE NOTES for GFDL  FV3: Summary
 
-FV3-201912-public --- 10 January 2020
-Lucas Harris, GFDL <[email protected]>
+2020.02 --- 22 April 2020
 
-This version has been tested against the current GFDL AM4 phsyics
-and with release candidate 2020.02 of the FMS code at https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/FMS
+This version has been tested within current GFDL Models (AM4+, CM4+, ESM4+, SPEAR, etc.) and requires the 2020.02 release of the [FMS infrastructure](https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/FMS).
 
-Includes all of the features of the GFDL Release to EMC, as well as:
+Includes all of the features from the [201912 Public Release](https://github.com/NOAA-GFDL/GFDL_atmos_cubed_sphere/releases/tag/201912_public_release) which include:
 
-- Updated 2017 GFDL Microphysics (from S-J Lin and L Zhou included in GFSv15)
-- Updates for GFSv15 ICs (from T Black/J Abeles, EMC)
-- Updates to support new nesting capabilities in FMS (from Z Liang)
+- Updates to support new nesting capabilities in FMS
 - Re-written grid nesting code for efficiency and parallelization
 - Re-organized fv_eta for improved vertical level selection
-- 2018 Stand-alone regional capabilities (from T Black/J Abeles, EMC)
+- 2018 Stand-alone regional capabilities (from EMC)
 - Refactored model front-end (fv_control, fv_restart)
 - Support for point soundings
+- full non-hydrostatic capability is now included as a runtime option
 - And other updates
 
-# Interface changes
+# Directory structure changes
 
-drivers: renamed 'fvGFS' directory to SHiELD
+***drivers/***  (important for those moving from the GFDL internal project)
+  - renamed ***fvGFS*** to ***SHiELD***
+  - renamed ***coupled*** to ***GFDL***
 
-atmosphere.F90: 'mytile' is renamed 'mygrid'
+***model_nh_null/***
+  - has been removed
 
-The non-functional gfdl_cloud_microphys.F90 has been removed and replaced with the 2017 public release given to EMC. Also added a proper initialization routine, that includes the use of INTERNAL_FILE_NML and thereby requires the input_nml_file argument. If you do not define the compiler flag INTERNAL_FILE_NML then you can delete this argument.
+Update your build system as appropriate
 
-The namelist nggps_diag_nml has been eliminated. 'fdiag' is no longer handled by the dynamical core, and should be handled by the physics driver.
+# Documentation
 
 For a complete technical description see the NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR GFDL: https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23432