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15 changes: 12 additions & 3 deletions docs/iris/src/whatsnew/latest.rst
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an axis over which the statistic is being run. (:pull:`3549`)

* `@stephenworsley`_, `@pp-mo`_ and `@abooton`_ added support for
`CF Ancillary Data`_ variables, which can be loaded from and saved to
NetCDF-CF files. Support for `Quality Flags`_ is also provided to ensure they
load and save with appropriate units. (:pull:`3800`)
`CF Ancillary Data`_ variables. These are created as
:class:`iris.coords.AncillaryVariable`, and appear as components of cubes
much like :class:`~iris.coords.AuxCoord`\ s, with the new
:class:`~iris.cube.Cube` methods
:meth:`~iris.cube.Cube.add_ancillary_variable`,
:meth:`~iris.cube.Cube.remove_ancillary_variable`,
:meth:`~iris.cube.Cube.ancillary_variable`,
:meth:`~iris.cube.Cube.ancillary_variables` and
:meth:`~iris.cube.Cube.ancillary_variable_dims`.
They are loaded from and saved to NetCDF-CF files. Special support for
`Quality Flags`_ is also provided, to ensure they load and save with
appropriate units. (:pull:`3800`)

* `@bouweandela`_ implemented lazy regridding for the
:class:`~iris.analysis.Linear`, :class:`~iris.analysis.Nearest`, and
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