Prepare 0.40.0 release #1255
Description
Todo:
- improve speed of cmems ini file generation #1207
- replace pypistats badge #1247
- fix ssh_retrieve_data testcase for IOC #1259
- modelbuilder: refine grid based on bathymetry within polygon #1232
- Improve performance of
dfmt.get_Datasets_atdepths()#1257 - comment modelbuilder notebook: 3D forcing on 2D model only uses the first layer as specified in the bc-file
- Add support for multiple quantities in dfmt.plipointsDataset_to_ForcingModel #1266
- Fix UnicodeEncodeError when saving CMEMS insitu dataset #1267
- Check UHSLC retrieval timeout for some stations #1196 (resolved by data provider)
- Fix ImportError when opening opendap netcdf dataset #1265
- remove temporary enforcement of netcdf4 engine for opendap files #1271
- await xarray 2025.10.1 release that fixes Fix reverting default netCDF engine (and prepare 2025.10.1 release) pydata/xarray#10828
- passing github tests
Follow-up: #1273