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 Package: airGR
 Type: Package
 Title: Suite of GR Hydrological Models for Precipitation-Runoff Modelling
-Version: 1.4.3.91
-Date: 2020-08-26
+Version: 1.4.4.0
+Date: 2020-10-14
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Laurent", "Coron", role = c("aut", "trl"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1503-6204")),
   person("Olivier", "Delaigue", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7668-8468"), email = "airGR@inrae.fr"),
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-### 1.4.3.91 Release Notes (2020-08-26)
+### 1.4.4.0 Release Notes (2020-10-14)
+
+#### New features
+
+- <code>PE_Oudin()</code> now presents a <code>RunFortran</code> argument to run the code in Fortran or in R. The Fortran mode is the fastest.
+
 
 #### Version control and issue tracking
 
@@ -25,6 +30,8 @@
 
 - Added output to <code>RunModel_GR2M()</code> function (Ps).
 
+- <code>PE_Oudin()</code> can now run for several locations (i.e. several latitudes) in the Fortran mode (<code>RunFortran = TRUE</code>). In this case <code>Lat</code> must be of the same length as <code>Temp</code>.
+
 
 #### Minor user-visible changes