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 Changelog
 =========
 
-v0.52.0 (unreleased)
+v0.52.0 (2024-08-08)
 --------------------
 Contributors to this version: David Huard (:user:`huard`), Trevor James Smith (:user:`Zeitsperre`), Hui-Min Wang (:user:`Hem-W`), Éric Dupuis (:user:`coxipi`), Sarah Gammon (:user:`SarahG-579462`), Pascal Bourgault (:user:`aulemahal`), Juliette Lavoie (:user:`juliettelavoie`), Adrien Lamarche (:user:`LamAdr`).
 
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 New features and enhancements
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-* ``xclim.sdba.nbutils.quantile`` and its child functions are now faster. If the module `fastnanquantile` is installed, it is used as the backend for the computation of quantiles and yields even faster results. This dependency is now listed in the `xclim[extras]` recipe. (:issue:`1255`, :pull:`1513`).
+* ``xclim.sdba.nbutils.quantile`` and its child functions are now faster. If the `fastnanquantile` library is installed, it is used as the backend for the computation of quantiles and yields even faster results. This dependency is now listed in the `xclim[extras]` recipe. (:issue:`1255`, :pull:`1513`).
 * New multivariate bias adjustment class ``MBCn``, giving a faster and more accurate implementation of the ``MBCn`` algorithm. (:issue:`1551`, :pull:`1580`).
-* New multivariate bias adjustment classes ``OTC`` and ``dOTC``. (:pull:`1787`).
+* New multivariate bias adjustment classes ``OTC`` and ``dOTC``. Requires the `POT` library which can be installed via the `xclim[extras]` recipe. (:pull:`1787`).
 * `xclim` is now compatible with `pytest` versions `>=8.0.0`. (:pull:`1632`).
 
 Breaking changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-* As of ``cf_xarray>=0.9.3``, dimensionless quantities now use the "1" units attribute as specified by the CF conventions, previously an empty string was returned. (:pull:`1814`).
-* The definitions of the ``frost_free_season_start`` and ``frost_free_season_end`` have been slightly changed to be coherent with the ``frost_free_season_length`` and `xclim`'s notion of `season` in general. Indicator and indices signature have changed. (:pull:`1845`).
-* Season length indicators have been modified to return ``0`` for all cases where a proper season was not found, but the data is valid. Previously, a ``nan`` was given if neither a start or an end were found, even if the data was valid, and a ``0`` was given if an end was found but no start. (:pull:`1845`).
+* As of ``cf_xarray>=0.9.3``, dimensionless quantities now use the ``"1"`` units attribute as specified by the CF conventions, previously an empty string was returned. (:pull:`1814`).
+* The definitions of the ``frost_free_season_start`` and ``frost_free_season_end`` have been slightly changed to be coherent with the ``frost_free_season_length`` and `xclim`'s notion of ``season`` in general. Indicator and indices signature have been adapted to the new conventions. (:pull:`1845`).
+* Season length indicators have been modified to return ``0`` for all cases where a proper season was not found, but the data is valid. Previously, a ``nan`` was given if neither a start nor an end were found, even if the data was valid, and a ``0`` was given if an end was found but without a valid start. (:pull:`1845`).
 
 Bug fixes
 ^^^^^^^^^
 * Fixed the indexer bug in the ``xclim.indices.standardized_index_fit_params`` when multiple or non-array indexers are specified and fitted parameters are reloaded from netCDF. (:issue:`1842`, :pull:`1843`).
-* Addressed a bug found in ``wet_spell_*`` indicators that was contributing to erroneous results. A new generic spell length statistic function ``xclim.indices.generic.spell_length_statistics`` is now used in wet and dry spells indicators. (:issue:`1834`, :pull:`1838`).
+* Addressed a bug found in ``wet_spell_*`` indicators that was contributing to erroneous results. A new generic spell length statistic function (``xclim.indices.generic.spell_length_statistics``) is now used in wet and dry spells indicators. (:issue:`1834`, :pull:`1838`).
 * Syntax for ``nan`` and ``inf`` was adapted to support `numpy>=2.0`. (:pull:`1814`, :issue:`1785`).
-* Force type in ``jitter`` to work with new version of `dask`. (:pull:`1864`).
+* The type in ``jitter`` now works with modern version of `dask` (`>=2024.8.0`). (:pull:`1864`).
 
 Internal changes
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * Changed the French translation of "wet days" from "jours mouillés" to "jours pluvieux". (:issue:`1825`, :pull:`1826`).
 * In order to adapt to changes in `pytest`, the doctest fixtures have been split from the main testing suite and doctests are now run using ``$ python -c 'from xclim.testing.utils import run_doctests; run_doctests()'``. (:pull:`1632`).
+* `tox` has been reconfigured to run doctests in a separate environment (``tox -e doctests``). (:pull:`1632`).
 * Added ``xclim.indices.generic.season`` to make season start, end, and length indices. Added a ``stat`` argument to ``xclim.indices.run_length.season`` to avoid returning a dataset. (:pull:`1845`).
 
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