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 - `get_depth()` now allows to consider uncertainties with `uc = TRUE`
 - `get_stats()` now optionally return precipitation yield values with `as_depth = FALSE`
 - `write_stats()` now wraps `write.table()` to facilitate dumping stats to disk
-- `plot_idf` now allows to visualize itensity-duration-frequency curves per tile
+- `plot_idf` now allows to visualize intensity-duration-frequency curves per tile
 
 
 ## enhancements