Emit INFO level log message when a parameter is found via an alias

Author: DocOtak

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+v2025.09.0 (2025-09-??)
+=======================
+Parameter Changes
+-----------------
+* None Yet?
+
+API Changes
+-----------
+* Emit INFO level log message when a parameter is found via an alias
+
 v2025.04.0 (2025-04-04)
 =======================
 Parameter Changes

src/cchdo/params/__init__.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
 from importlib.resources import files
 from json import loads
+from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Literal, NamedTuple, overload
 
 from ._cf_names import cf_standard_names as _cf_standard_names
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 
 WHPNameKey = str | tuple[str, str | None]
 
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 def to_odv(key: tuple[str, str | None]):
     """Transform a (param, unit) tuple into the correct ODV style PARAM [UNIT] string
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, key: WHPNameKey | WHPName) -> WHPName:
 
         if alias_key is not None:
             param = param.as_alias(*alias_key)
+            logger.info(f"{param} found using alias {alias_key}")
 
         return param