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 The TRACMIP introduction paper was published in the Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth Systems. The paper is available at https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016MS000748.
 
-This repository serves to document the analysis scripts used in the JAMES introduction paper and to allow users of TRACMIP data to obtain help by opening an issue.
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+This repository serves to document the analysis scripts used in the JAMES introduction paper and to allow others to obtain help for using TRACMIP data or running their own TRACMIP-inspired simulations.
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