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 Welcome to the DART-WRF documentation!
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-DART-WRF is a python package to run an Ensemble Data Assimilation system using the data assimilation suite [DART](https://docs.dart.ucar.edu/en/latest/README.html) and the weather research and forecast model [WRF](https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/docs_and_pubs.html).
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+DART-WRF is a python package to run an Ensemble Data Assimilation system using the data assimilation suite `DART <https://docs.dart.ucar.edu/en/latest/README.html>`_ and the weather research and forecast model `WRF <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/docs_and_pubs.html>`_.
 
 Installation
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