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MPAS Atmosphere User Guide
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            .. rubric:: `Foreword <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/foreword.html>`__

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            MPAS-A acknowledgements and contributions 

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            .. rubric:: `Overview <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/overview.html>`__

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            Introduction to the MPAS-A model features and model components

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            .. rubric:: `Quick Start Guide <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/quick_start.html>`__

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            A high-level description of the process of building and running MPAS-A

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            .. rubric:: `Building MPAS <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/building_mpas.html>`__

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            Setup aims to guide you through the next steps post installation. Such as adding domains, setting up additional users and configuring languages.

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            .. rubric:: `Preparing Meshes <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/preparing_meshes.html>`__

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           Step descriptions for preparing SCVT meshes for use in MPAS-Atmosphere 

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            .. rubric:: `Configuring Model Input and Output <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/configuring_io.html>`__

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            A description of model stream configuration, attributes, and examples 

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            .. rubric:: `Physics Suites <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/phys_suites.html>`__

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            A description of supported physics suites 

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            .. rubric:: `Running the MPAS Non-hydrostatic Atmosphere Model <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/running.html>`__

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            Detailed instructions for creating initial conditions and running the model 

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            .. rubric:: `Model Options <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/model_options.html>`__

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            Guidance for using periodic SSTs, sea-ice updates, and running a regional simulation 

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            .. rubric:: `Visualization <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/visualization.html>`__

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            Instructions on creating plots for meshes and horizontal and vertical plots

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            .. rubric:: `Appendix A : Initialization Namelist Options <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/appA_init_namelist.html>`__

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            A summary of the complete set of namelist options available for running MPAS initialization 

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            .. rubric:: `Appendix B : Model Namelist Options <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/appB_model_namelist.html>`__

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            A summary of the complete set of namelist options available for running the MPAS-atmosphere model 

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            .. rubric:: `Appendix C: Grid Description <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/appC_grid.html>`__

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            An introduction to common grid types used in the MPAS framework 

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            .. rubric:: `Appendix D: Description of Model Fields <https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/projects/mpas/site/documentation/users_guide/appD_fields.html>`__

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            A description of all fields that may be read or written by the MPAS-Atmosphere model 

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   users_guide/foreword.rst
   users_guide/overview.rst
   users_guide/quick_start.rst
   users_guide/building_mpas.rst
   users_guide/preparing_meshes.rst
   Configuring I/O <users_guide/configuring_io.rst>
   users_guide/phys_suites.rst
   Running MPAS-A <users_guide/running.rst>
   users_guide/model_options.rst
   users_guide/visualization.rst
   App.A: Init. Namelist <users_guide/appA_init_namelist.rst>
   App.B: Model Namelist <users_guide/appB_model_namelist.rst>
   App.C: Grid Description <users_guide/appC_grid.rst>
   App.D: Model Fields <users_guide/appD_fields.rst>