Each tar file includes everything needed to run a simulation with MPAS-Ocean v7 The steps are: download unzip: tar xvfz filename.tar.gz add a link to your compiled executable of MPAS-Ocean v7 run '1d' test cases e.g., mpirun -n 1 ocean_model '2d' and 'global_ocean' test cases e.g., mpirun -n $N ocean_model If the simulation was successful, you will see: tail -n 1 log.ocean.0000.out Logging complete. Closing file at ... See http://mpas-dev.github.io for User's Guide, github release page, description of each test case, and more.

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