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 # FATES
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 This repository holds the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES).  FATES is a numerical terrestrial ecosystem model. Its development and support is primarily supported by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, through the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment - Tropics ([NGEE-T](https://ngee-tropics.lbl.gov/)) project.