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 ## Overview
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 This repository contains files needed to run versions 6 and higher of the sea ice model CICE, which is now maintained by the CICE Consortium.  Versions prior to v6 are found in the [CICE-svn-trunk repository](https://github.com/CICE-Consortium/CICE-svn-trunk).