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- o - (   /    Land-Hydrology Team
 /  (     )    Environmental Modeling Center
  (_ ___ __)   National Centers for Environmental Prediction
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               5200 Auth Rd, Rm 207  Suitland, MD 20746-4304  USA
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email: michael.ek@noaa.gov             web: www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov
tel. +1.301.316.5030                         fax. +1.301.763.8545
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