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On derecho, use CTSM5.3 source code to create the needed surfdata and landuse_timeseries files. (Latest tag is good to use, as of 1/25/25 it is ctsm5.3.020).
> git clone https://github.com/ESCOMP/CTSM ctsm5.3.020
> cd ctsm5.2.0073
> git checkout ctsm5.3.0200
> bin/git-fleximod update
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