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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<config case="initial_state">
+	<get_file dest_path="initial_condition_database" file_name="PotentialTemperature.01.filled.60levels.PHC.151106.nc">
+		<mirror protocol="wget" url="https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/mpas_standalonedata/mpas-ocean/initial_condition_database/"/>
+	</get_file>
+
+	<get_file dest_path="initial_condition_database" file_name="Salinity.01.filled.60levels.PHC.151106.nc">
+		<mirror protocol="wget" url="https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/mpas_standalonedata/mpas-ocean/initial_condition_database/"/>
+	</get_file>
+
+	<get_file dest_path="initial_condition_database" file_name="windStress.ncep_1958-2000avg.interp3600x2431.151106.nc">
+		<mirror protocol="wget" url="https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/mpas_standalonedata/mpas-ocean/initial_condition_database/"/>
+	</get_file>
+
+	<get_file dest_path="bathymetry_database" file_name="BedMachineAntarctica_and_GEBCO_2019_0.05_degree.200128.nc">
+		<mirror protocol="wget" url="https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/mpas_standalonedata/mpas-ocean/bathymetry_database/"/>
+	</get_file>
+
+	<get_file dest_path="initial_condition_database" file_name="chlorophyllA_monthly_averages_1deg.151201.nc">
+		<mirror protocol="wget" url="https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/mpas_standalonedata/mpas-ocean/initial_condition_database/"/>
+	</get_file>
+
+
+	<add_link source="../culled_mesh/culled_mesh.nc" dest="mesh.nc"/>
+	<add_link source="../culled_mesh/culled_graph.info" dest="graph.info"/>
+	<add_link source="../culled_mesh/critical_passages_mask_final.nc" dest="critical_passages.nc"/>
+	<add_link source="../culled_mesh/land_ice_mask.nc" dest="land_ice_mask.nc"/>
+	<add_link source_path="initial_condition_database" source="Salinity.01.filled.60levels.PHC.151106.nc" dest="layer_depth.nc"/>
+	<add_link source_path="initial_condition_database" source="PotentialTemperature.01.filled.60levels.PHC.151106.nc" dest="temperature.nc"/>
+	<add_link source_path="initial_condition_database" source="Salinity.01.filled.60levels.PHC.151106.nc" dest="salinity.nc"/>
+	<add_link source_path="initial_condition_database" source="windStress.ncep_1958-2000avg.interp3600x2431.151106.nc" dest="wind_stress.nc"/>
+	<add_link source_path="bathymetry_database" source="BedMachineAntarctica_and_GEBCO_2019_0.05_degree.200128.nc" dest="topography.nc"/>
+	<add_link source_path="initial_condition_database" source="chlorophyllA_monthly_averages_1deg.151201.nc" dest="swData.nc"/>
+
+	<namelist name="namelist.ocean" mode="init">
+		<template file="template_initial_state.xml" path_base="script_configuration_dir"/>
+		<template file="template_critical_passages.xml" path_base="script_core_dir" path="global_ocean"/>
+		<template file="template_init_with_land_ice.xml" path_base="script_configuration_dir"/>
+		<option name="config_iterative_init_variable">'landIcePressure_from_top_density'</option>
+		<option name="config_global_ocean_depth_file">'layer_depth.nc'</option>
+		<option name="config_global_ocean_minimum_depth">10</option>
+		<option name="config_global_ocean_deepen_critical_passages">.false.</option>
+		<option name="config_global_ocean_depth_conversion_factor">0.01</option>
+		<option name="config_global_ocean_tracer_depth_conversion_factor">0.01</option>
+	</namelist>
+
+	<streams name="streams.ocean" keep="immutable" mode="init">
+		<template file="template_initial_state.xml" path_base="script_configuration_dir"/>
+		<template file="template_critical_passages.xml" path_base="script_core_dir" path="global_ocean"/>
+		<template file="template_init_with_land_ice.xml" path_base="script_configuration_dir"/>
+	</streams>
+
+	<run_script name="run.py">
+		<step executable="gpmetis">
+			<argument flag="graph.info">4</argument>
+		</step>
+		<model_run procs="4" threads="1" namelist="namelist.ocean" streams="streams.ocean"/>
+	</run_script>
+
+</config>