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Welcome to :literal:`flex_extract's` user documentation!
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:literal:`flex_extract` is an open-source software to retrieve meteorological fields from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Mars archive to serve as input files for the FLEXTRA/FLEXPART Atmospheric Transport Modelling system. 


.. The scripts can be 1) executed locally using the ECMWF WebMARS interface, or 2) on the ECMWF member
.. state gateway server or HPC facility using the ecaccess software package. As another option the scripts can 3)
.. also be triggered using ecflow scheduling software used by ECMWF for data dissemination.

.. All third-party software and libraries required by :literal:`flex_extract` are open source and free of charge. 

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   :caption: Table of Contents:

   installation
   first_steps
   ecmwf_data
   documentation
   evaluation
   dev_guide
   changelog
   support
   Support/faq
   authors
   

.. Indices and tables
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.. * :ref:`genindex`
.. * :ref:`modindex`
.. * :ref:`search`