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+xarray-simlab: xarray extension for computer model simulations
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+|Doc Status|
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+xarray-simlab is a Python library that provides both a framework for creating
+computational models from re-usable components and a xarray_ extension for
+setting and running simulations using the xarray's ``Dataset`` structure.
+
+**Warning: this package is currently under heavy development (no stable release yet).**
+
+.. _xarray: http://xarray.pydata.org
+.. |Doc Status| image:: http://readthedocs.org/projects/xarray-simlab/badge/?version=latest
+   :target: http://xarray-simlab.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest
+   :alt: Documentation Status
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+A draft of documentation is hosted on ReadTheDocs: http://xarray-simlab.readthedocs.io
+
+License
+-------
+
+3-clause ("Modified" or "New") BSD license,
+see `License file <https://github.com/benbovy/xarray-simlab/blob/master/LICENSE>`__.
+
+xarray-simlab is developped at the `Earth Surface Process Modelling`_
+group of the GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam.
+
+xarray-simlab uses short parts of the code of the xarray_, pandas_ and dask_
+libraries. Their licenses are reproduced in the "licenses" directory.
+
+.. _`Earth Surface Process Modelling`: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/section/earth-surface-process-modelling/
+.. _pandas: http://pandas.pydata.org/
+.. _dask: http://dask.pydata.org