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June 30, 2025
The Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) has announced the public release of version 7.0.1 of the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) Single-Column Model (SCM), a significant update to a key component of the Unified Forecast System (UFS) ecosystem. This release delivers targeted improvements to the SCM framework, while maintaining compatibility with the previously released CCPP Physics and Framework v7.0.0, which remain unchanged.
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