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 # global-workflow
 Global Workflow currently supporting the Global Forecast System (GFS) with the [UFS-weather-model](https://github.com/ufs-community/ufs-weather-model) and [GSI](https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/GSI)-based Data Assimilation System.