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-# This is a test release of wave attenuation analysis tools 
-ocean wave spectral analysis 
-## Title
-### title?
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+# 1D wave model for Haddad et al (2023): Canopy drag parameterization from field observations for modeling wave transformation across salt marshes
 
-```
-this is my code 
-```
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-## Title
+Model scripts are contained in /model. For example usage of gridgen and marshwavemodel, see examplerun.m