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+# create environment
+# $ conda env create -f environment.yml
+# $ conda activate climax
+name: climax
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.7
+    # scientific stack
+  - numpy
+  - pandas
+  - scipy
+  - scikit-learn
+  - statsmodels
+    # data I/O
+  - cdo
+  - xarray
+  - dask
+  - gdal
+  - rasterio
+  - netcdf4
+  - h5py
+  - h5netcdf
+    # visualization
+  - matplotlib
+  - seaborn
+  - ipython