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The same applies to MPAS-Seaice except with `mpas-seaice` in the path above.
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To set up tasks and suites to use MPAS-Ocean, it should be sufficient to point
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to an MPAS-Ocean build with the `-p` flag to `polaris setup` or
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`polaris suite`. MPAS-Ocean should automatically be detected. You can use
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the flag `--model mpas-ocean` to be explicit, though.
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### Omega
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relative or absolute path using the `-p` flag when you call `polaris setup` or
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`polaris suite`.
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To set up tasks and suites to use Omega, you need to supply `--model=omega`
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to `polaris setup` or `polaris suite`. Otherwise, it will default to
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MPAS-Ocean.
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As with MPAS-Ocean, to set up tasks and suites to use Omega, it should be
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sufficient to point to an Omega build with the `-p` flag to `polaris setup` or
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`polaris suite`, which should allow Omega to be detected automatically.
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But you can use the flag `--model omega` to indicate this explicitly.
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