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 # ClimaUtilities.jl
-Shared utilities for packages within the CliMA project
+Shared utilities for packages within the CliMA project.
+
+These will include modules for regridding spatial data, temporal interpolation,
+and reading in data from input files. This functionality will be used by multiple
+packages including ClimaAtmos, ClimaLSM, and ClimaCoupler.