Merge branch 'develop' into feature/sfc_climo_gen.frac

Fixes ufs-community#709.

Author: GeorgeGayno-NOAA

VERSION

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-1.8.0
+1.9.0

docs/user_guide.md

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 # UFS_UTILS
 
-Utilities for the NCEP models. This is part of the
-[NCEPLIBS](https://github.com/NOAA-EMC/NCEPLIBS) project.
+Utilities for the NCEP Unified Forecast System.
 
 The UFS_UTILS code can be found here:
 https://github.com/ufs-community/UFS_UTILS.
 
 ## Documentation for Previous Versions of UFS_UTILS
 
+* [UFS_UTILS Version 1.9.0](ver-1.9.0/index.html)
 * [UFS_UTILS Version 1.8.0](ver-1.8.0/index.html)
 * [UFS_UTILS Version 1.7.0](ver-1.7.0/index.html)
 * [UFS_UTILS Version 1.6.0](ver-1.6.0/index.html)

util/gdas_init/config

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 #-----------------------------------------------------------
 #
 #  1) Compile the chgres_cube program.  Invoke 
-#     ./sorc/build_chgres_cube.sh
+#     ../../build_all.sh
 #
 #  2) Ensure links to the 'fixed' directories are
-#     set.  See the ./sorc/link_fixdirs.sh script prolog
+#     set.  See the ../../fix/link_fixdirs.sh script prolog
 #     for details.
 #
 #  3) Set all config variables.  See definitions 

util/gdas_init/readme.md

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+This utility creates 'cold start' initialization files to start a
+global cycled experiment.
+
+Edit the 'config' file for your experiment. Then invoke the
+driver script for your machine.
+
+Only machines with access to the HPSS database are supported.

util/sfc_climo_gen/readme.md

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+Run the sfc_climo_gen program stand-alone on WCOSS2 using
+pre-exiting 'grid' and 'orography' files.
+
+Outputs surface fields such as soil and vegetation type.