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@WatsonEmily , please distribute for PM review for usability by our audience.
@jhelbert , @stroilova , @shnayder , @rocha  please review for accuracy, completeness, and level of detail, particularly wrt data czars who will need to revise scripts for post-download processing.
@mhoeber , @srpearce please copy edit.
Interesting. What does this mean: the files can be processed while compressed? (@rocha)