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    +====================+======================================================+
    | Distribution       | |conda-forge| |platforms| |conda-downloads|          |
    +--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
-   | Citation           | |zenodo-doi|                                         |
+   | Citation           | |zenodo-doi| |joss|                                  |
    +--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
    | DevOps             | |CI/CD Build Workflow| |codecov| |docs|              |
    +--------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
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    :target: https://github.com/xCDAT/xcdat/actions/workflows/build_workflow.yml