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-# spibayes_paper
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+# Code repository associated with "A Non-stationary Standardized Precipitation Index (NSPI) using Bayesian Splines"
+### James H. Stagge and Kyungmin Sung
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+In order to reproduce all results and figures from the paper, one must run the files in order based on their number. 
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+Note, all code is written in R.