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+Thank you for send a Pull Request to our code gallery! When adding or updating a notebook please check if:
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+- [ ] The notebook has all the dependencies required to run in the IOOS env, if not please update the environment file.
+- [ ] You added a title, description, and a line with `Created: YYYY-MM-DD` in the first cell.
+- [ ] If you are updating a notebook add a line with `Updated: YYYY-MM-DD` below the created date.