diff --git a/ccpp/physics_namelists/input_GFS_v17_H3.nml b/ccpp/physics_namelists/input_GFS_v17_HR3.nml
similarity index 99%
rename from ccpp/physics_namelists/input_GFS_v17_H3.nml
rename to ccpp/physics_namelists/input_GFS_v17_HR3.nml
index 10d60a77e..a4761fc3e 100644
--- a/ccpp/physics_namelists/input_GFS_v17_H3.nml
+++ b/ccpp/physics_namelists/input_GFS_v17_HR3.nml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   fhlwr        = 1200.
   ialb         = 1
   iems         = 1
-  iaer         = 5111
+  iaer         = 1011
   icliq_sw     = 2
   ico2         = 2
   isubc_sw     = 2
diff --git a/contrib/get_aerosol_climo.sh b/contrib/get_aerosol_climo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2039dc732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/get_aerosol_climo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#set -ex
+
+# Directory where this script is located
+if [[ $(uname -s) == Darwin ]]; then
+  if [[ $(sw_vers -productVersion) < 12.3 ]]; then
+    MYDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$(greadlink -f -n "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" )" && pwd -P)
+  else
+    MYDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -f -n "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" )" && pwd -P)
+  fi
+else
+  MYDIR=$(cd "$(dirname "$(readlink -f -n "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" )" && pwd -P)
+fi
+BASEDIR=$MYDIR/..
+
+# Change to directory containing the physics input data, download and extract archive
+data_files=("FV3_aeroclim1" "FV3_aeroclim2" "FV3_aeroclim3" "FV3_aeroclim_optics")
+
+cd $BASEDIR/scm/data/physics_input_data/
+for file in "${data_files[@]}"; do
+    echo "Retrieving $file.tar.gz"
+    wget https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-scm/releases/download/v6.0.0/${file}.tar.gz
+    tar -xvf ${file}.tar.gz
+    rm -f ${file}.tar.gz
+done
+
+cd $BASEDIR/
+