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 The SCM is a tool for diagnosing the performance
-of a physics suite. This SCM works with the [Common Community Physics Package](https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-physics)
-(CCPP), a library of physical parameterizations for atmospheric numerical
+of a physics suite. This SCM works with the [Common Community Physics Package (CCPP)](https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-physics)
+, a library of physical parameterizations for atmospheric numerical
 models, and the [CCPP Framework](https://github.com/NCAR/ccpp-scm), a
 framework for connecting atmospheric models to physics suites.