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 | Namelist Option | Namelist Description and Units                                                     |
 | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-                  | Input model format options                                                        ||
+|                   Input model format options                                                        ||
 | `infmt_opt`     | integer for choosing 1D text (= `1`)  or 2D NetCDF input file format (= `0`, default) |
 | Input model grid sizes------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | `nlat`          | number of latitude cells (must match # of LAT in `file_vars` above)                |