[PRE REVIEW]: dpest: Streamlining Creation of PEST input files for DSSAT Crop Model Calibration

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Submitting author: @DS4Ag (Luis Vargas Rojas)
Repository: https://github.com/DS4Ag/dpest
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Version: v1.1.3
Editor: Pending
Reviewers: Pending
Managing EiC: Kristen Thyng

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Commit count by author:

    99	luizvargaz
    12	Luis Vargas Rojas

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Paper file info:

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✅ The paper includes a Statement of need section

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Hi @DS4Ag and thanks for your submission! I am looking for some specific items to make sure your submission fits our requirements at a high level (not at the more detailed review level) before moving on to finding an editor or putting this on our waitlist if no relevant editors are available. I'll comment over time as I have a chance to go through them:

• OSI-approved license
• Installation instructions
• Documentation exists at all
• Tests of some sort
• Check paper (make sure compiles, read through, check for length 250-1000 words)
• Substantial scholarly effort
• Clear research application

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[DS4Ag]

Hi @kthyng, thank you for reviewing the submission.

We have addressed the comments from the editorialbot
Regarding reviewers, we suggest the following:

• aleaf – Previously reviewed a paper that describes a Python tool similar to dpest, which also creates PEST input files but for MIKE SHE, a hydrological modeling software.
• ecomodeller – Previously reviewed a paper that describes a Python tool similar to dpest, which also creates PEST input files but for MIKE SHE, a hydrological modeling software.
• VEZY – Expertise in crop models and agronomic research.
• tenemark – Author of a JOSS paper on a Python tool similar to dpest.
• robbibt – Expertise in remote sensing and crop modeling.

Please let us know if any additional changes are required. We appreciate your time and feedback on this submission.

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