# How to run aquaplanet slab ocean experiments using MPI-ESM
Currently, one has to use the `mpiesm-landveg` branch if you'd like to run aquaplanet slab ocean.
Update: This is not exactly true anymore, you can find out how to compile and use the p8-cdy branch [here](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/cdy/cdy-technical-page/-/wikis/Setup-and-run-CDY-branch-of-ECHAM). The advantage of that is that it's the same ECHAM version as in the MPI-ESM-p8-cdy branch, the downside is that `mkexp` doesn't work with it and you have to modify the run scripts manually, which can be a bit more challenging.
The example shown below is based on [previous guideline in here](https://gitlab.dkrz.de/jsbach/jsbach/-/wikis/uploads/3bae9f07c2ab3a9c5ac33a6894f9c211/Getting_Started_with_Git_for_MPIESM.pdf)
