PROCESSORS_MAP BEGIN Multi_Comp_Start 3 (this line is optional) ocean 0 2 alpha=3 beta=4.5 atmosphere 3 5 alpha=2 beta=5.43e-5 coupler 6 9 dynamics=finite_volume beta=100.10 Multi_Comp_End END ADD any comments in this line and below. for multiple components in single executable, include component info between Multi_Comp_Start and Multi_Comp_End, list the number of components(optional), and each component's relative processor_id in that executable world. Up to 5 strings could also be attached in the end to pass input and output file names and some other info. Processor overlap is allowed within each multi-component executable but NOT within each multi-instance executable.