diff --git a/preprocessing/batch_scripts/preprocess_ifs_hres_data.sh b/preprocessing/batch_scripts/preprocess_ifs_hres_data.sh
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--- a/preprocessing/batch_scripts/preprocess_ifs_hres_data.sh
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-#!/bin/bash -x
-#SBATCH --account=deepacf
-#SBATCH --nodes=1
-#SBATCH --ntasks=12
-##SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
-#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
-#SBATCH --output=preprocess_ifs_hres-out_data.%j
-#SBATCH --error=preprocess_ifs_hres-err_data.%j
-#SBATCH --time=01:00:00
-#SBATCH --gres=gpu:0
-#SBATCH --partition=devel
-#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL
-#SBATCH --mail-user=m.langguth@fz-juelich.de
-##jutil env activate -p cjjsc42
-
-# Name of virtual environment
-VIRT_ENV_NAME="venv_juwels"
-
-
-# Activate virtual environment if needed (and possible)
-if [ -z ${VIRTUAL_ENV} ]; then
-   if [[ -f ../${VIRT_ENV_NAME}/bin/activate ]]; then
-      echo "Activating virtual environment..."
-      source ../${VIRT_ENV_NAME}/bin/activate
-   else 
-      echo "ERROR: Cannot find requested virtual environment ${VIRT_ENV_NAME}..."
-      exit 1
-   fi
-fi
-# Loading mouldes
-source ../env_setup/modules_preprocess.sh
-
-# set variables to be parsed 
-src_dir=/p/scratch/deepacf/maelstrom/maelstrom_data/ifs_hres/orig/
-out_dir=/p/scratch/deepacf/maelstrom/maelstrom_data/ifs_hres/preprocessed/
-
-years=( 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 )
-months=( 4 5 6 7 8 9 )
-
-srun python -m mpi4py ../scripts/preprocess_downscaling_data.py -src_dir ${src_dir} -out_dir ${out_dir} \
-                                                                -y "${years[@]}" -m "${months[@]}"
-
-