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  Opening datasets
 ##################
 
-*******************
- Defining datasets
-*******************
-
 The simplest way to open a dataset is to use the `open_dataset`
 function:
 
@@ -87,7 +83,6 @@ In that example, `dataset` can be:
 .. literalinclude:: open_combine1_.py
    :language: python
 
-
 .. note::
 
    In the example above, the options `option1`, `option2`, apply to the