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    <p>The <b>MITgcm</b> (<b>MIT</b> <b>G</b>eneral <b>C</b>irculation
      <b>M</b>odel) is a numerical model designed for study of the
      atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Its non-hydrostatic formulation
      enables it to simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of
      scales; its adjoint capability enables it to be applied to
      parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid
      isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate
      flow in both the atmosphere and ocean.</p>

    <p>You are welcome to <a href="http://mitgcm.org/source_code.html">
      download</a> and use MITgcm.</p>

    <p>Papers charting the development of MITgcm <a
      href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/publications.htm">can be found here.
      </a></p>

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      <p><b>Sep 24, 2004&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>
      <blockquote>
        MITgcm is now able to write and (to a lesser extent) read NetCDF files.
        The framework (the "MNC" package) has been tested by numerous developers
        on literally dozens of machines and, for the past month, has been a
        working part of our standard verification suite.  We encourage MITgcm
        users (especially new users) to try out the MNC package since the model
        output is now much easier to read and understand.  For further NetCDF
        information please see:
        <ul>
          <li><a href="http://mitgcm.org/pelican/online_documents/node234.html">
            Manual entry for the MNC package.</a></li>
          <li><a
              href="http://mitgcm.org/pipermail/mitgcm-support/2004-September/002589.html">
              Directions for installing NetCDF</a></li>
          <li>The <a
            href="http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/index.html">
              main NetCDF web site</a>.</li>
        </ul>
      </blockquote>

    <p><b>May 20, 2004 at 05:01 EDT&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>
    
      <blockquote>
        Congratulations to Ed and Boo on the birth this
        morning of a 7lb 1oz, baby girl, 
        <a href="http://eddy.csail.mit.edu/gallery/Alex-Arrives">Alexandra Sophia</a>.
        <br /><br />
      </blockquote>
      
    <p><b>April 13, 2004&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>
      <blockquote>
        A new movie by Dimitris Menemenlis and Chris Henze shows ice dynamics
        over the North Pole. The viscous-plastic behavior of ice sheets subject
        to wind forcing and ocean currents can be clearly seen in the
        translucent ice-sheet. The movie can be downloaded from <a
        href="movies/ice_03.mpg"> here</a> (this one is 91MB!).  A set of web
        pages with summary information regarding MITgcm simulations being
        carried out in the ECCO high resolution global ocean state estimation
        initiative can be found <a href="http://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/cube_sphere">
        here</a>.
      </blockquote>

    <p><b>March 26, 2004 at 01:38 EST&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>
    
      <blockquote>
        Congratulations to Alistair and Sonya on the birth this
        morning of a 7lb 3oz, 19.5 inches long baby girl, Ariane Jade.
        <br /><br />
      </blockquote>

    <p><b>January 22, 2004&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>

        <blockquote>
          A spectacular movie by Chris Henze of NASA AMES beautifully captures an 
          eddy permitting expanded cube sphere MITgcm simulation being carried out, 
          as part of the <a href=http://www.ecco-group.org>ECCO</a> project, by 
          Dimitris Menemenlis and others at JPL with help from core MITgcm team members 
          and staff from NASA AMES. The animation 
          shows the speed of ocean currents at 15m depth from the simulation, it can be 
          downloaded <a href=news/cube_6.mpg>here</a> (its 47MB 
          but worth waiting for!). A second animation with different perspectives and 
          rotation can be downloaded <a href=news/cube_7.mpg>here</a>.
          As described <a href=news/agu_2004/menemenlis_et_al.pdf>here</a> Dimitris Menemenlis
          will be presenting aspects of this calculation at AGU in Portland.
          A list of some other AGU 2004 presentation abstracts related to MITgcm can be
          found <a href=news/agu_2004>here</a>.
        </blockquote>

    <p><b>December 9th 2003&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>

        <blockquote>
          The new continuous testing page at <a
          href="http://mitgcm.org/testing.html">
          http://mitgcm.org/testing.html</a> provides information on the status
          of the latest development code. The page shows summary pass/fail
          ratios for the MITgcm regression tests on various platforms.  Details
          on the platforms being tested and detailed information on the status
          of individual regression tests can be viewed from links on the test
          page.  <br /><br />
        </blockquote>

    <p><b>October 27th 2003&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>

        <blockquote>
      <b><a href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/">MIT Climate Modeling Initiative
              (CMI)</a></b> web pages introduce the MITgcm model, its
              applications, and the development team.<br /><br />
        </blockquote>
    
    <p><b>October 21st 2003&nbsp;:</b><br /></p>

        <blockquote>
          MITgcm and ECCO-JPL team <b><a
            href="http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/october/linux.html">
            feature as showcase application</a></b> in NASA-SGI large shared
            memory system program.<br /><br />
        </blockquote>
        
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25	<p>The <b>MITgcm</b> (<b>MIT</b> <b>G</b>eneral <b>C</b>irculation
26	<b>M</b>odel) is a numerical model designed for study of the
27	atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Its non-hydrostatic formulation
28	enables it to simulate fluid phenomena over a wide range of
29	scales; its adjoint capability enables it to be applied to
30	parameter and state estimation problems. By employing fluid
31	isomorphisms, one hydrodynamical kernel can be used to simulate
32	flow in both the atmosphere and ocean.</p>
33
34	<p>You are welcome to <a href="http://mitgcm.org/source_code.html">
35	download</a> and use MITgcm.</p>
36
37	<p>Papers charting the development of MITgcm <a
38	href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/publications.htm">can be found here.
39	</a></p>
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58	<p><b>Sep 24, 2004 :</b><br /></p>
59	<blockquote>
60	MITgcm is now able to write and (to a lesser extent) read NetCDF files.
61	The framework (the "MNC" package) has been tested by numerous developers
62	on literally dozens of machines and, for the past month, has been a
63	working part of our standard verification suite. We encourage MITgcm
64	users (especially new users) to try out the MNC package since the model
65	output is now much easier to read and understand. For further NetCDF
66	information please see:
67	<ul>
68	<li><a href="http://mitgcm.org/pelican/online_documents/node234.html">
69	Manual entry for the MNC package.</a></li>
70	<li><a
71	href="http://mitgcm.org/pipermail/mitgcm-support/2004-September/002589.html">
72	Directions for installing NetCDF</a></li>
73	<li>The <a
74	href="http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/index.html">
75	main NetCDF web site</a>.</li>
76	</ul>
77	</blockquote>
78
79	<p><b>May 20, 2004 at 05:01 EDT :</b><br /></p>
80
81	<blockquote>
82	Congratulations to Ed and Boo on the birth this
83	morning of a 7lb 1oz, baby girl,
84	<a href="http://eddy.csail.mit.edu/gallery/Alex-Arrives">Alexandra Sophia</a>.
85	<br /><br />
86	</blockquote>
87
88	<p><b>April 13, 2004 :</b><br /></p>
89	<blockquote>
90	A new movie by Dimitris Menemenlis and Chris Henze shows ice dynamics
91	over the North Pole. The viscous-plastic behavior of ice sheets subject
92	to wind forcing and ocean currents can be clearly seen in the
93	translucent ice-sheet. The movie can be downloaded from <a
94	href="movies/ice_03.mpg"> here</a> (this one is 91MB!). A set of web
95	pages with summary information regarding MITgcm simulations being
96	carried out in the ECCO high resolution global ocean state estimation
97	initiative can be found <a href="http://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/cube_sphere">
98	here</a>.
99	</blockquote>
100
101	<p><b>March 26, 2004 at 01:38 EST :</b><br /></p>
102
103	<blockquote>
104	Congratulations to Alistair and Sonya on the birth this
105	morning of a 7lb 3oz, 19.5 inches long baby girl, Ariane Jade.
106	<br /><br />
107	</blockquote>
108
109	<p><b>January 22, 2004 :</b><br /></p>
110
111	<blockquote>
112	A spectacular movie by Chris Henze of NASA AMES beautifully captures an
113	eddy permitting expanded cube sphere MITgcm simulation being carried out,
114	as part of the <a href=http://www.ecco-group.org>ECCO</a> project, by
115	Dimitris Menemenlis and others at JPL with help from core MITgcm team members
116	and staff from NASA AMES. The animation
117	shows the speed of ocean currents at 15m depth from the simulation, it can be
118	downloaded <a href=news/cube_6.mpg>here</a> (its 47MB
119	but worth waiting for!). A second animation with different perspectives and
120	rotation can be downloaded <a href=news/cube_7.mpg>here</a>.
121	As described <a href=news/agu_2004/menemenlis_et_al.pdf>here</a> Dimitris Menemenlis
122	will be presenting aspects of this calculation at AGU in Portland.
123	A list of some other AGU 2004 presentation abstracts related to MITgcm can be
124	found <a href=news/agu_2004>here</a>.
125	</blockquote>
126
127	<p><b>December 9th 2003 :</b><br /></p>
128
129	<blockquote>
130	The new continuous testing page at <a
131	href="http://mitgcm.org/testing.html">
132	http://mitgcm.org/testing.html</a> provides information on the status
133	of the latest development code. The page shows summary pass/fail
134	ratios for the MITgcm regression tests on various platforms. Details
135	on the platforms being tested and detailed information on the status
136	of individual regression tests can be viewed from links on the test
137	page. <br /><br />
138	</blockquote>
139
140	<p><b>October 27th 2003 :</b><br /></p>
141
142	<blockquote>
143	<b><a href="http://paoc.mit.edu/cmi/">MIT Climate Modeling Initiative
144	(CMI)</a></b> web pages introduce the MITgcm model, its
145	applications, and the development team.<br /><br />
146	</blockquote>
147
148	<p><b>October 21st 2003 :</b><br /></p>
149
150	<blockquote>
151	MITgcm and ECCO-JPL team <b><a
152	href="http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2003/october/linux.html">
153	feature as showcase application</a></b> in NASA-SGI large shared
154	memory system program.<br /><br />
155	</blockquote>
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