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 \chapter{Interface with ECCO}
+\begin{rawhtml}
+<!-- CMIREDIR:interface_with_ecco: -->
+\end{rawhtml}
+\label{chap.ecco}
+
+This chapter describes the interface between MITgcm and the large 
+scale optimization schemes employed in the ECCO project.
+The interface provides the so-called ``ECCO environment'', which
+is maintained alongside the kernel MITgcm code.
+
+\input{s_ecco/text/ecco_costfunction.tex}
+
+\newpage
+
+\input{s_ecco/text/profiles.tex}
+
+\newpage
+
+\input{s_ecco/text/optim.tex}