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 \chapter{Interface with 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{part8/ecco_env.tex}
 
-\input{part8/optim.tex}
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+\input{part8/optim.tex}