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+++ mitgcm.org/front_content/news.xml	2007/03/22 11:44:28	1.28
@@ -52,6 +52,57 @@
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       </blockquote>
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+
+      <p><b>March 19, 2007&nbsp;:</b></p>
+      <blockquote>
+      Breaking News:  The MITgcm is now able to generate Sea-Ice Donuts.
+      In a push to move forward MITgcm on the path of fundamental science and climate
+      understanding, David Ferreira and Jean-Michel Campin
+      simulated a Sea-ice Donut using a coupled AquaPlanet configuration (see
+      movie <A href=movies/Sea_Ice_Donut_x1.mpg>here</A>). 
+      This experiment was initialized with  the T and S fields from
+      a previous Aquaplanet run which has polar sea-ice caps. These
+      caps are associated with salt-compensated temperature inversions in the upper
+      ocean. The new run is initialized without sea-ice and within a month, large
+      sea-ice caps grow over the poles, rejecting salt. This triggers convection which
+      in turns brings relatively warm water to the surface and melts the ice close
+      to the poles. Here we have a <A href=movies/Sea_Ice_Donut_x1.mpg>donut</A>. 
+      Look out for that chapter on aqua-planets in the next IPCC report!
+      </blockquote>
+
+      <p><b>Feb 04, 2007&nbsp;:</b></p>
+      <blockquote>
+       News is back by popular request. New advection schemes are currently
+       being tested. Some preliminary results from the new schemes can be seen 
+       <A href=news/advection_testing_jan07/advection_testing.html>
+       here.
+       </A>
+       The plots show a tracer being transported and stretched in the
+       MITgcm advect_xz verification test. Both new schemes (OS7MP
+       and Prather second-order scheme with limiting) have very low implied 
+       diffusivity.
+       We are currently evaluating the
+       schemes to assess their implied diffusivity, with a bottle of 
+       Jean-Michel's favorite Belgian
+       beer going to the the least diffusive scheme - watch this space!
+      </blockquote>
+
+      <p><b>March 9, 2005&nbsp;:</b></p>
+      <blockquote>
+       A short article entitled 
+       "NASA Supercomputer Improves Prospects for Ocean Climate Research"
+       in the current EOS (volume 86, number 9, March 1 2005)
+       gives a succinct overview of some of the advanced high-resolution
+       state-estimation work being undertaken with MITgcm by members 
+       of the ECCO consortium. The article describes 
+       ground-breaking computational
+       technologies that have enabled this work and outlines the future goals of
+       this next generation planetary scale assimilation initiative. A pdf containing 
+       the article can be found 
+       <a href="http://mitgcm.org/articles/EOSecco.pdf">
+       here.
+       </a>
+      </blockquote>
       
       <p><b>Sep 24, 2004&nbsp;:</b></p>
       <blockquote>
@@ -63,16 +114,18 @@
 	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">
+	  <li><a href="http://mitgcm.org/cmi_redir.php/package_mnc">
 	      Manual entry for the MNC package.</a></li>
-	  <li><a
+	  <li>Directions <a 
 	      href="http://mitgcm.org/pipermail/mitgcm-support/2004-September/002589.html">
-	      Directions for installing NetCDF</a></li>
+	      from our email archives</a> and <a 
+	      href="http://mitgcm.org/mwiki/index.php/MNC_Package">from our 
+	      wiki</a> for installing NetCDF.</li>
 	  <li>The <a
 	      href="http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/content/software/netcdf/index.html">
 	      main NetCDF web site</a>.</li>
 	</ul>
-      </blockquote>
+       </blockquote>
       
       <p><b>May 20, 2004 at 05:01 EDT&nbsp;:</b></p>
       <blockquote>