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20  The M.I.T. General Circulation Model (MITgcm) Release 1 contains code for  &nbsp;
21  simulating a wide variety of ocean and atmosphere problems. The model is  <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 WIDTH="730" HEIGHT="903" BACKGROUND="sealion-wm3.JPG" >
22  compatible with platforms ranging from desktop and commodity  <tr>
23  cluster x86 systems to high-end multi-processor supercomputers. Minimum requirements  <td ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="769">
24  are a Fortran compiler (the free g77 compiler is sufficient) and a UNIX like  <br>&nbsp;
25  operating system (such as Linux, Solaris, IRIX).  <blockquote>
26  <br>  <blockquote><font size=+1>Welcome to the web page of release 1 of MITgcm,
27  <br>  a numerical model designed for the study of the atmosphere, ocean and climate.</font>
28  A broad span of example problem  <p><font size=+1>MITgcm is freely available to all; we encourage you to
29  configurations are included in the release. These examples range from planetary scale  download it, use it, give us feedback and help us to improve it.</font></blockquote>
30  circulation simulations of the ocean and atmosphere to high-resolution, small-scale  <font size=+1>MITgcm</font>
31  process studies encompassing non-hydrostatic dynamics. In addition to conventional  <ul>
32  prognostic operation, differentiated forms (both tangent-linear and adjoint)  <li>
33  of the MITgcm code can be generated automatically using either the TAMC or TAF  <font size=+1>can be used to study both
34  automatic differentiation tools. These derivative forms can be used for dynamical  <a href="../online_documents/manual/atmos.html">atmospheric</a>
35  sensitivity studies and can also be used, together with appropriate optimisation and  and
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37  data-assimilation. A seamless interface to the ECCO group optimisation  
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39  </div>  <font size=+1>has a
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44     <h1>MITgcm Release 1 Features:</h1>  <font size=+1>supports horizontal orthogonal curvilinear coordinates</font></li>
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47     <h3>  <font size=+1>has a finite volume treatment of topography</font></li>
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50     </A>  <font size=+1>supports a wide range of physical parameterizations</font></li>
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56      Automatic Differentiation and Adjoint Sensitivity</h3>  
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58    </center>  <font size=+1>can run on your pc, workstation or parallel computer using
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61     <h3>Open Boundaries, Regional and Process Studies</h3>  <font size=+1>Here you can:</font>
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81    <p><br><font size=+1>If you have any comments contact us here.</font>
82  </body>  <p><font size=+1>Alistair Adcroft,</font>
83  </html>  <br><font size=+1>Jean-Michel Campin,</font>
84    <br><font size=+1>Patrick Heimbach,</font>
85    <br><font size=+1>Chris Hill,</font>
86    <br><font size=+1>John Marshall</font>
87    <p><font size=+1>Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences,</font>
88    <br><font size=+1>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</font>
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