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How about this. | 
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Chris | 
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Everyone, | 
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We are extremely pleased to let you know that the web site and  | 
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code for the beta of Release 1 of MITgcm are now available. | 
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Everything is available under: | 
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 http://mitgcm.org/sealion | 
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In addition to code for download, the web site contains | 
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links for browsing code on-line and browsing code documentation | 
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on-line. | 
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At this time, the code has been finalized and our focus | 
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is now on finishing the documentation and web-site, both of | 
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which will evolve rapidly over the coming weeks. | 
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The MITgcm hardcopy documentation is in the final | 
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stages of preparation. It too will be available | 
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in hypertext form at the release web site as well | 
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as in postscript and pdf formats. We are | 
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currently making final revisions to the document and | 
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are targetting sending out copies and adding it to the | 
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web site in the next week. | 
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Please feel free to try out the new code and web site. | 
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The code contains all the state-of-the art numerics | 
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found in the latest checkpoint. It is differentiable | 
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using TAF and TAMC. It has been tested on many different | 
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platforms and on a wide variety of physical problems. | 
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Hopefully, if people can provide rapid feedback then the | 
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beta period can be kept to a minimum. | 
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Regards, | 
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John, Alistair, Chris, Patrick, Daniel, Jean-Michel |