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ECCO Version 4: Third Release       [ECCO v4-r3] [ftp://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/Version4/Release3/]
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- This directory contains the 'ECCO version 4, release 3' documentation files:
  README                            This file
  v4r3_estimation_synopsis.pdf      Synopsis of V4r3 estimation
  v4r3_output_fields.pdf            Overview of V4r3 files
  v4r3_overview_plots.pdf           Plots of V4r3
  v4r3_input_data.pdf               Data used in V4r3
  v4r3_budgets_howto.pdf            Calculating budgets with V4r3 output
  v4r3_reproduction_howto.pdf       Reproducing V4r3 results with MITgcm
  available_diagnostics.log         A full list of available diagnostics with a short description. 
                                    For a slightly more detailed description of diagnostics, check 
                                    out ftp://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/Version4/Release3/nctiles_monthly/README.
  costfunction0059                  costs with the grid size factor (gamma, Cf. v4r3_summary.pdf for an explanation of gamma)
  costfunction0059_nogamma          costs without the grid size factor (gamma)
  STDOUT.0000                       Model standard output

- References:
  Fukumori, I., O. Wang, I. Fenty, G. Forget, P. Heimbach, and R. M. Ponte, 2017:
   ECCO Version 4 Release 3, http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110380, doi:1721.1/110380.
   Available at ftp://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/Version4/Release3/doc/v4r3_estimation_synopsis.pdf
  Forget, G., J.-M. Campin, P. Heimbach, C. N. Hill, R. M. Ponte, and C. Wunsch, 2015:
   ECCO version 4: an integrated framework for non-linear inverse modeling and global ocean
   state estimation. Geoscientific Model Development, 8, 3071-3104, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-3071-2015

- Software:
  The ECCO v4-r3 files were produced using the ’checkpoint65p’ versions of the general circulation 
   model (MITgcm and ECCO v4 settings) and Matlab analysis toolboxes (gcmfaces and MITprof).
  These software versions are available at http://mitgcm.org/download/other_checkpoints/
   and http://mit.ecco-group.org/opendap/ecco_for_las/version_4/checkpoints/contents.html

- Contact Us:
 ecco-support@mit.edu (please subscribe via http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ecco-support)

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README file revision history:
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- Add v4r3_input_data.pdf                          [Ou Wang] [2018/01/29]
- Add available_diagnostics.log.                   [Ou Wang] [2018/01/11]
- Add v4r3_output_fields.pdf                       [Ou Wang] [2017/11/02]
- Update v4r3_overview_plots.pdf                   [Ou Wang] [2017/10/19]
- Update v4r3_estimation_synopsis.pdf              [Ou Wang] [2017/06/29]
- Add v4r3_estimation_synopsis.pdf                 [Ou Wang] [2017/06/14] 
- Add v4r3_reproduction_howto.pdf                  [Ou Wang] [2017/06/13] 
- Add v4r3_budgets_howto.pdf                       [Ou Wang] [2017/05/16] 
- README file creation                             [Ou Wang] [2016/08/02]