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<p class="MsoNormal">The <i>Estimating the Circulation and the Climate of the Ocean</i> (ECCO) Group is pleased to announce the
<b><span style="color:black">ECCO</span></b><span style="color:black"> <b>Workshop: How to use the Latest Ocean State Estimate</b>, to be
</span>held during the 2018 <i>Ocean Sciences Meeting</i> in Portland, Oregon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Location: <b><span style="color:black">Oregon Convention Center, F152.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date and Time: <b>Thursday, February 15, 2018: 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">The workshop will introduce the latest global ocean and sea ice state estimate of the “Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean” (ECCO) Consortium. This ECCO state estimate, Version
4 Release 3 (</span><a href="ftp://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/Version4/Release3/"><span style="color:#666666">ftp://ecco.jpl.nasa.gov/Version4/Release3/</span></a><span style="color:black;background:white">), synthesizes nearly all extant </span><i><span style="color:black">in-situ </span></i><span style="color:black;background:white">and
remotely-sensed ocean and sea-ice data covering the period 1992 – 2015, with a nominal 1-degree horizontal resolution configuration of the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) over the entire globe. By design, ECCO estimates conserve heat, salt, volume
and momentum </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black;background:white">—</span><span style="color:black;background:white">a virtue that is critical for analyzing causal mechanisms of ocean variability, and detecting
climate signals that are small residuals of large regional anomalies. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">Instructional material will be provided for analyzing different aspects of the state estimate, including budget analysis, along with instructions for downloading and running the ocean model to
recreate the solution. In addition, a selection of recent science applications will be highlighted. Members of the ECCO Group will be available to answer questions and provide guidance on utilizing the products.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:white">A limited number of boxed lunches will be provided.</span><span style="color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope you'll join us in Portland.<o:p></o:p></p>
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